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	News across Missouri: Court Denies Suit against Priest Kansas City Star April 1, 2008 http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/556995.html JEFFERSON CITY | Court denies suit against priest A man who claimed he was sexually abused as a high school student in the mid-1980s cannot sue a Catholic religious order because he waited too long to do so, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The ruling shot down an attempt to pursue a lawsuit on grounds that the abuse victim only recently realized the sexual nature of what he was led to believe was a psychological experiment. Robert Visnaw alleged he was abused by former school administrator William Mueller during his senior year at St. John Vianney High School in Kirkwood in 1984 and 1985. He is one of about two dozen men who have sued various affiliates of the Roman Catholic Church in Missouri, Colorado and Texas for abuse allegedly inflicted by Mueller dating back more than four decades. COLUMBIA | Attorney killed in scooter accident An attorney who represented Boone County died after his Italian motor scooter struck a deer. John L. Patton, 56, suffered severe head trauma in the Saturday night accident near his south Columbia home. He died Monday at University Hospital, friends and colleagues said. A Boone County sheriff's spokesman said Patton was wearing a helmet while riding the scooter on an errand. The father of three worked as the county's attorney for more than 20 years.
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