This is an interesting case of a Roman Catholic priest, found guilty of molesting 3 youths and held liable for civil damages, in a law suit filed by these youths. The priest, Father McCutcheon is at fault, as he has denied an order to give psychologists, his permission to testify about the sessions. However the priest’s attorneys argued that the defendant had the privilege of maintaining the privacy of the counseling sessions.
Contrary to this, the priest had waived the privilege as he tried to defend himself , stating that his actions were the outcome of a mental illness called pedophilia-desire for children.
Father McCutcheon was originally sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment for sexual assault, but, later his sentence was reduced to a probation, where
he was required to spend a year in a church run by the center in New Mexico.
The jury will also decide what, if anything, Father McCutcheon has pay in punitive and compensatory damages.
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