Fr. Joseph V. Owens
Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. Admitted in 1992 to abusing minors 1970s-1990s. Ministry restricted in 1993 and “impeded” in 2002. Worked in Jamaica (1970-1977), CT (1978-1979), FL (1980-1982), Honduras (1983-2002) and Nicaragua (2003-2006). On Norwich diocese’s list 2/22/2019. (Ordination date shown as 1971; he is first indexed in the Official Catholic Directory in 1967, which indicates a likely 1966 ordination year.)
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