MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
A former student sued St. John’s Abbey for fraud Thursday, July 19, alleging the religious order knew one of its members had been accused of sexual abuse as early as 1958, yet let him continue teaching.
The lawsuit was filed in Stearns County by a former St. John’s Prep student who claims he was sexually abused by the Rev. Allen Tarlton in the 1980s.
Tarlton was an English teacher at the Minnesota school.
According to the St. Cloud Times, the lawsuit alleges at least three abbots knew of the allegations against Tarlton but put him in teaching roles at St. John’s Prep and at other locations in other states and the Bahamas.
A message left Thursday with the abbey was not returned.
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