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"Ted." Arrested 6/12/2025 in Los Osos. In 8/2024 a man reported to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office that Gabrielli sexually abused him and two other young boys in his family about 30 years prior, over a period of eight years. The abuse allegedly included rape. The boys lived in Mexico where Gabrielli became a friend of the family. He took the boys on trips to California, where the abuse allegedly occurred, including at his parents' home in Los Osos. Gabrielli reportedly was assigned to churches and schools in San Jose, Los Gatos and Los Angeles. On 7/8/2025 the District Attorney added six new charges involving a fourth alleged victim under age 14. He pleaded not guilty. All of the alleged abuse occurred 1991-2010.
Ordained in 1955. Appears to have left the priesthood around 1966-1967. Reportedly in 1968 Gadek was married and became a father. The following year another child was born to the family and they were living in Forked River. In 1972 the couple divorced. Gadek was named publicly as credibly accused by the Archdiocese on its 2/13/2019 list, with multiple alleged victims noted. Further, he was permanently removed from ministry and laicized. In 1/2020 there was a settlement in the mid-six figures. In that case, Gadek was accused of sexually abusing a girl, ages 11-13, in 1960-1962, while assigned to St. Catherine's in Hillside. Two more lawsuits were filed in 8/2025 by two sisters, claiming that Gadek sexually abused them as children 1977-1981, while he was teaching at Forked River Elementary School and Lanoka Harbor Elementary School. The girls were ages 8 and 6 when the sexual abuse started. The abuse is said to have involved Gadek asking them inappropriate questions and taking their photos while making them partially undress and instructing them to masturbate. The sisters said he also fondled them. The girls were living at the time with their grandmother. They said the abuse stopped after they disclosed it to her and she told their school.
Died: 8/28/2021
Diocese: Diocese of Providence RI
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 11/2021 of sexually abusing a minor, about age 17, in around 2016. In 2019 Galeano had "relinquished his duties" at St. Joseph's in Bogota NJ after allegations of inappropriate contact with an adult.
Per the 2/10/2011 Grand Jury Report II, a man told the archdiocese in 2007 that Gallagher repeatedly fondled him when he was a 7- or 8-year-old altar boy at St. Mark's in Bristol, PA. Another man had made a similar allegation the previous year. The man who came forward in 2007 reported that others had also been abused. The Review Board deemed both reports unsubstantiated in 2008. The man who came forward in 2007 died by suicide within a year of the Review Board's decision. Gallagher "retired." He was removed in 2/2011. New suits in 4/2011 and 9/2012. Found unfit for ministry in 4/2013. Permanently removed. Died 6/5/1208. Funeral mass concelebrated by Bishop Maginnis.
Gallagher was a prison chaplain and parish priest in PA early in his priesthood. Per the Official Catholic Directory, Edward M. Gallagher was a Philadelphia priest on leave of absence at least 1930-1948. By 1949 he was indexed as a Sante Fe priest assigned to a Trappist Monastery in Dubuque IA, and in 1952 he was shown as at St. Francis Home in Dubuque. He worked in the Santa Fe archdiocese from 1953 until his death in 1969. He was chaplain for 15 years at St. Anthony's Boys Home in Albuquerque. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/2020 of sexually abusing a boy who resided at the Home. The abuse included rape. The plaintiff, in his late 60s, said that he and other boys were sexually and physically abused by the chaplain, visiting priests and Sisters of St. Francis, who ran the Home. He said he was abused from the age of 6 until he escaped at age 13, and that he was Gallagher's "captive sex toy." Gallagher's name is included on the Archdiocese of Santa Fe's list of accused in 10/2020. (The list shows him as an OFM Franciscan, but other sources do not show that he was a member of the Order.)
Died: 10/6/1968
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY
Accused in a 2020 lawsuit of sexually abusing a minor in 1967 at Sacred Heart of Jesus in New York NY. Director of Youth Counseling for New York Catholic Charities. Died unexpectedly at age 50 in 1968.
in In a civil suit filed 10/2003, 27 victims alleged sexual abuse by 24 priests, including Gallo. One plaintiff said Gallo abused him around 1966. Gallo denied it. Gallo was the only priest of the 24 who had an active parish assignment at the time. In 3/2004, the Diocese announced that the review board found the allegations against Gallo unsubstantiated, and he was allowed to continue in ministry. Per the Diocese's list in 2/2019, Gallo was permanently removed from ministry 6/26/2018. He was accused in a claim settled in 2021 in the mid-six figures of sexually abusing a boy, ages 9-10, 1983-1985, while assigned to Blessed Sacrament in Brooklyn. Died 6/6/2023.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on its list in 12/2021. Appears to have worked in the archdiocese approximately 1982-1984. Extern priest from Mexico. Deceased.
Died: 5/21/1974
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis, MN
Garcia was a Boise diocesan priest working in Santa Fe NM in the mid-1970s. Accused in a 1994 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in while in NM, after treatment by the Paracletes in Jemez Springs. Settled. Also alleged to have abused in 1981 in ID. Included on the Santa Fe archdiocese list 9/12/2017. On San Bernardino diocese's list 10/9/2018; worked 1986-1987 at a Chino parish. Per the San Bernardino diocese, it was aware in 1986 of allegations. Garcia left San Bernardino in 2/1987. Noted to be deceased, although the Santa Fe archdiocese's list in 3/2019 shows him to be living. Incardinated into the Diocese of Tijuana, Mexico upon recommendation in 1990 from Bishop Tod Brown. On Santa Rosa diocese's list 1/12/2019, assigned there beginning 11/1973. Per a 5/2019 proof of claim in the Santa Fe archdiocese's bankruptcy, Garcia sexually abused a 14-year-old altar boy in summer 1973, plying the boy with alcohol, at a hotel in Old Town Albuquerque. A 6/2019 proof of claim details allegations that Garcia sexually abused a 13-year-old boy on multiple occasions in 1973, in the rectory of Our Lady of Guadalupe and at a hotel. The Boise diocese's list in 10/2019 included Garcia with the the notation "imprisoned."
Died: 11/29/1972
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Diocese: Archdiocese of Santa Fe NM
Diocese: Diocese of Monterey CA
In 11/2022 a 34-year-old man claimed in a lawsuit that Garcia sexually abused him over two years, beginning when he was an 8-year-old altar boy in the late 1990s. Garcia was assigned at the time in question to Immaculate Heart of Mary in Brentwood. The abuse allegedly included rape. Garcia retired from the parish in 2001, after 17 years. He died in 2003. He was accused in a 12/2022 suit of raping a boy, age 12, in the late 1960s, and of telling the boy he would die if he told. Another lawsuit the same month alleged abuse by Garcia of a boy in 1974. In 12/2022 there were reportedly four known accusers.
