PENNSYLVANIA
The Times-Tribune
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is sending officials to Paraguay to investigate activities of a priest accused of abusing children when he served the Diocese of Scranton.
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests released a statement last week citing a Washington Post article about the Vatican investigation into Monsignor Carlos Urrutigoity. The priest was accused more than a decade ago of abusing children when he worked at the St. Gregory’s Academy in Elmhurst, a residential school.
In 2002, a former St. Gregory’s student filed a federal suit against Monsignor Urrutigoity and another priest, claiming abuse. That lawsuit was settled for a reported $380,000 in 2005.
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