The sexual abuse scandal in Savannah diocese is a significant episode in the series of Catholic sex abuse cases in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah United States of America.
Wayland Brown case
In October, 2009, the diocese of Savannah paid $4.24 million to settle a lawsuit which alleged that bishop Raymond W. Lessard allowed a priest named Wayland Brown to work in the diocese when Lessard knew that Brown was a serial child molester who posed a danger to children.
According to a Georgia sheriff's sergeant, Lessard refused to cooperate in a sex-abuse investigation of Brown in 1986. The sergeant said Brown could not be questioned because Lessard "sent him to an unknown location for an indefinite amount of time." At no time did Lessard provide police with any helpful information pertaining to Brown.
A second case was settled for 4.5 million in 2016. Also among other victims, there are 2-4 student victims who are rumored to of committed suicide later in life.