NEW ORLEANS (LA)
WVUE-TV
Janury 11, 2021
By Kimberly Curth
Alleged church sex abuse victim says George Brignac raped him in 1977
Brian Manix held on to a secret for 43 years and says it took its toll.
“These people don’t realize what they’ve done to all of us. I’ve gone to drugs, I’ve gone to alcohol, I’ve tried to commit suicide three times,” said Manix.
Manix was an altar boy at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in New Orleans when George Brignac was a deacon.
He says he was just 10-years-old in 1977, when Brignac raped him in City Park.
“Which was my favorite place to hang out and he knew that, that’s where I always fished,” said Manix. ”He tried to rape me a second time again in City Park but this time in his car and I was able to escape and run.”
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