OREGON
Courthouse News Service
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) – A priest dressed in his underwear chased a boy down the street after getting him drunk and sexually abusing him, the boy’s guardian claims in court.
Sam Friedenberg, guardian for J.T., sued the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland and his successors, and Saint Luke Catholic Church of Woodburn, Ore., in Multnomah County Court, alleging sexual battery of a child and negligence.
The boy was 11 and 12 years old when Fr. Angel Armando Perez sexually groomed him, gave him alcohol and molested him, Friedenberg claims in the lawsuit.
Perez is not named as a defendant. He pleaded guilty on April 1, 2013 to sexually abusing the boy and giving him alcohol, the complaint states. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison, according to Oregon press reports.
After he befriended the boy, and counseling him “emotionally and spiritually,” the complaint states, “On the night of August 12-13, 2012, plaintiff was staying at Fr. Perez’s residence at the rectory of Saint Luke’s Church. Fr. Perez-through the grooming that was within the course and scope of his employment and agency, and using the authority and position of trust as a priest for defendants – engaged in various sexual activities with plaintiff.
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