WASHINGTON
KIRO
by: David Wagner Updated: May 17, 2016
Six new lawsuits against the Seattle Archdiocese detail three decades of alleged abuse by six priests and a youth minister. The lawsuits are being filed this morning in King County Superior Court.
Among those accused:
* Father James Gandrau, St. Mark Parish in Shoreline
* Father Dennis Muehe, St. Anne Parish in Seattle
* Father Theodore Marmo, St. Vincent de Paul and St. Edward Hall
* Father Harold Quigg, St. Vincent de Paul and St. Edward Hall
* Father Jerome Dooley, Sacred Heart Catholic Church and School in Tacoma
* Father David Jaeger, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and School in Everett
All six priests were on the list of 77 church pedophiles released by the Seattle Archdiocese in January.
“After the Archdiocese released the list of names our office received dozens of calls from abuse survivors, including many people who thought they were the only one. These cases represent the first group of abuse victims who decided they wanted to take action, but I would be surprised if more claims are not filed,” said attorney Michael Pfau.
There is also a church worker, named in one of the lawsuits, not included on the list of pedophiles released by the Seattle Archdiocese. Jim Funnell was a youth minister at St. John Vianney in Kirkland.
According to the lawsuit, “Funnell groomed and sexually abused” a boy. It goes on to say that the parents of “another boy who was molested by Funnell” talked with parish priest, Ted Marmo, but Marmo never confronted Funnell and didn’t restrict his access to children. Father Marmo is among those previously named by the archdiocese as a pedophile priest.
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