About 400 American Catholic clergy have been accused of sex abuse in the
last decade - including, in November, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. The cases sometimes sound the same. Children are allegedly betrayed by
respected elders of the church. Names are withheld; emotions run high.
Questions are raised about repressed memory, the reliability of children's
testimony, the veracity of witnesses, the psychological implications.
But one area case, filed in 1989 by the parents of a Northbrook boy and scheduled to come to trial before Cook County Circuit Court Judge Jerome Lerner in May, is unusual on a number of grounds:
The boy's parents are attorneys. The boy accuses two defendants of abusing him jointly - a priest and a former nun.
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news/1994_01_Berkman_BoySays.htm
But one area case, filed in 1989 by the parents of a Northbrook boy and scheduled to come to trial before Cook County Circuit Court Judge Jerome Lerner in May, is unusual on a number of grounds:
The boy's parents are attorneys. The boy accuses two defendants of abusing him jointly - a priest and a former nun.
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news/1994_01_Berkman_BoySays.htm
