Man files lawsuit against Jesuit HS accusing a former janitor’s assistant of sexually assaulting him

NEW ORLEANS (LA)
WVUE TV

Sept. 21, 2019

By Rob Masson

A New Orleans area man who grew up in the neighborhood around Jesuit High School, filed a lawsuit Friday accusing a former janitor’s assistant of sexually abusing him.

The alleged victim came forward after seeing a FOX 8 report detailing similar allegations last year.

“Over time he began to show more and more interest,” Brad Dupree said.

He says when he was ten years old, former Jesuit High School janitor Pete Modica groomed then lured him onto campus. That’s where Dupree says Modica sexually abused him several times over a two year period.

“He would always come out in the yard, he gave kids sodas, he’s invite us into the building,” Dupree said. “I lived around the corner. He came to my house and met my mother and exchanged phone numbers. Most of the abuse occurred in his office, the chemistry lab and changing shower area.”

Dupree, who adds Modica introduced him to an assistant janitor named Gary Sanchez, alleges Sanchez also molested him at Sanchez’s apartment, at City Park and raped him in a janitorial closet on the third floor of Jesuit High School.

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