finally, she got the attention of the new bishop, donald kettler, who'd just come from south dakota to lead the fairbanks diocese. >> i met bishop kettler. i identified that i was a sexual abuse victim of father poole's, and i just laid it all out and talked about how hurtful it had been to have come forward and to not get a response from anyone from the church-- to not be acknowledged, not be validated, not be comforted, nothing. he didn't get it. >> trahant: the catholic church abuse story was breaking around the country in 2002, and boudreau decided to call a lawyer. ken roosa was a former anchorage prosecutor who'd just begun to investigate abuse claims across alaska. >> each time, as we identified a new molester, it would open up a new group of victims, because no victim wanted to be the first one to say something about a priest until they found out somebody else had made a complaint against their perpetrator. and then, they would go, "wow, i'm not the only one." >> my name is elsie boudreau. my yupik name is abucan. >> trahant: boudreau filed suit against the church, and then she