HAGÅTÑA (GUAM)
Pacific Daily News
October 11, 2018
By Dana M. Williams and Haidee V. Eugenio
Priest accused in 130+ sex abuse cases dies
Louis Brouillard, the retired priest who was the subject of more than 130 sexual abuse lawsuits on Guam, died in Minnesota on 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 and Malojloj and as a teacher at Father Duenas Memorial School.
He also served as a longtime 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 on Oct. 4.
In a 2016 interview with a Pacific Daily News reporter, Brouillard stated “it’s possible” he sexually abused boys while serving on Guam. He later signed an affidavit admitting to abusing 20 or more boys on the island.
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