St Louis Catholic archdiocese to pay $1m to settle sexual abuse lawsuit

Plaintiff, who was altar boy in Chesterfield, Missouri, said he was abused by priest Gary Wolken, jailed for abusing another boy

The Roman Catholic archdiocese of St Louis has agreed to pay $1m to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was sexually abused as a child by a priest who previously spent 12 years in prison for abusing another boy, an attorney for the victim said Friday.

The plaintiff was an altar boy at a church in Chesterfield, Missouri. The suit alleged he was abused by Gary Wolken starting in 1993, when the boy was in fourth grade, and continuing through 1995. The lawsuit said the plaintiff repressed memories until he was an adult.