DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY
Ofice of Viwr General
12 February 2018
Rev. Fr. Jerry Coyle
c/o Ruben and Tonya Ortiz
Albuquerque NM 87111-5732
Dear Fr. Jerry,
| am writing to you as a follow-up to our telephone conversation on
Thursday, February 8, 2018.
The Review Board for the Diocese of Sioux City met on Monday,
February 5, 2018 and discussed your request for advice and guidance
regarding your living situation. It was the consensus of the Review
Board that you should pursue securing residence in a Nursing
Home/Senior Living Center that could admit you to its Assisted Living
ies.
This recommendation is based on two major considerations. First,
having moved to the Albuquerque area in 1986, you have now lived
there for over 30 years, have acclimated to the climate and weather
conditions of that area, and all your friends and components of your
“support system” are there. To move back to lowa would require a
dramatic readjustment to the climate, as well as a complete rebuilding
of your network of friends and associates. Neither of which is
impossible, but for an 84-year-old man such a move would inevitably
be physically and emotionally very difficult.
Secondly, of greater concern is your self-revealed history of sexual
contact with approximately 50 boys. When you came forward and
informed Bishop Soens of your situation, you reported that for a period
of about 20 years you victimized boys who ranged from 7th to 10th
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