NEWS BRIEF: Catholic child abuse lawsuit goes to Georgia Supreme Court
Abuse shouldn’t be dated
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The Georgia Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the case of a now-deceased Catholic priest who is said to have abused an altar boy in the 1970s. A lawyer representing Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Marietta claims the suit should be dismissed because it was filed long after the expiration of the statute of limitations. But a lawyer for the unnamed plaintiff argued Tuesday that the case should proceed because the Archdiocese of Atlanta didn’t admit the crime until 2018. thenortheastgeorgian.com