LOUISIANA
KATC
[with video]
A member of the Brothers of Christian Schools, who was accused of molesting several boys in the 1980s, is living in Lafayette and traveling to a school campus every week to pray with his order.
Bro. Samuel Martinez, 78, lives in a Lafayette retirement home and is transported to the Holy Family Community on the campus of John Paul The Great Academy on weekends for religious exercises.
But the most recent head of the order’s New Orleans-Santa Fe District, David Sinitiere, says Martinez is not a risk to children. Even though some sex offenders in Louisiana are not allowed to go within 1,000 feet of a school – even if no children are present – Martinez does not have to follow that restriction because he was never criminally charged. Everything was settled in civil court.
“Brother Samuel Martinez had what we determined a credible accusation against him. It was 40 years ago, but we still had to address the issue today,” Sinitiere said
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