ST. LOUIS (MO)
Riverfront Times

By Lindsay Toler Tue., Jul. 8 2014

A Lincoln County judge has refused to dismiss the civil lawsuit filed against the Archdiocese of St. Louis and Archbishop Robert Carlson by the family of an underage girl who alleges priest Xiu Hui “Joseph” Jiang sexually abused her.

Lawyers for the archdiocese wanted the judge to dismiss charges that the church failed to supervise Jiang and intentionally inflicted emotional distress by arguing that the church isn’t responsible for the abuse if it isn’t on church property. The judge denied their motion.

“We are pleased with the Court’s ruling that the case against the Archdiocese can proceed despite the defendants’ argument that it should be dismissed because most of abuse happened off church property,” says the family’s lawyer, Ken Chackes. “We argued that the Archdiocese still had control over Jiang even when he was molesting the victim…