OREGON
Catholic Sentinel
Another alleged victim of the late Maurice Grammond has filed suit against the Archdiocese of Portland.
The plaintiff, a 47-year-old resident of Washington County, is seeking $6.3 million for sexual abuse he says occurred when he was a boy at Our Lady of Victory Parish in Seaside. The archdiocese and its insurers have already paid out more than $33 million to 54 accusers of the defrocked priest, who died in 2002 in a Gresham Alzheimer’s unit.
Kristian Roggendorf, attorney for the plaintiff, says the archdiocese in the 1970s could have spared his client, who claims the priest took advantage when offering comfort after a fire destroyed the boy’s home.
The plaintiff says he suppressed memories of the abuse, struggled through two decades of drug addiction and was imprisoned many times. Seeing a photo of Grammond sparked memories of about 20 instances sexual molestation and rape, the lawsuit said.
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