PUEBLO - A Pueblo man in his 40’s is suing the Diocese of Pueblo, claiming he was sexually abused by a former priest in the late 1970s and that the Diocese knew of other abuses and did nothing to stop it.
In his six-page lawsuit, a man known only as “John Doe” alleges abuse by then-Father Michael Kurz. Kurz is now a Vicar in Rockford, Illinois.
According to Adam Horowitz, one of John Doe’s attorney’s, the lawsuit can’t be against Kurz because the statute of limitations has run out, but it can be against the Diocese because of something called “fraudulent concealment”. In the lawsuit, John Doe claims, “The diocese actively took steps to conceal the abuse of minors and make affirmative misrepresentations to protect FATHER KURZ”.
John Doe alleges Kurz sexually abused him starting in 1976, when John Doe was 13 or 14 years old. It also states the abuse continued for an extended period of time during John Doe’s freshman and sophomore years in high school.
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