Assignment Record – Rev. Rene Astruc, s.j.

ALASKA
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Summary of Case: A native of France, Astruc was ordained a Jesuit priest of the Oregon Province in 1954. He spent his career in Alaska, among the Yup’ik people. There have been at least two accusations against Astruc, as revealed in Fairbanks diocese’s bankruptcy documents in 2010. In 2007 three women are said to have come forward with accusations that Astruc sexually abused them as minors. Astruc died in June 2002.

Ordained: 1954
Died: June 28, 2002

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