Diocese: Diocese of San Bernardino CA
Named publicly by the Diocese of San Bernardino on its list of credibly accused in 5/2021. The Diocese received a report in 1/2020 of child sexual abuse by Garcia occurring in 1996. Banned from ministry in the diocese and removed from public ministry in his home diocese of Atlacomulco, Mexico.
Assigned to St. Philip's in Franklin in 11/2023 when placed on leave pending the investigation of a report that he had improperly touched a teenage boy. Indicted in 2/2024. Indicted on two new charges of sexual battery on 6/5/2024. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced in 7/2025 to seven years in prison and to be registered as a sex offender. Was to be laicized.
Worked for a year in Miami; moved to Cuba; expelled in 1969 for "serious difficulties of a moral nature (homosexuality)." Miami took him back. Accused in 1988 of sexually abusing four Nicaraguan and Salvadoran refugee boys 1983-1988. Evaluated at St. Luke's Institute in 1988; sent on sabbatical to Colombia; assigned in Honduras. The priest who replaced him at his parish told a news outlet that Garcia-Rubio was sent on sabbatical because he had just celebrated his 25th anniversary as a priest. The Miami Archdiocese removed Garcia-Rubio's faculties in 1989. He was reportedly working at a hotel in the Dominican Republic in the early 1990s and defrocked in 1999. Per the FL Attorney General's report 11/6/2020, Garcia-Rubio was known to befriend and offer help to teenage boys, mostly immigrants, withholding help if they would not provide him with sexual favors. A fifth man sued in 2004, alleging rape in 1984 when he was a refugee, age 13. Some claims settled in 9/2004. New documents revealed in 3/2010. New suits filed in 6/2010 and 2/2013. At least 11 known victims. Deceased.
In 1997 the Diocese received a report that Gardiner had engaged in unwanted sexual touching with a man who had reached out to him while feeling suicidal. Gardiner admitted to the incident, which occurred in 12/1996. In 2015 a man reported sexual assault by Gardiner and Fr. Ronald Gronowoski numerous times when he was age 17 in the early 1980s. The alleged victim said that the priests paid him to keep quiet. The Diocese deemed the allegations against Gardiner not credible. In 2019 the man said that Gardiner was a life-long friend and that nothing sexual happened between them. Ministry restricted in 1/2024 after Bishop Walsh met with the Diocesan Review Board. Gardiner died 2/1/2025.
From the Philippines, where he was ordained in 1968 in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. Appears to have arrived in the Diocese of Grand Rapids in 1976, where he was incardinated in 8/2002. Died in 2010. Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's 12/15/2025 Diocese of Grand Rapids Report. Per the report, in 7/2002 a man reported to the Diocese that Gargantiel attempted to solicit him for sex at age 17-18 in 1985. Gargantiel was sent for a psychological evaluation, after which was allowed ministry with supervision by the Vicar for Priests. Another man reported to the Diocese in 2/2004 that when he was in sixth or seventh grade at Holy Trinity in Alpine MI in 1978 or 1979, Gargantiel was "always trying to get the boys alone" and would take him for rides alone in the country. He said that on one occasion Gargantiel was rubbing his [the boy's] head and his [the priest's] genitals through his pants. The boy's parents told the parish pastor and Gargantiel was reassigned. One report to the Diocese alleged that Gargantiel told the alleged victim that he "could not return to the Philippines because he was a naughty boy and the government would get him."
Ordained for the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales; taught high school in Philadelphia. Incardinated in 1983 into the NY archdiocese. Placed on leave in 8/2019 due to an allegation of 'sexual misconduct.' Accused in a lawsuit filed in 7/2021 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a boy beginning when the boy was age 15, from 1993 through 1998. The boy was a student at St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School, where Garisto was reportedly a biology teacher in the late 1980s and 1990, and a vice-principal and academic dean 1996-1998. Garisto's accuser claims that the priest started grooming him when he was in grade school and that when he left the high school after sophomore year, Garisto pursued him at his father's house in PA. Arrested 1/27/2022 on charges of sexually abusing a boy in the Philadelphia area 1995-2002, beginning when the boy was age 10. Garisto owned a home in Fishtown at the time in question. In 3/2022 the charges were withdrawn due to the statute of limitations. Arrested again in Philadelphia 5/4/2022, charged with the sexual abuse of a boy starting when the boy was a 15-year-old altar server at St. Peter's in Poughkeepsie in 2006, and ending in 2010. Family filed suit against the NY Archdiocese. Pleaded no contest in 6/2023. Sentenced 11/6/2023 to 11 and a half months to 23 months in prison and 4 years' probation.
Newly identified as accused on the Chicago Archdiocese's list released 3/20/2006. In 11/1983 a mother expressed concern to the Archdiocese about Garza's interactions with her son. In 4/2000 the alleged victim met with Cardinal George. Garza resigned 7/1/00. In 2005 internal investigators deemed substantiated claims that Garza forced a boy to perform oral on him sex numerous times 1/1984-4/1984. Discovered by a news outlet in 9/2018 to have gone on to work as a counselor in the Beloit, WI public schools. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
Gaskin's name is included in 10/2021 on the Franciscans' Holy Name Province's list of those with substantiated allegations against them of child sexual abuse. No details provided as to when or where the abuse occurred. He died in 2010. (Placing him for now in the New York archdiocese, where the Province is based.)
"Marty." Initially took the name "Marius." Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Franciscans on its list 5/31/2019. It notes allegations of the sexual abuse of minors 1970-1979, reported in 1993 and 1995. Gates was assigned in 1970 to a Phoenix parish, then worked in the Guaymas, Mexico in the Diocese of Ciudad Obregon 1971-1999. He died in 2000. On the Phoenix diocese's list, with no known allegations there. On the Stockton diocese's list 11/12/2020, where he worked 1964-1965.
Accused in a lawsuit(s) filed under the NY Child Victims Act in 2020 of the sexual abuse of a minor(s). Educator, assigned to schools in Alfred ME, Plattsburgh and Morrisonville NY. Died in 12/05.
Pastor of Most Precious Blood in Fort Wayne. The Diocese announced on 12/14/2019 that it had received a credible allegation that Gaughan sexually abused a minor over 20 years prior, while assigned to St. Anthony de Padua in South Bend. Placed on leave. Case referred to the Vatican. Added to diocese's list of credibly accused 1/18/2020.
Ordained for the Diocese of Gravelbourg, Canada. On leave in 1939, then chaplain at hospitals in the U.S. dioceses of Crookston and St. Cloud, including St. Michael's Hospital in Sauk Centre MN 1969-1978. Per 5/2002 news, Gauthier was charged in 1979 with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct after he admitted to fondling a mentally challenged male adult. He fled to Canada shortly after his confession and was never extradited. He was on retirement status in his home diocese from 1979 until his death in 1995 at age 92. His name is included on the St. Cloud diocese's 1/3/2014 list of clergy involved in incidents of likely claims of the sexual abuse of minors.
