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The Guam Daily Post
Neil Pang | The Guam Daily Post
Attorney David Lujan amended two more suits filed on behalf of plaintiffs accusing Guam clergy of child sexual abuse, to include the Boy Scouts of America as a named defendant and double the amount sought in damages to $10 million.
The complaints filed in the District court of Guam on behalf of plaintiffs Norman Aguon and Felix Manglona were amended yesterday to allege the Boy Scouts of America knew, of should have known, that then-Guam priest Louis Brouillard was abusing boys under his care in Troop 24 when he served as both a priest with the Archdiocese of Agana and a scoutmaster for the Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Both plaintiffs allege Brouillard abused them multiple times during the early 1970s when Manglona and Aguon served as altar boys at the San Isidro Catholic Church of Malojloj and members of Boy Scout Troop 24.
According to Aguon’s complaint, Brouillard abused him at the Carmelite Convent multiple times over a four-year period when the priest sought and obtained permission from Aguon’s parents to have Aguon spend the night at the convent, using as an excuse that Brouillard did not want Aguon to be late to serve the next day as an altar boy for mass.
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