NEW MEXICO
KOAT
[with video]
By Regina Ruiz
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sexual abuse allegations against a New Mexico priest may have gotten worse, after the victim’s attorney said he’s investigating claims that the priest had AIDS.
As sex abuse allegations mount against former Questa priest Michael O’Brien, attorney Kelly Clark said new information has surfaced about a potentially harmful secret he may have been keeping.
“If it turns out that Father O’Brien suffered from AIDS, God forbid that he passed that on to any of his victims,” Clark said.
Clark represents a 37-year-old who said O’Brien raped him as a boy. A complaint was filed this month against the church and the archdiocese.
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