Ex-altar boy claims abuse involving former Arizona priest
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Last Update: 11/21/2008 6:42 am
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Another former altar boy has filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the Archdiocese of Detroit failed to stop sexual misconduct by a former Arizona priest.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Ohio by James Schultz against the late Rev. Timothy Szott and the archdiocese.
Szott died in August in Arizona. He had worked as the faith community relations manager for Habitat for Humanity in Tucson.
The Detroit News reports Schultz, now 40, claims some molestation occurred during a trip to Ohio.
Vincent Venturini earlier sued. The newspaper says that case was settled for $725,000.
Szott was sentenced to 18 months of probation in 2003 after pleading no contest to possession of child pornography, and was permanently removed from ministry in 2005.
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