Attorneys Say Perlitz Victim of “abusive” Relationship With Priest

Attorneys say Perlitz victim of “abusive” relationship with priest
Douglas Perlitz’s descent into sexually abusing homeless Haitian street boys he set out to help is linked to “a dark and abusive relationship,” both “physical and spiritual,” that he developed with a Fairfield University priest shortly after his arrival on campus in 1988, according to a document filed by his lawyers.
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Witness: Employer knew driver was drunk before fatal crash
Two co-workers of Thomas Wellinger’s knew he was drunk before he left the office and killed three people in a drunken driving crash in Oakland County, a surprise witness told a federal court jury Monday in a civil lawsuit against Wellinger’s employer, UGS.
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Probation officer from Braintree doing the job in tumult of the times
As controversy swirls around the embattled probation department concerning alleged patronage in its hiring practices, the probation officer in the trenches just keeps doing the job. “That’s going on way up there,” Trina Higgins says as she raises her hand. “We just keep doing our thing down here in the trenches, supervising our defendants to the best of our ability,” said Trina, a Braintree …
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