What: At a news conference tomorrow in St. Paul, attorneys Jeff Anderson and Mike Bryant will:
Announce
the filing of two civil lawsuits naming St. John’s Abbey and Father
Timothy Backous as defendants. One suit is being brought by Doe 413, a
survivor who was sexually abused by Backous at St. John’s Prep School in
approximately 1982-1983 when he was 16 years old. The second lawsuit is
being brought by Doe 188, a former member of the St. John’s Boys Choir
who was abused by Backous on a choir trip to Europe in 1990 when Doe 188
was 12 to 13 years old.