ST. LOUIS (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Tim Townsend ttownsend@post-dispatch.com 314-340-82210
Officials of the St. Louis Archdiocese said while they appreciate the interest in Archbishop Robert Carlson’s deposition in a lawsuit involving one of its priests, “this process is in the hands of the Missouri court system and it is important that we allow the process to unfold there where allegation and hypothetical can be sorted out as fact or fiction.”
Carlson was deposed Thursday as part of a lawsuit filed in July in Lincoln County against the Rev. Xiu Hui “Joseph” Jiang.
The suit, filed by the parents of a teenage girl, alleges that Carlson knew Jiang was a danger to children before the priest was charged last year with molesting the girl.
The archdiocese has called the allegations “false.”
In a statement last year, the archdiocese said Jiang, 30, was placed on administrative leave after officials learned about the allegations.
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