Chicago Province Jesuits’ insurance company wants out of the Rev. Donald McGuire SJ suits, claiming
the Jesuits knew of McGuire’s pedophilia as early as 1969 and because they knew of his condition the policy does not cover McGuire, among several other reasons . . .
Empire Indemnity provided
[t]hree umbrella policies . . . to the Jesuits from Nov. 30, 2002 to 2003, then again from 2003 to 2004 and 2004 to 2005. The allegations of abuse by the three John Does does not fall under the coverage period,
its suit filed yesterday in Cook County Circuit Court claims.
Meanwhile,
The Chicago Jesuits have presented McGuire with a dismissal decree from the order, which still needs Vatican approval to become official. McGuire said he has appealed to the Vatican not to allow the dismissal.
However, as extensively documented in a 2004 book, Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II, by Jason Berry and Gerald Renner, the Vatican is extremely reluctant to honor Americans’ requests for prompt punishment of sexual abusers; and the Jesuits may have a long wait before McGuire is expelled.
Blithe Spirit 