Parish priest, pastor. Held prominent chancery positions, including as Vice-Chancellor, Chancellor, Pro-Synodal Judge, Vicar General, and Vicar. Retired in 2004. Named as accused in the MI Attorney General's 6/25/2026 Diocese of Saginaw Report. In 2004 Gavit admitted to sexual involvement with a teenage girl decades prior, after his victim contacted the Diocese. Diocesan records show that the plan was for Gavit to retire and undergo an evaluation at St. Luke Institute. Gavit apologized to the woman and gave her a monetary settlement. He died 3/2/2017.
Professed vows in 1959. Worked in IL, OH, WI. Died in 2019. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Order on its list 4/18/21. Abuse occurred in the 1960s-1970s in East Troy, WI. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least one "reported survivor."
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 3/22/2019. Settlement. The list notes a single allegation, that Gay left diocesan service in 1984, his faculties were removed in 2006, and administrative leave was reaffirmed in 2019. Per a 2019 report commissioned by the Diocese, Gay sexually abused a 15-year-old boy in 1976.
Ordained in Philadelphia for the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno. His faculties were revoked five years after his 1935 ordination. He reportedly left the diocese in 1941 without permission and died by suicide in 1953. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Fresno on its list in 8/2021.
Accused in a lawsuit sometime between 2020-2022 of sexually abusing a boy, age 11, in 1968 at Our Lady Queen of Apostles in San Jose. Geary allegedly fondled the boy's genitals and forced oral sex on him. Geary was the parish's founding pastor in 1960, remaining in that role until 1979. The parish was part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco until the Diocese of San Jose was established in 1981, the year Geary died.
Brother of the Missionaries of Charity, entering in 1974. From Iowa. Worked as a brother in Los Angeles, Cambodia, El Salvador and India before settling in Haiti. Left the order and founded St. Joseph's orphanage for boys in Port-au-Prince in 1985. The boys were destitute, living in the streets. Geilenfeld would take boys across the U.S. and in England for fundraising tours, in which the boys performed as a dance troupe. Allegations first surfaced publicly in 12/1995 when 8 boys on tour in Detroit told authorities that Geilenfeld sexually and physically abused them at the orphanage. Geilenfeld would also verbally abuse and threaten the boys. A judge ordered them to return to Haiti with Geilenfeld, saying he had no jurisdiction. The boys' attorney said there were allegations as early as 1987, and that boys also complained while touring England. In 2011 Haiti journalist Cyrus Sibert broke the story of allegations against Geilenfeld after a missionary contacted him. Survivor advocate Paul Kendrick, from ME, got involved; he and Sibert worked together for years to demand Geilenfeld's arrest. Dozens of boys and young men came forward. Geilenfeld was arrested in 2014 in Port-Au-Prince and spent a year in jail. The case was dismissed after 5 alleged victims did not show up for a hearing. Geilenfeld and a charity funding him, Hearts with Haiti, sued Kendrick for defamation. A jury decided for Geilenfeld, dismissed on appeal. Settled in 2019, $3M for the charity, nothing for Geilenfeld. Arrested in the Dominican Republic in 4/2019, to where he allegedly had fled from Haiti to avoid arrest there. He had also opened a home for boys in the Dominican Republic. Arrested in Denver CO 1/22/2024, charged with traveling from Miami FL to Haiti to have sex with children between 11/2006 and 12/2010. His victims were boys, ages 9-13. Pleaded not guilty in Miami federal court 2/16/2024. Ordered to be held in federal prison while awaiting trial. Found guilty in 2/2025. Sentenced in 5/2025 to 210 years in prison.
Accused in a 3/2020 lawsuit of repeatedly sexually abusing an altar boy, beginning with grooming when the boy was age 10 in 1967. Gemmet allegedly told boy that God would kill him and that he would "have to watch his parents and siblings die" if he told anyone about the abuse. After ordination Gemmet was assigned to St. Timothy in San Mateo. Per the San Jose diocese, in the 1960s and 1970s he was assigned to St. Christopher in San Jose and St. Mary in Gilroy. He reportedly worked as a seminarian at day camps in San Francisco and Redwood City. Prior to that he taught CCD at St. Simon in Los Altos. His name last appears in the 1980 Official Catholic Directory. He died in 1985 at age 46.
Named publicly as accused by the Richmond diocese on its list 2/13/2019. Allegation in 1987 that George sexually abused a boy in the late 1970s at a Richmond parish. Briefly reassigned by the bishop, left ministry for a few years in 1988. Worked in the Diocese of Savannah 1990-1991, then returned to Belmont Abbey in NC. Worked as a hospital chaplain 1992-1994, then as chaplain at Belmont Abbey College 1994-1997. Left the priesthood in 1998. Reportedly "permanently dismissed from ministry" in 2004. Included in 12/2019 on the Diocese of Charlotte's list of credibly accused. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report.
In 1997 the Baltimore archdiocese received an allegation that Gerg sexually abused a minor in the late 1960s to early 1970s, while assigned to St. Benedict's in Baltimore. Removed from active ministry in 2002, after the U.S. Bishops' Dallas Charter. Included on Baltimore's list of accused priests in 9/2002. Included in 8/2018 on the St. Vincent Archabbey of Latrobe PA Benedictines' list of credibly accused. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that Gerg's victim was a girl, and the abuse took place 1967-1972, when the girl was ages 13-17. She said she reported the abuse at the time to later known perpetrator priests Neil Magnus and Joseph Maskell.
