GUAM
The Guam Daily Post
Neil Pang | The Guam Daily Post
Legal counsel representing 13 plaintiffs who have accused Guam clergy of child sexual abuse has filed documents in the District Court of Guam amending the complaints to both double the amount sought in damages and to accuse a third party of culpability in the abuse.
Court documents filed Thursday and Friday by attorney David Lujan on behalf of 13 former Boy Scouts state each plaintiff is now seeking a minimum of $10 million for all general, special, exemplary and punitive damages.
The suits now also name as a defendant the Boy Scouts of America, in addition to the Archdiocese of Agana and former Guam priest Louis Brouillard.
Court documents state Leo Tudela was abused at two different archdiocesan properties by two different clergymen. Tudela also alleged he was abused during outings with the Boy Scouts troop for which Brouillard was a troop leader.
Bruce Diaz’s suit states he was abused by Brouillard about four times a week over a four-year period when he was between the ages of 8 and 12 and an altar boy at the San Roke Catholic Church in Barrigada, where Brouillard served at the time. The suit states Diaz was abused both on parish grounds and at Boy Scout outings.
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