NEVADA
Las Vegas Sun
By Cy Ryan
Thursday, May 28, 2015
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court today overturned a $500,000 judgment against the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay in Wisconsin in a case in which a priest in Las Vegas was accused of inappropriately touching a teen.
The court ruled that the District Court in Nevada does not have jurisdiction over the diocese.
The priest involved was originally from the diocese in Wisconsin and moved to Los Angeles and then to Las Vegas.
The incident allegedly occurred in 1985 when the priest was accused of running his hand up the teen’s leg and touching his genitals, according to court documents. The teen was a student at a Catholic school in Las Vegas.
The boy, who was in his early teens, said the incident led to psychological injuries in his later life.
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