ST. LOUIS (MO)
Berger’s Beat
A Kansas City judge upheld a $1.1 million award to 42 clergy sex abuse victims in an unprecedented “breach of contract” case against Bishop Robert Finn, who hails from our town. The suit charged Finn violated a 2008 settlement which included non-economic abuse prevention commitments. The only other case in the U.S. is a pending one against the Jesuits over the alleged abuse of a student by Fr. Daniel C. O’Connell, a former St. Louis University president. .
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