August 20, 2005

Law And Order: Man sues archdiocese, claims sex abuse in '60s

ST. LOUIS (MO)
Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS

A Virginia man sued the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Friday, claiming a priest sexually abused him in 1962 and 1963 under the guise of talking to him about joining the priesthood.

The suit says Rev. Norman H. Christian took the then-youth into the basement of St. Peter's Church in Kirkwood in the fall of 1962, showed him pornography then fondled him.
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The abuse continued through the spring of 1963, the suit says.

Posted by kshaw at August 20, 2005 09:27 AM