Widow Of Priest Abuse Victim Blames Church for His Suicide

CALIFORNIA
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By Ashley Ludwig (Patch Staff) – March 15, 2017

PLACENTIA, CA — A widow has alleged her 50-year-old husband committed suicide due to depression suffered from being molested by a priest years earlier in Placentia. Now, she has taken his case to court, filing the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, on be half of herself and her four children, suing the archdioceses of Los Angeles and Orange.

Robin Ward Agrusa alleged wrongful death and negligence and naming St. Joseph Catholic Church and St. Joseph Catholic School as additional defendants.

Representative of the two archdioceses could not be immediately reached.

The suit states that Mark Paul Agrusa was born into a family of devout Catholics and attended St. Joseph’s Church and its school from 1974-78.

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