ST. LOUIS (MO)
Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS
Former Roman Catholic priest Michael S. McGrath was sued Tuesday over allegations that he sexually abused a teenage altar boy at All Souls Church in Overland in 1980 and 1981.
John Doe GM, as he is known in the lawsuit, also sued the Archdiocese of St. Louis and Archbishop Raymond Burke.
The suit, filed in St. Louis circuit court, says church officials knew that McGrath took trips with young children, invited them home and spent "unusual amounts of time alone" with them, but didn't tell parishioners or parents. Church officials also didn't properly supervise McGrath and remove him when allegations surfaced, the suit says.
McGrath and the archdiocese have been sued 17 other times since 2003, according to court records. The church has settled many of those suits and settled another Monday, says Bernard Huger, one of the lawyers representing the church.