NEW ZEALAND
Radio New Zealand
October 14, 2018
A lawsuit filed on Guam has accused another Catholic priest of child sex abuse in the 1970s.
The 5-million dollar lawsuit alleges that Father George Maddock abused the 9-year-old altar boy while swimming.
This is the first lawsuit against Father Maddock, who died recently in New York.
But several other priests on Guam – including former Archbishop Anothony Apuron – face nearly 200 lawsuits alleging abuse and a subsequent cover-up.
The latest lawsuit says the church hierarchy knew of Father Maddock’s abuse but did nothing.
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