Fr. Raymond J. Lauzon
A woman reportedly told four different priests in the 1970s that Lauzon was sexually abusing boys. No action. A young priest in the early 1980s told the chancellor that Lauzon was abusing a boy. Bishop Proulx decided the allegations were “groundless.” Accused in 1984 of performing oral sex on a boy and of trying to get the boy to recant statement to police. Charges filed. In a plea deal, sentenced in 1985 to six months jail and one year probation for witness tampering only. Joined a Franciscan monastery in Kennebunk in 1990. Diocese published a written apology in 4/98. Several suits filed in the 1990s. Accused by five brothers of sexually abusing them as boys in the 1970s and 1980s. All reached settlements. Two brothers from another family also claimed abuse and received settlements. Maine AG report shows 18 plaintiffs. Living in 2002 at Monastery in Lithuania, often seen with children. Died in 9/05. A man sued the diocese in 2016, claiming abuse as a boy in the late 1970s to 1981 by Lauzon and Rev. Christian Roy. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 12/22 of sexually abusing a boy in 1970 at the St. Joseph the Provider thrift shop in Portland.
- United Press International 09.09.84
- Portland Press Herald 02.21.97
- Portland Press Herald 04.15.98
- Portland Press Herald 04.16.98
- Portland Press Herald 03.27.02
- Portland Press Herald 03.27.02
- Portland Press Herald 03.27.02
- Portland Press Herald 04.03.02
- Portland Press Herald 05.05.02
- Portland Press Herald 05.15.02
- Associated Press 05.18.02
- Maine AG Report 02.24.04
- Portland Press Herald 02.26.04
- Portland Press Herald 09.29.05
- Portland Press Herald 09.15.16
- Bangor Daily News 12.08.22
- WMTW 12.12.22
- Portland Press Herald 01.08.23
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