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Delaware Jury Hears Clergy Sex Abuse Claims

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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP)- A federal jury in Delaware is hearing testimony in a lawsuit filed by a man who claims he was abused as a boy more than 30 years ago by a cleric who worked in the Archdiocese of New York.

Forty-four-year-old Brian Elliott claims he was repeatedly molested by Brother Damian Galligan, including while in Delaware during a trip from Elliott's New Jersey home to Virginia in 1981.

Galligan is 86 and lives in a Missouri retirement facility. He has denied the allegations but is not defending himself, saying he's in poor health and doesn't have the strength to do so.

Jurors heard testimony Monday from Elliott and from Peter Marghella, another alleged victim of Galligan who recently became director of the New York State Office of Emergency Management.

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