BOISE (ID)
Idaho Statesman
May 24, 2018
By Ruth Brown
The following is a list of people named in the Statesman’s May 2018 report on alleged child abuse committed by former Catholic Rev. James McSorley.
Bishops of the Diocese of Boise
Bishop Peter Christensen: Bishop since 2014.
Bishop Michael Driscoll: Bishop from 1999-2014. Died Oct. 24, 2017.
Bishop Tod Brown: Bishop from 1989-1998, now age 81 and a retired bishop in the Diocese of Orange in California.
Bishop Sylvester Treinen: Bishop from 1962-1988. Died in 1996.
Priests
Rev. James McSorley, priest at Sacred Heart Catholic Church from 1971-1975. Abused Mark Holden in 1971-2. He died in 2005.
Rev. John Donoghue, priest at Sacred Heart in the early 1970s. He died in 2009.
Rev. W. Thomas Faucher, a priest at Sacred Heart and St. Mary’s in Boise, as well as several other churches across the world. Faucher knew Mark Holden and knew about Father McSorley’s abuse. He’s currently in the Ada County Jail on suspected child porn possession and distribution charges.
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