Assignment Record – Bro. John Moriarty, f.s.c
Summary of Case: John Moriarty joined the Midwest District of the DeLaSalle Christian Brothers in 1951. He spent his career in CA, OR and East Africa. Moriarty was accused in a 2003 law suit of abusing a 17-year-old boy in 1975-1976 at a St. Helena CA retreat house. He was known to be living as of January 2005 in MO at the Wounded Brothers Project, which was a treatment center for troubled clergy. In 2008 he was living and working in Napa CA. The 2009 Santa Rosa diocese directory shows Moriarty as on leave. Moriarty died May 9, 2013 and is buried in Napa.
First Vows : 1951
Died: May 9, 2013
Start | Stop | Assignment | Town/Accusations | State/Continent | Position | Notes |
1951 | Moriarty joined the Christian Brothers in the Midwest District. | |||||
1970 Joliet bishop was Romeo Roy Blanchette (1966-1979). |
1973 | LaSalle Manor | Plano | IL | Director of Retreats | LaSalle Manor was a Christian Brothers' retreat house. |
1973 Santa Rosa bishop was Mark Joseph Hurley (1969-1986). |
1978 | Christian Brothers' Retreat House | St. Helena • Accused in a 2003 lawsuit of having molested a 17-year-old boy in 1975 and 1976 at this retreat house. The abuse is said to have begun shortly after the boy's mother died. |
CA | Director | |
1978 | 1983 | Moriarty is said to have been working at "The Bridge" in Berkeley and Santa Rosa CA during these years. He may also have been at St. Mary's High School in Berkeley. | ||||
Portland in Oregon Archdiocese | La Salle High School | Milwaukie | OR | This assignment is per delasalle.org, 2001 | ||
Oakland archdiocese | De La Salle | Concord | CA | This assignment is per news reports. | ||
1983 Monterey bishop was Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda (1982-1991). |
1990 | California State Polytechnic Institute | San Luis Obispo | CA | Chaplain 1983-1986; Director of Campus Ministry 1986-1990 | |
1990 Oakland bishop was Clarence Richard Silva (1975-2005) . |
1992 | St. Mary's College | Moraga | CA | Campus Minister | |
East Africa | ||||||
1992 | 2009 | Moriarty is said to have been in the Russian River area of California 2000-2005. Per his order, he was starting a ministry there as of 2001. He was living in Missouri at the Wounded Brothers' Project, a treatment center for troubled clergy, as of January 2005. As of 2008, he was known to have been living at Mont La Salle in Napa, CA The 2009 Santa Rosa diocese directory shows him as on leave. He died May 9, 2013 and is buried in Napa. |
Sources: We have reconstructed Moriarty's assignments from the Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy and Sons, 1970-1978 and 1983-1992, 2009), from the Christian Brothers' website, delasalle.org, the Contra Costa Times, and the 2009 Santa Rosa diocese directory.
• 2001 Brothers Jubilarians, Delasalle.org
• Accountability Eluded Three Christian Brothers, By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times, January 23, 2005
• Accused Clerics, Contra Costa Times, April 1, 2008
• Br. John Moriary, findagrave.com
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This assignment record was last updated on December 5, 2014.