In 2020 a man reported to the Diocese that Gerl sexually abused him at age 14 in 1985 at St. Gerard Parish in Lansing MI. The alleged victim said that, with his mother's permission, he spent a night in the rectory, having been invited by Gerl. He said that Gerl gave him something to drink after which he felt paralyzed. He remembered, among other things, being naked in the bathtub with Gerl and another man, and waking up the next morning naked. He said Gerl told him not to tell his mother. Gerl had been arrested in 1977 for solicitation in a public park; he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. He was a seminarian in Milwaukee at the time. When the Milwaukee archdiocese refused his ordination, he was accepted into the Diocese of Lansing, where he was ordained in 1979. Gerl was again arrested, in 1985, for solicitation at a highway rest stop. He pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct. Placed on leave, sent to the House of Affirmation in Whitinsville MA for treatment. He was released to the Diocese of Kalamazoo, assigned as chaplain to the Sisters of St. Joseph in Nazareth MI and was allowed a position at Nazareth College. When the college closed in 1991 he transferred to St. Catharine College in St. Catharine KY, Archdiocese of Louisville. Gerl was investigated in 1995 for sexual harrassment and intimidation at St. Catharine's. He resigned with the agreement that the College would drop its investigation. In 1997 Gerl was assigned to St. Thomas More Student Parish in the Kalamazoo diocese and worked part-time at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids. There were indications that Gerl abused students at St. Thomas More, an accuser saying in 2002 "He used lies, and false information to manipulate and abuse.... ." "He is a very sick man with sadistic fetishes." Gerl retired in 2016. His faculties in the Lansing diocese were removed in 10/2018 due to a credible allegation of sexual assault of an adult male decades prior. He had been a member of the Diocesan Tribunal since 2014.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR
In a 10/20/2021 letter to his parishioners, the Archdiocese announced that Ghiorso had been accused in a civil claim of the sexual abuse of a minor 30-40 years previously. Placed on leave pending investigation. Returned to ministry in 12/2021. Three suits reportedly were filed by 6/23/2022. One claims Ghiorso plied an altar boy with wine and raped him at St. Vincents School for Boys for a year beginning in 1989. Another suit, filed in 4/2022, claims Ghiorso raped a boy multiple times at St. Vincents 1988-1991, beginning when the boy was age 10. One accuser said he reported the abuse at the time to the school and was then placed in a foster home. Ghiorso's attorney denied the allegations. In 4/2024 Ghiorsi remains in active ministry.
Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 9/5/2019. It notes a single substantiated allegation. Giacopelli died in 2018.
Accused in a claim settled in 11/2022 in the mid-five figures of sexually abusing a girl, age 12, in 1961. Gibbons was assigned to St. James in Medford at the time in question and the girl was a student at the parish school. Gibbons allegedly fondled the girl's breasts over her clothes.
Monsignor. Included in the MI Attorney General's Report in 10/2022 as the subject of allegations of child sexual abuse. Allegedly abused a Cuban refugee boy and other children who were living at Holy Family Home Orphanage in the late 1950s-early 1960s. Gibbs died in 1988.
Died in 2012. Accused in a civil lawsuit filed 8/7/2014 of sexually abusing a boy at Sacred Heart School and Parish in Vailsburg 1961-1963. The suit settled in 11/2014. A second man alleged abuse at St. Catherine's in Cedar Grove. Gibney's name was included 2/13/2019 on the Archdiocese's list of credibly accused.
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 5/21 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a 9-year-old boy in 1976-77 at St. Athanasius in the Bronx. Gigante's accuser claims the priest forced him to perform oral sex during bible study. Accused in another 2021 lawsuit of the sexual abuse of a girl, age 10, in the early 1960s. Gigante died in 10/22. He left millions of dollars to a son he had while a priest.
Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list in 2022. Allegation(s) received after his death. Died 5/12/1994.
In 2002 a woman reported to the Diocese that, beginning on the day of her First Communion in the late 1960s when she was about age 8, and repeatedly until she was 12, Gill sexually abused her. Gill was the "family priest," assigned to St. Charles in Pittsfield. She alleged that the abuse involved groping and fondling and would take place at family gatherings such as picnics, trips to the beach and sleepovers. She received a settlement from the Diocese in 2008. The Diocese told her that another woman had come forward in 1992 claiming that she was abused by Gill at age 15. Gill died in 1995. Reportedly in 8/2021, a parishioner confronted Gill in 1977 after a 14-year-old girl told him that Gill was molesting her in his rectory bedroom at St. Charles. The parishioner informed the senior priest at the parish. Gill was soon transferred to a parish in Brimfield. In 8/2021 the Diocese stated that it had received three complaints of child sexual abuse by Gill. Name added to the Diocese's list in 8/2022. It notes one credible allegation, of abuse 1967-1971.
Named in a case settled in 8/2008 as having sexually abused a boy who had been sent to him for counseling, beginning when the boy was age 12 in about 1988, and continuing into the boy's adulthood. As pastor of St. Joseph the Carpenter in Roselle, Gillen hired his alleged victim to lead youth activities. The alleged victim, John Schulte, was arrested in 11/2002 and convicted for the sexual assault of three boys in the parish. Gillen remained in active ministry.
The Archdiocese and St. Benedict's Abbey announced on 5/31/2024 that Giller was the subject of substantiated allegations of child sexual abuse, occurring while assigned to Sts. Peter and Paul in Seneca. Allegations were first received in 7/2004 and treated as "boundary violations." Retired in 2013. Per the announcement, there was further investigation recently due to new information. Added to the Archdiocese's list of those with substantiated allegations.
Removed by the Jesuits from ministry 9/29/2021 pending an investigation of an allegation that he sexually abused a boy, beginning when the boy was age 8, during 1994-1999. Gillespie was pastor at the time in question of Our Lady of the Assumption in Charlotte and the boy was a student at the parish school. He filed suit 11/18/2021. Gillespie left the Charlotte diocese in 2002 for the Diocese of Raleigh until 2008, then to the Diocese of Charleston, SC, returning in 1/2021 to Raleigh. A criminal investigation into the allegations was closed in 11/2021 because the alleged victim chose not to prosecute.
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/13/2019. Arrested and charged in 1/1986 with two counts of sexual contact for abuse in 12/1986 of a 15-year-old boy and abuse in 12/1987 of a 17-year-old boy. Both incidents allegedly occurred at St. Isidore's rectory in Vineland NJ, where Gillespie was assigned. He was also a religion teacher at Sacred Heart High School. Allowed to enter a pre-trial rehabilitation program which would lead to the dropping of the charges. Went on to chaplaincies at Vianney Villa in Cherry Hill, West Jersey Hospital in Voorhees and St. Mary's Nursing Home and Manor in Cherry Hill. Died 12/31/1994.
Monsignor. Died in 6/2004. Accused in a lawsuit filed 9/12/2024 of sexually abusing a boy, along with a "Fr. Dave," in the 1970s. The boy was ages 9-11 at the time of the alleged abuse, and a student at the St. Joseph Cathedral School. The suit was dismissed in 12/2024 "due to a lack of action by the plaintiffs."
Late vocation. Prior to entering the Order in 1994, he worked with youth as a probation officer, then had a career in marketing and became a vice president at Lockheed Corporation. Worked and/or studied as a Carmelite in WDC, NJ, IL, Ontario Canada, IL, MA. Parish priest and pastor, Vice President at Joliet Catholic Academy, Eastern Commissariat of the Province Director of Vocations, then Provincial. Died by suicide in his rectory in 2015. Named publicly as accused on the Carmelites list 11/22/2020. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least one "reported survivor." (No information as to where the abuse occurred; placing Gilman in the Joliet diocese for now, where the Province is located.)
