After filing more than 1,500 lawsuits against alleged pedophile priests in the United States, St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson is now setting his sights on Europe.
Anderson has opened a law office in London, taking him even closer to the gates of the Vatican.
Speaking from his office in St. Paul, the plaintiff's attorney, Patrick Noaker, said this case gets to the heart of his belief that the Catholic church has engaged in the "international trafficking" of priests who abuse kids.
"Priests who have been sexually abusive in other countries, are being, and have been, trafficked to and from the United States, in order to avoid justice, in order conceal their wrongs," he said.
Noaker is an attorney with Jeff Anderson's law firm, and Anderson, in London, joined in on the press conference by video
But the suit alleges officials with the Diocese of New Ulm knew of Markey's past, because the priest had already been suspended and received treatment as a sexual predator three times before coming to Minnesota.
The lawsuit also names as defendants a diocese in Ireland, and the treatment centers Markey attended, for allegedly keeping the public in the dark despite his risk to re-offend.
Markey was extradited last year from Indiana to Ireland to face charges of raping a boy in that country.
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