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At Gonzaga, athletics are rooted in the Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person – mind, body and spirit … Men's sports at Gonzaga include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, rowing, soccer and tennis. As Jesuit, we are inspired by the vision of Christ at work in the world, transforming it by His love, and calling men and women to work with Him in loving service of the human community.
Gonzaga tradition? Maybe this explains Casey Calvary's and Dan Dickau's odd limp?
By John Stucke
Spokesman Review
September 27, 2006
A gun-wielding man walked onto the Gonzaga University campus one night threatening to kill a Jesuit priest named Michael Toulouse. The university president and another priest stopped him before he could fire a shot at Toulouse for sexually assaulting his 14-year-old son, according to sworn statements filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Gonzaga and Jesuit leaders soon moved Toulouse out of town, those documents say.
Toulouse was a popular teacher at Gonzaga High School - now called Gonzaga Preparatory School - and lived in the Jesuit house at St. Aloysius on the university campus. He taught some of the best and brightest boys and was an early critic of an education system he claimed focused on achieving mediocrity rather than rewarding intellect. Toulouse was brilliant; a psychologist, teacher and mentor. And a pedophile.
He would ask altar boys to awaken him before mass at St. Aloysius Church in the mornings, according to the lawsuit. Sometimes he would sexually assault them, swear them to secrecy and buy their silence with cash left on his dresser.
When his behavior resulted in an armed man on campus, the university's Jesuit leadership sent Toulouse to Seattle University, over the objections of that school's administrators.
By John Stucke and Benjamin Shors
Spokesman Review]
September 9, 2006
Amid fresh allegations that the president of Gonzaga University had sexually abused young boys, the university, the Spokane Police Department and Jesuit hierarchy orchestrated a stunning cover-up that preserved the reputation of the institution and a man revered as a leader in Spokane.
Spokane police ordered the Rev. John P. Leary to leave town within 24 hours or face arrest. It was an offer that Leary's superiors at the time accepted.
"I can only surmise that fear of scandal and of harm to Gonzaga University gripped those Jesuits, and led them to accept the offer of civil authorities," the Rev. John D. Whitney, the Jesuits' current provincial superior based in Portland, revealed Friday. "Fear, however, is not an adequate excuse and is not consistent with our faith and calling."
Jesuit leaders created an "artificial scenario" in which they stated Leary had resigned for health reasons during a trip to the East Coast. Gonzaga officials perpetuated the story of Leary's "illness," even as the priest moved from one Western university to another in the years that followed.
On Friday Gonzaga issued a statement calling the reports "deeply distressing," though Whitney said rumors of Leary's actions churned in university and Catholic circles for four decades.
Gonzaga President Robert Spitzer did not return a phone call seeking comment.
Jesuits: Late Gonzaga President Involved in Sex Abuse Case
Friday, September 08, 2006
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. — Former Gonzaga University President John Leary was involved in the sexual abuse of boys and young men, but the priest's actions were covered up by Jesuit officials, the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus said Friday.
Leary led the Jesuit-run university in Spokane. No details about the abuse or number of victims were immediately released.
"While today, stronger safeguards and clearer policies are in place, the Jesuits wish to publicly acknowledge the failures of our history and apologize to those who have suffered," the Rev. John D. Whitney of Portland, Ore., leader of the Oregon Province, said in a news release Friday. He called the cover up "uncharacteristic."
Whitney said the Jesuits discovered notes regarding Leary's actions while preparing court documents in other cases in recent weeks.
The allegations first surfaced while Leary was Gonzaga's president. He denied them and remained in office, and no investigation was undertaken, the news release said. Spokane authorities raised new allegations against Leary and gave him 24 hours to leave the city or face arrest, according to the news release. The release said a leader of the Jesuits in the Northwest created a story that Leary was resigning for health reasons, and Leary left the city.
At Gonzaga, athletics are rooted in the Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person – mind, body and spirit … Men's sports at Gonzaga include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, rowing, soccer and tennis. As Jesuit, we are inspired by the vision of Christ at work in the world, transforming it by His love, and calling men and women to work with Him in loving service of the human community.
Gonzaga tradition? Maybe this explains Casey Calvary's and Dan Dickau's odd limp?
By John Stucke
Spokesman Review
September 27, 2006
A gun-wielding man walked onto the Gonzaga University campus one night threatening to kill a Jesuit priest named Michael Toulouse. The university president and another priest stopped him before he could fire a shot at Toulouse for sexually assaulting his 14-year-old son, according to sworn statements filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Gonzaga and Jesuit leaders soon moved Toulouse out of town, those documents say.
Toulouse was a popular teacher at Gonzaga High School - now called Gonzaga Preparatory School - and lived in the Jesuit house at St. Aloysius on the university campus. He taught some of the best and brightest boys and was an early critic of an education system he claimed focused on achieving mediocrity rather than rewarding intellect. Toulouse was brilliant; a psychologist, teacher and mentor. And a pedophile.
He would ask altar boys to awaken him before mass at St. Aloysius Church in the mornings, according to the lawsuit. Sometimes he would sexually assault them, swear them to secrecy and buy their silence with cash left on his dresser.
When his behavior resulted in an armed man on campus, the university's Jesuit leadership sent Toulouse to Seattle University, over the objections of that school's administrators.
By John Stucke and Benjamin Shors
Spokesman Review]
September 9, 2006
Amid fresh allegations that the president of Gonzaga University had sexually abused young boys, the university, the Spokane Police Department and Jesuit hierarchy orchestrated a stunning cover-up that preserved the reputation of the institution and a man revered as a leader in Spokane.
Spokane police ordered the Rev. John P. Leary to leave town within 24 hours or face arrest. It was an offer that Leary's superiors at the time accepted.
"I can only surmise that fear of scandal and of harm to Gonzaga University gripped those Jesuits, and led them to accept the offer of civil authorities," the Rev. John D. Whitney, the Jesuits' current provincial superior based in Portland, revealed Friday. "Fear, however, is not an adequate excuse and is not consistent with our faith and calling."
Jesuit leaders created an "artificial scenario" in which they stated Leary had resigned for health reasons during a trip to the East Coast. Gonzaga officials perpetuated the story of Leary's "illness," even as the priest moved from one Western university to another in the years that followed.
On Friday Gonzaga issued a statement calling the reports "deeply distressing," though Whitney said rumors of Leary's actions churned in university and Catholic circles for four decades.
Gonzaga President Robert Spitzer did not return a phone call seeking comment.
Jesuits: Late Gonzaga President Involved in Sex Abuse Case
Friday, September 08, 2006
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. — Former Gonzaga University President John Leary was involved in the sexual abuse of boys and young men, but the priest's actions were covered up by Jesuit officials, the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus said Friday.
Leary led the Jesuit-run university in Spokane. No details about the abuse or number of victims were immediately released.
"While today, stronger safeguards and clearer policies are in place, the Jesuits wish to publicly acknowledge the failures of our history and apologize to those who have suffered," the Rev. John D. Whitney of Portland, Ore., leader of the Oregon Province, said in a news release Friday. He called the cover up "uncharacteristic."
Whitney said the Jesuits discovered notes regarding Leary's actions while preparing court documents in other cases in recent weeks.
The allegations first surfaced while Leary was Gonzaga's president. He denied them and remained in office, and no investigation was undertaken, the news release said. Spokane authorities raised new allegations against Leary and gave him 24 hours to leave the city or face arrest, according to the news release. The release said a leader of the Jesuits in the Northwest created a story that Leary was resigning for health reasons, and Leary left the city.
