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	Chicago Priest Accused of Abuse in Phoenix 12 News October 23, 2007 http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/priestabuse10232007-CR.html He may be the most prominent Catholic priest convicted of sexual abuse and now two Phoenix brothers claim they were his victims. The Chicago Jesuit priest was convicted last year of abusing two men in the 1960's. One of the victims complained about the abuse but instead of a court date, McGuire got re-assigned. He then started up a religious retreat that took him all around the work including here in Phoenix. The two victims now 19 and 28, say the reverend showed them pornography and fondled them at their Phoenix home. The abuse started as early as the 80's and lasted until 2002. The Attorney for the victims calls his clients courageous strong men. A lawsuit has been filed but Attorney Marc Pearlman would not talk about the financial amount. He did say the Jesuit Order failed the victims because high ranking priests knew about the abuse as far back as 1969 and allowed McGuire to minister. Currently, McGuire is on probation and was stripped of his ministry back in 2003. There are four civil cases pending against him.
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