Lawyer Sues Syracuse Diocese for Information
A lawyer representing priest abuse victims is suing the Diocese of Syracuse for its personnel records concerning a serial pedophile priest. As is typical and tragic, the priest was shuffled from diocese to diocese and parish to parish enabling him to continue to molest innocent, unsuspecting children along the way. Rev. John Broderick was indicted for molesting three boys under the age of 11. Unlike most priest abuse cases, this one is relatively recent. Broderick was ordained a priest in 1989 but hasn't served in that capacity since 2004.
Once again it's going to be a fight over the internal church documents. Fortunately, courts around the country are starting to the patterns of corruption and coverup and are granting motions to compel production of these church documents.