Split Verdict in Duluth Priest’s Lawsuit Against Abuse Accuser

DULUTH (MN)
Eyewitness News 10/13 ABC

August 24, 2018

By Baihly Warfield

A priest who sued a man accusing him of sexual abuse has an answer from a jury.

A jury decided Thursday that the accuser, who came forward Friday and identified himself as TJ Davis, did interfere with the Rev. William Graham’s employment but did not intentionally cause emotional distress for the priest.

In 2016, Graham was named in a sexual abuse lawsuit filed by “Doe 446.” The then-anonymous victim sued several parishes; Graham himself was not named as a defendant, but the Diocese of Duluth placed him on administrative leave as a result of the allegations.

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