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St. Louis Archdiocese Sued over Alleged Abuse KMOV October 26, 2011 http://www.kmov.com/news/local/St-Louis-Archdiocese-sued-over-alleged-abuse-132527133.html ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The Archdiocese of St. Louis is facing a lawsuit filed by a 19-year-old woman who accuses a priest of molesting her when she was a young child. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the suit filed Monday claims that the archdiocese knew that the Rev. Joseph Ross had pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a minor, but allowed him to work in a parish with children. The archdiocese says it will review the lawsuit and investigate the complaint. Ross was placed on probation for two years in the criminal case involving an 11-year-old boy. He was defrocked in 2002. The woman's suit claims she was repeatedly sexually abused from 1997 to 2001. It isn't clear where Ross lives. He does not have a telephone listing in St. Louis. |
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