Jesuits: abuser from the United States sent to a school in Marseille?

In the United States there is a database, Bishops Accoutability, which compiles data on clerics who have committed sexual abuse by the clergy, as well as data and investigations by dioceses and religious congregations, mainly in the United States. Some of the clergy involved are of French origin... or were sent to France after their abuse.

One of them is a Jesuit, John L. Farrand. In 1961, he allegedly committed abuse at Canisius High School in the Diocese of Buffalo (New York). Following this, he was transferred to a Jesuit school in Brooklynn, then to the Ecole de Provence in Marseille, France, from 1972 to 1974 - a so-called "school of excellence", then to Puerto Rico, and then back to New York State, from 1976 to 1997. He died in October 2003.

The Jesuits acknowledged his involvement in the abuses, along with other Jesuits, in a list published in January 2019 that also retraced their various postings; he was the subject of a complaint in July 2020 - the death of the perpetrator not interrupting, in the United States, the possibility of legal action, particularly for compensation.

In addition, at least two Jesuit perpetrators of abuse in North America are of French origin:

René Astruc, ordained in 1954, who died in June 2002, was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska. In a list published in January 2020, the Archdiocese of Anchorage acknowledged that he was known to have sexually assaulted a minor in 1976, as well as a vulnerable adult. He is the subject of three complaints - which have also been traced in documents relating to the bankruptcy of the Diocese of Fairbanks in Alaska (2008-2010), for acts committed in the 1960s, 1975 and between 1982 and 1985 when he worked in isolated schools and boarding schools among native populations and therefore had "unlimited access to children", reports the local press.

Jules Convert, ordained in 1940, died in July 1995, in France, where he returned in 1979. A number of accusations of abuse have marked his career - in all, 16 complaints were lodged in an initial wave from 2003, then 19 in 2011. The Jesuits have acknowledged his involvement in 38 cases of abuse between 1954 and 1978 in California, Washington State and Alaska.

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