YORK (PA)
York Catholic High School
August 3, 2018
As you may have already read, Father William Cawley, who taught at York Catholic from 1988 until 2012, was included on the list of priests with allegations released by the Diocese of Harrisburg on August 1, 2018. The Diocese was clear that this was a list of accusations and they did not make assessments of credibility or guilt in creating the list.
Father Cawley was listed under the section including cases where abuse was alleged to have occurred in another Diocese. In 2012, the Diocese of Harrisburg received a report from a 2012 lawsuit in the state of Montana that Father Cawley was accused of sexual abuse of a child prior to his tenure working in the Diocese of Harrisburg. Father Cawley left the Diocese of Harrisburg in 2012 as a result of these allegations. According to Diocesan and York Catholic records, there were no known allegations before the lawsuit in 2012.
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