ST. LOUIS (MO)
Riverfront Times
By Lindsay Toler Thu., Nov. 7 2013
St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson asked a judge to immediately dismiss a lawsuit from the family of a teenage girl who claims he failed to prevent her molestation by Father Xiu Hui “Joseph” Jiang.
Circuit Judge Chris Kunza Mennemeyer did not immediately dismiss the case, which accuses Carlson of tampering with witnesses by asking the victim’s family to return hush money paid by Jiang.
The archdiocese put Jiang on administrative leave last summer after he was charged with first-degree child endangerment for allegedly fondling a teenage girl on four occasions.
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Court filings say Jiang, who was a close friend of the victim’s family, offered to pay “any amount of money” to ignore the abuse, eventually leaving a $20,000 check for them on their van.
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