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| These Are the Priests Who Were ‘credibly Accused’ of Sexual Abuse across Alaska
By Kyle Hopkins
Anchorage Daily News
December 27, 2018
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2018/12/26/the-list-these-are-the-priests-who-were-credibly-accused-of-sexual-abuse-across-alaska/
Below is the full list of priests who were stationed in Alaska and have been credibly accused of sexual abuse, according to Jesuits West. This list has been supplemented with a report by the Diocese of Fairbanks that lists “all known individuals, including priests, religious, lay employees and volunteers against whom a complaint of sexual abuse has been filed by one or more individuals” and against whom the abuse has been proven, admitted or “credibly accused.”
[Jesuits identify 33 Alaska clergy and volunteers ‘credibly accused’ of sexually abusing children]
Rev. Rene Astruc (France)
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1959-67; mid-1960s; 1965-66; 1975; 1982-85
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 3
Status: Deceased, June 28, 2002
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1950-51
- St. Michael’s Mission, St. Michael’s. 1956-62
- St. John Berchmans Church, Galena. 1962-63
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1963-64
- St. Mary’s Mission, St. Marys. 1964-70
- Jesuit Residence, Anchorage. 1970-80
- St. Joseph’s Church, Kotlik. 1980-82
- Jesuit Residence, Anchorage. 1982-96
- Bro. Joe Prince Community, St. Marys. 1998-2002
Joseph A. Balfe
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1934-40; 1959-61
Status: Deceased, Sept. 29, 1969
Alaska assignments:
- Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks. 1943-44.
Rev. Charles Bartles (New Orleans)
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1973-74; 1978
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: Deceased, July 28, 1993
Alaska assignments:
- Our Lady of Snows Church, Nulato. 1978-82
- St. John Berchmans Church, Galena. 1982-86
- Immaculate Conception Church, Bethel. 1986-88
Alaska Brother Robert L. Benish
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1954; 1961-62
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 2
Status: Deceased, April 24, 1991.
Alaska assignments:
- St. Mary’s Mission, Akulurak. 1946-75
- Jesuit Community, Anchorage. 1975-76
- St. Marys school, St. Marys. 1976-87
- Jesuit Residence, Fairbanks. 1987-89
Arnold L. Cluster
Note: Included in Jesuits West list, previously published in former Oregon Province bankruptcy filings.
Status: Deceased, March 2, 1969
Alaska assignments:
- Sacred Heart Church, Seward. 1952-61
Rev. Jules M. Convert (France)
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1954-60, 1961-63; 1966-69; 1970-78
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 38
Status: Deceased, July 28, 1995
Alaska assignments:
- St. Theresa Church, Hooper Bay. 1942-45
- Sacred Heart Mission, Kashunak. 1945-47
- Sacred Heart Mission, Chevak. 1948-49
- St. Michael’s Mission, St. Michael’s. 1949-54
- Holy Cross Mission. Holy Cross. 1954-56
- St. Teresa’s Church, Kaltag. 1956-67
- Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks. 1967-68
- St. Ann’s Church, Teller. 1968-69
Rev. Robert F. Corrigal
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor, 1959, 1968-72
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: Deceased, May 20, 1988
Alaska assignments:
- St. Mary’s Mission, St. Marys. 1961-63
- Immaculate Conception Church, Bethel. 1963-65
- Immaculate Conception Church, Bethel. 1966-70
- Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks. 1973-74
- Jesuit residence, Anchorage. 1974-78
- Bethel, 1981-84
- Jesuit Residence, Anchorage. 1984-88
- Little Flower of Jesus Church, Kaltag. 1969-70
- St. Mary’s Mission. St. Marys. 1970-79
Rev. Norman E. Donohue
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1971-72
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 4
Status: Deceased, Oct. 24, 1983
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross. 1941-42
- Akulurak. 1942-50
- Bethel. 1950-57
- Hooper Bay. 1957-64
- Dillingham. 1964-66
- Copper Valley School, Glennallen. 1966-67
- Kaltag. 1967-69
- Nulato. 1969-74
- Tunurnak. 1974-75
- Chefornak. 1975-83
Rev. George S. Endal
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1955-60, 1964-68, 1973-76, 1978-82
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 26
Status: Deceased, Nov. 15, 1996
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross. 1936-38
- Mountain Village. 1938-46
- Alakanuk. 1946-48
- Dillingham. 1948-62
- Nulato. 1962-64
- Hooper Bay. 1964-68
- St. Michael. 1968-82
- Unalakleet. 1982-87
- Anchorage. 1987-96
Rev. Andras Eordogh (Hungary)
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor. 1959-51
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: No mention on Jesuits West list. Fairbanks Diocese lists him as deceased as of 2009.
