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Two More Accusations of Church Sex Abuse Brings Total to 28

By Krystal Paco
KUAM
March 9, 2017

http://www.kuam.com/story/34713627/2017/03/Thursday/two-more-accusations-of-church-sex-abuse-brings-total-to-28



Two more former altar boys have surfaced with allegations of clergy sex abuse. Michael Chargualaf and Anthony Ray C. Mantanona both allege they were sexually molested multiple times by Father Louis Brouillard who was a priest at San Isidro Church in Malojoloj.

They mark the 27th and 28th plaintiffs to file suit.

It was the mid-1970s. Mantanona was only 8 or 9 years old. Chargualaf was a little older, around 13. Both were altar boys at San Isidro Church in Malojojo. Both were forced to quit after multiple incidents of sex abuse by parish priest, Father Louis Brouillard.

Mantanona and Chargualaf filed their civil suits with the Superior Court of Guam late Thursday afternoon. Both men are represented by Attorney Anthony C. Perez.

Court filings provide graphic details to what happened behind closed doors on church grounds. For Chargualaf, the abuse started on his first day. He had arrived early for mass to meet Brouillard who walked around the rectory with an open robe, his naked body underneath. As a teen he was forced to perform oral sex and receive oral sex from the priest who would tell him "Don't be afraid. This is OK." and "Doesn't that feel good?"

Chargualaf, who was also a Boy Scout, also recalls camping trips to Ritidian and Brouillard coming into his tent to perform sex acts.

As for Mantonana, he details at least one incident in which he was instructed to pretend Brouillard's penis was a microphone and to sing to it.

Both complaints allege "The Archdiocese had a practice and pattern of harboring child abusers and protecting their identities, thereby exposing unwitting parents and their vulnerable children to further harm at the hands of said abusers."

Both suits demand that the Archdiocese's post on its homepage all members of the Archdiocese who are known sexual abusers, that the archdiocese establish a toll-free number for survivors to make their complaints and that complaints be reported to authorities, that the church adopt a whistle blower policy, that the archbishop be available to have a private conference with any survivor of clergy sex abuse, and that letters of apology be issued to the plaintiffs stating the Archdiocese takes responsibility for the abuse.

Chargualaf's suit also names the Boy Scouts of America Aloha Council as defendants, with similar demands for equitable relief listed.

Father Brouillard previously admitted to abusing 20 or more altar boys while on Guam. Today, he is 95 years old and lives in Minnesota where he continues to receive a $300 monthly stipend from the Archdiocese of Agana.

 

 

 

 

 




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