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  • n  a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship
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  • Child sexual abuse case involving now-deceased El Paso priest settled
    A child sexual abuse case involving a now-deceased El Paso priest was settled earlier this week. A suit was filed in 2011 against the New Orleans Province of the Jesuit Order and the El Paso Diocese by a former student and parishioner over an incident dating back several decades. Documents stated that the victim had repressed the memory of the abuse due to the trauma associated with it. The ...
    July 12, 2013 - KFOX 14 El Paso

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