Alaska assignments:
- St. Joseph’s, Nome. 1966-67
- St. Francis Xavier Church, Kotzebue. 1967-68
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1968-71
Rev. Francis J. Fallert
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1956-57, 1968-72
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: Deceased, June 2, 1990
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1947-49
- St. Michael’s Mission, St. Michael. 1954-56
- Copper Valley School, Glennallen. 1956-65
- St. Joseph church, Tununak. 1965-74
- Catholic church, Toksook Bay. 1974-75
- Jesuit residence, Fairbanks. 1976-82
- St. Lawrence Church, Mountain Village. 1982-86
- St. Peter’s Church, Toksook Bay. 1986-87
- Jesuit residence, Fairbanks. 1987-88
- St. Peter’s Church, Toksook Bay. 1988-90
Brother Francis Fox
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor, “year tbd”
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: Deceased, Feb. 28, 1994.
Alaska assignments:
- St. Marys Church, Akulurak. 1942-45
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1945-65
- Our Lady of the Snows Church, Nulato. 1965-69
- Monroe High School, Fairbanks. 1969-86
Rev. John P. Fox
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1951-55, 1956-59, 1963
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: Deceased, May 6, 1983
Alaska assignments:
- Akulurak. 1927-28
- Kashunuk. 1928-30
- St. Teresa Church, Hooper Bay. 1931-46
- St. Lawrence Church, Mountain Village. 1946-56
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1956-63
- St. Marys Church, St. Marys. 1963-65
- St. Lawrence Church, Mountain Village. 1965-68
- Jesuit residence, Anchorage. 1968-77
Rev. Harold J. Greif
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor, 1958-64, 1965-66, 1967-69, 1974, 1985, 1990-92
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: Deceased, Oct. 28, 1991
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1948-52
- Holy Rosary Church, Dillingham. 1952-67
- Copper Valley School, Glennallen. 1967-69
- St. Joseph’s Church, Nome. 1969-83
Rev. Henry G. Hargreaves
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1950-54, 1960, 1978, 1981
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 10
Status: Deceased Feb. 22, 2013
Alaska assignments:
- Hooper Bay. 1949-52
- Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks. 1952-53
- Hooper Bay. 1953-56
- Bethel. 1956-64
- Fairbanks. 1964-65
- St. Michael. 1965-66
- Nulato. 1966-69
- Anchorage. 1969-72
- Kotlik. 1972-80
- Bethel. 1980-87
- St. Peter’s Church, Tooksok Bay. 1987-88
- Emmonak. 1988-94
- Toksook Bay. 1994-97
- Tununak. 1997-98
- Bethel. 1998-2003
Rev. James E. Jacobson
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1968-70, 1969-71
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 13
Status: Deceased, July 18, 2017
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1955-56
- St. Joseph’s Church, Tununak. 1961-62
- Catholic Church, Chefornak. 1962-66
- St. Michael’s Church, St. Michael. 1967
- Copper Valley School, Glennallen. 1967-70
- Little Flower Church, Hooper Bay. 1970-76
Brother Ignatius J. Jakes
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1975-76, 1978-82, 1987
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 5
Status: Deceased, Aug. 23, 1999
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1951-62
- Loyola Hall, Fairbanks. 1962-66
- St. Mary’s Mission, St. Marys. 1972-95
- Jesuit residence, Fairbanks. 1995-99 (death)
Rev. Paul Linssen
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1959
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: Deceased, Sept. 21, 1960
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1952-54
- St. Marjorie’s Mission, Hamilton. 1954-55
- St. Joseph’s Mission, Tununak. 1956-60
Rev. Segundo Llorente
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1962-63, mid-1960s
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 3
Status: Deceased, Jan. 26, 1989
Alaska assignments:
- St. Mary’s Mission, Akulurak. 1935-37
- Catholic church, Kotzebue. 1938-41
- St. Mary’s Mission, Akulurak. 1941-48
- Immaculate Conceptions Church, Bethel. 1948-50
- St. Mary’s Mission, Akulurak. 1950-51
- Catholic Mission, Alakanuk. 1951-63
- Jesuit community, Fairbnaks. 1963-64
- St. Joseph’s Church, Nome. 1964-65
- Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks. 1965-67
- St. Joseph’s Church, Cordova. 1967-70
- Holy Family Church, Anchorage. 1970-76
Rev. Richard L. McCaffery
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1978-79, 1979-81, 1992-96
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 9
Status: Deceased, May 7, 2006
Alaska assignments:
- Copper Valley School, Glennallen. 1967-69
- Jesuit residence, Fairbanks. 1973-77
- St. Joseph’s Church, Tununak. 1978-79
- Little Flower Church, Hooper Bay. 1979-81
- Jesuit Residence, Fairbanks. 1981-87
- Immaculate Conception Church, Bethel. 1987-98
- Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks. 1998-2005
