ST. LOUIS (MO)
Riverfront Times
By Lindsay Toler Fri., Nov. 22 2013
Even after a Cathedral Basilica priest asked the archdiocese to reassign him for personal reasons, the church allowed Joseph Jiang to have unsupervised contact with the minor he is accused of sexually assaulting in her home and on church property, according to a lawsuit.
The family of the victim — who remains anonymous because she was a minor at the time of the abuse — warned that 25-year-old Jiang was too affectionate and touchy with their 15-year-old daughter, leading Jiang to ask Archbishop Robert Carlson and the pastor of the Cathedral Basilica for a reassignment for personal reasons.
He was not reassigned. Soon after, he returned to the victim’s home crying, said he could not stay away from the family, pinned the girl against a wall and kissed her, according to the lawsuit.
Jiang faces criminal charges, but the family is also suing the archdiocese and Archbishop Carlson for knowingly allowing a sexual predator to serve as a priest and have unsupervised contact with their daughter.
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