Story Published:
Oct 19, 2005 at 5:52 AM PST
Story Updated:
Aug 20, 2006 at 9:22 PM PST
- PORTLAND, Ore. - A Portland priest could be facing criminal
prosecution for alleged sexual abuse.
A recent court filing in the Portland Archdiocese bankruptcy
case shows that one of the priests accused of abusing half a dozen
boys has asserted his Fifth Amendment right more than 80 times.
The attorney for the Reverend Donald Durand told The Oregonian
that the accusations against his client are false.
Durand was ordained in 1958. He has served in parishes in
Portland, Salem, Corvallis and Silverton, before his retirement in
2001.
Hundreds of accusations of sexual abuse have been made in the
last few years against more than three dozen Oregon priests.
Attorney Gary Bisaccio says he has clients who have made
accusations against Durand involving conduct from the 1960s to the
early 1990s.
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