Database of Publicly Accused

Accused in a 1/9/06 complaint of sexually abusing a boy and girl and three of their siblings from the early 1950s through 1968, when their father confronted Babis. The abuse, which allegedly included fondling and photographing his naked victims, occurred in the children's home while their father was ill, in church buildings including a home for retired nuns, and on overnight trips. Babis was transferred to Florida in 1970. He died there 12/12/78. After the suit was filed, at least four others reportedly alleged abuse during the 1960s at Babis' last NY parish: two brothers and a sister in one family and a girl fondled at age nine in the rectory. On diocese's list in 3/21.

From Slovakia, where he was ordained. Spent early priesthood there and in Austria. Parish priest, religion and German teacher in parish schools. Arrived in the Youngstown diocese in 2006, assisting at St. Rose in Girard while studying at Youngstown State University. In 2016 he returned to Youngstown, where he was in residence at St. Charles Boromeo in Boardman, then assigned to St. Paul in North Canton in 2017. Pastor of Christ Our Savior in Struthers when placed on leave in 11/2021 due to an allegation of inappropriate physical contact with a minor. Agreed to resign from his position at the parish 7/6/2022. On 7/17/2022 the Diocese announced that its Review Board had determined that while there was inappropriate contact with a minor by Babjak, it "did not not rise to the level of sexual abuse." The Board recommended Babjak be returned to active ministry after a period of evaluation. Babjak died by suicide on 10/3/2022, just before the Diocese was to announce that there was a second allegation against him, of inappropriate contact with a minor in Slovakia.

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Died in 2013.

Michael or Miguel. Name incuded the Gallup diocese's 12/16/2014 list of credibly accused. Assigned to St Joseph the Worker in San Fidel NM in 1961. Per the Official Catholic Directory was there as Retreat Director 1961-1970. Missionary for 18 years throughout the US, and among the Otomi Indians of Central Mexico. Also worked in the Peoria IL diocese and the Santa Fe and Louisville archdioceses. Wrote the "Life Is for Living" column for 12 years for the national magazine St. Anthony Messenger. On Gallup diocese's list in 12/2018. Died 9/8/1997. Accused in 2009, along with Rev. Conran Runnebaum OFM, of abuse of a boy, age 8, in 1961 in NM. Diocese settled. Attorney said there had been previous complaints about both priests. On Wichita diocese's list 9/20/2019. On Peoria list by 1/2020.

A woman filed suit in 1/2000, alleging a sexual relationship with Baca for one year beginning in 1973 when she was 15. The suit also alleged that the relationship resumed in 1989 and lasted until the 1990s. She had a videotape and transcript wherein Baca admitted "repetitive sexual contact." He resigned. The suit was settled in 6/2000 for an undisclosed amount. The settlement also covered claims by another woman who claimed Baca had a two-year affair with her which ended in 2000. Baca died 2/8/2013. Included on Santa Fe archdiocese list of accused on 9/12/2017.

Placed on leave in 1992 after allegation of abuse in the 1970s involving teenage boys. Went to rehab, then reassigned to several parishes beginning in 1994. Supposedly reassigned on limited basis under close supervision. Retired in 2002. Removed from active ministry in 2002. Two men filed suits in 2004 alleging abuse as boys in the 1970s at Central Catholic High School. One plaintiff had a secretly recorded tape wherein Baccelliere seemed to admit molesting the plaintiffs and indicating that there were other victims. There were seven claims against Baccellieri by 4/07.

Removed from his ministry with young adults in 1967. On leave for 6 months in 1976, then reassigned. Boy Scout chaplain and campus minister. Retired at age 54 in 1994. Sent to St. John Vianney Center in Downington PA for treatment. Admitted to raping and sexually abusing 14 children, ages 14-16 More people came forward 1994-2016 alleging abuse as children by Bach. Died 3/31/2010 at an assisted living facility in Seaside Point DE. In 2016 a man reported that Bach abused him when the man was was an altar boy in 1960 and Bach was a seminarian. Name included on the Harrisburg diocese's list released 8/1/2018. Named in 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Added to Baltimore list in 9/2018; noted to have owned a boat in MD, where abuse occurred. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

Parish priest, care home chaplain, involved with Boy Scouts. Died in 1991. Named publicly as accused by the Salina diocese on its list 3/29/2019. A single allegation of abuse in the late 1950s-early 1960s was reported in 2011.

