Personal Injury Law

Seattle Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Blames University President

By Kirk Bernard, Esq.

The Seattle Times reported in an article on January 14, 2009 that the President of Seattle University, Rev. Stephen Sundborg, has been sued. The claim is that since he is president, Sundborg must have been aware of an abusive Jesuit priest. Nonetheless, the priest was allowed to continue with the ministry. According to the Seattle personal injury lawsuit, more than 40 victims claim to have been abused when they were children or teenagers by Sundborg and/or other defendants who are mentioned in the lawsuit. The suit also states that Sundborg had examined ?hell files? which were files comprising of information about priests that was ?not public,? and ?not good.?

Given this information, Sundborg must have been aware of Rev. Henry Hargreaves past of child abuse. The priest now resides with a Jesuit community in Spokane.

Full post as published by Seattle Injury Blog on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).