Observer, you can just pass this post by. I am doing nothing but directly quoting articles. And it relates to BB so it is on topic.
FYI, until I read all these articles I knew nothing of the Spokane Diocese bankruptcy, or the pedophilia of a former Gonzaga President that was a contributing factor in it (from articles). Pretty crazy stuff. No wonder some people up there are so sensitive.
"former university President John P. Leary, who sexually abused boys until Spokane police gave him a 24-hour ultimatum in 1969 to leave town or face arrest."
Ok, so the below is a big deal, and will probably get bigger. Crib notes summary - an investigative article in "Reveal" revealed that 20+ known abusive/molester/etc. priests were sent to live on Gonzaga's campus for many many years, up until 2016. A central figure in this is Frank Case, the BB team's chaplain and a Gonzaga VP. Case (no molester accusation against him) was very familiar with the most prominent molester, James Poole. This was a really bad guy. BAD.
Gonzaga's President penned a letter yesterday denying any knowledge of any of this until 2016. He also stated that he knew nothing of Rev. Poole's presence on Gonzaga's campus until the Reveal story came out in this month. However, 2005 and 2009 Spokesman articles name Poole and report that he was living on Gonzaga's campus. BTW, Pres. McCulloh has been at Gonzaga since 1990. But he didn't know anything about Poole even though it was reported in the local paper multiple times a decade ago? Okay........let's go with that explanation Mr. President. 'Cuz clearly Gonzaga University is above reproach.
One other note - see below where this Poole (molester) was not really supervised despite what was said, and that he regularly went to Gonzaga BB games.
"Jesuits Promise to Stop" article Dec 18
Perhaps the most troubling revelations involve the Rev. Frank Case, a prominent Jesuit who is currently a vice president of Gonzaga and chaplain for the school’s nationally ranked men’s basketball team.
In 1989, when Case was head of the Jesuits’ Oregon Province (which later went bankrupt), he endorsed Poole for a job at a Tacoma hospital. Although the first allegations about Poole had been documented by another priest in 1960, Case has said he did not check or did not have access to Poole’s personnel file.
Case, who travels with the Bulldogs, was not in his usual seat at the end of the team’s bench during Tuesday’s game at the McCarthey Athletic Center.
The Spokesman-Review and other news outlets began publishing stories about Poole and his accusers as early as 2004. A front-page story in April 2005 began: “A woman in Anchorage, Alaska, received a $1 million settlement this week for the alleged childhood abuse she suffered at the hands of a Jesuit priest now retired in Spokane.”
McCulloh, who joined Gonzaga’s staff in 1990 and became president in 2010, said in a statement Monday: “It was not until 2016, when the province chose to begin relocating a number of retired men to the Sacred Heart Community in Los Gatos, that I learned that among them were Jesuits who had been on safety plans (and were moved).”
One priest, the Rev. James Poole, admitted under oath that he sexually abused indigenous women and girls in Alaska. In a deposition taken while he lived in Bea House, Poole said he regularly went to Gonzaga’s library and basketball games and once had an unsupervised meeting with a female student who came to the house to interview him.
Gonzaga President's Letter on Dec 18:
"the revelation that the Society of Jesus had knowingly sent a man with Poole’s record of sexual abuse to live in their facility within the parameters of our campus – which serves not only as the home of college students, but regularly hosts grade-school children and visitors of all ages – without notification by the Province to the University.
It was not until 2016, when the Province chose to begin relocating a number of retired men to the Sacred Heart Community in Los Gatos, that I learned that among them were Jesuits who had been on safety plans (and were moved). The first notification I had that Fr. James Poole lived at Bea House was when the US Jesuits West list was released on Dec. 7, 2018; I did not know of Fr. Poole, or his history in Alaska, until the investigative report aired this past weekend."
Following the lessons learned out of the bankruptcy, I had relied upon the Province to inform us of any Jesuit whose history might pose a threat to our students or campus community. I deeply regret that I was not informed of the presence of Fr. Poole, nor any other Jesuits who might pose such a danger, at Cardinal Bea House.
2005 Spokesman Lawsuit Article
"A woman in Anchorage, Alaska, received a $1 million settlement this week for the alleged childhood abuse she suffered at the hands of a Jesuit priest now retired in Spokane.
Elsie Boudreau was first molested in the late 1970s by the Rev. James Poole when she was a 10-year-old in Nome, according to the lawsuit filed in Alaska a year ago
Whitney said Poole admitted to him that he had indeed abused Boudreau. Once he found out, the provincial removed the priest from his hospital ministry in Tacoma and sent him to Regis Jesuit Community, a home for retired Jesuits on the Gonzaga campus.
According to the provincial, the priest is not allowed to leave the building unless he is accompanied by another Jesuit. The staff at Regis also carefully monitors his actions, and Poole is never left alone with visitors. His primary job is to tend the graves of dead Jesuits at Mount St. Michaels’ cemetery."
2009 Spokesman Bankruptcy Article
Victims and their attorneys have alleged that the Jesuits used Alaska as dumping ground for pedophile priests. At least one of those priests, James Poole, is housed by the Jesuits in Spokane.
Spokane Catholic Bishop William Skylstad has identified 12 Jesuit priests who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children in his diocese. Most are deceased, but some live in the city.
Links, links:
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/apr/01/gonzaga-chaplain-keeps-spiritual-perspective-and-v/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/dec/18/gonzaga-president-thayne-mcculloh-responds-to-repo/
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/dec/18/letter-from-gonzaga-president-thayne-mcculloh-rega/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/dec/18/jesuits-promise-to-stop-sending-accused-priests-to/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/dec/17/jesuits-sent-abusive-priests-to-retire-on-gonzagas/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2005/apr/07/priest-abuse-case-settles-for-1-million/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/feb/19/bankruptcy-filing-wont-affect-gu-president-says/
FYI, until I read all these articles I knew nothing of the Spokane Diocese bankruptcy, or the pedophilia of a former Gonzaga President that was a contributing factor in it (from articles). Pretty crazy stuff. No wonder some people up there are so sensitive.
