CHICAGO (IL)
Post-Tribune
September 21, 2018
By Meredith Colias-Pete
A priest accused of sexually abusing children while working in the Gary Diocese during the 1970s and ‘80s may have continued to work for years in ministries and schools outside the United States, a Post-Tribune review has found.
Last month, the Gary Diocese said the Rev. George Kavungal had six “credible” accusations of child molestation after an internal review. He was a visiting priest from India from 1978 to 1985, church records show.
Of 10 accused priests, only Ambrose McGinnity had as many allegations. McGinnity died in 2000.
Kavungal and two others are still alive, church leaders said. Officials only said he was believed to be in India. No laicization date was given for him.
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