Fr. Thomas T. Cooper
Accused in a 2005 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy 1970-1971, when the boy was age 12-13. The suit claimed the abuse occurred at Cooper’s vacation house while he was assigned to St. Mary Magdalen parish in south St. Louis. Cooper retired in 1993 and died in 12/2003. A judge ruled in 3/2010 that the Church was not responsible because the contact took place away from church property. The MO court of appeals upheld the decision in 7/2011.
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 06.23.05
- Belleville News Democrat 06.23.05
- Riverfront Times 07.14.10
- Riverfront Times 07.14.10
- Riverfront Times 07.21.10
- Riverfront Times 02.16.11
- Doe vs Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Louis in The Leagle 07.05.11
- Riverfront Times 07.05.11
- SNAP Statement 10.05.11
- John Doe AP vs Archdiocese of St Louis, Petition to US Supreme Court 01.13.12
- SNAP Statement 06.03.13
- SNAP Statement 11.14.13
- SNAP Statement 11.27.13
- Archdiocese of St. Louis List 07.26.19
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