153 Names of Accused Abusers Released by Jesuit Provinces

ST. LOUIS — Two Roman Catholic Jesuit provinces that cover nearly half the U.S. released the names Friday of more than 150 priests and other ministry leaders who were found to have “credible allegations” of sexual abuse made against them dating to the 1950s.

In three cases, the allegations involved students of Jesuit High School of Tampa.

NEWS RELEASE: Province Releases Names of Jesuits with Credible Accusations of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

NEWS RELEASE: List of Jesuits with Credible Accusations of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Jesuits West, which covers 10 western states, said its internal investigation found credible allegations against 111 priests, brothers or priests in training who were connected to it dating back to 1950. No one on the list is involved in public ministry any longer, it said.

Hours earlier, the Jesuits U.S. Central and Southern Province, which covers 13 states along with Puerto Rico and the Central American country of Belize, released the names of 42 men who had ties to the province going back to 1955. It said four are still members of the province but are not active in ministry and live in supervised housing.

Many of the men on the two lists have died, and others have been dismissed of ordination, officials said. Most of the men on the lists were priests.

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