WHEELING (WV)
The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register
September 30, 2019
By Joselyn King
A second lawsuit alleging sexual harassment by former bishop Michael Bransfield has been filed in Ohio County Circuit Court.
Attorney Robert Warner of Charleston filed the complaint in mid-September on behalf of a client identified only as V.G.D., a recent seminarian in the diocese. Warner filed and later settled a similar lawsuit earlier this year for client J.E., also a young seminarian who served as Bransfield’s secretary.
Both lawsuits allege incidents of sexual harassment by Bransfield and call out the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston for negligence in reporting allegations of sexual misconduct by those associated with the church.
“We cannot comment on pending litigation, but we do plan to address the suit in the proper forum,” diocesan spokesman Tim Bishop said.
Warner did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday.
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