UNITED STATES/AFRICA
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Summary of Case: A priest of the African Foreign Missions, or “White Fathers” ordained in 1971, Phelan’s ministry took him from Ghana in West Africa to the archdioceses of Chicago IL, Newark NJ and Los Angeles, CA. His whereabouts beyond 1992 are unknown. Phelan was accused of child sexual abuse in a lawsuit settled in May 2013.
Ordained: 1971
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