Died 10/10/1994. Reportedly in 1/2003, Bacigalupo was accused of unspecified abuse at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Boston in 1969 or 1970. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database because he was an order priest.

St. John's Prep School headmaster 2006 -13. Parents of former St. John's Boys' Choir member in 5/14 alleged sex abuse of their son by Backous during choir's 1990 bus trip across Europe; parents knew in 1991 and reported to Abbot. Abbot paid for son's counseling and apparently told parents Backous would no longer work with children. Sheriff told parents he had no authority because abuse was in Europe. Parents learned 5/24/14 Backous said mass at Memorial Day weekend at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis; they informed Archbishop. Abbot of St John's Abbey wrote 6/10/14 that allegations had never been proven and Backous was not working under any restrictions but was a priest in good standing. He also worked at Essentia Health in Duluth. Named in 2 lawsuits 4/16: a man claimed abuse at St. John's Prep 1982-83 at age 16; another alleged abuse at age 12-13 by Backous on a choir trip to Europe in 1990. Abbey called allegations "without merit and false."

Named publicly as accused on the diocese's list 8/22/2019. Faculties withdrawn and retired 6/19/2002. Died 3/23/2013 in Norristown, PA.

Arrested 2005 on charges of possessing child porn on his computer. Trial set for 6/06. Charges dismissed just prior to trial after judge said evidence of the porn was obtained illegally by a deacon and another priest. Case referred to Feds for prosecution. Left priesthood and married. In 11/08 Bagert pled not guilty to federal indictment of child porn. In 4/09 he changed plea to guilty. Sentenced 12/1/09 to 4 years 3 months in prison. On diocese's list 1/31/19. Noted to be laicized.

Named publicly as accused by Attorney Jeff Anderson in 8/19. Died 11/14/06.

Finished seminary in Rome. Worked at Vatican 1972-1974. Placed on leave in 2/2002 after a man called the Diocese to complain of abuse in 1967 when he was 17. The abuse allegedly occurred during a trip from Worcester to Canada. The man had complained to Bishop Harrington in 1994, but no action. At least one more accuser located. Unable to prosecute in MA due to the statute of limitations. Matter referred to Canada for possible prosecution. A second man filed a civil suit in 12/2004, alleging abuse in 1963. Trial set for 2006.

Identified 2/11/15 as accused of abusing a minor. A woman reportedly filed a claim alleging she was molested as a child by Baglio in 1965. He was director of the CYO and the Catholic Youth Center in Minneapolis 1946-67 and then pastor of Our Lady of Grace in Edina until his 1977 retirement to Miami FL. Returned to Twin Cities in 1993. Died 8/23/97.

Retired in 2000. Per news in 7/2002, Baier's ministerial rights were permanently revoked by the Bishop after an anonymous letter with documentation of alleged abuse was received in 5/2002. Investigation found evidence of at least two victims in separate locations. 

Accused in a 10/24/2019 lawsuit against the Franciscans' Holy Name Province and the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor. Per the suit, Bailey sexually abused a boy, about age 4, in 1984. Bailey was a St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick NY chaplain. He would allegedly pick the boy up from his school, Our Lady Queen of Peace, in West Milford and spend the day with him at the hospital. The abuse allegedly included oral sex and anal rape, and took place at the hospital facility, in the chapel and in Bailey's residence at the hospital. Bailey referred to the boy as his grandson.

Left the priesthood in the late 1980s. Per 2002 news, at least 10 women had accused him of abusing them when they were grade-school students at St. Vincent School in Akron and St. Mary's School in Bedford. Apparently these accusations were made known to the Diocese before Bailey left the priesthood. Laicization announced in 3/2014. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused in 6/2019. Bailey died 11/20/2020.

