A lawsuit filed against the Archdiocese of St. Louis this week alleges decades of sexual abuse by local priests, including now-Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha. The archbishop has denied the allegation.
Filed Wednesday in St. Louis Circuit Court, the lawsuit argues that the Archdiocese of St. Louis and its current archbishop, Mitchell Rozanski, enabled and covered up abuse of minors by archdiocesan employees.
It includes 27 anonymous plaintiffs who say they were abused by archdiocesan priests and other employees, including a couple of teachers.
The alleged abuse largely took place in the 1960s-90s, with a few allegations from earlier or later.
The lawsuit claims archdiocesan leaders knew about the abuse but allowed perpetrators to continue to have access to minors, often transferring them to a new location within the archdiocese.
“[T]he Archbishop and Archdiocese engaged in several decades of intentional misconduct in turning a blind eye to the sexual abuse…
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