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	Fairfield Facing $20 Million Lawsuit on Perlitz Charges By Amber Nowak The Mirror April 19, 2011 http://fairfieldmirror.com/2011/04/19/fairfield-facing-20-million-lawsuit-on-perlitz-charges/ One of Doug Perlitz’s accusers filed federal lawsuits yesterday, April 18 for $20 million on every count against each defendent involved in the trial, namely Fairfield University, the Society of Jesus, and Perlitz. According to an Associated Press (AP) newsbreak, the lawsuit was filed on the grounds that the university and the Jesuit order were “negligent in hiring and supervising Perlitz in the work he did in Haiti.” Other defendants were accused of assisting Perlitz in his efforts to cover up his crime. The Fairfield alumnus was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for sexually abusing children at a school he founded in Haiti. An attorney for the accuser, Mitchell Garabedian, told the AP that he represents 20 more children who will file complaints in the near future. He continued to tell the AP that Perlitz’s supervisors, which included former Fairfield chaplain Paul Carrier SJ, “were in Haiti and knew or should have known about the abuse.” Officials at Fairfield University declined to comment to the AP, on the basis that they “hadn’t yet seen the lawsuit.”
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