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Columbus Diocese Settles Priest Sexual Abuse Case For $1 Million

August 27, 2020August 26, 2020 from Columbus Dispatch by Staff

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus is paying $1 million to a man who said he survived priest sexual abuse at the hands of a priest and high school teacher as a minor. The diocese announced the settlement on Wednesday, ending a lawsuit filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court in July 2018. Kevin Heidtman, … Read more

Columbus Diocese Finds Allegation of Sex Abuse of Child by Longtime Priest to be Credible

June 25, 2020 from Columbus Dispatch by Staff

An allegation of sexual abuse of a minor by the Rev. Kevin Lutz, a priest in Columbus and central Ohio for four decades before retiring last year from St. Mary parish in German Village, has been found credible, the Diocese of Columbus announced Wednesday. Bishop Robert J. Brennan has accepted a June 17 recommendation by … Read more