COLORADO
Rocky Mountain News
By Felix Doligosa Jr., Rocky Mountain News
September 21, 2005
Roger Colburn doesn't mind giving hugs to people. But, if someone hugs Colburn first, he freezes.
"My brain goes, 'Wait a minute - you don't want to be touched,' " said Colburn, 46. "He pinned me down on my shoulders."
Colburn blames his uneasiness with physical contact on a Catholic priest he says sexually assaulted him more than 30 years ago.
Colburn was one of three people to file sexual abuse lawsuits Tuesday against the Archdiocese of Denver, including the first allegations against the Rev. Leonard A. Abercrombie.
Chancellor Fran Maier of the Archdiocese of Denver declined to comment on the lawsuits. Attorney Jeffrey Herman said he plans to seek $10 million in each of the lawsuits.