Bailot(or Baillot) was one of 16 priests named for the first time in numerous sexual abuse lawsuits filed in 1/2003 in Boston. A woman said Bailot abused her and her brother as children in the 1950s after establishing himself as "a darling" in the eyes of their family. He retired in 1975 and died in 1983. Included in 8/2011 on the archdiocese's list. No formal determination of guilt because he died prior to canonical investigation.

Monsignor. Longtime spokesman for the diocese. Accused in 2002 of sexually abusing a girl who came to him for advice after being abused by Rev. John Lenihan. Baird countersued the plaintiff in 4/2002. His suit was dismissed in 2002 and he was ordered to pay attorney fees for the plaintiff. A second woman also alleged abuse as a child. Continued in active ministry. Retired in 2017.

Worked in IL, CA, MI, and Vatican City. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Chicago archdiocese on its list in 10/2022. Bak died in 2002. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, noting at least one "reported survivor."

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 12/29/19. Allegation received in 3/17 that Baker sexually abused a teenage boy 1986-89, while assigned to St. Francis of Assisi in Lenoir, NC. Baker was living in AZ in 2017, having moved there in 1991. He worked for a short time for the Phoenix diocese before leaving ministry in 1994.

Pastor of St. Mary of the Woods in Whitesville KY since 6/2012. Suspended after the diocese received an allegation on 5/3/2016 of 'improper conduct of a sexual nature' with a male minor from St. Mary's. Kentucky State Police investigated. Two more people came forward with allegations of sex abuse by Baker as minors. Baker worked in parishes across Western KY. At the time of his suspension he was also pastor of St. John the Baptist in Fordsville. The Review Board deemed the allegations substantiated and Baker was permanently suspended from ministry in 10/2018. Included in 4/12/2019 on the Owensboro diocese's list of priests with substantiated allegations. (Diocesan assignment list omits deanship 1996-2003 and other chancery positions.)

"Fr. Jack." Pastor of St. Perpetua in Waterford Township when removed in 6/2019 pending an investigation into allegations that he sexually abused a child early in his ministry. Arrested 7/8/2019, charged with "sexual-conduct penetration with a person under the age of 13." His accuser claimed Baker raped him in a storage closet at St. Mary's in Wayne in 2004, when he was a second-grader preparing for First Communion. Convicted in 10/2022. Sentenced 3/1/2023 to 3-15 years in prison.

At least 23 accusers. Told Cardinal Mahony in 1986 that he had sexually abused two boys. Sent to treatment in NM, returned to ministry in nine more parishes; continued to abuse many more children. The two brothers settled in 2000 for $1.3M for abuse 1984-1999, beginning when they were ages 5 and 7. Baker continued to abuse the boys after the family moved to Mexico in 1986, despite being 'monitored' by the archdiocese. He would fly the boys to CA and AZ. Removed from ministry. Laicized in 12/2000. Arrested in 2003, charged with over 12 offenses against boys ; charges dropped due to CA Supreme Court ruling. Arrested again in 1/2006. Included in a 12/2006 $60M settlement involving 22 priests. Also included in a 7/2007 massive $660M settlement. Pleaded guilty in 12/2007 to abuse of two boys. Sentenced to 10 years and 4 months in prison. New suit in 6/2010. Released on parole in 10/2011. Arrested for probation violations in 11/2011 and in 9/2012. Some personnel files released in 1/2013. Settlement with 4 in 3/2013 for $9.9M. Suit filed in 2/2020 v the archdiocese and Cardinal Mahony related to Baker's abuse of a boy, ages 6-10, in 1993-1997 at St. Columbkille in South Los Angeles. Confessed to abuse of children in the U.S., Mexico, Thailand and Nepal.

