Obituaries
Dec. 23, 2022
Justice Richard David Fybel, 1946 - 2022
Prolific justice wrote opinion in priest abuse litigation
Justice Richard D. Fybel, who penned an opinion in 2003 that allowed Roman Catholic dioceses to be sued for acts their priests committed in other states, and who wrote extensively on judicial ethics, has died. He was 76.
The case involved Friar Siegfried Widera, who molested several boys in Wisconsin in the 1970s. After a period of psychological treatment, he was sent to Orange County where he molested other boys. Archdiocese, Milwaukee v....
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