BURLINGTON (KY)
The Cincinnati Enquirer
By Jim Hannah
The Cincinnati Enquirer
BURLINGTON – Seven more people have come forward to say they were sexually abused by priests in the Covington Diocese since the 1950s.
The people, who have not been identified, have asked to be added to a class-action suit against the diocese after an original plaintiff settled and made statements that he believed the class action was not the best way to handle the accusations.
“By doubling the original number of class representatives, plaintiffs wish to further demonstrate the widespread long-term, continuous and very serious abuse of boys and girls by defendant’s agents, which is deserving of class treatment,” attorneys Stan Chesley and Bob Steinberg wrote in their latest motion, filed Monday in Boone Circuit Court.
This is the first significant court document filed in the case since Senior Judge John Potter of Louisville was appointed Friday to take over the case. Boone Circuit Judge Jay Bamberger, 61, recused himself earlier this month after announcing his retirement.