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA
Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia PA
Giordano retired from St. Luke Parish in North Plainfield early in 5/2007, attributing his retirement to the pressures of running a parish and allegations of sexual misconduct. The allegations were reported and investigated over 25 year prior. Giordano denied all allegations and stated that they "were handled properly according to both civil and canon law." Included 2/13/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused.
In 1991 a parishioner reported that teenagers - including one of Girard's two foster sons - were allowed to drink whiskey in the rectory, and there were reports that year of Girard's "increasingly erratic and problematic behavior." Received one year probation in 2002 after falsely telling police he was the victim of a car jacking - he had picked up a male prostitute and the man stole his car. The man said they smoked crack cocaine and drank alcohol in St. Clement's rectory. Girard was sent to St. Luke Institute. In 4/2004 a young man alleged abuse, including rape, by Girard when he was a St. Clement third-grader in the early 1990s, the first time during confession. He said Girard threatened him with castration if he told. Police were notified; the Archdiocese investigated. Girard denied the allegation. The accuser by suicide in 2005; his parents sued in 12/2007, later receiving a $200K settlement. Girard died in 2018. His name was included on the Archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA
Worked in IL, NJ, TX, DC, MA, PA, and Ontario Canada. Died in 2000. Named publicly as accused by the Order on its list of accused 11/22/2020. (Location of abuse not noted - placing Gleeson in the Diocese of Joliet, where the Province is located.) Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
Named publicly as accused by the Crosier Order on its list 12/6/2023. Professed vows in 1953. Worked in NE, IN, MN, NY. Dispensed from vows 7/25/1965. Deceased when allegation received.
Diocese: Diocese of Helena MT
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
Ordained for the permanent diaconate in 2023. Assigned to St. Patrick Havre de Grace and St. Joan of Arc in Aberdeen, then in 2025 to St. Margaret's in Bel Air until 7/2026 when he transferred to St. Ignatius in Hickory. Prior to becoming a deacon, Goedeke worked at St. Isaac Jogues Parish 2005-2012 and John Carroll High School 2020-2026. He was arrested 8/6/2026, charged with the sexual solicitation of a minor. Goedeke had arranged to meet with a 15-year-old boy for sexual activity; the boy was actually an undercover detective.
Also known as Steve. Ordained at age 61 in 1993 after having been married and raising a family. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/2022 report as the subject of allegations of sexual abuse. The diocese received a report in 1994 from a woman who said that Goerner sexually abused her in the early 1970s, when she was age 18, and that he also abused a 14-year-old girl during that time. Goerner was sent to Servants of the Paraclete in NM for for evaluation. Removed from all public ministry in 8/2002 due to the US Bishops' Charter. Goerner died in 2008.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Gaylord on its list updated in 4/2021. Noted to have returned to his order in 1951. Died in 1973. Added in 10/2023 to the Diocese of Nashville's list. Mentioned in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 report. Included on the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province list as of 1/2024. (Member of the Sacred Heart Province; placing him for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.)
Accused of sexually abusing boys. Three lawsuits were filed in 2005. The earliest known alleged abuse was in the 1950s. Former Archbishop Binz apparently held a formal church trial and removed Goltz from active ministry. Sent to treatment over a 12-year period to Via Coeli in Jemez Springs NM, and to rectories and abbeys in OH, WI and IA. Reassigned to active priesthood in eastern IA for 18 years, abused again, and retired in 1991. In 1992 the Vatican removed Goltz/s privileges and in 2005 ordered him to live a life of prayer and penance. He died 1/7/2006. Claims were included in a 2/2006 settlement. Another claim settled in 3/2008. Included on the Santa Fe archdiocese's list 5/19/2021. Per a 6/2019 proof of claim in the Santa Fe archdiocese's bankruptcy, Goltz sexually abused an altar boy, ages 14-15, many times during 1968-1969. The abuse allegedly occurred at St. John the Baptist Parish, and in the priest's car during road trips.
Parish priest, hospital chaplain, CYO director. Retired in 2012. Added in 8/2022 to the Diocese's list of credibly accused, for abuse allegedly occurring decades prior. Faculties restricted.
Ordained for the Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala. Worked as an extern priest in the Diocese of Fresno 2001-2003. Returned to Guatemala in 2004. "Jorge Gomez" per the 2003 Official Catholic Directory. Included in 2021 on the Fresno diocese's list of credibly accused.
Diocese: Diocese of El Paso TX
Diocese: Diocese of Honolulu HI
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA
Ordained in 6/1995 for the Diocese of Nezahualcoyoti, Mexico. Incardinated to the Diocese of Brownsville in 12/1995. Assigned to St. Luke's in Brownsville when removed from active ministry 2/3/2024 after the Diocese received a report from a young adult that they were abused as a minor by Gonzalez. Arrested 2/12/2024, charged with trafficking and child sexual abuse. Indicted on new charges 5/8/2024. Allegedly sexually abused the child 12/27/2012 through 12/26/2014, as well as three times in 2017 and on 9/15/2022. Gonzalez' name was added in 2025 to the Diocese's list of credibly accused.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR
In 2008 a man alleged that he was molested as a boy 1978-1982 by Zumaya and Revs. Louis White and Larry Hernandez. The priests were assigned at the time to San Fernando Cathedral. Zumaya may also have abused the boy while assigned to Carrizo Springs. The Archdiocese admitted that there had been previous allegations of an undefined nature in the past which had been "handled" at the time. Two more accusers later came forward. Zumaya left ministry in 1998 without faculties and retired to his native Guadalajara, Mexico, where he was allowed to minister. Name included on the Archdiocese of San Antonio list 1/31/2019. It notes 9 allegations, the first one received in 1997, leading to his removal. Gonzalez Zumaya died in 2013.
Visiting priest from the Diocese of San Bernardo in Chile. Arrived in the U.S. in 2001 and in SC in 2015. Worked also in FL and NJ. In 2017 a parishioner sent diocesan officials a photo of Gonzalez-Farias taking a boy to Walmart, and in 2018 a woman told the Diocese she was concerned about the priest's relationship with her young nephews. In 12/2020, while he was visiting Chile, the Diocese received a report that Gonazalez-Farias had recently sexually abused a boy, age 11, including during a trip to FL. He had been placed on leave in late 11/2020 after the boy's family reported inappropriate conduct, but not sexual abuse. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Charleston SC on its list in 8/2021. Gonzalez-Farias was arrested in Miami FL 11/29/2022 by the U.S. Marshall Service. He admitted to showering with the boy, touching his genitals and showing him pornography. Pleaded not guilty in 1/2023. Pleaded guilty in 8/2023. Sentenced in 2/2024 to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison. Ordered to pay the family $14,240 in restitution and to be supervised for the rest of life upon his release from prison.
