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Boston Globe Article

The November 22, 2006 edition of the Boston Globe featured a story " Mother and Father on children of a Catholic priest. The author kindly makes reference to our site in the story. I hope you all take the time to read the article. You can find it here or at the Globe's website.

Woman Claims Father Fathered Her Child

Suzanne Le Mignot
Reporting

(CBS) CHICAGO A young mother says Father Jason Martin is a father alright. A woman accuses him of promising to leave the priesthood. CBS 2's Suzanne LeMignot reports on the woman’s claim that instead he left her, and their new baby.

"He just played house and then decided to play priest again," said Sandra Ring talking about the man she dated in high school and reconnected with in 2003. His name is Fr. Jason Martin.

"He told me that he had thought a lot about me over the years and he told me [that] had our relationship progressed he wouldn't have even gone into the priesthood," said Ring.

Fr. Martin left the religious order of the Discalced Carmelite Friars. He started living with Ring. He even proposed, setting a wedding date.

Then, with no explanation, he asked for the engagement ring and left.

Read the entire story here >>

Paternity test: Priest fathered woman's child

Oakland Tribune, Aug 5, 2003 by STAFF

LOS ANGELES -- Twenty-year-old Jacqueline Milla grew up believing that her father was a priest. Now she knows it's true, and that the man has been living in Fremont.

A court-ordered paternity test found that her father is Valentine Tugade, one of seven priests Rita Milla, Jaqueline's mother, says she had sex with.

Milla and her attorney announced the results of test Monday.

Tugade was found in Fremont last year after an emotional news conference where Jacqueline Milla called on Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahoney to aid her in identifying her father. Tugade was living in a condo and had a girlfriend, according to a People Magazine story published on June 3, 2002.

Spokesman Review, The (Spokane), Oct 15, 2005 by Virginia de Leon Staff writer

A retired Jesuit priest now living in Spokane has been accused of sexually assaulting two women in remote Alaskan villages more than 20 years ago and fathering their children.

Both of the children, now grown men, and one of the women are suing James E. Jacobson for deprivation of child support, emotional distress, loss of self-esteem and other damages. The plaintiffs - identified only as John A. Doe, John B. Doe and Jane B. Doe in a complaint filed this week in Alaska's Superior Court - are also suing the Diocese of Fairbanks and Jacobson's religious order, the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus. The suit seeks more than $50,000 for each of the three alleged victims, with the exact amount to be proved at trial.