FIVE NEW LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE…ALLEGING SEX ABUSE ON THE PART OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS ONE OF THE CASES DATES BACK MORE THAN 60 YEARS WHEN THE VICTIM WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND WAS ALLEGEDLY ABUSED BY FATHER JOSEPH MAGUIRE AT A PARISH IN RANCHOS DE TAOS.
OF THE FOUR PRIESTS NAMED IN THE LAWSUITS, ONE OF THEM…80 YEAR OLD ARTHUR PERRAULT…IS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY IN ALBUQUERQUE AND AWAITING TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY ABUSING AN ALTAR BOY IN THE EARLY 1990S.
