Posted on 08/29/2019 4:55:14 AM PDT by marshmallow
At least eight accused priests worked at the school over the course of a decade
DALLAS (ChurchMilitant.com) - A former student is sending a message to the Catholic Church by demanding a jury trial for a lawsuit alleging abuse by the former president of a Dallas Jesuit high school.
Filed Monday in the Dallas County civil court, the victim, identified as John Doe, is alleging Fr. Patrick Koch, the president of Jesuit College Preparatory School (referred to in the suit as "the School") at the time, sexually assaulted him while he was a sophomore in the 1980s.
The lawsuit does not request a monetary figure for the victim's "lifelong and life-altering damage" as a result of the alleged sexual assault he suffered at the hands of Koch. Instead, it seeks to use the courts to end the cover-up maintained by the Church and others.
The suit names the school, the Jesuits of the New Orleans Province and four Texas dioceses — Dallas, Corpus Christi, San Antonio and Galveston-Houston.
"This case is yet another attempt to seek accountability and justice for the massive systemic cover-up of sexual abuse that has been occurring in the Roman Catholic Church," the lawsuit notes. "Through discovery, this lawsuit will expose what the School and the Diocese knew — answers which to this point have been hidden from the public and John Doe."
In May, the diocese of Dallas was raided by the Dallas police after a detective claimed Church officials "thwarted" their investigation into their investigation of Fr. Edmundo Paredes. Paredes allegedly molested three boys in the 1990s and his current whereabouts are not known.
The lawsuit also claims Koch "did not and could not have acted alone."
"He was in the position to abuse John Doe because of the actions of the Defendants.....
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Another day and another black eye for the once proud Jesuits.
Jesuits are marxist perverts.
It is wrong to allow an anonymous accuser publicly to accuse someone by name.
In all cases, if the accused is publicly named, the accuser needs to be publicly named too.
How any believer can stay in the RCC I belong my understanding...
At least us progs rid ourselves of these perverts when exposed...
Hopefully, there are a few (apparently very few) Jesuits who are actually not gay and actually Christian.
Hope is really dim, though.
Yes.
The article also calls the school “Jesuit College” as an abbreviation. Jesuit College Preparatory High School is the full name - “Jesuit” is what locals call it. This is NOT a Diocesan school. Jesuits OWN this.
IIRC, there were a number of ‘scandals’ involving Boston College back in the 80’s. Jesuits don’t seem to be as ‘pious’ as other groups of priests. Even way back then, the Jesuits had a reputation for thwarting Catholic doctrine.
Isn’t this Jordan Spieth’s high school?
When would that have been? I was educated by Jesuits as was my elder son. In my experience they’ve always been left wing hacks. Francis is purely run of the mill
The vow of celibacy means nothing to them. They are not and never were servants of The Lord.
In 2002 the American Catholic Bishops instituted a program to combat sexual abuse. Any credible complaint must be reported to law enforcement authorities. As the whole the program has worked well and sexual abuse has declined tremendously.
The alleged abuse in this case came well before that. If this priest is guilty, I hope he is convicted.
Shouldn’t homohertics be burned at the stake? They are servents of Satan corrupting the church. Or does that not matter anymore.
You don't actually believe that....do you ?
Case in point...removed last summer...
Case in Point: MaCarrick removed only last year
Quite easy, when belief is not premised upon men...
Jesuits are the ultimate “Wolves in Sheeps’ clothing”
Jesuitical
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Jes·u·it·ic
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EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN
adjective
of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
(often lowercase) practicing casuistry or equivocation; using subtle or oversubtle reasoning; crafty; sly; intriguing.
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