Accusations grow against Franciscan Sisters. From: Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN) | Date: June 7, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Post-Bulletin. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Janice Gregorson

Jun. 7--Two more women have filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually abused as children by a nun with the Rochester-based Sisters of St. Francis. Patricia Schwartz, 51, of Eden Prairie, and Karen Britten, 47, of Chicago, filed the lawsuits Tuesday in Olmsted District Court claiming they were repeatedly molested by Sister Benen Kent in the mid 1960s while students in Chicago. At the time, they allege, Kent was their piano and music tea...

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