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Milwaukee Public Radio
WUWM NEWS | Mar 20, 2013
The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay will pay $700,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by two men. Todd and Troy Merryfield were sexually abused by a former priest, John Feeney, in the 1970s when they were children. The men accused the diocese of withholding knowledge of Feeney’s previous sexual misconduct.
Feeney was convicted of assaulting the Merryfields. A judge overturned the verdict and ordered a new trial, after ruling that one of the jurors was biased.
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