Perlitz, Fairfield U. sued in abuse case John Christoffersen, Associated Press Updated 11:18 p.m., Monday, April 18, 2011 Read more: http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Perlitz-Fairfield-U-sued-in-abuse-case-1342499.php#ixzz1K0mbcPvF NEW HAVEN -- A federal lawsuit has been filed against Fairfield University, the Society of Jesus and an honored Fairfield graduate who was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for sexually abusing children at a school he founded in Haiti.   One of the alleged victims of Douglas Perlitz filed the lawsuit Monday against Perlitz and others, seeking $20 million in damages against each defendant on each count they are named.   The lawsuit accuses the defendants of negligence in hiring and supervising Perlitz.   It accuses other defendants, some of them not named, of aiding Perlitz's efforts to cover up the abuse.   Perlitz was found guilty of systematic and prolonged abuse of at least 16 homeless boys in a program he created to shelter, feed and educate them in Haiti.   The program started in a parking lot in Cap Haitien, the country's second largest city, whose streets are filled with at least 10,000 abandoned children begging daily for food, clothing and medicine and money. It grew into an intake center, an enclosed residential school on 10 acres of land and group homes for promising high school students. It was funded with millions of dollars raised by wealthy Fairfield and Westchester County Catholics.   The program began crumbling in 2007 when students went public with accounts of being abused by Perlitz. When funding dried up, the program shut down during the summer of 2009.   Telephone messages were left for Fairfield University and the Society of Jesus, and an attorney for Perlitz. ____________________ "La vraie reconstruction d'Haïti passe par des réformes en profondeur des structures de l'État pour restaurer la confiance, encourager les investisseurs et mettre le peuple au travail. Il faut finir avec cette approche d'un État paternaliste qui tout en refusant de créer le cadre approprié pour le développement des entreprises mendie des millions sur la scène internationale en exhibant la misère du peuple." Cyrus Sibert Reconstruction d'Haïti : A quand les Réformes structurelles? Haïti : La continuité du système colonial d'exploitation  prend la forme de monopole au 21e Siècle. WITHOUT REFORM, NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN HAITI (U.S. Senate report.)