MEMPHIS (TN)
WVLT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. A man who says a suspended Roman Catholic priest molested him after he sought counseling as boy has filed a lawsuit.
It names the Reverend Paul St. Charles, Bishop terry Stein (STEEB') and the Catholic Diocese of Memphis as defendants.
This is at least the fourth lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by priests to be filed in the past year against the diocese.
The plaintiff says he was 13 when he went to St. Charles, seeking counseling during the 1970's.
He claims the priest encouraged him to join the Catholic Youth Organization and become an altar boy -- then molested him at a drive-in.
Posted by kshaw at September 9, 2005 07:49 AM