Fr. John H. Acres
Sued in 2002. Accused of abuse of students at Boston College High School in the late 1980s. Claims referred to Suffolk DA. Officially left the Order sometime between 1995-2002, per 3/02 article. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database because he was an Order priest. Included on the Northeast Jesuits list of credibly accused 1/15/19, which notes he admitted to abuse in 1987 while assigned to B.C. High. On the Fall River diocese’s list in 1/21.
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