Lawsuit alleges priest in Kansas City diocese fathered child

[proud2BlibKansan]

A Missouri man filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that a priest in the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese — who for years has sat on the diocese’s Marriage Tribunal — fathered a child with the man’s wife.

The civil suit, filed in Cass County Circuit Court, alleges that the Rev. Joseph Matt had an affair with the man’s wife between 2004 and 2005, after providing counseling, and that the woman became pregnant and had a boy.

It also alleges that the diocese and Matt committed fraud by keeping silent about the sexual misconduct.

“It’s been a nightmare,” the man said in an interview with The Kansas City Star. “It’s not a good thing to find out that your son is not yours and the father is actually a priest that you thought you could trust. I still can’t believe it.”



Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/26/3169287/lawsuit-alleges-priests-paternity.html#ixzz1ZCGa0OXy

[auntpurl]

1. I'm shocked.

Shocked, I tell you.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. What a breach of trust this is...

[Xithras]

3. Can he win?

While the guy may be angry, it sounds like the priest and the wife has an extended and consensual sexual relationship, which the wife hid from the husband.

[TheDebbieDee]

4. The priest was straight?!?!?!?

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. LOL!