PORTLAND (OR)
OPB
August 2, 2019
By Conrad Wilson
The Archdiocese of Portland has agreed to settle eight claims of sexual abuse involving former North Bend priest Rev. Pius Brazauskas.
Together the settlements add up to nearly $4 million.
The alleged abuse stems from about 1975 to 1985 involving boys who at the time of the abuse were between 5 and 16 years old. At the time, Brazauskas was in his 70s.
Brazauskas died on March 1, 1990. He was 84 years old.
A January 2018 lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon identified three victims as J.B., S.R. and S.F. They were the first sexual abuse allegations against Brazauskas.
After the lawsuit was filed, five more men came forward, said Peter Janci, attorney for the victims.
“We think there are a lot of other victims out there,” Janci said. “He was somebody who had an insatiable proclivity to abuse kids. In my career, representing hundreds of victims of child sexual abuse I don’t usually see individuals who develop that inclination in their 70s.”
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