NEW ORLEANS (LA)
The Advocate
October 29, 2018
By Ramon Antonio Vargas
An ex-Catholic deacon accused of raping an 8-year-old altar boy decades ago in a case that prompted the Archdiocese of New Orleans to pay out a hefty financial settlement is at the center of a new lawsuit containing similar allegations involving another altar boy.
The unidentified plaintiff alleges that George Brignac “engaged in prohibited and unpermitted sexual contact” with him countless times from 1977 to 1982, when the plaintiff was between eight and 13 years old and Brignac taught at Holy Rosary School.
That same time frame and school were at the heart of a suit filed against Brignac earlier this year that the Archdiocese deemed credible and settled for more than $500,000.
The archdiocese on Monday didn’t comment on the new plaintiff – who is now about 49 – and his claims in a 17-page lawsuit filed Monday in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. But the archdiocese did say in a statement, “Our prayers are with all victims of sexual abuse.”
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