Woman Gets $1M in Suit Over Priest Punch

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Thursday March 11, 2004 4:31 AM

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - A jury awarded more than $950,000 to an instructor of Roman Catholic principles who accused a now-deceased priest of punching her during an argument over how to teach.

An attorney for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles said Wednesday it would seek a new trial.

The jury voted 9-3 Monday to award $952,819 to Maria Vega, 57, for emotional distress, defamation and battery, said her attorney, Victor George.

Vega said she was teaching catechism at St. Emydius Church in November 1999 when the Rev. Dennis O'Neil disagreed with the way she was teaching and punched her above the ear

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link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3846869,00.html
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I am going to my local catholic church and see if I can get a priest to take a $wing at me.

What a weird-reading headline.

And what a bizarre story. Let me know how your plan plays out! :D

has a scene where someone picks a fight with a priest.

funny stuff!

is more like it!

:evilfrown:

getting whacked around by the nuns in parochial school is worth. :evilgrin:

After all, if you hit a child, it's DISCIPLINE, not assault. :eyes: