McGuire fights Jesuits' efforts to expel him
CHICAGO (AP) - A priest convicted of molesting two boys says he's fighting efforts by the Jesuits to expel him from the religious order.
Last year, a Wisconsin jury convicted the Reverend Donald McGuire of molesting two boys from Loyola Academy in Wilmette in the 1960s.
McGuire now faces lawsuits on a string of new child molestation accusations as well as a federal indictment that alleges he traveled overseas with a minor with an intent of having sex with him.
As a result of the conviction and other allegations against him, the Chicago Jesuits have presented McGuire with a dismissal decree from the order. McGuire tells the Chicago Sun-Times he has appealed to the Vatican not to allow the dismissal.
The Jesuits haven't said whether they're also seeking McGuire's removal from the priesthood.
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Nov 15, 2007 at 3:26 p.m.
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Why is he trying to stay with the order? For crying out loud. He needs to shut up and go away. He's part of the reason many people have left the faith.
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