NEW ORLEANS (LA)
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
November 2, 2018
By Drew Broach
Eight Roman Catholic priests whom the Archdiocese of New Orleans identified Friday (Nov. 2) as being credibly accused of sexually abusing children decades ago had been assigned to Hope Haven, a church-run orphanage in Marrero. Six of the accused are now dead.
All eight were members of the Salesians of Don Bosco order, said the archdiocese, which released a list of 57 accused priests who had served in its jurisdiction. The archdiocese said it learned of allegations against the eight between 2006 and 2011, and identified them as Paul Avallone, Stanislaus Ceglar, Paul Csik, Anthony Esposito, Ernest Fagione, August Kita, Joseph Pankowski and Alfred Sokol.
Hope Haven and the related Madonna Manor, directly across Barataria Boulevard, were founded by the church in the 1930s as group homes for children and teenagers from families in disarray. Some young residents were sent there by the courts as wards of the state; others were handed over to the church by desperate families unable to care for their children. Madonna Manor was for young children, Hope Haven for older children and teens.
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