SHREVEPORT (LA )
WTAL TV
December 8, 2018
By Nancy Cook
The Catholic Diocese of Shreveport learned the names of the Jesuit priests and brothers who were accused of sexual abuse of minors and either served at then Jesuit High School (now Loyola College Prep) or St. John’s Parish/Co-Cathedral, when Shreveport was part of the Alexandria/Shreveport Catholic Diocese, prior to June 1986.
Jesuit priests, or members of the “Society of Jesus” order, are separate from secular priests who serve in the particular diocese to which they are assigned.
That list, which will come from the Catholic Diocese of Alexandria, has not, as yet, been released.
The names released today came from the Jesuit superiors of U.S. Central and Southern Province, which includes Louisiana.
In releasing the names of these offenders, the local diocese emphasized does not mean the allegations stemmed from their assignment here, only that these men once served here.
If there are or were any credible allegations of sexual abuse in Shreveport, the Diocese of Shreveport will be notified when the names of offenders from the Diocese of Alexandria are released.
Below are the names, the years served in Shreveport, and the resolution of their cases, and in the case of those already deceased, the year of their death:
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