SAN FRANCISCO — The circumstances of 2 males who allege they had been sexually abused as youngsters in Northern California by means of a now-deceased priest can continue to trial, a federal pass judgement on dominated.
The verdict Thursday by means of U.S. Chapter Pass judgement on Dennis Montali comes just about two years after San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archdiocese filed for chapter to control greater than 500 court cases alleging kid sexual abuse by means of church clergymen and workers.
Montali stated his determination will move into impact June 30 to permit extra time for ongoing mediation.
The 2 circumstances had been days clear of going to trial when the Archdiocese of San Francisco filed for Bankruptcy 11 protections in August 2023. The archdiocese didn’t instantly reply to an e-mail Friday from The Related Press in quest of remark.
The 2 males who’ve remained nameless allege priest Joseph Pritchard sexually abused them within the Nineteen Seventies when he was once pastor at St. Martin of Excursions parish in San Jose, which on the time was once a part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
The lads are amongst dozens of people that say they had been abused by means of Pritchard, a well-liked priest who labored in quite a lot of parishes within the Bay Space from the past due Forties during the mid-80s. He died of most cancers in 1988.
“The Archdiocese and Archbishop have stifled the voices of survivors for too lengthy. It is a victory. Those trials are lengthy past due – it’s time for survivors’ voices to be heard,” Jeff Anderson, an lawyer representing over 125 survivors within the Archdiocese of San Francisco, stated in a commentary.
