4 New Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Filed against Archdiocese of Santa Fe

By Blair Miller
KOB
December 17, 2015

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Four more men have filed lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Santa Fe alleging priests sexually abused them when they were boys in New Mexico.

The new lawsuits come in addition to more than 10 others that claim the boys were abused by priests with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

One of the lawsuits implicates Father Bissonnette, who worked at the Servants of the Paraclete in Jemez Springs before he moved to the Santa Fe Archdiocese. Many of the previously-filed cases involve priests from Servants of the Paraclete.

Two of the other new lawsuits implicate Father Sabine Griego, who worked at Our Lady of Sorrows in Las Vegas and Queen of Heaven in Albuquerque.

The other implicates Father Edward Rutowski, who worked at St. Jude Thaddeus in Paradise Hills.

Attorney Brad Hall is handling the majority of the lawsuits. He says that many of the priests implicated in the sexual abuse were from New Mexico – contradicting a common belief much of the abuse stemmed from out-of-state priests who were sent to our state for "rehabilitation."

Hall says the four new lawsuits were filed after the victims began to deteriorate psychologically because of the past abuse.