KANSAS CITY (MO)
KCUR
By DAN VERBECK
The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph will not have the benefit of an insurance policy to blunt it’s out of court settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit connected to alleged sex abuse.
In court filings, as reported by the Kansas City Business Journal, Chicago Insurance Company said the $2.5 million diocese payment agreed to July 8th isn’t covered.
The diocese settled with parents of Brian Teeman as jury selection was underway in Jackson County Circuit Court.
The suit alleged the teenager killed himself in 1983 at age 14 after sexual abuse by his parish priest, Monsignor Thomas O’Brien. O’Brien agreed to a $2,500 settlement to close the case.
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