NEW MEXICO
KOAT
[with video]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —A New Mexico Catholic priest is accused of molesting a young boy in the late 1980s.
The civil suit, filed Tuesday, accuses the church of negligence in training, or checking the background of Father Michael O’Brien, who served at St. Anthony’s Parish in Questa.
According to the suit, O’Brien “groomed” the altar boy by giving him massages.
Soon after, the priest is accused of sexually assaulting the boy for more than a year.
That alleged victim is now 37, and didn’t come forward about the abuse until last year, but his attorney said there could be more victims out there.
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