“Saint Aloysius is not Roman Catholic,” Sullivan said. “It has no connection with the Pope and has no connection with the Diocese of San Jose. Aloysius in 2014, distanced it from the San Jose diocese, as did diocese spokeswoman Liz Sullivan. Martin of Tours parish in San Jose.Īsher, who came to St. Francis Cabrini parish in San Jose, and Rev. In 2005, the Diocese of San Francisco paid $21 million to 15 victims of sex abuse by members of Bay Area churches. The allegations are not the first involving South Bay clergy. “His behavior and what has come out is obviously deplorable and indefensible.” Aloysius Retreat head priest Father Thomas Asher said Thursday by phone. “I think he left a very bad impression,” St.
While he was in Europe, the society expelled him. That was derailed after he allegedly confessed to molesting another teen in 2001. Aloysius ever directly contacted police about Van der Putten.įollowing the Los Gatos incidents, the society quickly sent Van der Putten to its international headquarters in Switzerland, and reported him to the Vatican, which later relayed the alleged misconduct to a Pennsylvania diocese where he was seeking reinstatement the following year. Local authorities, acting on a tip from Placer County the following year, say they investigated the allegations but were unable to make a criminal case. Aloysius is not overseen by the San Jose diocese. The society is not recognized by the Roman Catholic church and St. Pius X practice a conservative, pre-Vatican II brand of Catholicism with the Latin Mass. Aloysius Retreat in the wooded hills near the Lexington Reservoir, where priests from the Society of St.
The first Los Gatos abuse allegedly occurred around 2000 at the St. Benedict Van der Putten, who as part of a traditionalist priest society in Los Gatos 18 years ago was said to havemolested one teen girl and tried with another. Skycrane over neighbor's house and vineyard.LOS GATOS - Tucked away in Pennsylvania’s explosive August grand jury report on widespread sex abuse by Catholic priests is the previously untold story of Rev. Thank you to all our confreres, faithful and benefactors who sent prayers our way - may God reward your charity. In an odd atmospheric fluke, the smoke from the Napa Fires - nearly 100 miles away - was very thick to the point of affecting breathing, but with the Bear Creek Fire - 4 to 5 miles away at most - we hardly even smelled smoke.Īs a thank you to our local Alma Helitack Unit (the group that visited us for boys' camp) besides our prayers we sent them a stock of drinks and snacks for their Helibase pantry - may God bless them. One of our parishioners who lives further up Bear Creek Road was forced to evacuate his home for five days, but he is home now and as of this writing, the fire is 90% contained. The air attacks were halted at one point because someone was flying a drone in the area (it is supposed to be against the law to fly a drone in a disaster area for this very reason) and the helicopters were forced to stand down until the owner could be found (it wasn't us!). On the first day of the fire, the Retreat House saw heavy air traffic of several firefighting helicopters - at least three different types supplemented our local Helitack Unit's UH-1s with Blackhawks and Skycranes - going back and forth from Lake Lexington Reservoir nearby.Īir attacks were halted at sundown on October 18, but 600 firefighters remained with 52 engines battling the blaze through the night. Thomas Asher, provides a recently updated report and expresses his gratitude for all the prayers: October 18 and 19 have been days of increasing prayer and worry as the fire burns southwest of San Jose in the Santa Cruz Mountains where the SSPX Retreat House is located.
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