UNITED STATES
The Raw Story
TOM BOGGIONI
24 NOV 2014
An American Jesuit appointed by Pope Francis to oversee the prosecution of priests accused of sexually abusing minors allowed a Chicago priest to remain in the ministry for years after learning of his history of sexual abuse towards young teenage men, reports The Boston Globe.
The Rev. Robert J. Geisinger, selected by the Pope in September to be the Vatican’s “promoter of justice,’’ was the second-in-command among Chicago Jesuits in the 1990s when allegations of sexual abuse complaints were levied against the Rev. Donald J. McGuire.
McGuire was convicted in 2006 by a Wisconsin jury of molesting two boys who reported him to civil authorities. He was also convicted on federal charges in 2008 and is serving a 25-year prison sentence.
In September 2013, Jesuit officials in Chicago paid $19.6 million to settle a civil lawsuit brought by six men who claim they were molested by a former priest.
According to court documents, the Jesuits failed to notify police or take effective steps to prevent McGuire from molesting minors.
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