A priest, a sex addict and an exorcist: How a secret confession led to sex abuse claim against San Jose diocese

The woman went to confession at Our Lady of Peace seeking forgiveness. She suffered from a sex addiction, she told the young priest. The Rev. Gerardus Hauwert Jr., fresh out of the seminary, offered to help. For months, he provided her private prayer sessions and sent her to rid her demons through one of the Catholic Church’s oldest and most mysterious rituals: exorcism. But what happened over the next year at this parish known for its towering statue of the Virgin Mary facing Highway 101 would end up exposing the San Jose Diocese yet again to allegations of sexual abuse — and raise alarm about how an inner circle of priests responded to claims against one of its own.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/21/the-priest-the-parishioner-the-exorcist-and-the-sex-addiction-did-the-san-jose-diocese-mishandle-a-parishioners-pleas/