COLUMBUS (OH)
WSYX/WTTE
August 16, 2018
By Tom Bosco
The Columbus Catholic Diocese will reach out to alumni of St. Charles Preparatory high school after a lawsuit was filed last month by a former student who said he was sexually abused by a now-deceased priest.
The plaintiff in the civil case accuses Monsignor Thomas Bennett of sexually abusing him six times while the student was a freshman. The incidents are alleged to have happened on school property.
The diocese said they had no sexual complaints or allegations against Bennett during his decades-long service. Bennett taught at St. Charles from 1963 until shortly before his death in 2008.
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