Family sues Carmel Catholic school for inaction on son’s harassment, assault

CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) — Administrators of a Carmel Catholic school and the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana face a lawsuit from a family that says its son was repeatedly harassed sexually, assaulted and threatened, but nothing was done.

A Noblesville law firm, Metzger Rosta, said a news release that the lawsuit, filed in Hamilton Superior Court 2. does not name the family to protect the identity of the minor child.

In addition to the diocese, the lawsuit was filed against the superintendent of the diocese’s schools, Trudy Schouten Young: the Rev. Richard Doerr, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and School; the school principal, Tim Fletcher; and the assistant principal, Deanna Cotter…

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