Fr. Bernardine George Dyer

Order: OP
Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA

Known as Fr. George Dyer. Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Became part of the Province of St. Martin de Porres when it was formed in 1979. Returned to the Dominicans in 1984. Dismissed from the Order in 2010. Died in 2013. Worked in the Archdioceses of Washington DC, San Francisco, and New Orleans and the Dioceses of Providence, Montreal, Charleston, St. Petersburg, Brownsville, Galveston, Oakland, San Diego, Knoxville, Birmingham, and in Belgium. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (We're placing him in the New Orleans archdiocese, where the province is based.) On the Brownsville diocese's list 1/31/2019 as George B. Dyer, O.P. On Richmond diocese's list 2/13/2019. Noted to have been "dismissed." Included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.