• The children of Francis X Gallagher Jr filed a wrongful death suit Tuesday 
• The law firm their grandfather founded, Gallagher, Evelius & Jones is defending the church in this suit 
• When Francis came forward, the lawsuit claims, the church refused to act on his allegations and even ‘threatened’ him for naming his alleged abuser 

A Baltimore legal dynasty famed for representing the city’s Catholic church is now suing the archdiocese, claiming that the son of a legal scion was sexually abused by a priest as a child — which ultimately drove him to a fatal overdose last year.

The children of Francis X. Gallagher Jr. filed the wrongful death suit Tuesday in the Baltimore Circuit Court, alleging that their father was sexually abused at the age of 14 while working the night shift as a receptionist at St. Mary’s Seminary.

When he came forward years later, the lawsuit claims, the church refused…