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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lawsuit filed against St. Louis archdiocese alleges abuse by high school coach
By Lilly Fowler
A sexual abuse lawsuit involving a former coach at a Roman Catholic high school has been filed against the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
The lawsuit, filed last week in Ste. Genevieve Circuit Court, claims a former student at Valle Catholic High School in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., was sexually abused by Martin Weiler, a coach who, according to the lawsuit, committed suicide in 2009.
Weiler met the plaintiff, only known in court documents as K.B., when she was 14, before she enrolled at Valle in 2007.
Weiler began a sexual relationship with the student, according to court documents, and sexually abused the student in the locker room, weight room and faculty parking lot.
By the summer of 2008, Weiler and the student were having sex, according to the lawsuit.
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