WHEELING (WV)
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
March 22, 2019
By Glynis Board
West Virginia’s attorney general is suing the state’s Catholic Church. The lawsuit filed this week claims the church knowingly employed pedophiles in schools and camps without informing parents.
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says the state is stepping in because the church violated the state’s Consumer Credit and Protection Act when it failed to disclose important information to families paying for educational services.
“We allege that the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese persisted in covering up and keeping secret the criminal behavior of priests related to sexual abuse of children,” Morrisey said during a press conference.
Investigations into the Catholic Church exist in more than a dozen other states, many suits drawing criminal charges in specific abuse cases.
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