INDIANAPOLIS (IN)
Fox 59 TV
March 25, 2019
By Randy Spieth
Two new victims have come forward claiming they were sexually abused by Father James Grear. They said it happened while he was an English teacher and the dean of students at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis.
The lawsuits, filed in Marion County, claim two adult men were sexually assaulted in 1974 and 1975 while they were between the ages of 12 and 13.
The two claim Grear would buy them gifts and took them on trips. He also took them to his apartment where sexual contact took place.
Brebeuf’s president has issued a letter to families in the school’s community. He said both USA Midwest Jesuit Province and the school have not been notified of any allegation against Grear while he was an employee. The president added the school has a zero-tolerance policy on the issue and even gave contact information to anyone who suspected their loved ones were abused.
The school was not named in the lawsuit, but The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and Grear were all named as defendants.
The two accusers said the diocese knew about Grear and moved him to the church in Carmel to help cover it up.
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