Catholic auxiliary bishop of Detroit, Thomas Gumbleton, said that 60 years ago as a teenager, he was "inappropriately touched" by the priest.
is the first case of award of the American bishop, he was a victim of sexual harassment. Three years ago, lay in the U.S. many parishioners came forward with this kind of accusations against priests and bishops. Bishop Gumbleton
also called on state legislatures in the United States to temporarily lifted the statute of limitations law of sexual crimes committed by clergy. These laws prevent many victims sued the church for damages.
Limitation of sexual abuse by priests set aside in 2002 for parliament, California. This allowed the victims to bring lawsuits against more than 800 dioceses in the state. Adjudicated cost of damages by the courts of a local church over a billion dollars.
This amount exceeds the total amount of compensation ordered in cases of sexual harassment in all other Catholic dioceses in the U.S..
similar proposals set precedent barred such crimes were reported in other states, including in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Bishop Gumbleton flew to Ohio to speak with local legislators about the need for such a law. Executives of American bishops, however, persuaded state legislatures to enact these laws do not.
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