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Fr. David Laurian Carrier – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

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September 4, 2020 | By Horowitz Law
Fr. David Laurian Carrier – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Father David Laurian Carrier

Father David Laurian Carrier

Ordained: 1963

Sued: 2006

Died: 2000

Assignment History:

  • 1964-1966: St. Mary's (Stockton, CA)
  • 1966-1967: Serra High (Salem, OR)
  • 1967-1976: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Fresno, CA)
  • 1976-1979: Newman Center (Sacramento, CA)
  • 1979-1980: Old Mission Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
  • 1980: St. Francis Retreat (San Juan Bautista, CA)
  • 1980-1999: Old Mission Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Father David Carrier:

Fr. David Laurian Carrier was ordained a Franciscan priest in 1963, and served in multiple parishes in the Diocese of Los Angeles. According to media reports, he was accused of sexually abusing a high school boy from 1977 to 1979 at St. Anthony Seminary and the Santa Barbara Mission, both in Santa Barbara.

A civil lawsuit was filed in 2006, alleging that Fr. Carrier began assaulting the victim every week in various locations around the Mission, including the Mission pool's changing room and unused living quarters. The sexual abuse by Fr. Carrier went on for most of the victim's junior and senior years. The abuse was reported to the Diocese of Fresno in 2004, but nothing was done until the lawsuit was filed two years later.

According to media reports, in May 2012, thousands of confidential religious files documenting sexual abuse among clergy members in the Roman Catholic church were made public. The files of Fr. David Laurian Carrier were among them.

Fr. Carrier was included in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' list of priests accused of sexual misconduct involving minors. He was included in the Franciscan Friars Province of St. Barbara's List of Franciscan Friars from the St. Barbara Province with Credibly Accused Claims of Sexual Abuse of a Minor, as well as on the Diocese of Stockton's Revised List in 2020.

Fr. Carrier died in 2000, six years before the lawsuit came to light.

Horowitz Law is a law firm representing victims and survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and other clergy in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California.  If you need a lawyer because you were sexually abused by a priest in one of California's Catholic dioceses, contact our office today. Although many years have passed, those abused by Catholic clergy in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles now have legal options due to a voluntary compensation fund created by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, but filing deadlines will apply so do not delay in reaching out to us.  Our lawyers have decades of experience representing survivors of clergy sexual abuse in California and nationwide. We can help.

Contact us at 888-283-9922 or adam@adamhorowitzlaw.com to discuss your options today.



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