LOUISIANA
The Advocate
BY RICHARD BURGESS AND LANIE LEE COOK | rburgess@theadvocate.com lcook@theadvocate.com JUL 27, 2016
The pastor of St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge was arrested Wednesday on 500 counts of possessing child pornography, images believed to have been found when he brought his personal computer in for repairs, according to the Diocese of Lafayette and State Police.
The Rev. F. David Broussard, who also oversees St. Bernard School, has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation, said Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel.
Deshotel said Broussard, 50, has served as pastor at St. Bernard for two years and has served as a priest for 23 years.
The bishop said there have been no previous complaints involving child pornography or sexual abuse against Broussard.
“Never any complaints to any of us from anyone. In fact he was a much loved pastor, the irony is a very loved man in the parish,” Deshotel said. “… “No complaints have been made that anything physical or any kind of physical abuse occurred.”
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