SAN JOSE (CA)
NBC Bay Area
October 19, 2018
By Michael Bott, Stephen Stock, and Jeremy Carroll
A man who says he was sexually abused by a San Jose priest said he’s speaking out for the first time after the priest dismissed those allegations on the news Thursday night as a “misunderstanding.”
That priest is Father Phil Sunseri, a Jesuit priest dismissed from the Society of Jesus in the late 1980’s after he was accused of sexual misconduct. He was one of 15 priests the San Jose Diocese said Thursday have been “credibly accused” of sexual abuse in the South Bay. One of Sunseri’s accusers said he’s now telling his story publicly for the first time to encourage other victims to report abuse.
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