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Cardinal O'Connor's nephew: Pa. priest molested me

June 18, 2009 | By Bill Hutchison

The nephew of the late John Cardinal O'Connor will file a civil suit Thursday claiming he was repeatedly molested as a child by a priest who taught his religion class, his lawyer said Wednesday night.

Rich Green claims he was sexually assaulted by the Rev. John McDevitt while he was a 14-year-old freshman at Archbishop Wood High School in Warminster, Pa.

Green, now 31, claims McDevitt, who died in 1999, targeted him because he was O'Connor's nephew.

"The allegation is basically he [McDevitt] threatened to fail him and told him he had to come in for religious tutoring," Green's attorney, New...

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NY Daily News

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June 18, 2009

CARDINAL KIN SHOCK

June 18, 2009 | By Dan Mangan and Cathy Burke

A nephew of the late John Cardinal O'Connor was abused by a perverted priest who targeted him when he was a teen attending a Catholic high school, an explosive new lawsuit claims.

Richard Green says his nightmare unfolded when he was a 14-year-old freshman at the Philadelphia school.

The suit charges the abuse continued even as school and church officials engaged in a "conspiracy of silence" to cover up the sick history of the Rev. John M. McDevitt, a religion teacher.

Worse, McDevitt used Green's close relationship to O'Connor "to get power over him," forcing the teen into accepting his tu...

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NY Post

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A nephew of the late John Cardinal O'Connor was abused by a perverted priest who targeted him when he was a teen attending a Catholic high school, an explosive new lawsuit filed by Manly and Stewart claims.

Date Posted:

June 18, 2009

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