Stika, Knoxville diocese, sued for alleged rape cover-up

News: Diocese of Knoxville

A Feb. 22 lawsuit against the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, and its bishop, alleges that a former parish organist was raped and sexually harassed by a diocesan employee and seminarian, and that a diocesan investigation into his allegation was impeded by the bishop.

Bishop Rick Stika told The Pillar last year that he removed a diocesan investigator loo…