About John Beno
Lived 1931 – 2000. John Beno was an American politician.
John Beno (November13, 1931December5, 2000) was a Catholic priest and Democratic Party politician from Colorado, U.S. He served two terms in the Colorado Senate, totaling eight years, from January 1979 to January 1987. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1959 and served as a priest in several southern Colorado communities, chiefly in Pueblo.
Sexual abuse allegations A 2019 report by the Colorado Attorney General published after Beno's death implicated him in the sexual abuse of two children, one in 1961 and one in 1968 or 1969.
Death Beno died on December 5, 2000, in Pueblo.
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John Beno was born in 1931.
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