WASHINGTON
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Summary of Case: Harold Francis Quigg was ordained a priest of the Seattle archdiocese in 1960. Over much of four decades he ministered in parishes – as an assistant, then pastor – until his 2002 retirement. The Official Catholic Directory shows him during 1987-1988 to have been on ‘Special Assignment’ and ‘Medical Leave’. In a June 2003 report the archdiocesan Review Board stated that there was sufficient evidence to support an allegation that Quigg sexually abused a 17-year-old, but that the church’s age of consent at the time of the abuse was 16. The Board determined that Quigg’s “actions were egregious so as to make him unsuitable for the priesthood.”
Ordained: 1960
Retired: 2002
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