NEW ORLEANS (LA)
The New Orleans Advocate
November 13, 2018
By Ramon Antonio Vargas
Four more men have come forward with detailed claims of being abused both sexually and physically while living at two troubled Catholic-run youth homes in Marrero in the 1970s and ’80s, according to a new lawsuit filed Tuesday.
The 24-page suit appears to be the first aimed at the Archdiocese of New Orleans since, earlier this month, it revealed the names of 57 clergy members considered to have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children within the last 50 years.
That list included eight clergymen who worked at the two homes, Hope Haven and Madonna Manor, which have been the focus of earlier lawsuits settled by the archdiocese. The homes are largely vacant these days.
By design, the list of fallen priests and deacons released Nov. 2 did not include the names of any lay staff or religious brothers and nuns working at archdiocese facilities. Those omissions, the lawsuit claims, run counter to the archdiocese’s stated aim of being completely transparent in the wake of the child sex abuse crisis that has dogged the Catholic Church for decades.
The lawsuit says that along with priests of the Salesian order, lay staffers and a religious brother were among the victims’ tormentors. The victims don’t provide their names in the suit, which describes numerous acts of molestation.
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