Database of Publicly Accused

Ordained in the Philippines. Placed on leave in 6/2006 from St. Therese of the Little Flower in Reno after an allegation of improper conduct with a minor. Prior to 8/2007 a "police investigation cleared him of any criminal wrongdoing." Augustin was in active ministry at St. Albert's Parish in Reno as of 2012. In 4/2024 he was pastor of St. Albert's when he was again placed on leave and asked for early retirement after a nude video of him surfaced on social media.

Parish priest, pastor; high school teacher; Nevada Catholic Welfare Bureau staff member; diocesan director of Catholic Welfare, state moderator of the Councils of Catholic Men, Women, and Youth; director of the Frontier of the Faith. Monsignor. Died in 1978. Named publicly as accused by the Reno diocese on its list 4/5/2019.  On the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019.

Ordained in 1933 for the Archdiocese of Vancouver, B.C. Parish priest, pastor. Superintendent of Catholic Education for the Archdiocese by 1938-1939. Left Vancouver in 1946, the Directory noting "retire." Transferred around that time to Nevada, involved with the Nevada Catholic Welfare Bureau, with offices in Reno and Las Vegas. Held prominent chancery positions in the Diocese of Reno as of 1966. Died in 1996. Named publicly as accused by the Las Vegas diocese on its list 4/12/2019. Noted to have been ordained for "another diocese."

Ordained for the Diocese of Reno in 1957. Assigned to ten parishes in seven years. Went on leave of absence in 1965. Reassigned in 1970, removed in 1974. Accused in 2005 of the sexual abuse of at least two or three teenage girls in the mid-1960s. One of the girls told her mother who alerted another priest. This priest promised that Braun would be "put in a mental hospital." Instead, he left the priesthood "on his own" in about 1975. He denied all allegations. One of the women settled a claim prior to 8/2007. Included on the Reno diocese's list 4/5/2019, which notes he was removed from ministry in 1974. On the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019. Died 6/16/2025, at age 94. Per his obituary, Braun was retired from a career an admissions and guidance counselor at the College of Southern Nevada.

Missionary in Tanzania, East Africa for many years. Also worked in WI, NV and CA schools and parishes. Worked in the Santa Rosa diocese 1981-1985. Accused of abuse in the 1970s of several girls in the Reno diocese at Our Lady of the Snows parish. Sent to St. Luke Institute in MD in 1988 for treatment. The Diocese paid $50K to a woman in 2004 who alleged abuse as a child by Brusky. In 2007 Brusky was living in an assisted living center in Milwaukee. Died 2/1/2014. Included on the Santa Rosa diocese's list 1/12/2019, which notes allegation in 2002 of abuse in the 1980s, reported to the D.A. On the Reno diocese's list 4/5/2019 where he was assigned 1973-1975. On the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019. On the Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/2019, where he worked 1985-1987, noting reports in 1986 of "sexual misconduct" with young females.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Reno diocese on its list 4/5/2019. Despars was on leave when he died in 1983. Included on the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019.

Transferred frequently during priesthood. Went on sick leave in 1973 and 1976.  Named publicly as credibly accused by the Reno diocese on its list 4/5/2019. Worked in the diocese 1963-1993. Died in 2005. Included on the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019.

Named publicly as accused by the Las Vegas diocese on its list 4/12/2019, which notes that a canonical trial was to be held by the Diocese to determine Napolitano's guilt. Napolitano's LinkedIn page shows that he joined his Order in 2/1961, and that he taught at Bishop Manogue Catholic High School in Reno 8/1973-6/2010. He died 9/8/2023.

Ordained in 1959. Worked in the Diocese of Las Vegas as a counselor and high school teacher. Last shown in the 1970 Catholic Directory, as absent on leave (1969-1970). Earned a Masters of Social Work in AZ. Became a counselor at the Stewart Indian Boarding School for Native Americans in Carson City, NV and later was a social worker for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Married and raised a family. Retired to Newport OR, then moved to his native MA. Died in 2017. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Las Vegas diocese on its list 4/12/2019. 

Transitional deacon in Brooklyn, transferred to the Diocese of Las Vegas in 1987. Ordained for the priesthood in 1991. Accused in a 2009 NY civil suit of abusing a boy for four years, beginning in 1985 when the boy was age 9. Suit dismissed due to the statute of limitations 6/23/2009. On administrative leave from the Las Vegas diocese per its website accessed 2/9/2013. Included on the Brooklyn diocese's list in 2/2019, which notes permanent removal from ministry 9/10/2015. On the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019, noting that complaints were from the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Diocese of Las Vegas. Removed from ministry in 2008.

First known incident of abuse occurred in 1996. Removed from ministry in 2002. Accused in a 2002 civil suit of abuse of at least nine teenage boys. Criminally charged with the abuse of five boys. Convicted in 2003. Sentenced to three years probation. Removed from formal probation by court in 8/2004. Ordered to treatment at RECON, a church-run center in MO, despite the fact that one of his victims lived within a 20 minute drive of the site. Included on the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019.

Named publicly as accused by the Las Vegas diocese on its list 4/12/2019. Navy chaplain, parish priest. Died 9/19/2014 in Cathedral City, CA.

Placed on leave in 1991. Died in 1/2004. Accused in a 2005 lawsuit of fondling and raping a 12-year-old boy at St. Theresa's Elementary School in Carson City in about 1969. Vieages' accuser received a settlement. Included on the Reno diocese's list 4/5/2019. On the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019.