Attorneys involved in a 2021 lawsuit against the Springfield Diocese over allegations of rape have signaled their intentions to settle the case short of a trial.
In a 48-page decision, Hampden Superior Court Judge Karen L. Goodwin found a longtime Springfield Catholic diocesan lawyer served as a disingenuous spin doctor to shield late Bishop Christopher Weldon from decades-old rape allegations.
A Hampden County judge will issue a decision soon about whether an Eagle journalist will have to turn over notes and communications that could reveal the identity of a source