ABC 7
October 25, 2007
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5726518
The leader of the Jesuits in Chicago is apologizing two days after more sexual abuse allegations surfaced against a Chicago-area Jesuit priest.
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Reverend Edward Schmidt says he is sorry he didn't do more to prevent abuse by Reverend Donald McGuire.
This week, two brothers who now live in Arizona filed a lawsuit, saying they were abused by McGuire many times between 1988 and 2002.
McGuire is free on bond while appealing a 7-year sentence for molesting two boys in Wisconsin.
"I am personally outraged that anyone, particularly a Jesuit, could ever abuse a child or any other vulnerable person. This goes against everything we Jesuits believe in and stand for," said Father Edward Schmidt, Chicago Province of The Society Of Jesus.
The president of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests is critical of the Jesuits. Barbara Blaine says they are not monitoring McGuire, a convicted sex offender.
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