Rev. William T. McIntyre
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1958-59
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: Deceased, Aug. 27, 1983
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1938-40
- Catholic Church, Juneau. 1945-46
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1946-54
- St. Francis Xavier Mission, Kotzebue. 1954-59
- Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks. 1959-60
- St. Lawrence Mission Mountain Village. 1960-62
- Immaculate Conception Church, Bethel. 1962-63
- Catholic Mission, Alakanuk. 1963-68
- Sacred Heart Church, Chevak. 1968-70
- St. Lawrence Mission, Mountain Village. 1970-80
- Jesuit Community, Anchorage. 1980-81
Rev. Bernard F. McMeel
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1977
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: Deceased, Jan. 6, 1994
Alaska assignments:
- Monroe High School, Fairbanks. 1955-57
- Little Flower Mission, Hooper Bay. 1958-59
- Sacred Heart Church, Chevak. 1959-64
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1964-68
- Jesuit Residence, Fairbanks. 1968-73
- St. John Berchmans’ Church, Galena. 1973-76
- Little Flower Church, Hooper Bay. 1976-77
- St. Joseph’s Church, Tununak. 1977-78
Gabriel M. Menager
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor
Status: Deceased, July 28, 1966
Alaska assignments:
- Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Juneau. 1928-30
- St. Joseph’s Church, Nome. 1933-34
Cornelius K. Murphy
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1964-67
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: Deceased, April 16, 1982
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1940-42
- St. Peter Claver Mission, Nulato. 1947-48
- St. Joseph’s Church Nome. 1948-56
- Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks. 1956-65
- Immaculate conception Church, Bethel. 1956-68
- Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks. 1968-82
Francis X. Nawn
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1962-63, 1964-68, 1969-71, 1973-75, 1979-81, 1986-88
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 24
Status: Deceased, Oct. 1, 1992
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1962-64
- Sacred Heart Mission, Chevak. 1964-68
- St. Ignatius Church, Alakanuk. 1981-83
- St. Michael’s Church, St. Michael. 1983-87
Paul C. O’Connor
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1951-55
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 1
Status: Deceased, March 8, 1979
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1930-31
- Pilot Station. 1931-33
- St. Mary’s Church, Akulurak. 1934-41
- St. Francis Xavier Church, Kotzebue. 1941-46
- Little Flower Church. Hooper Bay. 1946-53
- St. Mary’s Mission, St. Mary’s. 1953-59
- Copper Valley School, Glennallen. 1965-66
- Providence Hospital, Anchorage. 1966-76
Patrick J. O’Reilly
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1945, 1947, 1949
Status: Deceased, May 26, 1958
Alaska assignments:
- Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks. 1926-28
- St. Rose Church, Wrangell. 1940-42
- St. Gregory Nanzianzen Church, Sitka. 1942-46
Joseph L. Obersinner
Note: Included in Jesuits West list, previously published in former Oregon Province bankruptcy filings.
Status: Deceased, March 1, 2018
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1952-54
James E. Poole
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1948-53, 1956-57, 1959-63, 1967-68, 1970, 1975-77, 1979-80
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 19
Status: Deceased, March 28, 2018
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross. 1948-50
- St. Lawrence Mission, Mountain Village. 1955-59
- St. Mary’s Mission, St. Marys. 1959-64
- St. Patrick’s Mission, Barrow. 1965-66
- St. Joseph’s Church, Nome. 1966-88
Charles A. Saalfeld
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 1974-78
Number of reports of abuse against this person: 2
Status: Deceased, March 6, 1978
Alaska assignments:
- Monroe Catholic High School, Fairbanks. 1957-66
- Catholic Church, Tanana. 1966-73
- Our Lady of the Snows Church, Nulato. 1974-78
Patrick F. Savage
Note: Included in Jesuits West list, previously published in former Oregon Province bankruptcy filings.
Status: Deceased, Sept. 15, 1965
Alaska assignments:
- St. Joseph’s Church, Nome. 1927-30
- St. Peter Claver Church, Nulato. 1930-31
Vincent P. Scott
Claims/years: Sexual abuse of a minor: 2000.
Status: Dismissed June 12, 2000
Alaska assignments:
-- Bro. Joe Prince Community, St. Mary’s. 1999-2000
Frederick Simoneau
Note: Included in Jesuits West list, previously published in former Oregon Province bankruptcy filings.
Status: Deceased, April 21, 1984
Alaska assignments:
- Holy Name Church, Ketchikan. 1967-69
Note: An earlier version of this story included the incorrect date for the death of Rev. Robert F. Corrigal.
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