ST. LOUIS (MO)
Riverfront Times
By Sam Levin Mon., May 6 2013
A local couple is suing the St. Louis Archdiocese and Father Bryan Kuchar in a lawsuit alleging that their son was raped by the priest when he was a young boy and, once the “abuse finally overtook him,” killed himself.
“It has been almost four years since his death, and we struggle with the part the Archdiocese of St. Louis played in the death of our son,” the parents write in a statement. “The fault lies with the church officials who failed to keep our son and other victims of predatory priests safe.”
Ken Chackes, attorney for the St. Louis couple, tells Daily RFT, “The sexual abuse was a cause of the death.”
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