David McCarthy

NameDavid McCarthyJesuit
Date of Birth12/6/1918 
Date of Ordination1955 
Association with LUC1979-1996 
Position at LUCJesuit Residence – exact position unclear 
Date of incident, Location of Incident1963-1978Holy Family Parish, Chicago, IL
Number of victims/accusationsAt least 3 victims 
Case statusAccused 
Status of IndividualDeceased2/28/1999

The public record is very sparse on life details of Jesuit Fr. David F. McCarthy who was assigned to live at the Jesuit residence at Loyola University Chicago in 1979. The public records do not indicate what position Fr. David F. McCarthy had for the fifteen years he was assigned to Loyola. The priest was later in his life accused of having abused several children while he was serving at Holy Family Parish in Chicago, between 1965 and 1968. McCarthy passed away in 1999. According to the Jesuit list however, the order received the accusations of child abuse against him while he was still alive, indicating that the Jesuits were aware of his offenses before 1999.[1]


[1] The Society of Jesus – USA Midwest Province, “USA Midwest Province Jesuits with an Established Allegation of Sexual Abuse of a Minor,” 6.

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