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Everton Bailey Jr. | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Two brothers sued the Archdiocese of Portland on Wednesday for $6 million claiming two priests sexually abused them repeatedly as children in the 1960s after preying on them while their stepfather was suffering from leukemia.
The brothers accuse the Rev. James Harris, then a priest in Silverton, and the Rev. Maurice Grammond, then a priest in Seaside, of touching their bodies and genitals over and under their clothing during overnight trips to the Oregon coast.
Harris also forced the younger sibling to touch him, according to one suit.
The older brother, now 60 and living in Marion County, was abused from ages of 9 to 13, and his younger brother, now 59 and living in Washington’s Kitsap County, was 11 and 12, the lawsuits say.
Harris died in 1999 and Grammond died in 2002. The two priests have been the subject of lawsuits against the archdiocese for sexually abusing dozens of children.
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