Louis Brouillard dies at 97

GUAM
Pacific Daily News

October 12, 2018

By Dana M. Williams and Haidee V. Eugenio

Louis Brouillard, the retired priest accused in more than 130 sexual abuse lawsuits who admitted to molesting children on Guam, died in Minnesota Oct. 10, according to the Archdiocese of Agana.

He was 97.

Brouillard, a native of Minnesota, was ordained on Guam in 1948. He served here until 1981 as a parish priest in Mangilao, Chalan Pago, Barrigada, Malojloj and Tumon, and as a teacher at Father Duenas Memorial School.

He also served as a longtime Boy Scouts of America scoutmaster on the island.

More than 130 civil cases, filed in local and federal courts since 2016, accused Brouillard of rape, sexual abuse and sexual molestation. The most recent lawsuit filed against him was Oct. 4.

In a statement released Friday, the archdiocese said Brouillard’s health had been declining in recent months.

“The…