NEW MEXICO
The New Mexican
By Andrew Oxford
The New Mexican
A former parishioner of a Roman Catholic church in Albuquerque filed suit Thursday against the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, claiming he was sexually abused as a child in the 1970s by an ex-priest now believed to be living in Morocco.
The lawsuit allegesthe Rev. Arthur Perrault sexually abused the boy several times between 1975 and 1977 at Our Lady of Assumption Parish as well as off church property.
Perrault was a top liturgist, wrote columns for the archdiocesan newsletter and taught ethics at St. Pius X High School in Albuquerque.
The lawsuit contends church officials were aware Perrault was abusing boys.
Church officials in Connecticut sent Perrault to Servants of the Paraclete, the now-closed Catholic treatment facility in Jemez Springs, in 1965 because of sexual misconduct, the lawsuit alleges.
Church officials recommended he receive a permanent assignment in New Mexico, preferably at a school, the plaintiff’s lawyer Brad D. Hall says in the lawsuit.
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