CHARLOTTE (NC)
WFAE
February 5, 2020
By Sarah Delia
It’s been more than a month since the Charlotte Diocese released its list of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse involving minors. The diocese says the process to publish the list was a thorough one that included hiring an independent investigative firm to review its files. But the list has received criticism about being incomplete.
Since the Charlotte Diocese list was released in the waning days of December, Terrence McKiernan of the watchdog group Bishop Accountability.org has repeatedly said names are missing.
One of those names is Harold Johnson.
“Harold Johnson was a Boston priest, ordained in 1949 who worked for most of his career in Boston but spent three years working at St. Patrick’s in Charlotte,” McKiernan said.
Johnson was included on a 2011 list released by the Boston Archdiocese of credibly accused clergy. His assignment history — where he served and correlating years — are included. He died in 2009.
From February 1957 to October 1959, Johnson worked at St. Patrick in Charlotte. At that point the entire state was under the jurisdiction of the Raleigh Diocese. The Charlotte Diocese wasn’t formed until 1972.
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