WASHINGTON
The Spokesman-Review
John Stucke
The Spokesman-Review
A Seattle man has sued Gonzaga Prep for failing to protect him from a Catholic priest who he says sexually abused him as a student in the 1960s.
The lawsuit filed Thursday also names the Jesuits of the Missouri Province, which employed the priest and sent him to Spokane to recruit students for a religious summer camp.
That priest, the Rev. John “Jack” Campbell, has been implicated in more than a dozen other abuse cases.
Al Falkner, president of Gonzaga Prep, said the Spokane high school should not be blamed for the actions of a Jesuit priest who was never hired by the school nor had teaching duties.
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