Goodman admitted when confronted by the diocese in 1994 to sexually abusing a teenage boy at St. John Vianney Prep Seminary and at a parish in 1976-79. He was sent to St. John Vianney Hospital in PA for treatment. His victim came forward again in 2002 and demanded the story be made public. Goodman was forced to retire without privileges 8/02. Other alleged perpetrators at the school were Steven Rule and John Leonard. In 3/19 a man stated publicly that he told the diocese in 2016 that Goodman abused him 1966-67 as a teenage altar boy at Holy Cross parish in Lynchburg. The Review Board reportedly deemed the allegation credible and sent the case to the Vatican, which declined to laicize Goodman. Police began an investigation, then dropped it due to the priest's "mental condition." On diocese's list 2/13/19. Died in 2021.
Diocese: Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee FL
Deacon at Little Flower Catholic Church in Pensacola. On 2/2/2023 the diocese received complaints about Gordon by three Little Flower Catholic School students. Gordon was suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. In 3/2023 the Diocese announced that there was no evidence that the alleged touching was lewd or lascivious. Gordon was returned to ministry.
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list in 2/2019. Died 11/11/2013.
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Harrisburg on its list in 4/20. Died 4/22/88.
Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese on its list in 3/2024. Grace died in 1/2014.
From the Archdiocese of Goa, India. Former missionary priest. Professor and dean of theology at Pilar Theological College in India. Canon lawyer; tribunal judge. Arrived in the Archdiocese of Portland in 10/2020, assigned to St. Peter and St. Mark in Eugene. Transferred to St. Mary's in Eugene, then to St. Pius X in Portland. Reportedly in 10/2024, parishioners were informed via email on 6/27/2024 that Gracias was returning to India to face allegations of sexual misconduct with children. On 8/26/2025 the Order's Superior General announced that the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith had determined that it "could not find any semblance of truth in the allegations" and that Gracias was fully exonerated.
Retired in 1989. Died in 1993. One of 10 priests named in claims by victims who came forward in 2002. Reportedly accused of molesting a boy in the early 1980s. At least one claim against Grady was settled by the Diocese as part of massive settlement in 10/2003. The Diocese paid $21M to 40 people who claimed abuse by 16 priests, including Grady. Per a 2019 report commissioned by the diocese, there was one victim, a 10-year-old boy, abused 1972-1973.
Arrested in 7/2009 after arranging via the internet to have sex with a 16-year old girl at a secret location. The contact was actually an an undercover FBI agent in a sting. Immediately placed on leave from his assignment at St. Raphael the Archangel. Child pornography was found on his computer. Pleaded guilty in 3/2010 to child pornography and agreeing to pay for sex with a 16-year-old. Sentenced in 6/2010 to 6 years, 8 months in prison and to register as sex offender. Included on the Archdiocese's list 7/26/2019. Laicized. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 7/2024 of sexually abusing a girl, ages 8-12, during 1999-2002. Grady's accuser said she was also sexually abused by a Sister Annette during that time. She said she told other priests and her Catholic school principal in St. Louis City, but was told she was lying.
[Note: Please click on William C. Graham's name above to view all the sources for this entry. If you are viewing this entry in our Duluth sort or by searching for priests named "Graham", you are viewing an abbreviated list of sources.]
Pastor of St. Michael's church in Duluth MN when placed on leave 5/23/2016 after he was accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, age 15-16, in 1977-1978. The boy was a student at Cathedral High School, where Graham worked variously as principal, chaplain, religious studies department head, and teacher. Per the suit, the accuser's father had notified the Duluth diocese of the alleged abuse in 2010. Graham denied the allegation and filed suit in 7/2016 against his accuser. The Diocese of Duluth announced in 8/2018 that the allegations against Graham were credible. Jury trial for Graham's suit against his accuser 8/21/2018. The jury found that the accuser interfered with Graham's contractual duties when he filed his claim in 5/2016 but did not intentionally inflict distress on him. The accuser was ordered to pay Graham $13,500 in damages. On 8/26/19, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed. Graham was added to the Diocese of Duluth's list of credibly accused 11/26/19. Added to the Diocese of Joliet's list 12/13/19 as "permanently removed"; Joliet listed him as working 2000-2005 at Lewis University in Romeoville in the Joliet diocese. In 2021, the Diocese of Duluth reportedly received an affidavit by a second man alleging abuse by Graham as a child. Graham was included on the Chicago archdiocese's list of credibly accused 10/14/22. In the 2004 Official Catholic Directory, Graham had been listed by the Duluth diocese as on duty outside the diocese, with an address of 5119 N. Kenmore St. in Chicago, but with no ministry in Chicago specified. Included in the 5/23/23 IL Attorney General's Report.
In 3/2024 the Vatican's Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith found the evidence against Graham insufficient. The Diocese of Duluth removed his name from its list of accused 3/28/24. The Diocese of Joliet removed his name from its list of accused on 5/9/24. Graham was returned to St. Michael church in Duluth 5/17/2024. Retired 6/30/2024. The Archdiocese of Chicago removed his name from its list 9/20/24. In late 2024, the IL Attorney General updated the online version of his Report to reflect: the Vatican decision to reinstate Graham; the resulting removal of his name from the Duluth, Joliet, and Chicago lists; his return to ministry; and his retirement. The IL AG chose not to remove Graham from its Report "because the standard used by the Vatican ('there does not exist moral certitude of his culpability') is inconsistent with the standards used by the dioceses when substantiating the claim against Graham ('credible,' 'reasonable to suspect,' 'more likely than not')."
The assignment history for Graham, included by the Duluth diocese in its 11/26/19 list of accused, is supplemented by the diocese's announcement of Graham's retirement, which states that he "served for over a decade as Professor and Director of the Catholic Studies Program in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, from 2004-2013." The Official Catholic Directory does not index him in those years, except in 2012 and 2013, when he is indexed and listed as an instructor at St. Scholastica. In addition to the 2000-2005 visiting professorship at Lewis University, noted in the Joliet diocese 12/13/19 list, columns by Graham in the Duluth News Tribune identify him as a visiting professor in 2014 at St. John's University in Collegeville MN in the St. Cloud diocese, after he had been a scholar in residence there. The Official Catholic Directories for the late 1990s locate Graham in residence at Manhattan's All Saints church in the New York archdiocese. In 1997, an article in the Star-Ledger identifies him as associate professor of religious studies and director of the Caldwell Pastoral Ministry Institute, established in 1996 at Caldwell College in the Newark archdiocese.
