by admin | Jul 24, 2006 | News
St. Louis University President Lawrence Biondi describes his escape from Lebanon as exhausting and violent. He says he could feel the ground shaking from bombs as he waited three hours at the airport to clear security. But the airport had been bombed so Biondi had to...
by admin | Jul 7, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The most sued priest in St. Louis has been sued again. Michael McGrath is facing his 21st lawsuit. This one is from a man who claims he was sexually abused as a boy by McGrath. The man’s name is not in the lawsuit. He says he was fondled at least once in the mid...
by admin | Jun 22, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Survivors of sexual abuse by priests say State Supreme Court rulings give victims a wider window of opportunity to report abuse and rid the priesthood of pedofiles. The Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, is calling on law enforcement to...
by admin | Jun 21, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A man identified only as “John Doe A.J.” has filed suit against the Archdiocese of St. Louis, claiming he was sexually abused by a priest back in 1982 when the man was an altar boy. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports his is the first suit filed after a...
by admin | Apr 6, 2006 | News
Concern that the religious rights of Missourians have been infringed has led the House to tentatively approve a constitutional amendment for the November ballot. The amendment would confirm rights granted under the US Constitution to voluntarily pray or worship in...
