His lawyer, Thomas Tarro, filed a miscellaneous petition in Kent County Superior Court on Monday seeking court permission to issue subpoenas and depose WPRO radio s Dan Yorke about on-air comments the talk-show host made about the Zarrella fundraiser controversy.
He hasn t filed a lawsuit yet, but appears to be seeking evidence from WPRO s owner, Cumulus Media, to do so.
More specifically, the petition alleges that Yorke, on May 10, while on air, made defamatory and offensive statements about Gerald Zarrella which painted Gerald Zarrella in a false light and was stated with the intent to cause harm to his name, reputation and ethnic group from which he derives.
Former California priest arrested in Newport, accused of sexually assaulting children
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Newport psychologist arrested for sexually abusing children as a priest in California
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April 14, 2021 4:26 pm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- A former priest was arrested Wednesday for multiple counts of sexual abuse against children.
The Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force said, “Cunningham was wanted by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs’ Department for multiple counts of Lewd Acts Upon a Child for incidents that allegedly occurred between 1995 through 1997.”
Authorities said Cunningham is a former priest and has been accused of child sexual abuse by at least six people, five of them in civil lawsuits alleging the abuse from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s at three different parishes in California.
Christopher Cunningham was arrested at a home in Newport, and taken to State Police barracks for processing. He was arraigned at Kent County Superior Court.