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	On the Docket bergersbeat January 18, 2010 http://www.bergersbeat.com/ On Feb. 2, Judge Barbara Wallace in St. Louis county will hear arguments in former Kirkwood resident Bryan Bacon's child sex abuse case against long time former St. Louis Catholic school teacher Brother William Mueller. Five years ago, Mueller was first sued as an alleged sexual predator. Since then, dozens have accused him of bizarre child sex crimes in three states and 23 lawsuits against him have settled for $4 million in 2007. Bacon settled for six figures with Mueller's former employer, the Marianists. But, Bacon continues to pursue legal action against Mueller as an individual. Mueller taught at Vianney, Chaminade and St. Mary's high schools here. A week later, Cardoza law professor, author and FindLaw columnist Marci Hamilton, a former clerk to Sandra Day O'Connor, will argue before the Eastern District of the Court of Appeals on behalf of two women who say they were molested as kids by the Rev. William Poepperling. Hamilton maintains that Missouri is one of only three states where the "archaic legal rulings" enable church officials to essentially escape liability in most cases for negligent hiring, retention and supervision of staff, even when they hire or keep known of suspected predators on their payroll.
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