CALIFORNIA
Santa Cruz Sentinel
By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY
Herald Salinas Bureaumontereyherald.com
Posted: 02/17/2012
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey is being sued by one of its own priests for not defending him against claims of child molestation.
The Rev. Edward Fitz-Henry filed a cross-complaint against the diocese Wednesday after it paid $500,000 to a man who claimed he was molested by the priest when he was a minor in 2005.
Fitz-Henry was suspended from his role as a priest in January 2011. At the time, he was the popular pastor of Mission San Juan Bautista.
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