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Dolan confirmed the deposition, but declined to comment. In June, he was grilled in the case of Joseph Ross, a former pastor. Ross was kicked out of the church in 2002 after Dolan began overseeing claims of abuse against the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
BY BILL HUTCHINSON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, July 7, 2014,
Timothy Cardinal Dolan has been deposed in the case of a defrocked Missouri priest facing a civil trial Monday for molesting a girl beginning when she was 5.
Dolan was grilled last month in the St. Louis case of Joseph Ross, the former pastor of St. Cronan Church. Ross pleaded guilty in 1986 to misdemeanor sexual abuse of a young boy. Despite his conviction, he was allowed to remain a priest for a decade.
He was kicked out of the church in 2002 after Dolan began overseeing claims of abuse against the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Dolan confirmed the deposition, but declined to comment.
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