Teacher/trainer/coach in MN, MI, VA, PA. Molested boys and girls when giving massages for injuries. Removed in 2000 after MI allegation; under supervision. First known abuse in MN 1977; reported 2003, settled 2005. Settlement 2012 of Order and JFK HS with 11 men re 1980s abuse announced 1/16/13. Baker died by suicide 1/26/13. Diocese knew of allegations in 2009. Allegations in 2011 re Bishop McCort HS in Johnstown PA. Multiple lawsuits. $8M settlement with 88 survivors announced 10/21/14. PA AG announced charges vs 3 TOR Franciscans responsible for Baker's assignments: Giles A. Schinelli, Robert J. D'Aversa, Anthony M. Criscitelli. Rev. Bradley Baldwin, TOR suspended pending investigation of his supervisory role. Included on St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese's list of credibly accused in 10/14. Diocese and TORs settled 28 claims in 9/16 for $900k. Charges v Schinelli dismissed on SOL 10/17. D'Aversa and Criscielli pled no contest 5/18; fined and 5 years probation. Probation for D'Aversa and Criscitelli ended early, in 9/21. New suit 8/18. Baker's name on Youngstown diocese's list 10/29/18.

Named as accused in the 2005 Addendum to Archdiocese Report. Allegation of abuse of one minor 1967-1968, while assigned to St. Augustine's in Culver City. The 2016 Official Catholic Directory shows a Fred Balak as director of the Mausoleum at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

Accused in a 1993 lawsuit of sexually abusing an altar boy in the 1970s, including showering with the boy, fondling him, giving him alcohol and threatening him. Balcom admitted to molesting 8 or 9 children. Placed on sick leave in 1985, privileges removed in 1992. Voluntarily laicized in 4/1998. Per the Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011, Balcom's case was concluded canonically. He died in 10/2002.

First named publicly as accused in the 8/14/18 PA Grand Jury Report. (Spelled Balczeniuk.) Told the diocese 3/30/10 that on the previous Friday evening he kissed and hugged the mentally slow young adult son of family friends. He said he came forward because the boy's father was upset and was going to report the incident to the diocese. The father did so the same day, and said the priest kissed the boy - who was age 18 - on the mouth, embraced him, and rubbed his back under his shirt. Removed from ministry and was to be sent to St. John Vianney Center for treatment. In 6/10 Balczeniuk admitted that in the mid-1970s, when he was a seminarian, he touched the genitals of young boys at Camp St. Andrew, where he was a counselor. Requested laicization 3/11; granted 10/7/11. On diocese's list 8/19/18 (spelled Balzceniuk). Died 3/23/18 in FL, where he had worked as a bereavement counselor for a Daytona Beach hospice.

Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/2019. Allegation received in 2003 of abuse in 1959. Included on the Las Cruces diocese's list 6/24/2019, where he worked at Holy Cross Retreat Center in 1969. Died in 2003. Added to Stockton list in 11/2020, where he had faculties 1953-1964 as a mission preacher.

A "Fr. Balden" was one of several accused in a 2010 civil suit against the diocese, Oblates and Sisters of the Divine Savior. The suit alleged abuse of students at Tekakwitha Indian Mission in Sisseton SD. One woman claimed that Fr. "Balden," Fr. Cholewa and another unnamed priest abused her 1975-1982 when she was 5-11 years old. The Catholic Directories do not show a Fr. Balden, but Fr. Leonard Baldus is shown as at the Indian Mission 1976-1978.  Baldus died 7/30/2005.

Removed from ministry 5/1/2002 after a woman wrote to the Trinitarians to complain that Balestrieri "inappropriately touched her son," age 11, in 1975 in Trenton, NJ, when he was a member of the Order. He had been incardinated into the Belleville Diocese in 1985. On 1/24/2009 the Belleville diocesan website gave his status as "Administrative Leave/Retired." Died 9/10/2012. On the Belleville diocese's list of credibly accused 12/19/2018. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Died 9/29/1969. Accused of abuse of students at St. Ignatius Mission Boarding School on Flathead Indian Reservation in late 1950s-early 1960s. One man said he arrived early for mass and found Balfe standing naked in the sacristy. Another said that Balfe asked him during confession what bed he slept in. Named in five complaints in a 9/2011 civil suit against the Ursuline Order and Helena Diocese, filed by 45 people against four nuns, six priests and one religious brother. On the Jesuit West Province list 12/7/2018, which notes the sexual abuse of a minor 1934-1940 and 1959-1961.

