Case settled for $1 million after claims Columbus priest sexually abused student

COLUMBUS (OH)
WTOL 11

August 26, 2020

The settlement was announced on Wednesday.

The Catholic Diocese of Columbus announced a $1 million settlement to a former Saint Charles Preparatory School student after claims Monsignor Thomas Bennett abused the student.

A complaint by the student, who attended the school in the early 2000s, was filed in 2018 claiming he was abused by Bennett.

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