The foreman of a
jury that last week awarded a Maryland man $3.6 million in a case
of sexual abuse by a priest says the current Vermont Catholic bishop’s attitude
during a videotaped sworn statement may have hurt the church’s case.
A former altar boy
is offering to donate a $3.6 million priest sex abuse award, if the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Burlington posts the photos of pedophile priests on its
Website.
Vermont’s
top Roman Catholic clergyman has written to parishioners around the state,
apologizing to the victim in a priest sex abuse case but saying the church will
appeal last week’s $8.7 million verdict against the Diocese of Burlington.