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| Clergy Files Produced by Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
February 1, 2013
http://clergyfiles.la-archdiocese.org/listing.html
Frequently Asked Questions/Clergy Personnel Files:
1. Which files are being disclosed?
The files concern those priests named in the litigation that settled in 2007. Pursuant to the settlement agreement between victims and the Archdiocese, retired Federal Judge Dickran Tevrizian ordered files released subject to certain rules designed to protect the privacy of certain individuals, including the redaction of the names of victims, third parties and church hierarchy.
Judge Emilie Elias then adopted the Judge Tevrizian order with certain modifications. Specifically, she ordered that the names of the church hierarchy generally be disclosed in the files. The Archdiocese accepted her ruling, and has restored the names of church hierarchy in the documents being released.
2. How many files are being released with names?
124 files are being released with names. Of this number, 82 files have information on allegations of childhood sexual abuse and 42 files have no information on allegations of childhood sexual abuse but, in those instances, the "proffers" are being provided.
"Proffers" are summaries of personnel files, prepared for litigation that describe some of the documents in that file. These summaries were previously published by the Archdiocese after they were determined by the Court to be complete and accurate regarding the lack of notice to the Archdiocese of any claims of childhood sex abuse for that priest.
3. How many pages are being released?
There are approximately 12,000 pages in the files being released, in accordance with the Court orders. Media reports that there were 30,000 or more pages were inaccurate.
4. There are 6 additional files where the priests are identified by Roman Numerals instead of names. Why?
There are certain priests against whom charges were never substantiated. In those instances, the Court ordered that their identities be protected.
5. There were 192 priests and bishops named in the litigation, what about the remaining 62 individuals?
In those cases the Archdiocese had no file at all or the party was exonerated and the files were not to be produced.
6. There were additional priests who were previously identified in the Report to the People of God, why are they not included?
The Report to the People of God, published in 2004, included the names of every priest or brother who had been publicly accused. In many instances, those individuals were not affiliated with the Archdiocese, had nothing relevant in their files, were exonerated, or were never named in litigation.
7. There appear to be a number of duplicate documents or blank pages in some of the files. Why?
The files being released reflect an assembly from several Archdiocesan files containing tens of thousands of pages. If a document appears in more than one file, it appears in the released files as a duplicate. In some instances, there are many duplicates.
8. Most of the documented abuse seems to have happened a long time ago. Do you have statistics that deal with this?
Yes. The chart below displays the timing of each claim of abuse:
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9. What has the Archdiocese done to insure that these experiences are not repeated?
The Archdiocese has been a leader in initiating reforms designed to protect its children . Every adult who supervises children is investigated, fingerprinted and trained in the detection of child abuse. Every child enrolled in an Archdiocesan school or program receives age-appropriate training every year on how to detect inappropriate behavior and how to talk about it. We employ retired FBI agents who investigate every claim of abuse. Any person, whether priest, teacher, coach or volunteer who is credibly accused is reported to police and immediately removed from his or her position.
Clergy Personnel Files
Abercombie, Leonard
Aguilar-Rivera, Nicolas
Alzugaray, Joseph
Arzube, Juan
Baker, Michael
Barmasse, Kevin
Boyer, Leland
Brennan, John
Buckley, Michael
Buckman, Franklin
Caffoe, Lynn
Carey, Cleve
Carriere, David
Carroll, Michael
Casey, Edward
Casey, John
Castro, Willebaldo
Chandler, David
Coffield, John
Cosgrove, John
Coughlin, Richard
Cronin, Sean
Cruces, Angel
Daley, Wallace
Dawson, John
Deady, John
DeJonghe, Harold
Devaney, James
Diesta, Arwyn
Doherty, John
Dolan, James
Duggan, Albert
English, Thomas
Farabaugh, Clint
Farmer, Donald
Farris, John
Faue, Matthias
Feeney, John
Fernando, Walter
Fessard, Gerald
Fitzpatrick, James
Ford, James
Gallagher, George
Garcia, Cristobal
Garcia, Peter
Garcia, Richard
Ginty, Denis
Granadino, David
Grill, Philip
Grimes, James
Gunst, George
Hackett, John
Hagenbach, Clinton
Hanley, Bernard
Haran, Michael
Hartman, Richard
Henry, Richard
Hernandez, Stephen
Hovath, Bertrand
Hunt, Michael
Hurley, Daniel
Jaramillo, Luis
Kearney, Christopher
Kelly, Matthew
Knoernschild, John
Kohnke, John
Lapierre, David
Lindner, Jerold
Llanos, Theodore
Loomis, Richard
Lopez, Joseph
Lovell, Lawrence
MacSweeney, Eugene
Marshall, Thomas
Martinez, Ruben
Mateo, Leonard
McAsey, Joseph
McCarthy, Kevin
McElhatton, Thomas
Miani, Titian
Miller, George
Monte, Alfred
Nocita, Michael
O'Carroll, Charles
O'Connor, Donal
Orellana-Mendoza, Samuel
Pecharich, Michael
Perez, Henry
Pina, Joseph
Plesetz, Gerald
Ramos, Eleutario
Reilly, Terrence
Rodriguez, Carlos
Roemer, Donald
Roper, William
Rowe, Dorian
Rozo, Efrain
Rucker, George
Ruhl, John
Ryan, Joseph
Salazar, John
Salinas, Gabriel
Sanchez, Manuel
Santillan, John
Savino, Dominic
Scott, George
Sharpe, Joseph
Sheahan, John
Shimmaly, Edward
Silva-Flores, Fidencio
Stalkamp, Louis
Sutphin, Carl
Tamayo, Santiago
Tepe, Raymond
Terra, Michael
Ugarte, Jose
Van Liefde, Christopher
Vetter, Henry
Villa Gomez, Nemoria
Weitz, Wilfrid
Wempe, Michael
Ziemann, Patrick
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