Saturday, May 16, 2009

The St. Louis University Blues

SNAP says SLU shelters sex offenders, challenges Sam Simon

Two African Americans who were molested by a Catholic priest who is now sheltered at Saint Louis University’s Jesuit Hall are calling for SLU Director of Public Safety Sam Simon to come clean about their former abuser’s whereabouts and activities – and to make a full disclosure of all sex offenders currently housed or employed by the university.

“Put it all on the table so we know who these people are, where they are kept and how we can protect ourselves,” said Charles Spearman.

SLU currently houses Fr. Chester E. Gaiter at Jesuit Hall. Spearman accused Gaiter of sexually abusing him in the mid-1980s at Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School. The suit was settled in 2007, with $140,000 awarded to Spearman and both the Jesuits and the Archdiocese of St. Louis agreeing to write him letters of apology.

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