NEW ORLEANS (LA)
WVUE
November 20, 2018
By Rob Masson
A long-time church sex abuse attorney said more clients are coming forward now that the New Orleans archdiocese has released a list of clergy members credibly accused of abuse.
“I have several new people who have come forward,” said attorney Roger Stetter.
Stetter said he’s got 20 clients, more than a dozen of whom claim that former deacon George Brignac sexually abused them. Stetter said Brignac is responsible for more than a half-million dollars in payouts from the archdiocese.
“I think we have 13 Brignac victims, and seven from other places – Edward the Confessor and Eymard, which doesn’t exist anymore,” said Stetter.
Stetter said a man contacted him claiming that former Jesuit High School brother Claude Ory abused him. Ory’s name doesn’t show up on the archdiocese list of 57 credibly accused clergy members.
Jesuit put out a statement saying Ory’s wasn’t on the list because he was a religious brother in the Society of Jesus. The Advocate newspaper reported that Jesuit settled abuse claims involving Ory, who appears to be living in Maryland.
“They have their own system for addressing these issues,” Stetter said.
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