ROCHESTER (MN)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Associated Press
05/31/2005
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) -- A California woman who claims she was sexually abused by a nun in Chicago filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Sisters of St. Francis order, alleging it was negligent and failed to investigate the accusations.
Christine Bertrand, who lives in the San Francisco area, is seeking more than $50,000 in damages.
Leaders at the Sisters of St. Francis said there is no evidence of wrongdoing and they will defend the allegations.
Bertrand claims when she was a student at St. Juliana's School in Chicago, she was sexually abused by Sister Benen Kent, a music teacher. Bertrand alleges the incidents occurred between 1962 and 1967.