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Anchorage Daily News
The Associated Press
Published: December 21, 2005
Last Modified: December 21, 2005 at 02:38 PM
KENAI -- A woman is suing the Archdiocese of Anchorage, claiming she was sexually abused by a priest in Kenai between 1974 and 1988.
The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe, contends the church failed to honor her request for anonymity for herself and the priest, the Rev. Robert Wells, who died in 1992.
In exchange for her agreement not to bring legal action against the archdiocese, the church agreed to her strict anonymity request and to pay for counseling, according to the complaint filed Friday in Anchorage Superior Court.
In a letter from Archbishop Roger Schwietz, read at Kenai Peninsula church services in March 2004, however, Wells was identified as the priest, assigned to Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Kenai, who allegedly sexually abused a female minor.