LOUISIANA
KPLC
By Theresa Schmidt
LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) –
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.
Broussard sexually abused two boys while a priest at Our Lady Queen of Heaven and at St. Henry Catholic Church in the 1980s and 1990s.
Four men took the stand claiming to have been abused by Broussard, but the charges only revolved around two of them. Broussard became a priest at OLQH in 1986.
In her closing statement, prosecutor Cynthia Killingsworth implored jurors to hold Broussard responsible.
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