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carmencita ago

SNAP is blasting the “callous, reckless and deceitful secrecy” of officials with the St. Louis archdiocese and the Marianists, a religious order to which Christensen belongs. The group believes top church staff should have told citizens and Catholics and law enforcement about the allegations against Christensen. And, SNAP says, the Catholic hierarchy should have clearly informed the public when it deemed the accusations credible enough to formally kick Christensen out of the priesthood.In 2002, Christensen was sued in St. Louis by a former Chaminade student, Michael Powel, who said Christensen repeatedly molested him as a child. Christensen’s church supervisors refused to accept service of the lawsuit, so Christensen was able to delay the proceedings for five years. In 2007, process servers surprised Christensen at a downtown St. Louis bar he organized. But Powel died of a brain tumor before the suit could be resolved.Powel was represented by St. Louis attorney Joe Bauer. Other attorneys handling cases against the Marianists include Ken Chackes (St. Louis. 314 872 8420) and Adam Horowitz (Miami, 305 931 2200).Christensen, now in his late 60s/early 70s, also taught at McBride High School and started a non-profit called the Institute of Integrated Rural Development in BangladeshAt least five other local Marianists have been named as accused pedophiles. They include Fr. Robert R. Osborne, Brother John Woulfe, Brother William Mueller, Fr. Daniel A. Triulzi, and Brother Tony Pistone. Each faces/faced one or more civil lawsuits. Litigation against Triulzi and Mueller has been settled. The religious order runs Chaminade, Vianney and St. Mary’s high schools in St. LouisSNAP is urging parents of students at those schools to demand openness and reform by the Marianists. *** These were all priests loose in St. Louis. I am sure they were up to their usual heinous acts upon children. I am going to see what I can dig up on them and if they stayed at any of the retreats and guilty of making CP.

Wolftrail7272 ago

You are very much on the right track now. It is institutional. All I can say for now.

carmencita ago

There has been a development between Pope Francis and the Knights of Malta. The head of KOM was asked to step down by the Pope and he has appointed a replacement. Usually this falls upon Archbishop Raymond Burke (OMG). KOM is Freemasons. The list of members is shocking. It is loaded with elites, royals and many of whom we know are pedophiles. I believe there might be a connection possibly with this change and what has been going on in St. Louis. Could the Pope be trying to stop the pipeline of sex trafficking and CP in St. Louis and other hubs? I recommended the Poster of that article check out your posts about St. Louis and the Archdiocese. They indicated they would.