Fr. Thomas J. Powers
Named publicly as accused by the Province on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1970s at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, in 1973-1978 while at John Carroll University, in 1985-1986 at Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, and in 2000 while at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston, MI. Powers was dismissed 7/6/2001. He died 5/31/2019 at age 74. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report, which notes at least four “reported survivors.”
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