{"id":17012,"date":"2012-09-19T20:16:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T02:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=17012"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:04:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:04:55","slug":"accused-monsignor-sues-archdiocese-of-new-york-for-libel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/09\/accused-monsignor-sues-archdiocese-of-new-york-for-libel\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused monsignor sues Archdiocese of New York for libel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Details from the AP<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

A defrocked Roman Catholic monsignor who once led fundraising for the Archdiocese of New York has sued the church for libel.<\/p>\n

Charles Kavanagh\u2019s lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan. Kavanagh accuses the archdiocese of libeling him by saying he had sexually abused a teenage student in the 1980s even though the now-middle-aged man admits he lied.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.<\/p>\n

The church defrocked the 74-year-old Kavanagh in 2010, eight years after the accuser claimed the clergyman touched him inappropriately during a trip to Washington D.C.<\/p>\n

Kavanagh was the archdiocese\u2019s vicar of development in the 1990s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More details from NBC:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

[Daniel] Donohue had claimed Kavanaugh jumped into his bed in the D.C.-area hotel room and rubbed against him. Donohue also said that when Kavanaugh held his hands during prayer, it made him uncomfortable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe pointed finger has come back. He has withdrawn the only allegation against Monsignor Kavanaugh,\u201d said Kavanaugh\u2019s attorney John Dearie.<\/p>\n

For 10 years, Kavanaugh fought to clear his name. He originally filed a lawsuit against Donohue, but dropped it after Donohue admitted his story about what \u00a0happened 30 years ago was false.<\/p>\n

Kavanaugh was convicted at a church trial. In May, Catholic church spokesman Joseph Zwilling said in a news release that Kavanaugh deserved to be kicked out of the church because there were \u201cmultiple counts\u201d of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is a flat-out lie. There are not multiple counts of sexual abuse of a minor,\u201d said Kavanaugh\u2019s sister and attorney Ann Mandt. \u00a0\u201cAnd that\u2019s why we sued them. Because it is a lie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zwilling said Wednesday that church attorneys are now reviewing the defamation lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stand by the truthfulness and accuracy of my May 1, 2012 statement,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read that statement in full here.\u00a0 <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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