Fr. Francis X. Cleary
Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/2018, which notes a single allegation against Cleary of sexual abuse occurring in the 1970s and that his ministry was restricted in 1988. Further, Cleary was removed from ministry in 2002. He died in 2010.
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