NEW MEXICO
KRQE
Updated: Tuesday, 02 Apr 2013
Kim Vallez
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A New Mexico man has filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Santa Fe alleging he was sexually abused by a priest when he was an altar boy at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Questa.
In the lawsuit the man identified only as John Doe names Father Michael O’Brien as the man alleged to have abused him.
He claims Father Mike started with hugs, soon was massaging the boy and then moved on to rape.
The man claims the incidents happened over a two-year period when he was about 10 or 11 years old, but he didn’t reveal the alleged incidents until 2012.
Attorney Brad Hall, who is representing the man, says he went to the archdiocese first for help. They offered him counseling with the condition that he could not contact any attorneys or file a lawsuit.
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