Settlement or Not, Brothers still Blame Diocese for Abuse

WISCONSIN
NBC 26

By Jonathon Gregg

Green Bay– Todd and Troy Merryfield stood in front of St. Francis Cathedral Friday afternoon demanding the Green Bay Diocese come clean about covering up a history of sexual abuse. The brothers were abused by a former priest in 1978.

In 2005 John Patrick Feeney was found guilty and sentenced to 15-years in prison for abusing the men they were 12 and 13-years-old. In a civil suit the brothers accused the Diocese of knowing about Feeney’s violent past. A courtroom sided with the brothers last year but the Diocese appealed and won a second trial.

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