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>> MARCELLE FONTENOT: THE HARRIS FAMILY IS FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE AND THE CHURCH'S LATEST PRIEST ABUSE CASE A TEENAGER IS SUING ALONG WITH
HIS PARENTS HIS FATHER IS A DEACON IN THE CHURCH. DEPUTIES SAY THE PRIEST IN QUESTION FATHER MICHAEL GUIDRY CONFESSED TO MOLESTING THAT SCENE WHEN HE
WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
>> JIM HUMMEL: FATHER GUIDRY HAS BEEN ON PAID LEAVE FROM THE DIOCESE SINCE THE ALLEGATION FIRST SURFACED IN JUNE ARRESTED 10 DAYS LATER HE BONDED OUT OF
JAIL, THE SAME DAY. TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FAMILY DEVOUT CATHOLICS WHO DECIDED TO FILE SUIT AND WHY KATC INVESTIGATES.
THEY GIVE A BIG OF A PARTY FOR HIM.
GIVEN GOING AWAY PARTY. FATHER MICHAEL GUIDRY WAS THE PASTOR AT SAINT PETER'S CHURCH IN MORROW UP UNTIL ACCUSATIONS SURFACED IN JUNE. KATC OBTAINE THIS LETTER FROM THE VICTIM'S
ATTORNEY, IT'S ADDRESSED TO THE NOW 19 YEAR-OLD VICTIM ACKNOWLEDGING A LUNCHEON W HELD WHEN FATHER GUIDRY WAS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE THE RECTORY THE DIOCES
APOLOGIZED ACKNOWLEDGING A TERRIBLE DISRESPECT AND INSENSITIVITY TO THE TRAUMA INFLICTED UPON YOU IN THE VERY PLACE WERE PEOPLE SHARED A MEA TOGETHER. THEY WOULD.
YOU KNOW THE LANGUAGE BUT DO OF SAID THE FAMILY HAS HIRED ABBEVILLE ATTORNEY TONY FONTANA WHO HAS SUED THE DIOCESE BEFORE ON BEHALF OF PRIEST ABUSE VICTIMS. AND
THAT'S HOW I THOUGHT WELL THIS WORKS. THE RAPIST COMES THROUGH TH WITH A SKI MASK. THE PRIEST COME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR WITH A CALL. THE LAWSUI
ALLEGES FATHER GUIDRY BEFRIENDED THE FAMILY FORMING A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SU BEGINNING WHEN HE WAS 11 BY 15 THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES FATHER GUIDRY STARTED GIVING
THE TEEN ALCOHOL WHILE HE WOULD DO CHORES AT 16.
THERE WAS A MOVIE NIGHTS WHERE THE TEEN CLAIMS HE WAS GIVEN SO MUCH ALCOHOL HE PASSED OUT AND AWAKENS TO THE PRIEST SEXUALLY MOLESTING HIM WHETHER THEY WANT THIS LAWSUIT TO
ACCOMPLISH, YOU KNOW ANYBODY ELSE TO GET.
TREE THE SAME WAY THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEDOPHILE'S TAKEN OUT THE FAMILY IS SEEKING DAMAGES INCLUDING EXPENSES FOR FUTURE COUNSELING.
THEY ACCUSE THE DIOCESAN OFFICIAL WHO IS ALSO A PRIEST OF THREATENING TO CUT OFF FUNDING FOR THAT COUNSELING IF THEY FILED SUIT.
CATHOLIC WORKING WITHIN TH CHURCH.
AND IF YOU LIKE THE TEARS AND THE BAND OF THEM. THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE ACKNOWLEDGES THE LAWSUIT IN A STATEMENT RELEASED THIS AFTERNOON. OFFICIALS SAY THAT ISIS IS NOT
PAYING FATHER DID HIS LEGAL FEES. HOWEVER, DURING A NE CONFERENCE IN JUNE AFTER GOOD REASON ARREST. THE BISHOP SA CHURCH LAW REQUIRES THAT THE DYES HIS HELP PAY FOR GOOD OR
EAST COUNCIL. WE HAVE ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION FROM THE DICE US TONIGHT, BUT WE HAVE YET TO HEAR BACK AS REPORTED THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE HAS PAID AT
LEAST 26 MILLION USD TO 123 VICTIMS OF ABUSE BY PRIESTS AND NATIONWIDE THERE ARE CALLS FOR POPE FRANCIS TO RESIGN AMID ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE BY PRIESTS IN
THE MESS COVER-UP IN THOSE CASES.
>> JIM HUMMEL: OUR CHRIS-WELTY LIVE AT THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE WITH MORE CHRIS.
>> AS FOR SINNERS I SPOKE WITH COMING OUT OF THE NOON MASS. DO YOU WANT TO GO ON CAMERA BUT THOSE THAT WERE WILLING TO TALK SAY TH SUPPORT
THE POPE AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN 2004 THEN THIS UP MICHAEL JERRELL ACKNOWLEDGE THE LIST OF AT LEAST 15 PRIEST WHO FACE QUOTE CREDIBLE ACCUSATIONS BUT ONLY ONE PRIEST WAS
CRIMINALLY CHARGED. THE NAMES OF THE OTHER PRIESTS WERE NEVER RELEASED. STILL THOSE WE TALKE TO BELIEVE THE CHURCH WILL DO THE RIGHT THING.
>> HE MADE US TO PROMISE THAT THE GAUGE OF HAIL WITH DEATH A PREVIEW. IT'S DOUBLES HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH.
AND WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THAT THE PRAY TO HIM AND AS FOR H BLESSINGS.
>> WE REACHED OUT TO THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE AND WE WERE TOLD THIS OF DOUGLAS DOESN'T TELL WAS OUT OF TOWN AND UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT REPORTING LIVE IN LAFAYETTE
CHRIS-WELTY KATC TV 3 AND WITH THE SCANDALS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DOMINATING HEADLINES RECENT DAYS, MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THE STATUS OF SAINT MARTIN PARISH PRIEST
CHARGED WITH POSSESSING CHILD. FELIX DAVID BROUSSARD WAS ARRESTED 2 YEARS AGO AND IS CHARGED WITH COUNTS OF POSSESSING CHILD BROUSSARD HAD SERVED FOR 2
YEARS AS A PRIEST AT SAINT BERNAR