Advocate article on abusive priest in Baton Rouge

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School leaders at Catholic High in Baton Rouge noticed a disturbing pattern with a diocesan priest on the teaching staff in early 1993.

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When school administrators confronted Lemoine about his tendency to fraternize with ninth and 10th graders, he acknowledged how it could raise suspicions and cause “false impressions," the report said. But the priest denied any sexual misconduct with students. Still, school officials terminated Lemoine's contract, said the report, part of an ongoing lawsuit against Lemoine and the diocese.
While the newly unsealed records include no sexual misconduct accusations against Lemoine at Catholic High, they do reveal he has faced at least seven allegations of abuse elsewhere — some uncovered by his own admission — dating back to the 1970s.

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