MINNESOTA
Duluth News Tribune
By Tom Olsen
A Duluth priest has turned the tables on a man who is accusing him of sexual abuse.
The Rev. William C. Graham, pastor at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in the Lakeside neighborhood, is suing his accuser, who claims that he was abused by the priest nearly four decades ago.
Graham, 66, has been on administrative leave from the Diocese of Duluth since May 23, when his name surfaced in a lawsuit filed anonymously by a man identified as Doe 446.
The filing identifies St. John’s Church, St. Benedict’s Church and the Marshall School (formerly Cathedral High School) as defendants. Graham is not personally named as a defendant, but is mentioned in the suit as the focus of the abuse allegations.
On Friday, Patrick Neaton, a Chanhassen, Minn., attorney for Graham, provided the News Tribune with a nine-page complaint that he said will be served on Doe 446.
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