Here we go again, another accusation againt this disgraced deacon

George Brignac, former New Orleans deacon, accused of sexual assault in another lawsuit: report

Removed from the ministry in 1988, George Brignac has been accused of abusing at least 10 boys in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was twice charged with sexual misconduct, once in 1977 in Jefferson Parish and again in 1988 in New Orleans. He was never convicted. Brignac is shown in this March 2008 file photo at an event at St. Joseph Hospice in Harahan. He was serving as a deacon. (DONALD STOUT)

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By Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

kchatelain@nola.com

The Times-Picayune

Former Catholic Church deacon and suspected child molester George Brignac is the target of a lawsuit filed Tuesday (Dec. 11) by a North Carolina man who claims he was sexually abused repeatedly by the clergyman in 1982, the New Orleans Advocate reported.

The plaintiff, who is now 49, was a seventh-grader in New Orleans when the alleged abuse took place, the newspaper reported. The suit contends the plaintiff is owed damages because local Catholic officials failed to protect him from Brignac, who was assigned to the plaintiff’s school after being acquitted on charges that he abused a child while teaching at another school.

The alleged abuse happened 36 years ago at Holy Rosary School. A similar suit filed against Brignac earlier this year and covering the same time period and school was settled by the Archdiocese of New Orleans for more than $500,000, the Advocate reported. Roger Stetter, the attorney who represented the plaintiff in that case, is also representing the plaintiff in the most recent suit.

Read the entire Advocate story here.