Lawsuit Claims Well-known New Orleans Priest Raped, Beat 10-year-old during Church Retreat

WDSU-TV
January 27, 2021

https://www.wdsu.com/article/lawsuit-claims-well-known-new-orleans-priest-raped-beat-10-year-old-during-church-retreat/35340833#

A lawsuit an anonymous victim filed Wednesday accuses the pastor of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Treme of rape and assault during a 2008 church retreat.

The lawsuit filed by "A.A. Doe" alleges the Rev. John Asare-Dankwah attended a church retreat with 11 students from Catholic schools.

The suit claims the alleged rape and assault happened during a retreat in Montgomery, Alabama. Doe was a member of the Blessed Trinity Catholic church, where Asare-Daknwah was serving at the time.

Doe claims that during a confessional Dankwah asked him if he loved God and loved Dankwah.

That is when Doe claims Dankwah exposed his genitals to him.

The lawsuit alleges that Doe refused him two times before being forced to touch Dankwah.

The suit claims Dankwah told Doe, "This will be over soon" before raping the boy.