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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Joel Currier St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS • Pat and Dan Harkins, who say their 21-year-old son killed himself in 2009 because of sexual abuse by a St. Louis priest years before, told reporters Thursday they hope his story inspires others to find help before it’s too late.
As for the Catholic church, the Harkins believe there’s little left to say.
“I still believe in God,” Pat Harkins said. “I don’t believe in the Catholic church. How could I?”
Outside Rosati-Kain High School in St. Louis, the Florissant couple were joined by officials from Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests to speak out about the settlement of their lawsuit against the St. Louis Archdiocese.
The amount of the settlement, reached in September, is confidential.
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