Bishop Stika will 'vigorously challenge' Knoxville cover-up allegations
News: Diocese of Knoxville
The Bishop of Knoxville says he will fight a lawsuit which claims he both covered up a rape allegation against a former diocesan seminarian, and defamed the alleged rape victim.
“I am taking this matter seriously and my plan is to vigorously challenge these allegations,” Bishop Rick Stika wrote in a Feb. 25…