Honolulu Catholic Diocese Charged with Sex Abuse
Honolulu Civil Beat
Honolulu attorneys Charles McKay and Randall Rosenberg … filed suit Thursday (Feb. 21) in the First Circuit Court against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu and others to seek justice and healing for their clients, including Greg Owen, a clergy sex abuse survivor. The collective action suit alleges abuse in the 1950s, 60s and 70s by five Hawaii-based clergy stationed at St. Anthony’s Church in Kailua, St. Patrick’s Church in Kaimuki and Damien Memorial School in Kalihi. The suit also alleges abuse by a teacher at Saint Louis School. … Owen brings claims against Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu and Maryknoll Fathers for alleged sexual abuse perpetrated by Catholic priests Father Mueth and Father Joseph Henry (pictured) in the 1950s while he was a student and altar boy at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Kailua, Hawaii. The lawsuit notes that during his time at St. Anthony’s in Kailua, Owen was trained as an altar boy. It states that Owen was subjected to abuse that included ”hugging PLAINTIFF while pressing their genitals against PLAINTIFF’s body. Father Mueth on repeated occasions exposed his genitalia and rubbed his exposed genitalia on PLAINTIFF’s face, head and shoulder, in an apparent attempt to coerce PLAINTIFF to perform oral sex. …” “I was just a kid, only 8 years old, when they molested me. I looked up to them as holy men of God and I trusted them. But, instead of protecting me, they hurt me in the worst possible way,” said Greg Owen. … … The equitable relief requests are for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, the Bishop and Maryknoll Fathers to take concrete action for the prevention of future abuse and for the healing of victims, including requests that the Bishop and Maryknolls. …
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