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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Nassim Benchaabane St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS • An advocacy group won’t be allowed to appeal a federal court’s order to hand over private information about people who accused a St. Louis-area priest of sexual abuse of a minor.
A federal judge in St. Louis ruled Friday that the Survivor’s Network of those Abused by Priests has to hand over emails, text messages and contact information of people who accused Rev. Xiu Hui “Joseph” Jiang of sexually abusing a boy in a Catholic school bathroom on charges that were later dropped.
Jiang filed a civil lawsuit against the boy’s parents, police and SNAP leaders David Clohessy and Barbara Davis, alleging they conspired against him for monetary gain, and that police officers went after him because of his religious and racial background.
SNAP refused to comply with the order, which also required turning over all records of donations attorneys for SNAP have made to the organization. The order said federal law does not guarantee privacy in the production of pre-trial evidence.
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