January 25, 2010
Priest Homosex Case May Set Indiana Precedent
A judge will allow a man who claims to have been sexually abused by a priest during his childhood to testify about memories that he repressed for decades in what might be a precedent-setting case for Indiana. Marion Superior Court Judge David Dreyer, after hearing arguments in the case in August, ordered this week that the case can go forward against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis. He said expert testimony on repressed memory was reliable enough to let a jury decide how much credibility to give it. The case involves a man identified in court papers as John Doe RG. Now a 44-year-old business executive, he contends that, as a boy, he was repeatedly molested by former priest Harry Monroe at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Indianapolis.Click Here For The Full Story......