Losing Faith: A monster emerges in our midst
This is Part 1 of a three-part series focusing on the pedophilia cases against the late Catholic deacon George Brignac. Author: By David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator, Ramon Antonio Vargas / The New Orleans Advocate Published: 2:59 PM MST December 16, 2020 Updated: 7:30 PM MST December 18, 2020
NEW ORLEANS It was 1953, and George Brignac was fresh out of high school when he joined the regional chapter of the Christian Brothers.
He spent seven years with the Catholic order, which founded four well-known local schools: St. Paul’s in Covington, De La Salle and Christian Brothers in New Orleans, and Archbishop Rummel in Metairie. But, by 1960, the order had expelled him.
More than 10,000 pages in an Orleans Parish district attorney s file on clergyman George Brignac were recently released to reveal decades of sexual abuse toward children, despite repeatedly being caught, within the Archdiocese of New Orleans.Â
Of the documents obtained by the Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate, these eight letters, emails and forms highlight Brignac s career with the church and the molestation cases against him, including a statement from his brother, Brignac s official ordination and even a job questionnaire in which Brignac acknowledged his child molestation charge.Â
1. George Brignac s brother says he was too friendly with boys
George Brignac s twin brother, a priest named Horace H.L. Brignac Jr., tells a New Orleans police detective in November 2019 that George was kicked out of the Christian Brothers order in 1960 for being too friendly with boys. This New Orleans police record appears to be the first official document to become public which co
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Jan. 6, 1935: George Feldner Brignac is born to Horace L. Brignac Sr. and Ethel Marie Cocke Brignac.
1953: Brignac graduates from De La Salle High School, which was founded by the Christian Brothers. He joins the order soon after graduation.
1960: The Christian Brothers dismiss Brignac for reasons that arenât immediately clear. Many years later, his twin brother â the late Rev. Horace L. âH.L.â Brignac â says George is kicked out for being âtoo friendly with boys.â
George Brignac s twin brother, a priest named Horace H.L. Brignac Jr., tells a New Orleans police detective in November 2019 that George was…
1964: Brignac begins teaching at St. Matthew the Apostle in River Ridge. He also serves as a prefect of discipline.