Timeline

1984:

Father William MacCurtain arrives in SA from the UK

1985 to 1989:

MacCurtain allegedly sexually abuses William Segodisho

1990:

MacCurtain returns to the UK

2001:

Jesuits in Britain investigate Segodisho’s complaint against MacCurtain

2002:

MacCurtain is banned from public ministering and put under supervision at a Jesuit centre in London

2003:

Segodisho receives a R25,000 ex-gratia payment from the Jesuit in Britain

2017:

Jesuits in Britain approach the Dorset police with their investigation of Segodisho’s allegations against MacCurtain, which they say are “well founded”. In the same year, a damning report into child sexual abuse in the Catholic church is released by Australia’s RMIT University’s centre for global research

February 2018:

Jesuits in SA and the Johannesburg Catholic Diocese claim this is the first time they have been made aware of Segodisho’s claims against MacCurtain