MINNESOTA
St. Cloud Times
David Unze, dunze@stcloudtimes.com March 16, 2016
Attorneys representing the Diocese of St. Cloud are asking a Stearns County judge to dismiss parts of a lawsuit filed against the diocese, Cathedral High School and a priest who is accused of sexually abusing a Cathedral student in the 1970s.
The diocese is asking Stearns County District Court Judge John Scherer to dismiss a “public nuisance” claim that accuses the diocese of concealing information about priests who were accused of sexually abusing children.
That claim was made in the lawsuit accusing the former Rev. Anthony “Tony” Marfori of abusing a Cathedral student. A second lawsuit was filed Wednesday by another former Cathedral student who says that Marfori also abused him in the late 1970s.
Successful public nuisance claims in other lawsuits have led to the release of numerous priest files and the disclosure to the public of large portions of those files. In court Wednesday, one of the attorneys representing the man suing said that the nuisance continues today.
The diocese hasn’t added Marfori’s name to its list of credibly accused priests, and Bishop Donald Kettler recently allowed Marfori to leave St. Cloud to return to his native Philippines, said Josh Peck, an attorney who represents the man accusing Marfori of sexual abuse.
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