DALLAS (TX)
The Dallas Morning News

August 27, 2019

By Jennifer Emily

A 1983 graduate says in a lawsuit that priest Patrick Koch sexually abused him when he was a student at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas.

Updated at 5:59 and 6:45 p.m. to include statements from the Catholic Diocese of Dallas and Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas.

A graduate of Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas filed a lawsuit Monday against the school and the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, saying he was sexually abused by a priest and former school president on the church’s “credibly accused” list while he was a student.

The lawsuit filed in Dallas County civil court alleges that the church, the school and the Jesuit order failed to protect the student, now 54, allowing the abuse by the Rev. Patrick Koch to occur and then covering it up.

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