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He was kicked out of the Jesuits.
Then, kicked out of a seminary.
Then, kicked out of another seminary.
Then, he was sued for allegedly raping a young organist.
Now, he's on the St. Louis University campus.
His name is Wojciech Sobczuk.
Enter his name in the search box of BishopAccountability.org, SNAPnetwork.org, NBCnews.com, the Knoxville Sentinel or The Pillar (a Catholic website).
He's not the only alleged predator who's been at SLU.
There's Fr. Daniel O'Connell, the school's ex-president of SLU. He reportedly abused a 20 year old student over two semesters. (She sued and received a $181,000 settlement.)
And Fr. Juan Carlos Duran, who is believed to be a fugitive. He was charged in a 2004 arrest warrant by St. Louis prosecutors with sodomizing a boy here and allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct while at SLU.
And no one knows how many other accused abusers were or are at SLU. But here are some of them: Fr. David C Bayne, Fr. Franklyn W. Becker, Fr. Edward F. Beutner, Fr. Floyd A. Brey, Fr. Vincent Bryce, Fr. John J. “Jack” Campbell, Fr. James A. Condon, Fr. Juan Carlos Duran, Fr. Paul A. Frey, Fr. Chester E. Gaiter, Fr. James F. Gates, Fr. John Harrington, Fr. Gerhardt B. Lehmuhl, Fr. Jerold W. Lindner, Fr. Eugene Maio, Fr. Charles H. Miller, Fr. John N. Morfin, Fr. James Glenn Murray, Fr. Thomas J. Naughton, Fr. James V. O’Connor, Fr. George M. Pieper, Fr. John Slowey, Br. Richard H. Witzofsky and seminarian Francis J. Kegel.
You can help! Tell SLU President Fred Pestello (314-977-7777, president@slu.edu) that SLU staff and students need and deserve to know the names of credibly accused abusers.
For more info:
David Clohessy, SNAP
314 566 9790