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By Mark Gomez and Tracey Kaplan Mercury News
contracostatimes.com
Posted: 09/12/2012

SAN JOSE — A Jesuit brother, accused of sexually molesting a student at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose more than 40 years ago, was also accused on two occasions of misconduct while working at a Sacramento-area Jesuit high school in the 1980s.

Following the accusations in 1987 at Jesuit High in Carmichael, Brother William Farrington was no longer allowed to work with minors, according to the Provincial of the California Jesuits. In an official statement, the Jesuits main office in California characterized the accusation made by the former Bellarmine student as “credible.”

Tuesday, the presidents of Bellarmine and Jesuit High School sent letters to alumni informing them of the allegation of sexual abuse against Farrington, who currently lives at the Sacred Heart Jesuit retirement center in Los Gatos. The allegation was first…