No, I have not been on planet Mars, just very busy, and yes, Rev. Donald McGuire, ex-SJ, was convicted and sentenced in federal court in Chicago.
Chicago, IL (AHN) – Donald McGuire, a defrocked Catholic priest belonging to the Jesuit order, was convicted by a federal court on Friday for taking a boy on religious retreats to have sex with him.
The jury found the 78-year-old former priest guilty after three hours of deliberations. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer read the verdict including his 30-year prison term while McGuire sat in his wheelchair.
If I hadn’t read it in the paper, I would have known something was up, from the huge uptick in views of this blog, including 75 hits in the last two days at this post, about him as a retreat-giver.
Blithe Spirit 
I knew him! And I know at least one of his young assistants. I babysat for the family that ran his missionary organization in the early 2000’s, 2001-2005 or so. Wow. I wondered why that young man was always with Fr. McGuire. I thought he was some sort of seminarian and McGuire was like his spiritual director, or something. Duh, of course he was one of his victims. All I can think about is that family’s sons. If McGuire hadn’t been convicted, would their sons have been his next “assistants” once they turned 13?
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