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: 4:59 PM EST December 16, 2020 Updated: 9:30 PM EST 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.