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Another Priest Sex Abuse Trial Begins

Another trial begins today against the Roman Catholic Diocese over sex abuse by clergy. 40-year-old Perry Babel, a former altar boy at Christ the King parish in Burlington, claims Reverend Edward Paquette fondled him at the church in the late 1970s. But what makes this trial different is the priest is not one of the defendants. Of the 32 lawsuits, 19 involve Paquette and claim he molested altar boys during the six-years he spent as the parish priest in Rutland, Montpelier and Burlington.
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Diocese of Burlington Faces Another Sex Abuse Trial
RUTLAND, Vt. -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, is being sued by a man who says he was abused by a priest who was transferred from Indiana. On May 5th, trial is scheduled for a civil suit brought by Perry Babel, a 40-year-old Burlington native who says the Diocese was negligent in its hiring and supervision of former priest Edward Paquette.

Posted by Editor at May 5, 2008 08:31 AM