Gilbert Gauthe

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Gilbert Gauthe was a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette from 1972 to 1983.

Gauthe became the first Catholic priest in the United States to face a widely publicized criminal trial for child sexual abuse.[1][2]

Gauthe admitted to abusing 37 children[3] and accepted a plea bargain for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[4]

He was released after serving 10 years of his sentence [5] then moved to Texas where he was charged with abusing a 3-year-old boy.[6] He received probation in 1997 after pleading guilty to injuring the child and was later jailed in Galveston County between 2008 and 2010 for violating the Texas sex registry requirements.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Church On Trial: Part 1". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  2. ^ "Accused - BishopAccountability.org".
  3. ^ Times, Jon Nordheimer and Special To the New York. "SEX CHARGES AGAINST PRIEST EMBROIL LOUISIANA PARENTS". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  4. ^ Depalma, Anthony. "Church Scandal Resurrects Old Hurts in Louisiana Bayou". Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  5. ^ "Church Scandal Resurrects Old Hurts in Louisiana Bayou".
  6. ^ "Church abuse case haunts lawyer who defended priest".
  7. ^ https://www.nola.com/crime/2010/04/pedophile_ex-priest_gilbert_ga.html[bare URL]

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