By Peter Pinedo. Omaha Archbishop George Lucas has categorically denied accusations that he sexually abused two minors several decades ago while he was dean of education at St.
Louis Preparatory Seminary in Missouri. Lucas is one of several dozen priests, nuns, and laymen and laywomen accused of sexual abuse of minors in a series of five separate lawsuits filed by 27 anonymous plaintiffs on Wednesday. The abuse is alleged to have occurred over the span of several decades, with some of the purported crimes allegedly having occurred as recently as The lawsuit naming Lucas was filed in the St. Louis County District Court.
Louis school. The suit alleges that Lucas first met D. The five lawsuits were filed within 24 hours of each other in five different Missouri counties within the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of St. The suits are seeking compensation for damages by the alleged abusers from the Archdiocese of St. Louis and its head, Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski. Clohessy said the testimony in the suits would encourage others to also come forward and would help heal victims of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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