Fr. James C. Gould

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1974
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Buffalo NY

Named publicly as accused on the Buffalo diocese’s list updated 11/5/18. Assigned to St. Ann’s 1975-83. On the Northeast Province Jesuits list 1/15/19. It notes allegations received in 2011 of abuse 1977-78. He admitted the abuse. His victim was reportedly a male minor. Prefect of the Marshall Islands 4/93-12/07. Lawsuit in 8/19 claims abuse of a 13-year-old in the mid-1970s at St. Ann’s.


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