February 03, 2010
Judgette Orders Vermont Priest-Abuse Cases Combined
A Vermont Superior Court judge has ordered 18 cases involving a defrocked Roman Catholic priest's abuse of altar boys be tried jointly. Judge Helen Toor, in a three-page order, said the 18 remaining cases against Edward Paquette -- already the subject of six previous civil trials -- would be joined. Most of the cases against Paquette involve claims by former altar boys at Christ the King Church in Burlington who say they were molested by Paquette in the mid-1970s. Three cases involving complaints against Father Alfred Willis also would be tried jointly.Click Here For The Full Story......