Nov 2, 2007 1:27 pm US/Central
Priest Faces Federal Sex Abuse Charges
Rev. Donald McGuire Has Already Been Convicted In Cases From 1960s
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
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The Rev. Donald McGuire has been convicted of sexual abuse, and is now accused of molesting two more boys.
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The Rev. Donald McGuire, S.J., was charged with traveling to Switzerland and Austria to have sexual contact with a minor, the U.S. Attorney's office said.
McGuire, 77, who was convicted last year of molesting two other boys in the 1960s, had been living in Oak Lawn while he appeals that verdict. In August, a 21-year-old college student filed a lawsuit saying he was abused by McGuire from 1999-2003. "He's the most dangerous priest in America," said Marc Pearlman, a lawyer representing the three accusers in the civil suits.
He was later taken into state custody in Wisconsin, and is now in federal custody in Chicago, the U.S. Attorney's office said.
McGuire was ordained in 1961. He lived at a Jesuit priest community in Evanston, and was affiliated until as recently as last year with the group Mission Fides, which supported his religious retreats in the United States and across the globe. Among the places he visited were Mother Teresa's communities in India, the U.S. Attorney's office said.
Documents provided by the Jesuits said for at least the past 16 years, McGuire has had several restrictions on contact with minors, but kept traveling with boys and young men in their teens and early 20s throughout the 1990s and through 2003, the U.S. Attorney's office alleged.
The federal charges stemmed from a boy who came with McGuire to Austria and Switzerland. He was 13 when the alleged abuse began in 1999, and it continued until the fall of 2003, the U.S. Attorney's office alleged.
Another victim claimed he was molested by McGuire starting in the late 1980s when he was about 9, both at retreats and during confession. This continued until he was 13 or 14, the U.S. Attorney's office alleged. In a third case, a boy of 17 came to live and work with McGuire in 1998, also claimed abuse, the U.S. Attorney's office said.
If convicted of the new charges, McGuire could face a new 15-year prison sentence and a $250,000 fine.
The STNG Wire contributed to this report.
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