Priest abuses spur lawsuit
SLP2002041804 - ST. LOUIS, April 18 (UPI) -- Chris Dixon, a victim of priest abuse, reads a statement from a new "John Doe" that was recently abused by a priest, during a news conference to announce that a lawsuite has been filed against the Vatican, in St. Louis, on April 18, 2002. Dixon was the man who came forward to accuse Flordia Bishop Anthony O'Connell of abuse, eventually leading to the resigination of O'Connell. rlw/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI
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