Removed "quietly" from his parish in 2007 after a woman reported to the Diocese her concerns about Grant's grooming behavior with her teenage son. Grant was allowed active ministry without restrictions. The woman died in 2015. She had kept a letter Grant had sent the boy in 2007, after she had reported Grant's behavior. In 2016 the son came forward to the Diocese, saying that when he was 15, Grant grabbed his genitals during a wrestling lesson. He said he felt pressured into the lesson by Grant. The Diocese acknowledged the priest's "emotionally unhealthy relationship" with the boy, but didn't believe it was sexual. The Diocese did report the matter to law enforcement, who determined that there was insufficient evidence to bring charges. The Vatican made the same determination. Grant was told by the Diocese that he was not to be alone with minors. Parishioners were not informed. In 12/2025 Grant is assigned to ministry in prisons and nursing homes.
Priest of the Congregation of Missionaries of the Precious Blood (C.P.P.S.). Teacher and/or principal at a number of high schools. Accused in a lawsuit filed 2/19/2020 of sexually abusing a male student in the early 2000s at Siena Catholic Academy in Brighton and St. Thomas More Church. The abuse allegedly began in 2002 when the boy was age 12, and continued into the next year. Grasso is said to have threatened the boy with eternal damnation if he told. Grasso denied the allegations. V.A. chaplain in Albany since 2008. In 3/2024 unanimous jury verdict, Grasso's accuser was awarded $5.4 million.
Accused in a 2022 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, age 8, in the 1980s. Greenlaw pleaded guilty in the mid-1990s to embezzling from the church. He died in 2018.
Diocese: Diocese of Salt Lake City UT
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2021 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a boy over two years at St. Rita's in Staten Island, beginning in 1977 when the boy was age 9. Per the suit, the boy was forced to wash the priest's feet and genitals with holy water, and to perform oral sex on him. Gregory denied the allegations.
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2/2025 of sexually abusing a girl, age 12, at St. Clare Academy in Queens decades prior. Gribbon's accuser said that she was groomed and publicly assaulted by him at a school event. The Diocese stated that it learned of the allegations in 1/2024, and that its Review Board determined that there was not sufficient evidence to substantiate the allegation.
Named publicly as accused by the Dominican Friars' Province of St. Albert the Great, USA in 2022. Removed from public ministry in 1992 due to an allegation involving a young adult male. Later accused of sexually abusing several teenage boys. Worked for a time in Oaxaca, Mexico with the Zapoteko Indians. Died in 2010. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. No information as to location of abuse. (Placing Griego in the Chicago archdiocese for now.)
Named publicly as accused by the Order of St. Augustine's Midwest Province on its list updated in 5/2024. The list notes that Griffin was dismissed from the order in 1978 and died in 2017. The Official Catholic Directory shows that Griffin was a faculty member 1964-1971 at Mendel Catholic High School (for boys) in Chicago, then was assigned to St. Mary Parish in Rockford IL until 1974. Per his obituary, Griffin moved to Canada in 1974. After his dismissal he went on to marry and raise a family.
Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/2019, which notes allegations received in 1987 of the sexual abuse of minors 1979-1985. Griffith was assigned during those years to the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, AZ. He died in 2017. Added to Phoenix list, which notes no allegations in the diocese. Included on the Stockton diocese's list 11/12/2020, noting the he worked in the diocese 1965-1966.
"J. Walter." Monsignor. Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's 12/15/2025 Diocese of Grand Rapids Report. In 3/1994 the Diocese received an allegation that Grill sexually abused a St. James Parish altar boy, who was age 12 and in seventh grade, on multiple occasions in 1969. Grill denied the allegation. He died in 6/1994. In 1/2004 another man reported that Grill sexually abused him when was a seventh- and eighth-grade altar boy St. James, between 1964 and 1965.
Grimes died in 2008. He was later named publicly by the Diocese as the subject of settlement(s) without a determination of the credibility of the allegation(s).
Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Harrisburg on its list in 4/20. Died 8/21/94. Per his obituary, Grondziowski was assigned to Our Mother of Consolation in Mount Carmel 1941-55, and again 1966 until he retired in 1989. Also reportedly assigned 1955-66 to Immaculate Heart of Mary in Pittsburg. Noted to have been "involved in Scouting and youth work."
Ordained for the Diocese of Saginaw. Became priest of the Gaylord diocese when it was created in 1971. Transferred in 1/1993 to the Diocese of Honolulu. Resigned in 5/2002 after a review of his personnel file showed allegations in 1994 that he was involved in sexual misconduct with a teenage boy over several years in the 1970s. His victim had complained to the Diocese that Gronowski was in active ministry. Gronowski admitted his behavior and apologized publicly. His victim said that Gronowski also had a "sexual relationship" with another teenager, who confirmed this in 1994. Gronowski was sent to treatment. Confidential settlement of $50K in 1995. Faculties for public ministry removed in 1996 by Honolulu bishop. Returned to MI, allowed to minister. Allegation in 2005 of abuse of a minor in the late 1960s. In 2024 there were three known allegations of the sexual abuse of minors and two young men 1969-1981. Also allegedly received pornography at a parish rectory in 2002 and showed it to kids. Grownowski moved to St. Petersburg FL in 2011. Included on the Diocese's list 11/10/2018. On the Saginaw diocese's list 4/10/2019. Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 Gaylord report.
Assigned in GA, FL, LA. Arrested in 2003 for exposing himself to a police officer. Accused in a 1/2017 lawsuit of luring a young boy into sex acts 1983-1986, when Groover was a tugboat captain in GA, prior to ordination. The plaintiff's lawyer said Groover raped, molested and drugged his client, destroying his childhood. He also said Groover bought a house near the now-adult victim and his family and that he observes and approaches his client's children. Groover died by suicide 1/17/2017, days after he was served the lawsuit. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report.
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 4/20. Died 3/24/09. Per his obituary, Gross had a "long career in Boy and Girl Scouting, starting in 1939."
Ordained in 1971 for the Diocese of Buffalo. Appointed auxiliary bishop in 11/1989. Retired in 2020. In 7/2021 the Diocese announced that it had been notified of a claim filed under the NY Child Victims Act that Grosz sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy 1990. The abuse allegedly occurred at a reception following a confirmation service at St. Brigid in Bergen. The plaintiff also accused Rev. Richard Keppeler, and said he was planning to disclose his abuse by Keppeler to Grosz, until he heard Grosz comment to Keppeler as he (the boy) approached the altar about his (the boy's) good looks. Grosz denied the allegations. He took leave from active ministry pending an investigation. The Diocese's list of accused in 9/2025 shows that Grosz is on administrative leave as the investigation continues.
