Bishop in settlement had served local parish
Davenport, Iowa -
A retired Catholic bishop accused of child sexual abuse served as a priest in Burlington, but none of the alleged assaults against him occurred during his time here.
The Diocese of Davenport this week acknowledged paying $20,000 to settle a claim that former Sioux City Bishop Lawrence Soens abused a child in the early to mid-1960s while serving as a priest in the diocese.
Soens led St. Paul's Catholic Church in Burlington from 1950 to 1952, his first assignment after ordination. He was made the fifth bishop of Sioux City in 1983 and held the post until retiring in 1998.
He is the first bishop in Iowa publicly accused in the abuse scandal that has attacked the foundation of the Catholic Church nationwide. The claims against Soens surfaced in a report by Davenport Bishop William Franklin updating the diocese on the status of sexual abuse allegations dating back to the 1950s.
Read the article at The Hawk Eye Newspaper dated January 20, 2005
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A retired Catholic bishop accused of child sexual abuse served as a priest in Burlington, but none of the alleged assaults against him occurred during his time here.
The Diocese of Davenport this week acknowledged paying $20,000 to settle a claim that former Sioux City Bishop Lawrence Soens abused a child in the early to mid-1960s while serving as a priest in the diocese.
Soens led St. Paul's Catholic Church in Burlington from 1950 to 1952, his first assignment after ordination. He was made the fifth bishop of Sioux City in 1983 and held the post until retiring in 1998.
He is the first bishop in Iowa publicly accused in the abuse scandal that has attacked the foundation of the Catholic Church nationwide. The claims against Soens surfaced in a report by Davenport Bishop William Franklin updating the diocese on the status of sexual abuse allegations dating back to the 1950s.
Read the article at The Hawk Eye Newspaper dated January 20, 2005
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