Pastor of Santa Maria de la Paz Catholic Community in 8/2022 when suspended due to an allegation that he sexually abused a boy, age 15, ten years prior. His accuser sued in 10/2022. Balizan had been assigned to the parish since 2012. Arrested in 6/2023. Pleaded not guilty. Subject of a two other lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse while at Santa Maria de la Paz. Allowed to await trial from home, on house arrest with electronic monitoring. Trial was set for 9/11/2023. Included on the Santa Fe archdiocese's list of credibly accused 2/19/2024. In 5/2024 Balizan agreed to plead guilty. Died by suicide 5/24/24, hours before his scheduled plea hearing.

Also know as Jules "Raymond" Balko. Named as credibly accused by the Saint Vincent Archabbey Benedictines in Latrobe PA in 8/2018. The archabbey received an allegation in 2000 that Balko sexually abused a minor in 1963 or 1964, while assigned to St. Mary's in Erie. Included in 9/2018 on the diocese's updated list of credibly accused. Balko died in 1985.

Abused in MD and WI. Investigated in 1984 by WI law enforcement, La Crosse Bishop John Paul informed. Sheriff did not charge Ball but told the bishop he should not have contact with children. Ball allegedly had made sexual comments to children and invited them to his cabin to sleepover. Reassigned to another parish, had contact with children. Pleaded no contest in 1993 to criminal charge of sexual contact with a 12-year-old boy during a therapy session. Four known victims. Sentenced to five years prison; released in 3/1996. On parole through 12/1997. Laicized at his own request as of 8/11/1997. Settlement of $100K. In 1993, the La Crosse diocese told Baltimore of two claims against Ball during the time he was a seminarian for La Crosse in Baltimore in the mid-1970s. Per the La Crosse diocese's list in 1/2020, Ball died 9/15/2002. Included on Baltimore's list of accused. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. 

Indicted in 9/1992 on four counts of abuse of a minor; pleaded guilty to one count. Sentenced to nine months in jail and five years probation. Three victims. Family of two boys settled out of court in 1994. Criminally charged in 1999 with 31 counts of sexually abusing two other boys 1979-1986. Sentenced to three years in prison. Settlement of $4.2M from Diocese and Order in 6/2003. On Sex Offender Registry. On San Bernardino diocese's list 10/9/2018. Died in 2016. Included on the Order's list of credibly accused.

Ordained as deacon in 1973. Accused of fondling girls in counseling sessions at Lake Catholic High School, where he was was a guidance counselor and librarian. Bals also worked for several years beginning in the 1980s at St. Ignatius High School. Sued in 1993 by a woman who said Bals began sexually abusing her as a Lake Catholic student in the summer of 1973. Suspended by diocese. She went to Mentor police in 1984 and was told there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute. More women came forward in 1993. Bals was charged with abusing at least six Lake Catholic girls. Charges dropped in a plea deal; required to forfeit his teaching credentials. Six women filed suit, which settled. Permanently removed from ministry. The diocese paid Bals' wife $800/mo 2000-2003, while Bals was living with her, reportedly to help with their eight children. Included in 6/2019 on the diocese's list of credibly accused.

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 2/2019. Laicized 10/13/1973. Died in 8/1995.

Retired in 2003. Removed from public ministry as announced by the Diocese in 7/2019, due to a credible allegation that he sexually abused a girl in the 1950s. The abuse allegedly began in 1953 when Balser was a seminarian, and continued beyond his 1956 ordination. Balser died 12/15/2019, age 90.

Initially charged in 1991 in Tampa with soliciting a lewd act from a male undercover police officer. Charges dismissed by court. Sent for therapy and returned to ministry. Diocese paid $75K in 2010 to a man claiming abuse by Balthazar at Christ the King in Tampa in the early 1980s when he was 17. Settlement not revealed until 1/2011. Per Tampa police, in 2002 a man accused Balthazar and another priest of sexually assaulting him in 1971 at age 9. State did not press charges. Included on the St. Petersburg diocese's list of credibly accused.

