KANSAS CITY (MO)
Lebanon Daily Record

Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A California psychiatrist explained to jurors how repressed memory works in the seventh day of a trial in a lawsuit against the Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese.

A former altar boy sued the diocese in 2011, saying he was sexually abused by a priest when he was a student in the 1980s at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary School. He claims the diocese was repeatedly told the priest, who died last year, was a danger to children, but failed to prevent the abuse.

The diocese said there’s no credible evidence to prove the man’s allegations and argues that claims of his repressed memories are invalid.

The Associated Press doesn’t typically name people who say they’re victims of sexual abuse.

The plaintiff said he decided to sue the group after a longtime friend called and…