SAN DIEGO (CA)
KGTV
Dec. 11, 2019
By Jermaine Ong
A lawsuit is being announced Wednesday against the Catholic Diocese of San Diego over a priest accused of sexually abuse more than 100 boys during his career.
The lawsuit names the Catholic Diocese of San Diego and Father Anthony Edward Rodrigue. The legal action is being filed on behalf of several people who claim they were victimized by Rodrigue “but were unable to file a civil lawsuit under California’s previous statute of limitation law.”
Rodrigue spent time at 10 different parishes in San Diego, Imperial and San Bernardino counties during his 29-year priesthood career. Attorneys, citing a 1997 San Bernardino County sheriff’s report, said Rodrigue “admitted to sexually abusing four or five boys each year” during his career.
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