MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
Associated Press
POSTED: 11/04/2014
A former student is suing a Minnesota high school, saying it failed to provide a safe environment after he was sexually abused by a teacher while in his teens.
Cameron Clarkson was abused by Gail Gagne when he was a 16-year-old high school student and football player at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul. Clarkson said the abuse lasted two months during his sophomore year. Gagne was 25 at the time and working as a supervisor in the school’s weight room.
Gagne was fired and eventually convicted of having sex with a student and ordered to register as a sex offender. Clarkson’s name wasn’t released and was only mentioned as C.L.C. in court documents because he was a juvenile.
Clarkson, who’s now 22 and a senior in college, told WCCO-TV (http://cbsloc.al/1phPGn3) he decided to come forward so the public knows what happened.
“That’s a fact that has been swept under the rug by Cretin-Derham Hall for the past five years,” he said. “They have a saying that says, ‘All are welcome.’ But it’s not only a statement about what they value, but also a statement about who they don’t value.”
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