Lawsuit attempting to silence victim of priest fails.

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Excellent.

Jury Decides Against Priest In Defamation Case

UPDATED: 7:01 pm CDT August 5, 2005

JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Jurors in Rock County have decided against a Catholic priest who said he was falsely accused of sexual abuse by a former altar boy.

After two hours of deliberations, the jury rejected claims that the 26-year-old man had concocted the story and that he had defamed Father Gerald Vosen, of Baraboo.

Vosen had sued the man claiming the allegations were false. His attorney asked jurors to award the priest more than $1 million in punitive damages.

The man's attorney, John Casey, said his client's credibility was attacked for more than one year, but it took a jury only two hours to substantiate his claims of abuse.

http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/4816804/detail.html

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1. I heard about this

It is interesting that they supported the young man's claims so easily. I'm glad to hear it was apparently obvious to the jury.