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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

By Lilly Fowler lfowler@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8221

A new lawsuit against a member of the Marianist Catholic order and school alleging sexual abuse of a minor was filed on Wednesday.

The lawsuit, filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court, names the Marianist Province of the United States as a defendant, as well as the Rev. Martin Solma. Solma is head of the Roman Catholic order, which is based here in St. Louis.

Chaminade College Preparatory, a Marianist boarding school in Creve Coeur serving boys in grades 6 through 12, is also named as a defendant.

The lawsuit alleges that Chaminade’s John Woulfe, a member of the Marianist order who is now deceased, sexually abused plaintiff Chris Boisaubin, 59, when he was a minor.

Woulfe, a school counselor, met Boisaubin in about 1970 when he first became a boarding student at the school, according to the suit.

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