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Lincoln County Journal
By Megan Myers
Staff Writer
A civil trial began last week in which a Lincoln County family is suing the St. Louis Archdiocese and Archbishop Robert Carlson for failing to protect their daughter from a priest who they say molested her while she was a teen.
The alleged sexual abuse by Father Xui Hui “Joseph” Jiang, who is also being sued, occurred while the woman was 16 years old and was living with her family in Old Monroe in 2012.
The civil suit was filed in 2013, after criminal charges against Jiang were dismissed.
At the time of the alleged abuse, the priest was working at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis, where the family was attending church.
According to court documents, Jiang “became close to the family” and “would regularly visit their home in Lincoln County.”
During one such visit, Jiang, who was 25 at the time, allegedly groped the teen’s breasts and genital area while the two were sitting next to each other underneath a blanket on the family’s couch. The plaintiff alleges that Jiang also made her touch his genital area.
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