Catholic Church Sued By More Victims in Montana

 Catholic Church Sued By More Victims in Montana

There are new claims of sexual abuse against Roman Catholic clergy coming from the Blackfeet Indian reservation. This brings at least 280 total number of plaintiffs in two lawsuits whom are seeking damages from the diocese but his time from oversees in western Montana.

One lawsuit alone has 200 plaintiffs after eight more were added Monday. Many are Native Americans who claim they were abused as children at schools, in orphanages, in church or in their homes.
They say the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena knew or should have known about the abuse, but covered it up instead of stopping it. The lawsuit says 26 clergy members were involved in the abuse that stretches back to the 1940s.

Read full report at Church Scandal Report