DELAWARE
The News Journal
[with video
Joseph L. Curry, one of the first victims of clergy sexual abuse to tell his story publicly in Delaware, died today when his motorcycle slammed into another vehicle on U.S. 40 near Bear.
State police say Curry, 43, of New Castle, was speeding eastbound on U.S. 40 at about 9:21 a.m. when he went through a red traffic light. Police say Thomas B. Christy, 50, of West Chester, Pa., was turning left onto U.S. 40 from Church Road in a 2006 GMC Sierra pickup truck with a utility trailer behind it.
The motorcycle struck the side of the utility trailer, pinning both Curry and the motorcycle underneath it, according to state police spokesman Sgt. Paul Shavack.
Curry was taken to Christiana Hospital Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead. Christy was not injured.
Curry was among dozens of abuse victims who filed suit against the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington under provisions of the 2007 Child Victims Act. The Delaware law made it possible for those whose cases would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations to file suit in civil court.
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