ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – The brother of a previously missing Athens County girl has pleaded not guilty to an indictment implicating him in the abuse that allegedly led her to run away from home.Jos
Josiah Bellar, the brother of Serah Bellar and the son of indicted Robert and Deborah Bellar, on Thursday pleaded not guilty to several felonies, including charges of rape and gross
A Glouster woman who allegedly co-leads an area drug ring pleaded guilty to the charge of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, a second-degree felony, last Wednesday.
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An Athens County judge recently struck down a motion to dismiss a $1 million civil lawsuit filed in January by a Glouster woman following the reported sexual abuse that she experienced as a minor by a since-dismissed priest.
Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey Monforton is the sole defendant of the suit, which alleges that he ânegligently failed to investigate and protect⦠to interveneâ in regard to reports of acts of sexual exploitation by his employee, ex-priest Henry Christopher Foxhoven.
The motion to dismiss was filed by the defendant in March.
âThe Court is unpersuaded at this point that the plaintiffâs complaint is one that cannot possibly succeed,â Athens County Common Pleas Court Judge George P. McCarthy in May noted in his decision. âThis is not to say the complaint ultimately will prevail or that the defense has no forceful arguments. Rather, it is a conclusion that the case should not be dismissed at the initial pleading stage.â