ILLINOIS
Belleville News-Democrat
BY DANIEL KELLEY
News-Democrat
April 1, 2014
A Breese man has filed a lawsuit against the Belleville Catholic diocese alleging a priest sexually abused him when he was a boy attending church camp in the early 1970s.
The man, referred to as J. Christ in court documents, alleges former priest Robert J. Vonnahmen abused him at Camp Ondessonk in Ozark, Ill., in the summers of 1970 and 1971. The name appeared as J. Christ in court documents to provide anonymity.
Vonnahmen and representatives of the Belleville diocese could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
The abuse allegedly happened while Vonnahmen was a priest and supervisor of the camp. The Catholic youth camp was co-founded by Vonnahmen in 1959.
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