Posted on 05/19/2007 12:11:50 PM PDT by Zakeet
GARDEN CITY, N.Y., May 18 In one of the largest judgments in a child sexual abuse suit against the Roman Catholic Church, a Long Island jury on Friday awarded a total of $11.45 million in damages to a young man and woman who were repeatedly raped by a youth minister as teenagers starting in the late 1990s.
The jury deliberated for seven days before finding that the Diocese of Rockville Centre, the sixth-largest in the United States; a church in East Meadow; and its pastor were negligent by hiring and retaining the man who abused the plaintiffs over a period of three years.
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Both the woman, 23, and the man, 22, testified during the three-week trial that they suffered anxiety, depression, flashbacks, nightmares and difficulties in their careers and in social and romantic relationships as a result of being raped and sodomized by the youth minister, Matthew Maiello.
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The churchs lawyer, Brian R. Davey, argued that Mr. Maiello was totally at fault, church officials never knew about his crimes and they should not be blamed when the victims families saw nothing amiss.
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The jury attributed 70 percent of the blame to Mr. Maiello, who did not contest the suit and has few assets.
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"The diocese, comprising 1.4 million Catholics in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, is one of the nations largest and wealthiest. It was the target of a scathing Suffolk County grand jury report in 2003 that found years of sexual abuse complaints that were ignored and covered up.
Since then the diocese has imposed new safeguards, including background checks on employees and volunteers and preventive education for them and for church members."
Thank you for pointing that out.
Thank you for pointing that out.
Thank you for pointing that out.
70% was attributed to the perp.
30% to the church hierarchy for failing to supervise and/or for covering up.
FWIW, it's the Time's headline - not mine.
Thanks, i knew it wasn’t your headline -those mods or wanna-bees would have taken you to task for changing it!
Good point. In most Catholic Churches the person involed in this case would not be referred to as a minister.This is a typical N.Y.scam to get the public to think this person is some kind of priest.Is there anyone left who does not think the Times will put the most negative spin on any story affecting the Catholic Church?
If IBM hired a guy who raped and sodomized two of their employees, I wonder if the jury would think that IBM was 70 % at fault
Just a question
Got my numbers mixed up
That should read 30 % at fault
If there was anything like a cover up they would certainly be held accountable.
looks like the church knew there was a potential problem
I guess they pay the full boat
Stop the presses, this POS got TWO STINKING YEARS
Throw the judge in jail
For raping and sodomizing four minors he was sentenced to 2 years in prison? I don’t understand that — how could that be?
I don't know.
Weak case? Liberal panty wearing judge?
Either way, this guy should be taking a dirt nap
If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. John 15:19
According to Jesus, you should consider the Times' actions a compliment.
Thanks, i knew it wasnt your headline -those mods or wanna-bees would have taken you to task for changing it!
As they would have been right to do so. Bad as it is, it is the headline and needs to be put down correctly. The fault lies with the Times.
Well, them and the leftist infiltration of the Church, especially here in America.
I want to point out one thing, specifically for any leftists who might be perusing FR. It wasn’t Church doctrine for priests to molest kids, usually boys. The abuse didn’t go on because of any kind of Church ritual. The abuse was due to homosexual infiltration of the Church. They saw that they would be afforded levels of trust with the public, and their children.
It’s a homosexual tendency to molest kids, not a Catholic one.
Does the church excommunicate these rapists?
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