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Hawaii News Now
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By Tim Sakahara
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) –
There are more troubling accusations against the Roman Catholic Church of Hawaii. The main defendant is Father Marc Alexander who has already had a brush with controversy.
Marc Alexander is still technically a priest although the Diocese of Honolulu suspended all his priestly service in 2011. Now he and the church are named in a new lawsuit filed today.
“We are also very much aware we have a crisis in our midst,” said Marc Alexander, back on March 3, 2011 when he was the State Homeless Coordinator.
Homeless crisis aside, Marc Alexander has a controversy of his own.
“This was an assault. It was not invited or permitted conduct,” said Mark Gallagher, Plaintiff’s Attorney.
The lawsuit specifically says there was “unpermitted, harmful and offensive sexual contact.” It was 1984. The anonymous accuser says she was 16 years old and a member of St. John Vianney Church in Kailua. She claims Marc Alexander forced himself upon her.
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