TIME: Catholicism in Crisis: A Victim's Story
Lafayette, Louisiana -
1984 -
The first big priestly sex abuse scandal broke in Louisiana in 1984, when Father Gilbert Gauthe was indicted for sexual abuse. Two years later, he was sentenced to 20 years for molesting 11 altar boys, and admitted he'd assaulted dozens of other children. As a result of the civil cases that followed, his victims were awarded at least $18 million in damages. TIME recently spoke with one of Fr. Gauthe's victims. Now in his 30s, the victim has married several times and is the father of four children. He works in law enforcement in Louisiana, and has requested anonymity.
"If my name were to be printed in my local newspaper, I would lose my job in law enforcement, and getting that job has been a life-long dream," he explains. "Louisiana still revolves around the Catholic Church even today, and there are plenty of people who don't want you saying anything at all against the church, even if one of its priests did molest children."
Read the article at TIME.com
1984 -
The first big priestly sex abuse scandal broke in Louisiana in 1984, when Father Gilbert Gauthe was indicted for sexual abuse. Two years later, he was sentenced to 20 years for molesting 11 altar boys, and admitted he'd assaulted dozens of other children. As a result of the civil cases that followed, his victims were awarded at least $18 million in damages. TIME recently spoke with one of Fr. Gauthe's victims. Now in his 30s, the victim has married several times and is the father of four children. He works in law enforcement in Louisiana, and has requested anonymity.
"If my name were to be printed in my local newspaper, I would lose my job in law enforcement, and getting that job has been a life-long dream," he explains. "Louisiana still revolves around the Catholic Church even today, and there are plenty of people who don't want you saying anything at all against the church, even if one of its priests did molest children."
Read the article at TIME.com
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