Woman sues diocese claiming sexual abuse
By Carl Kanefsky
The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington faces another lawsuit, this one by a female claiming she was the victim of sexual abuse at the hands of a priest.
WDEL's Carl Kanefsky has the story.  Audio Here
Mary Dougherty says she was 13 years old when Reverend Leonard Mackiewicz sexually
abused her several times, claims she says her mother failed to believe.
Dougherty's attorney, Stephen Neuberger, says the abuse culminated in the summer of
1966 when Mackiewicz allegedly attacked Mary on the beach, choking her and trying to rape
her, forcing Mary to address the issue herself.
Daugherty, a divorced mother of two, says Mackiewicz sexually abused at least four
girls and two boys between the ages of 11 and 14 while serving at Holy Rosary Church.
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