In January, Indian Country Today Media Network reported
that a Yakima, Washington–based law firm had filed a 12-page legal
complaint on behalf of a Northern Cheyenne tribal member seeking justice
for years of abuse she suffered as a child at Montana’s St. Labre
Indian School in the 1950s and 1960s. The case is a significant one, as
the accused is Father Emmett Hoffmann, a near-legendary figure on the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.
In recent weeks, the case has become even bigger. According to an amended, 19-page version of the legal complaint filed on June 6 in Montana’s Eighth Judicial District Court, priests and nuns misused their authority to “molest, exploit and abuse children” across eastern Montana. The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis are now named in the complaint, and 10 additional male and female victims have joined the original Jane Doe in filing suit against the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings.
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/more-victims-claiming-sexual-abuse-by-montana-priests/
In recent weeks, the case has become even bigger. According to an amended, 19-page version of the legal complaint filed on June 6 in Montana’s Eighth Judicial District Court, priests and nuns misused their authority to “molest, exploit and abuse children” across eastern Montana. The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis are now named in the complaint, and 10 additional male and female victims have joined the original Jane Doe in filing suit against the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings.
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/more-victims-claiming-sexual-abuse-by-montana-priests/
