Suspended Jesuit Priest Named in Haiti Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

By Dave Collins
New Haven Register
October 20, 2014

http://www.nhregister.com/lifestyle/20141020/suspended-jesuit-priest-named-in-haiti-sexual-abuse-lawsuit

A suspended Jesuit priest who was once Fairfield University’s chaplain is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a teenager at a charity in Haiti supported by the college.

A 26-year-old man sued Friday in federal court in Connecticut, naming the Rev. Paul Carrier, Douglas Perlitz and others. He’s seeking $20 million.

The man alleges Perlitz and Carrier sexually abused him when he was teenager a decade ago at Project Pierre Toussaint School in Cap-Haitien. The man’s lawyer says it’s the 39th lawsuit accusing Perlitz of sexual abuse and the first to accuse Carrier of molestation.

The lawsuit says Carrier supervised Perlitz, who’s serving nearly 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting boys at the school.

Carrier’s lawyer declined to comment. Carrier lives at a Jesuit center in Weston, Massachusetts.