An attorney for the denomination declined comment, citing the pending litigation. A hearing on the case is scheduled for Aug. 18 in Fulton. Rogers, 69, does not have a lawyer in Schondelmeyer's lawsuit.
Rogers has a long criminal history. In 2004, he pleaded guilty in Missouri for practicing medicine without a license and assault for cutting off a man's penis as part of a makeshift gender reassignment surgery at a hotel in Columbia, Missouri. That same year, he was convicted of federal child pornography and obscenity charges.
He is serving a 30-year sentence at a federal prison in Miami.
Authorities have also cited him as a potential suspect in an unsolved missing person case in northwest Missouri. Branson Perry was 20 when he went missing after leaving his parents' home in Skidmore in 2001. Rogers has denied involvement and has never been charged.
Schondelmeyer said he fears there may be other victims of Rogers. In a statement issued through the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, he said he still believes in the Presbyterian Church.
"There is much compassion and mercy in my heart, and I would rather stand with church leaders than against them to work together to create safe and sacred space for children and youth," Schondelmeyer said.