At first glance, there’s really nothing all that shocking about this headline “An investigation by The Dallas Morning News reveals that accusations against priests dating back to the 1960s were ignored, and predatory Jesuit priests were relocated to conceal allegations.” Except perhaps when it was written. It wasn’t in the 1980s or 1990s or 2000s, or 2010s. It was last month.…
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JESUIT SEXUAL ABUSE
Buffalo Bishop Lists Some Bad Jesuits But Ignores Others
A few weeks ago, on this blog, we were highly critical of the Diocese of Buffalo Catholic officials and how they’re handling abuse cases. So let’s be charitable now and start on a high note: To its credit, unlike some other dioceses, the Buffalo Catholic diocese includes religious order offenders on its ‘credibly accused’ list. https://buffalodiocese.org/abuse-response/ (Some church ‘accused’ lists…
Eleven Jesuits Accused of Sexual Abuse Have Florida Connections
The Jesuits U.S. Central and Southern Province has released the names of forty two Jesuits with credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. The list includes eleven Jesuits with ties to the State of Florida. The Jesuits are also known as the Society of Jesuits. They have more than 16,000 priests and brothers worldwide and are the largest male…