Named publicly by the diocese on its 7/31/2020 list of those with substantiated allegation(s). Died 12/1/1971.

In 9/2002 the Order began investigating allegations that Banach abused two boys between 1963 and 1970 at St. Anthony of Padua. One person alleged abuse and the other alleged that Banach made sexual overtures. Banach spent the first nine years of his ministry at St. Anthony's, moved to a parish in California, then returned in 1963 to St. Anthony's. In 1970 Banach was transferred back to California. He died in 1984.

Allegedly abused a boy age 12 or 13 in 1976 and 1977 while assigned to St. Hedwig in Southbridge. Two brothers filed suit in 2002. Another man joined the suit in 10/2002. A fourth man later came forward with similar allegations. One case settled out of court in 5/2005 and was dismissed. A second was set for trial in 10/2006.

Accused of sexually assaulting a former altar boy in 1985 at St. Anthony of Padua in Bridgeport, CT. Case was settled with others by the Bridgeport diocese in 10/2003. (Name occasionally spelled Bonaszek or Bonzszek.) Added to the Richmond diocese's list 6/27/2019, where he was assigned 1974-1975. Per a 2019 report commissioned by the Bridgeport diocese, there were two victims of abuse occurring 1977-1987, one age 15, both boys. Left the diocese in 1987. Died in 2007.

Priest of the Bukoba diocese in Tanzania. Administrator of Holy Cross parish in Mesa AZ 7/2014-12/2014. Caught in a sting seeking to pay for sex with a 16-year-old girl. Arrested 12/12/2014 on suspicion of child prostitution. Also assisted at St. Helen in Glendale. Removed from ministry. Was a doctoral student at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley CA; AZ assignment was part of work-study.

Reportedly had a "relationship" with a 12-year-old in Waukesha in 1987. In 1993 ministry and contact with minors were restricted. Appointed in 6/96 as an assistant priest at St. Joseph and St. Kilian Parishes in Lyons and to nursing home ministry. Died in 1/01 after heart attack during Mass. Name on Archdiocese's 7/04 list of priests fully restricted (or who would have been restricted if still living) because of credible allegations of abuse. Personnel file released in 7/13.

Named publicly as accused in the CO Attorney General's Report 10/22/2019. Allegedly groomed and sexually abused a 6-year-old altar boy in 1961, and told the boy the devil would get him if he didn't cooperate. He was said to have allowed the boy to attend altar boy training two years early. Banigan died 5/6/1986.

Removed from ministry in 2000. Convicted in 2002 on charges of molesting an 11-year-old boy in 1993. Sentenced to 15 years. At least nine other alleged victims, abused as young as age six. Additional criminal charges were filed in 9/2006 alleging abuse of a boy 1994-1995. Pleaded not guilty in 11/2006. Convicted in 2008. Diagnosed as a  "repetitive and compulsive sexual offender." Sentenced in 9/2008 to an additional 18 years. Died 2/29/2016 at the New Jersey Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Woodbridge NJ. On the diocese's list 2/13/2019. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list, which notes sexual abuse alleged in 2002 by Banko in the early 1970s while a seminarian at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's report. Lawsuit filed in 8/2024 under the MD Child Victims Act claims abuse of a boy for 7 years, beginning in 1970 when the boy was age 6.

Placed on leave in 2002 pending review of past allegations. Previously underwent evaluation and treatment then returned to active ministry. In 2004 a second man alleged abuse for two years when he ages 12-14 and a resident at Parmadale Childrens' Home, where  Banner was a deacon counseling children. This man filed suit in 2004. Banner worked in Phoenix, AZ 1986-1987. Laicization announced 3/19/2015. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused. Said to have died in 4/2023 in Bradenton FL, where he had been living at least since 2004. 

