Posted on 10/02/2021 6:52:47 PM PDT by ebb tide
A New Jersey judge ruled Thursday that the Archdiocese of Newark be held financially responsible for abuse claims against a high-ranking Catholic leader, The Post has learned.
The ruling involves accusations that disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick assaulted a boy in the 1980s — and it could pave the way for victims to get bigger civil court payouts.
In the precedent-setting ruling, District Court Judge Madeline Arleo found that the wealthy institution is “vicariously liable” — responsible simply for employing McCarrick, without necessarily committing any wrongdoing.
“This is huge,” said lawyer Kevin Mulhearn, who is representing the anonymous accuser, known as John Doe.
“It marks the first time in the US that a court has determined that a diocese may be held accountable for the intentional acts of its bishop, without necessarily finding that the diocese itself was negligent.”
John Doe claims McCarrick, 91, began molesting him at a beach house in Sea Girt, NJ, in 1985, when he was 12 years old, according to court documents. The then-bishop allegedly continued to sexually abuse and rape him more than 50 times, including on weekend trips to the Catskills.
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Maybe this will wake up Bergoglio about the finanicial consequences of building up his lavender mafia.
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Great reporting. At one point they call McCarrick McCormick then they state the “Archdiocese appointed him Bishop”. All Bishops and Cardinals are appointed by the Pope.
Sadly, nothing will wake up Bergoglio to the dangers of the gay mafia and their agenda. At least not in this life. He’s all in with them, and that’s it. He loves them, and they love him. I suspect that he favors them for the same reasons that the old NKVD and KGB recruited them... for their skills at duplicity, treachery, institutional corruption, etc.
After this life, though, Bergoglio may well finally get his wake-up call.
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