Assignment Record– Rev. Eric Middlecamp, S.D.S. Summary of Case: Eric Middlecamp was a priest of the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians), ordained in 1952. He taught in minor seminaries and high schools, was a boys' camp director, hospital chaplain, and director of the Order's foreign missions. His work took him to Wisconsin, Washington DC, Iowa, California and Arizona. Middlecamp was removed from active ministry in the early 1990s after the Salvatorians received allegations that he had sexually abused both boys and girls from the late 1950s through the 1970s. He was kept at the U.S. Province's headquarters in Milwaukee where he was given the foreign missions job. Middlecamp died March 6, 2011.
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Start | Stop | Assignment | Town/Accusations | State | Position | Notes |
1952 Green Bay bishop was Stanislaus Vincent Bona (1945-1967). |
1957 | Salvatorian Seminary | St. Nazianz | WI | instructor | This was a six year preparatory seminary with 194-180 students. |
1957 Washington D.C. archbishop was Patrick Aloysius Boyle (1947-1973). |
1958 | Washington | DC | Address given is 1415 V St. N.W. | ||
1958 Sioux City bishop was Joseph Maximilian Mueller (1948-1970). |
1959 | Trinity College Minor Seminary | Sioux City • The Salvatorians claim to have first heard in the early 1990s of allegations of sexual abuse of boys and girls by Middlecamp, which occurred from the late 1950s through the 1970s. |
IA | This was a minor seminary with 42 students. | |
1959 Bona was succeeded as Green Bay bishop by Aloysius John Wycislo (1968-1983). |
1968 | Salvatorian Seminary | St. Nazianz • The Salvatorians claim to have first heard in the early 1990s of allegations of sexual abuse of boys and girls by Middlecamp, which occurred from the late 1950s through the 1970s. |
WI | Salvatorian Seminary had 250-105 students. | |
Camp St. Michael for Boys | Hancock • The Salvatorians claim to have first heard in the early 1990s of allegations of sexual abuse of boys and girls by Middlecamp, which occurred from the late 1950s through the 1970s. |
WI | Director | |||
1968 | 1970 | J.F. Kennedy Prep | St. Nazianz • The Salvatorians claim to have first heard in the early 1990s of allegations of sexual abuse of boys and girls by Middlecamp, which occurred from the late 1950s through the 1970s. |
WI | J.F. K. Prep had 85 students, all male. | |
1970 Adam Joseph Maida replaced Wycislo as Green Bay bishop (1983-1990). |
1984 | Salvatorian Center | New Holstein • The Salvatorians claim to have first heard in the early 1990s of allegations of sexual abuse of boys and girls by Middlecamp, which occurred from the late 1950s through the 1970s. |
WI | ||
1984 Oakland bishop was |
1985 | Society of the Divine Savior | Oakland | CA | ||
1985 Phoenix bishop was |
1994 | St. Mark's | Phoenix | AZ |
In residence. |
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1985 | 1994 | St. Philip the Deacon Catholic Center | Phoenix | AZ | This was a mission of St. Mark's. | |
1985 | 1994 | Maricopa County Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital | Phoenix | AZ | This was a station of St. Mark's. | |
1995 Green Bay bishop was Robert Joseph Banks (1990-2003), followed by David Allen Zubik (2003-2007). |
2004 | Salvatorian Foreign Missions | Milwaukee | WI | Mission Director | Address given is 1735 Hi-Mount Blvd., Milwaukee, which is that of the Salvatorians' U.S. headquarters. Per Salvatorian Provincial Rev. Joseph Rodriguez in 2015, the Order first learned in the early 1990s of Middlecamp's abuse of children. The allegations were considered substantiated because Middlecamp acknowledged they were true. He was removed from active ministry and given a "desk job" at Salvatorian headquarters. |
1994 David Laurin Ricken succeeded Zubik as Green Bay bishop (2008-). |
2011 | Salvatorians - Jordan Hall | Milwaukee | WI | Middlecamp is noted to be retired from the 2005 Directory on. | Middlecamp died March 6, 2011. |
Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1953-2011) • Priest Says His First Mass, Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, June 16, 1952
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