Associated Press, carried in Rocky Mountain News [Colorado]
February 2, 2007
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5322646,00.html
The Marianist religious order said it will look into how a former brother accused in more than 20 lawsuits of sexual abuse was transferred to Colorado from Missouri in the 1960s.
The Pueblo Chieftain reported in its Thursday editions that a 56-year-old St. Louis man filed a police report in Kirkwood, Mo., in 2005, alleging that William Mueller sexually assaulted him while he attended Vianney High School from 1965 to 1969.
According to the report, which was obtained by the newspaper, the man told a school administrator about Mueller's activities in late 1965 and early 1966. The man told police that Mueller used ether on him - a tactic alleged in the Colorado lawsuits - on three occasions. The former student said he did not suspect sexual assault until the third incident.
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| William Mueller was transferred to Pueblo from Missouri in '60s. |
Mueller was transferred to Pueblo in 1966, where he taught at the church-run, all-boys Roncalli High School until it closed in 1971. Twenty-two former students there have filed lawsuits against the Marianist order and the Pueblo Catholic Diocese.
Diane Guerra, spokeswoman for the Marianist Province of the United States, said she would research Mueller's assignment. He is no longer with the order.
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