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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Catholic Youth Leader Sexually Abuses Another Girl After Promising First Victim He’ll Never Do it Again if She Keeps Quiet

Catholic Youth Leader Sexually Abuses Another Girl After Promising First Victim He’ll Never Do it Again if She Keeps Quiet

by Howard Crane
A Catholic youth leader was reported to the police after sexually assaulting multiple victims. The complaint filed by Marain Foley claimed that Catholic youth leader Brandon Eckerson raped her just days before Christmas of 2012. Though, Eckerson influenced her to “not to say anything further to anyone about his sexual exploitation of her; in exchange he promised to never again sexually assault anyone. It was understood that if plaintiff discovered he violated this sworn promise she would go to the police.”
According to Foley, Eckerson’s extreme behavior extends well beyond just sexual assault, such as bringing a group of minors to bars and illegally purchasing them alcohol, as well as providing alcohol at youth group meetings.
But Foley has no plans on just stopping with the small potatoes. She is also filing a suit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, Bishop Thomas Olmsted, and Reverend Patrick Robertson because allegedly after she first reported to her doctor regarding the rape, “in compliance with state law [he] sent notice to Blessed Sacrament Parish, which circulated an email on the subject.” Foley wants to make sure that the church “knew that Brandon Eckerson was a danger,” “shared that concern with other members of Blessed Sacrament Parish and the Phoenix Diocese,” but failed to ever file a report with the police.
After Foley was informed that Eckerson had raped not only another member of the youth group, but her best friend, she deemed that as breaking a promise and decided to go to the police.

“Then, and only then,” the complaint reads, “did the Diocese terminate him.”


Howard Crane

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