Sr. Agnes
In a 1991 or 1992 lawsuit, a woman age 57 claimed sexual, physical, and emotional abuse as a child by Sister Agnes, a teacher in the elementary school of Immaculate Heart of Mary church in San Antonio. The lawsuit named the archdiocese, the Benedictine Sisters, who staffed the school, and the Claretian Missionaries, who staffed the parish. The Benedictine Sisters are listed in the 1945 Official Catholic Directory as Benedictine Sisters of Diocesan Jurisdiction, who also maintained a Motherhouse and Novitiate of Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica’s Convent in San Antonio. The complaint stated that the girl reported the abuse in confession with two priests of the parish: Fr. Leonard Cuellar CMF and Fr. Raymond Sunyé CMF (the pastor). After an injury in Spring 1990, a CAT scan caused the woman to react with fear and hysteria. Referred to a psychiatrist, she recovered memories of the abuse that had previously been repressed. A lower court dismissed the suit. Appeals court affirmed the dismissal in February 1994.
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