PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lawyers for a man who wants to hold the Vatican accountable for the priest who molested him in the 1960s have asked an Oregon judge to allow them to question top cardinals.
The lawyers filed papers Wednesday outlining requests for depositions from Cardinal William Levada and others. Levada heads the office that defrocks pedophile priests.
The man known in court documents as John V. Doe filed suit eight years ago. No trial date is set.
Recent legal arguments are over whether the Vatican is actually the employer of priests. A ruling that they are could allow the suit to go ahead.
