SAN JOSE (CA)
NBC Bay Area

[with copy of a letter sent to alumni]

By Kris Sanchez

Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012

Bellarmine College Preparatory school in San Jose is in the news today for something that allegedly happened in the 1960s.

A student who graduated from Bellarmine in 1968 says he was sexually abused by a Jesuit Brother during his high school years. A brother is a full member of the religious community, but they are not ordained.

Bellarmine was a boarding school in the 60s and the Jesuit Brother being accused of the abuse supervised the students who lived on campus.

The former student told the California Province of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuit group that oversees Bellarmine, that he is talking about what happened in hopes it would help other possible victims to come forward.