SAN JOSE (CA)
BishopAccountability.org [Waltham MA]
May 19, 2024
By Terence McKiernan
[Photo above: Fr. Jim Chevedden on October 18, 2003 at St. Joseph’s church in Fremont, California, with parishioners celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood. Courtesy of John Chevedden.]
Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of Fr. James N. Chevedden, S.J. Fr. Jim was a track star at Loyola High School, a talented pianist and composer, a fluent Mandarin and Taiwanese speaker, a Jesuit missionary to Taiwan for twenty-two years, a beloved minister to the Chinese Catholic community in the Bay Area for eight years, a Lord of the Rings fan, and a survivor of sexual abuse by a fellow Jesuit, Bro. Charles Leonard Connor, S.J. . . .
Please read about Fr. Jim’s experience and about the need for the Jesuits to open their files and fully disclose the abuse histories of the more than 300 credibly accused Jesuits in the United States.