GUAM
The Guam Daily Post
Neil Pang | The Guam Daily Post
“Usually (a) settlement is a possibility, but in these cases I don’t know. … We’re early in the game right now.” – Patrick Civille, attorney
The Boy Scouts of America Aloha Council has retained Guam attorney Patrick Civille to represent them in the ongoing cases they are facing from alleged child sex abuse victims of their former Scout Master, Louis Brouillard.
After a scheduling conference held yesterday before Magistrate Judge Joaquin Manibusan of the District Court of Guam, Civille said he had only just started to review the dozens of cases that have been filed so far.
“We haven’t officially entered the case yet,” Civille said.
“I know the Boy Scouts are interested in short-cutting some of the procedural problems and today I discussed with plaintiff counsel that we’re not going to make them jump through any particular hoops in terms of serving the Boy Scouts – that I’ll accept service and that streamlines the process. Beyond that … I have to look at the evidence.”
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