ST. LOUIS (MO)
San Francisco Chronicle
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson is scheduled to testify under oath Thursday in a Lincoln County felony sexual misconduct case involving a Catholic priest and allegations of witness tampering.
The Rev. Joseph Jiang is accused of molesting a teenage girl and then leaving a $20,000 check atop a car belonging to the victim’s family. He faces one charge of endangering a child’s welfare and one tampering charge.
Jiang was an associate pastor at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis and lived in Carlson’s private residence.
KMOX-AM (cbsloc.al/19dbq67 ) reports that Carlson’s deposition is scheduled for Thursday at the Rigali Center in Shrewsbury.
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