5-20-93: Inquiry on priest under way

TEXAS
The Dallas Morning News

[Note: This is a 1993 story just reposted by The Dallas Morning News about the Rudy Kos investigation.]

By DANIEL CATTAU and JUDITH LYNN HOWARD
Staff Writers

The Catholic Diocese of Dallas had begun investigating a priest accused of sexually abusing minors before a lawsuit was filed Tuesday, an attorney for the diocese said Wednesday.

“It was not the lawsuit that prompted the investigation,” said Randal Mathis, a Dallas lawyer who is also serving as the diocesan spokesman. He said the investigation started several months ago and has no target date for completion.

Mr. Mathis added that the lawsuit was the first he knew of in the diocese that involves allegations of sexual abuse by the clergy.

Both the diocese and the Rev. Rudolph Kos, who is at a treatment center in Jemez Springs, N.M., were named in the suit, filed by Dallas lawyer Windle Turley. Mr. Turley is seeking unspecified damages for two unidentified men who say they were abused as boys.

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