Lawsuit: Priest Abuse Caused Boy's Suicide
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The family of a teenage boy who committed suicide in 1983 has sued a Catholic priest, claiming that abuse led their son to do it.
Brian Teeman was 14 when he took his own life. His family members said they spent the next 30 years wondering why.They said they now blame the Rev. Monsignor Thomas O'Brien, who has been accused in next 30 lawsuits of sexually abusing boys. The suit, which also names the Diocese of Kansas City-St.
Joseph, claims that Teeman's abuse at the hands of O'Brien sent the boy into a spiraling depression. It seeks unspecific damages for wrongful death, negligence, fraud and infliction of emotional distress.




