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February 07, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has dismissed the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, N.Y., from a Vermont lawsuit.
The lawsuit was brought by a man who said he was abused by a priest in Vermont in the late 1980s.
A few New York priests have occasionally conducted worship services in Vermont. A judge there said the Albany diocese should be part of the lawsuit.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday that was “clearly erroneous.”
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