ALASKA
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Summary of Case: Paul C. O’Connor was ordained a priest of the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus in August 1929. He went on to spend the better part of 50 years living and working in Alaska, mostly in remote villages. From 1959-65 he was Oregon and then Seattle- based, traveling the lower 48 states lecturing and fundraising as Procurator for Alaska Missions. He lived in Gonzaga University’s Jesuit community from 1977 until his death in March 1979. O’Connor’s name appeared on the Fairbanks diocese’s list in 2009 of “individuals against whom one person has brought a complaint of sexual abuse.”
Ordained: August 25, 1929
Died: March 8, 1979
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