A lawsuit has been filed against former university professor, a Jesuit priest, Donald McGuire reports sfweekly.com. McGuire was one of Mother Theresa's spiritual advisors and was associated with her convent in Noe Valley. In the 1980's, an 11 year old Bay Area boy was invited to a retreat led by McGuire at the convent. This invitation was a great honor for any Catholic. The boy was asked to serve as altar boy one morning at St. Paul's Convent. McGuire was very close to the family of the boy, had baptized him as well as served as a counselor to the boy's mother over the years, and was a trusted family friend and religious advisor.
After the mass, McGuire asked the boy to come into his private room in the church and take a nap. He lay down with the boy and proceeded to reach into his pants and molest him, alleges the lawsuit filed last winter against the Chicago Province of the Jesuits in Cook County, Illinois. This is the location of McGuire's primary residence. The suit alleges that the abuse continued over a 10 year period, and included many cases of sexual abuse involving the boy.
This same priest was convicted in 2006 of sexually abusing two boys in Wisconsin. McGuire is the most prominent and notorious sex abuser of the Jesuits. He is now 79 years old, ailing, and is fighting a conviction for traveling abroad with another boy for the purpose of sexually abusing him. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for this crime. McGuire had strong ties to the Bay Area, as well as other areas he served. It is considered that there are other victims of abuse by McGuire who have not yet come forward. The first complaint against McGuire was in 1969, but he was not officially defrocked until last year. He was known for being associated with Mother Theresa.
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