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Assignment Record � Rev. Andrew ANDRAS M. Eordogh, S.J.

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December 23, 2013

http://www.bishopaccountability.org/assign/Eordogh_Andrew_M_sj.htm



Summary of Case: Andrew Eordogh was a Jesuit priest of the Hungarian Province, ordained in 1958. He worked in Alaska in the late 1960s-early 1970s. In a 2006 lawsuit Eordogh was accused, along with another Jesuit, of sexually abusing a young Alaskan boy, when the boy was 4 to 7 years-old. At the time of the lawsuit Eordogh was living in a retirement home for priests in Hungary. His last known U.S. address was in Chicago.





Ordained: 1958





 





















 


 

















































































































































































































































































































































Start


Stop


Parish/Assignment


Town/Accusations


State/Country


Position


Notes


1958


1967


 


 


 


 


Eordogh is not indexed in the 1959-1967 Directories.


1967

Fairbanks bishop was Francis Dolye Gleeson, s.j. (1948-1968). Gleeson was succeeded by Robert Louis Whelan, s.j. (1968-1985).



1968


 


Nome


AK


 


Eordogh is indexed in the 1968 Directory as in Nome, but he is not listed as there in the Fairbanks diocesan pages.


1968


1969


 


 


 


 


Eordogh is not indexed in the 1969 Directory.


1969


1970


Holy Cross Mission



Holy Cross

Eordogh was accused in a 2006 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in the late 1960s, when the boy was a young Catholic school student in the village of Holy Cross. The boy was said to have been first abused at age 4 by Rev. Bernard McMeel, who then handed the boy off to Eordogh. The abuse is said to have continued until the boy was 7 years-old.



AK


1/1


 

 

 

 

 

 




McMeel, known as "Father Barney" worked in Alaska from 1955-1978.



1969


1970


 


Anvik


AK


 


This was a station of Holy Cross Mission in Holy Cross.


1969


1970


 


Flat


AK


 


This was a station of Holy Cross Mission in Holy Cross.


1969


1970


 


Grayling


AK


 


This was a station of Holy Cross Mission in Holy Cross.


1969


1970


 


Holikachuck


AK


 


This was a station of Holy Cross Mission in Holy Cross.


1969


1970


 


Shageluk


AK


 


This was a station of Holy Cross Mission in Holy Cross.


1970


1972


 


Aniak


AK


 


The 1972 Directory indexes Eordogh as at Aniak, but does not list his as there.


1970


1972


 


Kalskag


AK


 


This was a mission of Aniak.


1972


1973


Holy Cross Mission


Holy Cross


AK


 


 


1972


1973


 


Anvik


AK


 


This was a station of Holy Cross Mission in Holy Cross.


1972


1973


 


Flat


AK


 


This was a station of Holy Cross Mission in Holy Cross.


1972


1973


 


Grayling


AK


 


This was a station of Holy Cross Mission in Holy Cross.


1972


1973


 


Holikachuck


AK


 


This was a station of Holy Cross Mission in Holy Cross.


1972


1973


 


Shageluk


AK


 


This was a station of Holy Cross Mission in Holy Cross.

Eordogh is not indexed beyond the 1973 Directory.

Eordogh went on to live in Chicago at some point. In 2006, he was known to be retired and living in Hungary.



 

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1968-1973)

Alaska Digest, Anchorage Daily News, February 9, 2006


Excerpt from bankruptcy reorganization documents for Fairbanks Diocese, January 25, 2012, p. 2.


2 More Priests Face Sex Abuse Suits, By Mary Beth Smetzer, Fairbanks News-Miner [Alaska], February 9, 2006


Lawsuit Alleges Sexual Abuse by Former Hays Priest, By Larry Kline lkline@havredailynews.com, Havre Daily News, February 10, 2006


Diocese Researching Accusations about Former Hays Priest, By Larry Kline, Havre Daily News [Montana], February 10, 2006


Jesuit Abuse Settlement Aims to Heal, $50 Million: Religious Order's Head Says Church Failed Victims in Alaska, By Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News, November 20, 2007


Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit, November 12, 2009




Priests in a Parish: We use the following convention to show a priest's place among the clergy of a parish: 1/2 means that he is the first priest listed in the Official Catholic Directory (usually the pastor) and that there is a total of two priests at the parish. The shorthand 3/4 means that the priest is listed third on a four-priest roster. See our sample page from the Directory.





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