ST. LOUIS (MO)
Riverfront Times
By Lindsay Toler Mon., Apr. 21 2014
Rev. Xiuhui “Joseph” Jiang faces new charges of sexually abusing a Catholic school child five months after a judge dismissed a different case with similar allegations.
Jiang, 31, faces two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy for having sexual conduct with a boy younger than 14 at the St. Louis Cathedral School, in the 4400 block of Maryland Avenue. The boy told investigators Jiang abused him twice in a school bathroom between July 2011 and August 2012, according to court documents.
Jiang voluntarily surrendered to police Thursday, and the Archdiocese of St. Louis revoked his canonical privileges while he faces the charges.
The boy’s family reported the abuse through the Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline, according to the archdiocese. The family has claimed for the past year that their child was bullied by other students but only raised sexual abuse allegations against Jiang this week.
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