AbuseGuardian.com
reports on a lawsuit filed against the Salesian Society, which is a
Catholic order that ran a former boarding school called Mary Help of
Christians School located in the East Lake area of Tampa. The suit was
filed on Tuesday, March 8th, 2016.
The plaintiff filing this case claims that when he was just 12-years-old, he was singled out by one of the brothers at his boarding school, Mary Help of Christians, and was allegedly sexually abused until the age of 14. The victim feared disclosing the abuse to anyone after being taught that if he brought scandal to the church he would go to hell. To this day, he claims that even his wife and children are unaware of the abuse he suffered as a child, and he has gone to great lengths to conceal his identity within the lawsuit. His alleged abuser passed away in 1994, yet the school has faced almost a dozen lawsuits regarding sexual abuse which reportedly took place involving mostly three religious brothers and teachers at the school for several years. The plaintiff’s attorney, in this case, is familiar with other similar lawsuits which have taken place, and he estimates that $1 million has been paid out in settlements.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2870509
The plaintiff filing this case claims that when he was just 12-years-old, he was singled out by one of the brothers at his boarding school, Mary Help of Christians, and was allegedly sexually abused until the age of 14. The victim feared disclosing the abuse to anyone after being taught that if he brought scandal to the church he would go to hell. To this day, he claims that even his wife and children are unaware of the abuse he suffered as a child, and he has gone to great lengths to conceal his identity within the lawsuit. His alleged abuser passed away in 1994, yet the school has faced almost a dozen lawsuits regarding sexual abuse which reportedly took place involving mostly three religious brothers and teachers at the school for several years. The plaintiff’s attorney, in this case, is familiar with other similar lawsuits which have taken place, and he estimates that $1 million has been paid out in settlements.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2870509
