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ST. LOUIS (AP) A Wentzville man who attended a Catholic high school in Creve Coeur in the 1970s has filed a lawsuit accusing the Marianists of hiding knowledge of child sex abuse by priests.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the lawsuit is against Chaminade College Preparatory School, Marianist Province of the United States and the Rev. Martin Solma, who heads the St. Louis-based Roman Catholic order.
The suit alleges the defendants lied to “multiple” victims by telling them they were the first to report sex abuse by clergy.
Fifty-seven-year-old Christopher Wimmer filed the suit Tuesday and said in a prepared statement that he asked the Marianists about the abuse years ago.
Wimmer alleges he was abused by two priests who are now deceased.
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