Fr. Leroy A. Valentine
A woman reported in 1982 that Valentine sexually abused her three sons, ages 10, 11 and 12. Police sent her to the Archdiocese. Lawsuit filed in 1995; each boy received a $20K settlement in 1998. Valentine was sent for treatment and transferred. Allegations became public in 3/2002; the Archdiocese refused to remove Valentine, saying the allegations were unsubstantiated. Retired in 3/2002 after another person alleged abuse in 1978. The Review Board deemed the allegations substantiated 5/1/2013. Privileges removed. A lawsuit filed in 10/2015 claims repeated sex abuse, including rape, of a boy attending Immaculata School 1977-1981, beginning when the boy was age 11. The plaintiff said Valentine told him the abuse was “special training” to become an altar boy. Included on the Archdiocese’s list 7/26/2019 of those with substantiated allegations against them. Valentine died 4/29/2020.
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 03.02.02
- NY Times 03.03.02
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 03.03.02
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 03.04.02
- St .Louis Post-Dispatch 03.06.02
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 03.28.02
- NY Times 03.28.02
- Associated Press 04.30.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- Riverfront Times 10.21.10
- Statement by Archdiocese of St Louis 05.01.13
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 05.08.13
- SNAP Statement 05.08.13
- Riverfront Times 05.10.13
- St. Louis Post -Dispatch 05.10.13
- Vatican Crimes 05.12.13
- Riverfront Times 10.20.15
- KMOV Missouri 10.20.15
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 10.20.15
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 04.20.18
- Archdiocese of St. Louis List 07.26.19
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 08.05.19
- Archdiocese of St. Louis In Memoriam 04.29.20
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