Hancock County Court Rejects Diocese’s Request To Dismiss Lawsuit

WHEELING (WV)
The Intelligencer

August 5, 2020

By Joselyn King

A request by the the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston to dismiss a lawsuit alleging sexual assault by the Rev. Victor Frobas has been denied in Hancock County Circuit Court.

The order issued July 31 by Circuit Judge David Sims pertains to a complaint filed May 15 in Hancock County Circuit Court by Michael Pirraglia of Fairfax, Virginia. The complaint alleges PIrraglia was sexually assaulted over a three-year period by Frobas as a child while attending St. Paul Catholic Church in Weirton.

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