LOUISIANA
KPLC
[with video]
By Theresa Schmidt
One of ex-priest Mark Broussard’s accusers says he did not remember the sexual assault until deputies questioned him just over one year ago.
Broussard is accused of sex crimes against children, including rape, some 25 years ago.
One of the alleged victims said the memory of the sexual assault against him didn’t surface until deputies contacted him in March 2012.
First Assistant District Attorney, Cynthia Killingsworth, opposes the release of personal medical records of victims.
“That goes to what he’s trying to get at which is the credibility of witnesses and you can’t test that pre-trial. And that’s what this would do. It would give him an opportunity to take these victims apart when they shouldn’t be, with their private information. And I really object to that,” said Killingsworth.
She said repressed memory is common with child victims of sexual assault.
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