40th clergy sex abuse lawsuit demands $10M

By Haidee V Eugenio
Pacific Daily News
April 3, 2017

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Father Louis Brouillard is shown in an undated photo from the Pacific Daily News archives.

Guam’s clergy sex abuse lawsuits reached 40 on Monday, April 3, when a man alleged former priest Louis Brouillard sexually abused him.

An accuser with the initials J.C.T., represented by attorney David Lujan,  filed suit to demand a jury trial and $10 million in minimum damage, according to court documents. Since last week, some plaintiffs have chosen to use their initials to protect their identity, their lawyers said.

The latest lawsuit, filed in the District Court of Guam, named the Archdiocese of Agana, the Boy Scouts of America and Brouillard as defendants, along with up to 50 others who may have aided, abetted, concealed or covered up the alleged abuse.

Brouillard was also a scout master in the Boy Scouts of America while he was a priest on Guam. Most of the 40 lawsuits filed so far in local and federal courts accuse Brouillard, who has admitted to abusing at least 20 boys on Guam when he was a priest here.

The Boy Scouts of America’s Aloha Council, which has jurisdiction over the Guam chapter, has said it deeply regrets the abuse and extends its deepest apologies to victims and their families.