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  New Woman Who Grew up in Walla Walla Alleges Sexual Abuse by Priest

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
June 25, 2011

http://union-bulletin.com/stories/2011/7/7/woman-who-grew-up-in-walla-walla-alleges-priest-sexually-abused-her

A woman who grew up in Walla Walla has filed a lawsuit against the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane for alleged sex abuse she suffered by a priest at church and boarding school during her youth.

The 57-year-old woman, identified in the suit as A.D. to protect her identity, alleges that the Rev. William Elrod sexually abused her repeatedly during her eighth- and ninth-grade years at St. Paul's School for Girls in Walla Walla.

St. Paul's was a boarding school run by the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane and was associated with St. Paul's Church, where the woman attended services conducted by Elrod, who apparently no longer is living.

Kristi Philip, spokesperson for the Diocese, said Thursday afternoon church officials hadn't received a copy of the lawsuit and she declined to comment.

 
 

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