5 Accused in This Religious Order
- Associated Press 06.05.03
- St Louis Post-Dispatch 06.06.03
- Chicago Tribune 06.06.03
- St Louis Post-Dispatch 08.26.04
- Associated Press 08.26.04
- Belleville News-Democrat 08.27.04
- St Louis Post-Dispatch 12.21.04
- CBS 4 08.06.08
- St Louis Post-Dispatch 08.07.08
- TheDenverChannel 08.07.08
- People 04.11.19
- Huffington Post 04.11.19
- National Catholic Reporter 02.22.21
- Findagrave 01.11.04
Sr. Rosaire Anne DeMare
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 6/20 of sexually abusing a minor in about 1963-64 at St. Joseph's in Green Island.
Judith R. Fisher
Name is spelled both Fischer and Fisher. Accused in a 2003 suit of sexually abusing a female student, beginning at age 12 in 1971 and continuing until 1979. Abuse is alleged in the parish school, the convent, the church, the Cenacle Retreat House, other places in St. Louis, and on trips to CO and KS. Fisher left the order in 1977. She died in 2004 prior to her deposition. The case was settled by The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 2004.
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Mary Joseph Killeen
Took final vows in 1929. Very limited personnel file released 7/13 (12 pages). Worked as nurse in Idaho, Arizona and Washington. No information on abuse allegations but article says the nun and others were accused in civil lawsuits of molesting children while working within the Los Angeles archdiocese. Died in 10/71. The accusation came after her death. Order said it found nothing to substantiate the claims.
Sr. Giovanna Marie Marcoccia
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 6/20 of sexually abusing a minor 1964-65 while assigned to St. Joseph in Green Island.
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Sister Benedict Marie
Accused in a lawsuit 8/19 of the sexual abuse of a five-year-old at St. Joseph's Infant Home in Troy, in 1946. Died in 1995.