ST. LOUIS (MO)
Riverfront Times
By Sam Levin Thu., Jul. 18 2013
This week, we’ve been covering the controversy of Father Xiu Hui “Joseph” Jiang, a St. Louis priest facing criminal charges that he repeatedly molested a teenage girl. In the wake of a high-profile subpoena, supporters of Jiang — who are not directly affiliated with the Archdiocese of St. Louis — have spoken up in his defense, arguing he is innocent.
Now, Daily RFT has learned that the family of the teenage girl has filed a lawsuit against church leadership that includes a lot of new details about the alleged acts of abuse — and accuses Archbishop Robert Carlson of breaking the law in his attempts to cover it up.
The suit, full document on view below, says Carlson was very close with Jiang and that after the priest confessed to him directly, the archbishop told the family he would only remove Jiang “if he ‘had sex’ with the child, but not for activities other than that.”
The suit contains several shocking accusations along those lines about the church’s handling of this case.
“This is very difficult for her,” Ken Chackes, the attorney representing the family, tells Daily RFT. “She’s suffered a lot of emotional turmoil, a lot of emotional harm.”
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