Fr. Jerome J. Axton

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Ordained: 1983
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Biloxi MS

Named publicly as accused by the diocese, along with two other priests on its list in 1/19. Prohibited from ministry in 1992 after accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl 1985-86, while assigned to Nativity BVM Cathedral in Biloxi and St. John’s in Gulfport. The diocese had first received the report of abuse in 1989.


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