Fr. James F. Skupien
Skupien was principal of Bishop Guilfoyle High in 1981 when police found him naked in his car with a youth. Per the PA Attorney General’s 3/1/16 Grand Jury report, the police officer was told by the DA to “let it go.” Bothered, the officer informed Msgr. Saylor, who told him they “knew about him” and “they even have a retreat that they sent these priests to.” Skupien was kept in ministry. Bishop Hogan’s “Secret Archives” note “Chief M. was thanked for his discretion.” In 2008 victim told the diocese Skupien would pay him for oral sex, including at the St. Joseph’s rectory in Williamsburg PA. Also in 2008 a man reported that when he was a boy 1968-71, Skupien forced him into oral sex. Skupien was removed from ministry in 1984 due to “alcoholism.” Retired 1995. Died 2/11/96.
- PA Office of the Attorney General 03.01.16
- Tribune-Democrat 06.23.02
- Tribune-Democrat 02.07.03
- Daily Herald 03.10.03
- Tribune-Democrat 03.11.03
- Associated Press 11.06.03
- PA Office of the Attorney General 03.01.16
- PA GJ FBI Timeline 03.01.16
- Tribune-Democrat 03.01.16
- PA AG Statement 03.01.16
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Timeline 03.06.16
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