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Hawaii News Now
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By Tim Sakahara
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) –
Two former students are suing Damien Memorial School and the Catholic Church of Hawaii. They claim the school covered up tortuous sex abuse by a longtime teacher three decades ago.
Back in 1984 and 1986 two 13 year old boys say they were abused by Brother Robert Brouillette on the Damien campus, in a residence, car and a Kauai hotel. They filed a lawsuit Wednesday under Hawaii’s new law allowing former abuse victims to step forward despite the statue of limitations.
“Robert Brouillette was a monster. He cross dressed his victims, he horribly molested and raped them over a period of years and the worst part is school officials knew he was doing it. They removed him once for sex abuse allegations and once things cooled down they brought him back and finally he was removed again,” said Joelle Casteix, Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP).
The victims, who didn’t know each other, are now in their 40’s. They both still live in Honolulu and filed a lawsuit against Damien Memorial School, the Roman Catholic Church and the Congregation of Christian Brothers of Hawaii for allegedly covering up the abuse.
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