CONNECTICUT
CT Post
Michael P. Mayko
Updated 5:59 pm, Thursday, August 8, 2013
HARTFORD — Just when it appeared the book had been closed on the sordid Haitian sex scandal involving Douglas Perlitz and his three-stage program to clothe, feed and educate street boys there, a new chapter is being written.
That happened Thursday when Mitchell Garabedian, a Boston lawyer, filed the first of what he anticipates will be another 32 lawsuits on behalf of boys who claim Perlitz sexually abused them while they were participants in his Project Pierre Toussaint program in Cap-Haitien, Haiti’s second largest city.
“Douglas Perlitz was a serial pedophile,” said Garabedian, who has won numerous cases on behalf of victims who claim sexual abuse by religious members. “In these types of cases it’s not unusual for victims to come forward over a period of time.”
In one case involving a Roman Catholic priest, Garabedian said 148 victims came forward.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.