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	Fairbanks Priest Called Alaska Natives “Fairly Loose” on Sexual Matters The Diocese of Fairbanks and Sexual Abuse October 30, 2009 http://secondrape.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/fairbanks-priest-called-alaska-natives-fairly-loose-on-sexual-matters/ Fr. Lom Loyens, leader of the Jesuits in Fairbanks, Alaska from 1976 to 1980 and holder of a doctorate in cultural anthropology, was deposed by victims’ attorneys in 2004 regarding Fr. Jules Convert. Convert has been accused of molesting at least eight children in the Fairbanks Diocese and died in 1995. When asked if priests molesting young boys would have a negative effect on boys, Loyens said that Alaska Natives were “fairly loose” on sexual matters. He also claimed that Alaska Native women fondled the testicles of their boy children. Finally, he said that sexual abuse would not be as traumatic for Alaska Native children as it would be for white children, since, in his opinion, it was a part of the Native People’s culture. Church leaders immediately distanced themselves from the priest’s comments. But it looks like the Diocese of Fairbanks has the same negative opinion of Alaska’s Native People as Loyens does.
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