Priest of the Archdiocese of Yucatan, Mexico, assigned in the Archdiocese of San Francisco CA 1967-1975.  In 1993 a 30-year-old woman reported to San Francisco that Baquedano Pech sexually abused her for several years, beginning when she was 11; the Archdiocese said it was not responsible because he was a visiting priest. She repeatedly warned Mexico church officials, but was kept in ministry there. The woman sued the San Francisco Archdiocese and received a settlement in 2006. He was suspended 4/26/2010 by the Yucatan archdiocese, just after the allegations appeared in a Washington Post news article. 

From Colombia. Assigned to the Harrisburg diocese to assist with the Spanish-speaking population in York and Lebanon. Named as accused by the diocese on its list 8/1/2018. Included in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Personnel file shows that in 1989 there were concerns about past allegations against him of child sexual abuse. The diocese gave Barajas money to return to Colombia in 11/1989. Laicized. Arrested in VA in 2019 for misconduct in 2013 with a minor. No prosecution. Arrested 10/23/2023 in Elyria OH, charged with gross sexual imposition. Barajas, age 76, was staying with families in the area, presenting himself as a retired priest and conducting 'spiritual ceremonies.' He allegedly inappropriately touched a 15-year-old girl while 'blessing' her. The girl was being treated for cancer. A local priest reported the incident to police. Indicted by a grand jury 11/9/2023. Pleaded guilty 2/13/24. To be sentenced 2/27/24.

Worked in the Salt Lake diocese 1974-1990  Named publicly as accused on the Salt Lake diocese's list 12/4/2018. Incident(s) of "holding children on lap, kissing, hugging children 10/25/1990 reported to the diocese 10/26/1990. Sent for alcohol treatment, returned to his order. Transferred to the Lansing diocese in 1/1991. Per the MI Attorney General's Lansing report in 12/2024, it found no indication that the diocese had been informed of the allegations in 1990 against Baraniewicz. His file did show an allegation in 2000 that Baraniewicz hugged, kissed and touched the breast of a female parishioner of St. Mary's in Adrian. Baraniewicz died 2/24/2012.

Newly identified as accused in Chicago archdiocesan report in 3/2006, allegations substantiated. An 'inappropriate relationship' with a young girl was reported by the girl's father to the archdiocese in 1963. Accused of sexually abusing at least five other children. In 4/2013, two men filed civil suit against the archdiocese and Baranowski alleging that he abused them on separate overnight trips in 1961-1962. Both men were students at St. Wenceslaus grammar school in Chicago when the alleged abuse occurred. Resigned from the priesthood in 1975. Laicized in 8/1976. Reportedly went on to marry. Died 6/20/2011. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least 7 "reported survivors."

Accused in 1994 in a RICO lawsuit filed in NJ of rape of girl, age 6, in 1961 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish.  Deceased. The RICO suit named about 14 priests; all were settled 3/2003. Barber's name was included on the diocese's list of credibly accused 2/13/2019.

From Argentina, Diocese of Chascomus. Assigned to San Salvador parish in Colton, CA 2009 and St. Louis parish in Cathedral City, CA 2011-2014. Included on the San Bernardino diocese list of credibly accused 10/9/2018. Accused in 4/2016 of child sex abuse in 2009-2010. Police report filed. Was working in Los Angeles archdiocese at the time of the report. Removed in 5/2016. Returned to Argentina. Included on the Los Angeles archdiocese's list updated 12/6/2018.

In a 5/2013 civil suit a man accused Barfield of abusing him as a minor at St. Jude's Parish in Alamogordo NM, beginning in 1990. The man also accused Fr. Wilfred J. Diamond of abuse in the suit. A separate federal suit alleged Barfield allowed Fr. David Holley to live at the rectory and this gave Holley access to plaintiff so he abused plaintiff as well. Died 6/7/2003 in Alamogordo. Buried in Jesuit Cemetery, Grand Coteau LA. Also worked in Dallas, NOLA and Houston at Jesuit schools. On Las Cruces diocese's list 11/8/2018.

