Fr. John J. Campbell

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1950
Status: Settled

Died: 04/10/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

“Jack.” Order paid $185K in 2003 to a former student who alleged abuse by Campbell in the early 1970s in “therapy sessions.” Officials said this was the 13th man to bring credible allegations but the first to make allegations public. Not all were minors. Over $575K in settlements and medicals paid in 14-year period. Removed from contact with children in 1987, from public ministry in 1989, and lost priestly faculties in 1993. Order moved him to Denver in 1991. Died 4/10/2009. New suit filed in 6/2012 against the Order and Gonzaga Prep. On Province’s list 12/7/2018. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report.


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