Donald J. McGuire

Name	Donald J. McGuire	Jesuit
Date of Birth	7/9/1930
Date of Ordination	1961
Association with LUC	1972-1976
Position at LUC	Graduate student (MA/PhD)
Date of incident, Location of Incident	1954-1957	Germany, Ireland, Austria
	1965-1970	Loyola Academy, Wilmette, IL
	1975-1977	Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
	1976-1981	University of San Francisco, CA
	1981-1984	Various places across the U.S. as traveling retreat organizer
	1984	Sacred Heart Retreat House, Alhambra, CA
	1988-2002	Various places across the U.S. and internationally as traveling retreat organizer
	2002-2005	Chicago Jesuit Community, IL
Number of victims/accusations	9 known victims
Case status	Convicted
Status of Individual	Dismissed from Society of Jesus, Laicized	2007, 2008
	Deceased	01/13/2017

Donald Jude McGuire was a popular religious retreat organizer, schoolteacher, scholar, and a generally very well-respected member of the Jesuit order. He rose to prominence as a celebrated organizer and leader of spiritual retreats and as Mother Theresa’s spiritual advisor. McGuire received his post-graduate education at Loyola University Chicago between 1972 and 1977, when he graduated with a Ph.D. in philosophy. Before his studies at Loyola, McGuire was assigned as a faculty member at Loyola Academy in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette. During his posting there, McGuire abused at least two of his minor students. After these cases of abuse became known to the public when his victims stepped forward in the late 2000s, a whole series of lawsuits from other survivors followed, lasting until after McGuire’s passing. At least eleven individuals have claimed abuse by McGuire as of 2022. He was convicted first in Wisconsin of indecent behavior with a child and sentenced to seven years in prison in 2006. In 2008 he was then also convicted on federal child abuse charge and sentenced to a twenty-five year term in federal prison. Donald J. McGuire died in federal prison in 2017.