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The Journal Gazette
Jeff Wiehe | The Journal Gazette
Three more people have come forward with claims that a priest with local ties sexually abused them, the Fort Wayne-South Bend Roman Catholic Diocese announced Monday.
And the diocese is urging for anyone else who has been a victim of sexual abuse by a member of the clergy to come forward.
The Rev. James F. Seculoff, 77, resigned and was removed from ministry a little more than a week ago after someone with what the diocese called a “credible” allegation of sexual abuse came forward, the diocese said.
This person said Seculoff, who most recently was a pastor in an area southwest of South Bend, committed the abuse 44 years ago.
At that time, Seculoff was elevated from principal at the former Huntington Catholic High School to superintendent of diocesan schools.
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