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St. Charles led youth groups; denied claims
By Lawrence Buser
The Commercial Appeal
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
A priest who was a leader of Memphis Catholic youth groups in the
1970s and later was named in multiple lawsuits alleging sexual abuse
died Sunday in Nashville.
Rev. Paul St. Charles, who had battled heart and neuromuscular
problems for many years, died at St. Thomas Hospital, according to
Rick Musaccio, director of communications for the Diocese of
Nashville. He was 70.
St. Charles, who retired in 1986 because of health problems, was
youth director for the Memphis Catholic Diocese in the early 1970s,
headed the Catholic Youth Organization at Our Lady of Sorrows
Catholic Church in Frayser and was pastor at Church of the Ascension.
He also had been assigned to churches in Union City, Martin and
Nashville.
In 2004, Bishop J. Terry Steib suspended St. Charles from performing
any priestly duties after a diocesan review board found that "more
likely than not" he had sexually abused a Memphis teenager in the
1970s.
In the following years, St. Charles was named in multiple lawsuits
and more than a dozen accusers alleged he had sexually abused them
during the 1970s and 1980s.
At least three of the suits were settled.
In one case, a "John Doe" alleged he was an eighth-grade altar boy at
Our Lady of Sorrows when St. Charles sexually abused him in his car
at a drive-in theater.
That suit also alleged that St. Charles had a history of sexual abuse
that was documented in a secret diocesan file and that he was moved
beyond local jurisdiction to avoid prosecution and scandal.
St. Charles, who in 2008 received a plaque commemorating the 50th
anniversary of his graduation from Father Ryan High School in
Nashville, denied allegations that he was a child abuser.
"I'm just counting the days, waiting for the Lord to take me," St.
Charles told The Commercial Appeal last year when he was named in a
sixth lawsuit. "And when I stand before the Lord, my conscience is
clear."
More at:
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/dec/29/priest-named-in-abuse-cases-dies-at-70/
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> Priest named in abuse cases dies at 70
What a pity that abusive jyotishitheads still seem to be alive:
http://www.barossa-region.org/Australia/liquidateOUS-buttTROLLOGER-LEADS-MOB-TO-KILL-DAUGHTER-AND-HUSBAND-2499.html
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/top-indian-astrologer-arrested-for-sexual-abuse-1.340687