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	Former Priest Faces Second Lawsuit MaineToday February 21, 2007 http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/009330.html A man who said he was sexually abused as a boy by a Roman Catholic priest has filed a lawsuit against the priest and the Diocese of Portland. William Picher claimed in the lawsuit that between 1987 and 1989, while he was a student at St. Mary's School in Augusta, he was repeatedly sexually abused by the Rev. Raymond Melville, who was assigned to St. Mary's parish at the time. The suit is the second brought against Melville, who has been removed from the priesthood and is living out of state. Another man won a $500,000 judgment against him for abuse that he said occurred when he as a 13-year-old altar boy. The diocese settled with the man in 2005, although terms of the settlement were never disclosed.
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