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San Antonio Express-News
By Elaine Ayala Updated Monday, March 14, 2016
Father Virgilio Elizondo, a well-known theologian, professor at the University of Notre Dame and former rector of San Fernando Cathedral, died Monday, according to several sources.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office verified his death late Monday night, as did a longtime friend and administrative assistant Janie Dillard.
Archdiocese of San Antonio officials did not return calls, nor did several other Catholic officials who knew Elizondo well.
Widely considered the founder of U.S. Latino theology, Elizondo had been living under a cloud of suspicion after a lawsuit filed in Bexar County last May accused him of sexually abusing an unidentified boy more than 30 years ago.
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