LOUISIANA
KPLC
By Theresa Schmidt
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA (KPLC) –
Ongoing testimony in the trial of ex-priest Mark Broussard shows a lengthy history of alleged sexual abuse of boys dating back to the early 1980s – until he left the priesthood in 1994.
Wednesday’s testimony revealed information about yet a fourth adult who said he was a victim of Broussard even before he was a priest.
The case against Broussard is unfolding through the testimony of witnesses who’ve told how, when they were boys, he would gain their trust – often first by inviting them to McDonald’s. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office Det. Kathy LeBlanc, who interviewed the victims, said they told her, “He’d gain their trust. Take them to McDonald’s. Make them feel special.”
LeBlanc also testified about how two of the victims who’d never met each other testified that Broussard had a foot fetish.
She told of her conversation with one man who said he had never told anyone what happened and spent his whole life trying to hide it and act like it never occurred. He was an altar server at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church during the year 1986 and 1988.
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