Former Calcasieu priest found guilty of sexually abusing altar boys

LOUISIANA
The Advocate

LAKE CHARLES — A former Catholic priest molested and raped altar boys in Calcasieu Parish in the 1980s and 1990s.

A Calcasieu Parish jury found Mark Anthony Broussard, 60, guilty on two counts of aggravated rape, molestation of a juvenile, aggravated oral sexual battery and aggravated rape.

The jury verdict was 11 to 1. The jury began deliberating at 12:53 p.m. and delivered the verdict at 2:50 p.m.

Sentencing is set for Friday, March 11.

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