Archdiocese Must Face Claims From Priest’s Alter Server Abuse

A Roman Catholic Archdiocese and the order a priest belonged may be liable to a former alter server who was allegedly abused by a priest, a federal court said.

John Doe established a genuine issue of material fact that the priest’s act of abuse were within the scope of his employment, Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai said Dec. 20, for the US District Court for the District of Oregon.

Bryan Benoit belonged to Priests of the Sacred Heart from 1988 to 2018. POSH is headquartered in Wisconsin but Benoit had assignments in Texas, and then Oregon. Benoit had a drinking problem ...