The judge agreed to consider a new trial after finding Foster Bates' last attorney waited too long to request a hearing for new evidence in the murder and rape of Tammy Dickson. But the judge didn't find the evidence strong enough to reopen the case.
The judge had agreed to consider a new trial after finding Foster Bates' last attorney waited too long to request a hearing for new evidence in the murder and rape of Tammy Dickson. But the judge didn't find the evidence strong enough to reopen the case.
The civil complaints were filed Wednesday in Cumberland County, all alleging the Rev. Lawrence Sabatino abused the plaintiffs, who were 5 to 11 years old at the time, in Lewiston and Portland from 1958 to 1967.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is asking the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to weigh in on whether a 2021 that allows Mainers with previously expired claims of sexual abuse to sue organizations, like the diocese, is constitutional.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is asking the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to rule on the constitutionality of a 2021 law that allows Mainers with previously expired claims of sexual abuse to sue organizations like the diocese.