CHICAGO (IL)
ABC7
September 29, 2018
By Chuck Goudie and Ross Weidner
An I-Team investigation has uncovered that a former priest, who church officials say was credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor, worked as a school counselor after leaving Chicago.
Jesus ‘Jesse’ Garza left his priest position at the Archdiocese of Chicago in 2000 and went to work in Beloit, Wisconsin, public schools. Garza claims school district or state officials never questioned him about his background even though in July of 2005 church investigators say they substantiated claims that Garza forced a boy to perform oral sex on him between 10 and 15 times from January to April 1984.
“The people I worked with in Beloit knew I was a priest, they would joke with me about it,” said Garza.
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