Included in the 10/22/2019 CO Attorney General's Report. Took in runaway Native American and Hispanic children; gave them drugs and alcohol. Previously worked in MO, NE and KS. Pled guilty in 1990 to the 1989 sexual assault of a 14-year-old boy when pastor of St. Ignatius in Ignacio. Sentenced to 90 days in jail and 4 years probation. Sent to treatment. Left the priesthood. Admitted in 1992 to abusing 4 "Ute boys." Spent 10 years working in OK as a counselor and chaplain at a drug and alcohol rehab center. Fired in 2002 when his past was discovered. Report in 2004 of abuse of of a boy, ages 8-15, 1982-1989. Groves denied it. Accused in 2009 of abuse of boy, age 12-13, repeatedly 1987-1988, and giving him alcohol and marijuana. Named in a 2009 civil suit by two men in CO. Became affiliated with the "Spiritual Light Center" in Franklin, NC; still active there in 2019. In 3/2025 is retired and living in NC.
Monsignor. Parish priest. Religious radio broadcaster. Active in theatre; established the Catholic Theatre Guild. Pastor 1937-1974 of St. William's in West Seneca. Died 8/18/1975. In 2018 the Diocese reviewed an allegation from a woman that Growney sexually abused her when she was age 6.
Diocese: Diocese of Stockton CA
Diocese: Diocese of Lubbock TX
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese on its list 7/1/2019. Allegation(s) were noted to have been received after Guertin's death. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which shows that Guertin was accused of the sexual abuse of at least five children, boys and girls. Most of the abuse is said to have occurred at St. Alyosius Home in Smithfield, where Guertin was assigned 1946-1969. In 2007 a woman reported to the Diocese that Guertin raped and physically abused her for 7 years while he was assigned to Our Lady of Good Help in Burrillville, beginning when she was 10-years-old in 1970. She said that she would often cook and clean at the rectory and spend the night, that Guertin would recruit other children from the parish to help in the rectory, and that many former St. Aloysius residents also slept there. Diocesan records show that in 1973 a parishioner reported to the Diocese that Guertin was living with a young girl in the parish rectory. In 2014 a woman told the Diocese that she was sexually abused at St. Aloysius Home by Guertin from age 4 to 7. She said that a nun would deliver her to his room and wait outside the door. In 2015 her sister described a similar scenario, and added that Guertin would give her candy after abusing her and that the nun who delivered her to his room would take the candy from her while leading her back to her bed and call her a "dirty little girl." Another report to the Diocese in 2015 was from a man who said that when he was 10-years-old in 1950 and living at St. Aloysius Home, Guertin stripped him naked and beat his buttocks with a stick to reprimand him for trying to report that older boys at the Home sexually abused him. In 2022 the Diocese received a report from another man alleging physical and sexual abuse by as a child by Guertin in the 1950s at St. Aloysius Home. Guertin died 1/23/1982. St. Aloysius Home closed in 1994 due to multiple reports of child sexual abuse.
From Besancon, France. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 11/2021 of repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl, ages 12-14, in 2006-2008, at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel in Pequannock, NJ. Guichard reportedly was working in 11/2021 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, NE. Per the seminary's website in 5/2026, Guichard remained there, as Dean of Men for Philosophers.
Pastor of two parishes when the Diocese announced 6/2/2018 that Guidry was accused of the sexual abuse of a minor. The abuse occurred several years prior at St. Peter's in Morrow. The victim was the son of a church deacon who served at the parish. Guidry was placed on leave. Guidry turned himself in to the Sheriff's Office 6/13/2018 and confessed to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy, after plying him with alcohol. The victim filed suit in 8/2018. Guidry pleaded guilty in 3/2019. Ordered to register as a sex offender. Included on the Diocese's list in 4/2019. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, three years suspended. Released on bail under house arrest in 4/2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sent back to prison after sentencing appeals were denied. The Diocese issued an apology 5/7/2021; the victim's family said they had settled the same week. Guidry was permanently removed from ministry. In early 2021 Guidry testified that after he molested the boy in 2015, he told fellow priests in a support group. He wasn't removed until the boy came forward in 2018. Denied early release by the state parole board 8/17/2021. In 12/2023 the victim's father resigned from the diocese's diaconate and the Catholic Church and joined an Anglican congregation because of "distressing revelations regarding sexual abuse scandals... ." Bishop Deshotel informed the former deacon in 3/2024 that he had been excommunicated. The former deacon appealed.
Named publicly in 11/2021 by Attorney Jeff Anderson as accused in a lawsuit filed under the NJ Victims' Rights Bill. Gurski died 4/10/2009.
Accused in a lawsuit settled in 4/2022 of sexually abusing a boy, age 11-12, while a visiting priest from the Philippines at St. Francis de Sales in Belle Harbor NY in the early 1970s. Bishop of Marbel, Philippines 1982-2018. Died in 2019.
From the Archdiocese of Morelia, Mexico. Extern priest in Galveston-Houston. Guzman molested a 13-year-old girl in her grandfather's house in 1984. Caught by a social worker who reported abuse to Bishop. Transferred to another parish where he started an "affair" with a married woman. Removed from ministry in 1987. Civil suit filed 1990 by a woman he seduced and made pregnant. Jury denied her claims but Guzman testimony in this case resulted in criminal charges and conviction in 1992 in the case involving the 13-year-old girl. Sentenced to 10 years in jail. Served 90 day shock probation and released. Was working in 1992 in Houston real estate. Died in 2006.
Died: 12/18/1951
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Diocese: Diocese of Paterson NJ
Guzman was a deacon preparing for ordination to the priesthood in 10/20/1981 when he was suspended after an allegation that he touched and kissed an 8-year-old boy. He was convicted in 1993 and served 8 months of a 9 month sentence. Accused in a 2004 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing at least two boys in the 1970s-early 1980s. One plaintiff said he told a priest in 1996 that Guzman raped him in 1978, and the priest responded, "Don't worry....they moved him somewhere else." Guzman's name was included 2/13/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused.
On 3/11/2023 Cardinal Cupich announced that that there was an allegation that Guzman sexually abused a minor 40 years prior, 25 years before he entered seminary. Guzman was overseas on military duty when the allegation was received and agreed to "step aside" from his parish, Most Holy Redeemer, upon his return. The Archdiocese determined there was "insufficient reason to suspect Father Guzman was guilty" He was reinstated 3/21/2023.
A woman told the diocese in 11/2017 that Gyan sexually abused her in 1996, when she was age 10 and he was pastor of St. John the Baptist in Brusly. She said the abuse occurred during confession. Gyan "categorically denied the allegation." The diocese said it reported the allegation to civil authorities and initiated its own investigation. Gyan was kept in ministry pending the investigation's outcome. The woman also claimed sexual abuse by a priest in a diocese in another state, which reportedly was being investigated there. In 2/2018 the diocese announced that it had determined that the allegation could not be substantiated.