Fr. Clement Frank

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Order: OSB
Ordained: 1934
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR

A man filed suit in 4/02 alleging that Frank raped him at age 7 in the basement of St. Mary’s in Mount Angel in the 1950s. Frank was later principal of Mount Angel Seminary Prep School. He died in 1996 at age 89. In 3/08, the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld dismissal of suit against the Archdiocese. Litigation was still pending in 11/08.


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