A sexual abuse lawsuit involving a former coach at a Roman Catholic
high school has been filed against the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
The
lawsuit, filed last week in Ste. Genevieve Circuit Court, claims a
former student at Valle Catholic High School in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., was
sexually abused by Martin Weiler, a coach who, according to the
lawsuit, committed suicide in 2009.
Weiler met the plaintiff, only known in court documents as K.B., when she was 14, before she enrolled at Valle in 2007.
Weiler
began a sexual relationship with the student, according to court
documents, and sexually abused the student in the locker room, weight
room and faculty parking lot.
By the summer of 2008, Weiler and the student were having sex, according to the lawsuit.
But the following year, after another victim went to the police, Weiler committed suicide, according to the suit.
The
suit says the plaintiff is now in prison for drug-related crimes but
blames her “downward spiral” on Weiler and the abuse she suffered.
Lawsuit filed against St. Louis archdiocese alleges abuse by high school coach : Lifestyles
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