The Jesuit provincial of the Oregon Province about a year ago came clean on a major cover-up of priestly sexual abuse of boys and young men in Spokane in the 60s by the president of Gonzaga University. Jesuits had come across papers while preparing court documents for other cases.
Among the admissions by the provincial, Rev. John D. Whitney, was a sort of smoking gun:
In 1969, Spokane authorities raised new allegations against [Rev. John] Leary and gave him 24 hours to leave the city or face arrest, according to the news release. The release said a leader of the Jesuits in the Northwest created a story that Leary was resigning for health reasons, and Leary left the city.
Leary went briefly to New York, then Massachusetts and was later assigned to positions “throughout the western United States,” according to the release.
“I can only surmise that fear of scandal and of harm to Gonzaga University gripped those Jesuits,” Whitney said. He said he knew of no accusations involving Leary after he left Gonzaga.
The cover-up was “uncharacteristic,” Whitney said in a release.
How does he know that? It was about the time when Fr. Donald McGuire, S.J., was being sent away from Loyola Academy, Wilmette, after being accused, without prejudice to future exposure to boys who caught his eye.
Blithe Spirit 
“In 1969, Spokane authorities raised new allegations against [Rev. John] Leary and gave him 24 hours to leave the city or face arrest, according to the news release.”
This doesn’t speak well of the Spokane authorities. “Get out of town by sundown” was a stock threat in old wester movies, and may have been practiced in the 19th century. But in 1969!
If i committed a criminal act in FALLS CHURCH VA (pop. about 5000), I think I would be arrested, indicted, and brought to trial. Leaving town shoul not be an option offerred by the authorities.
Ed Murphy
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