Fr. John Berube Diocese of Baton Rouge (Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette) Ordained: 1953 Died: 1998 Assigned as follows: February-August 1965: St. Theresa of Avila (Gonzales, LA) 1972-1975: Our Lady of Victory (Gatineau, Quebec) Summary of Abuse Allegations Against Fr. John Berube: Fr. John Berube was ordained a priest…
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Attention to Clergy Sexual Abuse Began in Louisiana in 1983
Do you think the Catholic clergy sexual abuse and cover up crisis started in Boston in 2002? Think again. It really started much earlier, in 1983 in fact, down in Louisiana. And now – finally, thankfully – there’s a new Louisiana law that may benefit some of those very first clergy abuse survivors who stepped forward, long before the pubic…
Louisiana Becomes the Latest State to Open Courts to Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
New Louisiana Sexual Abuse Statute of Limitations Gives Survivors of Abuse More Legal Options Starting Today On June 15, 2021, the State of Louisiana became the latest in the wave of states to pass an extension to the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse cases. In a landmark move, Louisiana lawmakers eliminated the time period for filing a lawsuit…