ILLINOIS
Cook County Record
by Louie Torres | Jul. 5, 2017
CHICAGO — A man is suing the Catholic Bishop of Chicago, alleging negligence for allowing him to be sexually abused by priest Walter Turlo.
An unnamed plaintiff filed a complaint on June 8 in Cook County Circuit Court against the Catholic Bishop of Chicago alleging church leadership allowed a priest to commit wrongful acts against the plaintiff in the late 1970s.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges he sustained serious physical and emotional damages from abuse by Turlo. The plaintiff holds the defendant responsible because it allegedly allowed Turlo to sexually abuse the plaintiff from the ages of 9 to 10.
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