Fr. James L. Gummersbach
Accused in the 1990s of abusing boys in the 1950s-1960s. In 1999, a jury awarded a man $1.2M after several other alleged victims testified; the verdict was later reversed by an appeals court, which ruled that the statute of limitations had expired. Laicization announced 11/03/2006. Included on the Archdiocese’s list 7/26/2019 of those with substantiated allegations. Died in 2014.
- St. Louis Post Dispatch 06.10.94
- St. Louis Post Dispatch 02.23.99
- St. Louis Post Dispatch 02.24.99
- St. Louis Post Dispatch 03.02.99
- St. Louis Post Dispatch 03.02.02
- Boston Herald 03.17.03
- The Pitch (Kansas City) 10.16.03
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11.03.06
- MyFox (AP) 11.03.06
- Archdiocese of St. Louis Press Release 11.03.06
- St. Louis Review 11.03.06
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11.04.06
- Berger’s Beat 08.05.13
- Daily Tribune 07.24.19
- Archdiocese of St. Louis List 07.26.19
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 08.05.19
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