Lawsuit to Continue Against Area Diocesechurch Had Argued Priest's Death Should End 2008 Sex Abuse Suit

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PEORIA - A lawsuit against a deceased Twin City priest and the Catholic Diocese of Peoria is moving forward amid international focus on how the Vatican is addressing abuse.

A Peoria County circuit judge has set a May 7 conference to review scheduling in the lawsuit filed by Andrew Ward, 22, a former student at Epiphany School in Normal, who accuses the late Monsignor Thomas Maloney of sexually abusing him at Epiphany Catholic Church between 1995 and 1996. Ward alleges the abuse took place when he was in the second grade.

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Lawsuit to Continue Against Area Diocesechurch Had Argued Priest's Death Should End 2008 Sex Abuse Suit

The diocese said Maloney's death last year should end the legal action, but a judge disagreed...

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