"former university President John P. Leary, who sexually abused boys until Spokane police gave him a 24-hour ultimatum in 1969 to leave town or face arrest."
Ok, so the below is a big deal, and will probably get bigger. Crib notes summary - an investigative article in "Reveal" revealed that 20+ known abusive/molester/etc. priests were sent to live on Gonzaga's campus for many many years, up until 2016. A central figure in this is Frank Case, the BB team's chaplain and a Gonzaga VP. Case (no molester accusation against him) was very familiar with the most prominent molester, James Poole. This was a really bad guy. BAD.
Gonzaga's President penned a letter yesterday denying any knowledge of any of this until 2016. He also stated that he knew nothing of Rev. Poole's presence on Gonzaga's campus until the Reveal story came out in this month. However, 2005 and 2009 Spokesman articles name Poole and report that he was living on Gonzaga's campus. BTW, Pres. McCulloh has been at Gonzaga since 1990. But he didn't know anything about Poole even though it was reported in the local paper multiple times a decade ago? Okay........let's go with that explanation Mr. President. 'Cuz clearly Gonzaga University is above reproach.
One other note - see below where this Poole (molester) was not really supervised despite what was said, and that he regularly went to Gonzaga BB games.
"Jesuits Promise to Stop" article Dec 18
Perhaps the most troubling revelations involve the Rev. Frank Case, a prominent Jesuit who is currently a vice president of Gonzaga and chaplain for the school’s nationally ranked men’s basketball team.
In 1989, when Case was head of the Jesuits’ Oregon Province (which later went bankrupt), he endorsed Poole for a job at a Tacoma hospital. Although the first allegations about Poole had been documented by another priest in 1960, Case has said he did not check or did not have access to Poole’s personnel file.
Case, who travels with the Bulldogs, was not in his usual seat at the end of the team’s bench during Tuesday’s game at the McCarthey Athletic Center.
The Spokesman-Review and other news outlets began publishing stories about Poole and his accusers as early as 2004. A front-page story in April 2005 began: “A woman in Anchorage, Alaska, received a $1 million settlement this week for the alleged childhood abuse she suffered at the hands of a Jesuit priest now retired in Spokane.”
McCulloh, who joined Gonzaga’s staff in 1990 and became president in 2010, said in a statement Monday: “It was not until 2016, when the province chose to begin relocating a number of retired men to the Sacred Heart Community in Los Gatos, that I learned that among them were Jesuits who had been on safety plans (and were moved).”
One priest, the Rev. James Poole, admitted under oath that he sexually abused indigenous women and girls in Alaska. In a deposition taken while he lived in Bea House, Poole said he regularly went to Gonzaga’s library and basketball games and once had an unsupervised meeting with a female student who came to the house to interview him.
Gonzaga President's Letter on Dec 18:
"the revelation that the Society of Jesus had knowingly sent a man with Poole’s record of sexual abuse to live in their facility within the parameters of our campus – which serves not only as the home of college students, but regularly hosts grade-school children and visitors of all ages – without notification by the Province to the University.
It was not until 2016, when the Province chose to begin relocating a number of retired men to the Sacred Heart Community in Los Gatos, that I learned that among them were Jesuits who had been on safety plans (and were moved). The first notification I had that Fr. James Poole lived at Bea House was when the US Jesuits West list was released on Dec. 7, 2018; I did not know of Fr. Poole, or his history in Alaska, until the investigative report aired this past weekend."
Following the lessons learned out of the bankruptcy, I had relied upon the Province to inform us of any Jesuit whose history might pose a threat to our students or campus community. I deeply regret that I was not informed of the presence of Fr. Poole, nor any other Jesuits who might pose such a danger, at Cardinal Bea House.
2005 Spokesman Lawsuit Article
"A woman in Anchorage, Alaska, received a $1 million settlement this week for the alleged childhood abuse she suffered at the hands of a Jesuit priest now retired in Spokane.
Elsie Boudreau was first molested in the late 1970s by the Rev. James Poole when she was a 10-year-old in Nome, according to the lawsuit filed in Alaska a year ago
Whitney said Poole admitted to him that he had indeed abused Boudreau. Once he found out, the provincial removed the priest from his hospital ministry in Tacoma and sent him to Regis Jesuit Community, a home for retired Jesuits on the Gonzaga campus.
According to the provincial, the priest is not allowed to leave the building unless he is accompanied by another Jesuit. The staff at Regis also carefully monitors his actions, and Poole is never left alone with visitors. His primary job is to tend the graves of dead Jesuits at Mount St. Michaels’ cemetery."
2009 Spokesman Bankruptcy Article
Victims and their attorneys have alleged that the Jesuits used Alaska as dumping ground for pedophile priests. At least one of those priests, James Poole, is housed by the Jesuits in Spokane.
Spokane Catholic Bishop William Skylstad has identified 12 Jesuit priests who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children in his diocese. Most are deceased, but some live in the city.
Links, links:
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/apr/01/gonzaga-chaplain-keeps-spiritual-perspective-and-v/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/dec/18/gonzaga-president-thayne-mcculloh-responds-to-repo/
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/dec/18/letter-from-gonzaga-president-thayne-mcculloh-rega/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/dec/18/jesuits-promise-to-stop-sending-accused-priests-to/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/dec/17/jesuits-sent-abusive-priests-to-retire-on-gonzagas/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2005/apr/07/priest-abuse-case-settles-for-1-million/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/feb/19/bankruptcy-filing-wont-affect-gu-president-says/
