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Omaha’s ABC affiliate reports:
Omaha’s Archbishop is among the clergy members named in a lawsuit filed against the Archdiocese of St. Louis and Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski alleging the sexual abuse of minors for decades. The lawsuit said the Archdiocese has “known of the sexual abuse perpetrated upon its young parishioners and children in the community” by employees, priests, reverends, nuns, teachers, and other staff members. The lawsuit was brought forth by 27 anonymous plaintiffs.
It accuses the defendants of often transferring the perpetrators to different locations within the Archdiocese or Catholic Church or sending them away for treatment before returning them to unsupervised access to children. One of the plaintiffs, a former altar boy, alleged Omaha Archbishop George Lucas sexually assaulted them when they were a junior in high school at the Saint Louis Preparatory Seminary.
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Archbishop Lucas first appeared here in 2012 when he helped spearhead a campaign to overturn Omaha’s then- brand new LGBTQ anti-discrimination ordinance. In March 2013, the petition drive failed to make the ballot.
In 2015, Lucas appeared here when he called for prayers and fasting to save the state from God’s wrath after a state judge approved same-sex marriage.
Lucas last appeared here in 2021 when he denounced one of his priests for performing at exorcism of “demons” at the US Capitol during the January 6 riot. The exorcism was live-streamed on a QAnon channel on YouTube.
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