Pervert Jesuit finally laicised after decades of abuse.
The Society of Jesus has expelled Spanish priest Francesc Peris, 84, from both the clerical state and the Jesuit order. A canonical penal process found him guilty of sexually abusing minors over several decades. However, Peris is cared for in a Jesuit residence.
The punishment was announced on October 5. It comes more than two years after Peris himself admitted abusing minors.
On May 7, 2024, the Jesuits publicly disclosed that Peris had “recently” acknowledged sexually abusing minors as far back as 1972.
Yet when questioned by secular authorities in a Barcelona criminal investigation in October 2024, he denied the particular allegation being investigated.
Peris was never convicted by a Spanish criminal court. Proceedings against him were ultimately closed because the alleged offences were considered time-barred.
Spanish media have identified more than 20 victims, both boys and girls, with allegations spanning more than three decades.
The canonical proceedings found Peris guilty of “various offences against the Sixth Commandment of the Decalogue committed with minors.”
In 1982, Peris was sent to Bolivia, where he worked at the Juan XXIII school in Cochabamba and where further allegations of sexual abuse later emerged. His case is one of several involving Spanish Jesuits who were sent to Bolivia and subsequently accused of abusing children there.
One significant complaint dates from 2004. A 14-year-old girl alleged that Peris sexually touched her while treating an elbow injury during a school excursion in Huesca. She immediately told her parents, who complained to the school. According to her testimony to El País, the school director defended Peris and asked the victim: “Do you realise how cruel you are?”
Peris was removed from work involving minors only in 2005 over what the Jesuits described as “inappropriate conduct” and reassigned to activities involving adults. He was not reported to police.
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