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TexasTowelie

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Thu Mar 30, 2017, 09:30 PM Mar 2017

Former Boy Scouts in Guam allege abuse

Peter Damian was only 9 years old when he was subjected to sexual abuse at the hands of Father Louis Brouillard, court documents state.

The Sinajana resident is the latest victim to come forward alleging the priest sexually abused young boys during Boy Scout outings.

Damian, through his local attorney Anthony C. Perez and two off-island law firms, filed a civil lawsuit in the Superior Court of Guam yesterday against the Archdiocese of Agana, the Boy Scouts of America and the Aloha Council Chamorro District. Seattle-based James, Vernon and Weeks and Honolulu-based Rosenberg McKay Hoffman filed the lawsuit with their local associate.

Brouillard was the parish priest at Santa Teresita Church in Mangilao in 1961.

Read more: https://www.postguam.com/news/local/former-boy-scouts-allege-abuse/article_c4ce429c-1526-11e7-a46e-1342f7cc4237.html

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