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	Justices to Review Sexual Abuse Case By Elizabeth Neff Salt Lake Tribune [UTAH] April 26, 2005 The Utah Supreme Court will review the case of two brothers who allege they were sexually abused by a priest in Salt Lake City after the Catholic Church did nothing to stop a known pedophile. The Utah Court of Appeals ruled Ralph and Charles Colosimo waited too long to file their lawsuit over alleged abuse by former priest and Judge Memorial Catholic High School teacher James F. Rapp in the 1970s. State laws give victims a limited amount of time after turning 18 or discovering the abuse to file. The brothers - now in their 40s - had argued they did not discover Rapp's history of molestation until it was publicized in a May 2002 article in The Washington Post. Utah's justices have agreed to consider whether sexual assault victims might have a legal duty to investigate who else might be responsible for their abuse at the time it occurs. Attorneys will file their arguments with the court on the issue in the coming months. Rapp is serving a 40-year prison term for the molestation of an Oklahoma boy.