Died 1/4/2019. Named in a lawsuit filed in 8/2019 as having sexually abused a male student in the early to mid-1970s at St. Francis DeSales High School in Lockport, NY. Barkenquest's accuser claims he told a school administrator at the time, but nothing was done. Worked in the Diocese of Lansing MI 1991-2013. Per the MI Attorney General's Lansing report, in 2018 a man reported that Barkenquest abused him while assigned to St. Rita's in Clarklake, MI beginning when the man was a 14-year-old boy and through adulthood. The man emailed the A.G.'s tipline in 4/2020, reporting that Barkenquest fondled him from age 13-23. Further, the man said he had learning and other cognitive disabilities, and that he reported the abuse in 12/2018 and didn't know if anything was done. The in 3/2020 the diocese deemed the allegation credible and added Barkenquest's name to its list.

In 2002 three men told Bishop Trautman they were molested by Barletta ("Barts") when he was a Cathedral Prep teacher in the late 1970s-early 1980s. One man said he told Bishop Trautman in 1994 and that Barletta left Prep within a year. Barletta was moved at the time to St. Patrick/St. Hedwig's parish and given work at the diocesan Catholic Charities office and as chaplain of Holy Family Carmelite Monastery. Not removed from active ministry until 2003. The diocese paid for counseling for one of the men. Named in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report, which showed eight known victims and that Barletta admitted to abusing 25 children and young men 1975-1994. Sent to Southdown in Canada for treatment in 1994. The Diocese knew of his behavior as early as 1968. A lawsuit in 7/2020 claims abuse of a girl in the mid-1970s when she was in grade school at St. Luke's, and in 9th grade, and that she saw him molest boys. Barletta died in late August 2022, age 82.

Subject of a settlement in the mid-to-high five figures in 6/2023. Accused of sexually abusing a boy, about ages 14-16 in 1963-1965. Barletta was assigned to St. Patrick's in Watertown during the time in question. The abuse allegedly occurred in Barletta's car. He is said to have fondled the boy after plying him with alcohol. Absent on leave 1969-1970. Not listed in the Official Catholic Directory after 1971.

Sued in 2003. Accused of abuse 1982-1988. The L.A. archdiocese counted eight accusers. Also allegations in Tucson, AZ. Settlement in AZ in 2005/2006 under bankruptcy plan for five claiming abuse by Barmasse. These individuals also sued the L.A. archdiocese and were included in a massive $660M settlement in 7/2007. Criminal investigation reopened in AZ in 7/2007. Laicized 5/2/2006. Included on the Tucson diocese's list of credibly accused in 2011.  L.A. personnel file released in 1/2013.

A 6/2009 lawsuit against the Baltimore Archdiocese filed in DE alleged Barnes molested a boy 1977-1982 while at St. Clare School in Essex. The abuse occurred in the rectory and on out of state trips, and involved alcohol. Baltimore contacted plaintiff in 2002 after a review of files; he denied abuse. He contacted them in 2003 but refused counseling/mediation. Barnes left the priesthood in 1988. Arrested in NC in 10/2009 on charges of abuse of the same boy. Extradited to MD in 2/2010. Pleaded no contest in 6/2010. Sentenced to six months in jail. Civil case settled in 8/2010 for $50K. Laicized in 2013. Died in 2017. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It reveals indications of issues with Barnes during seminary, as well as treatment and several leaves of absence during his priesthood. At one point a woman reported to the Archdiocese that Barnes was having young men and boys sleep over in the rectory. The woman's husband told the A.G. in 2021 that the Archdiocese sent a "monk" to speak to his wife, who told her "it would cost the Archdiocese money." A note in Barnes' file said the woman "could be dangerous." After leaving the priesthood, Barnes volunteered at a Jessup parish until 2002, and was employed at a D.C. parish until 2009.

Named publicly by the diocese on its list sometime after 12/2018. Categorized under "removed from ministry due to allegation of abuse of a minor before 2002 or, determined to have substantial evidence of abuse of a minor before 2002. Barnett died in 1991. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes 6 "reported survivors" and that the diocese' claims it first received a report of abuse by Anderson in 1964.

Included on the 9/26/02 list of Fall River priests investigated by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office. Reportedly there was one victim. Barney was not prosecuted due to the the statute of limitations. Included in 1/21 on the diocese's list of credibly accused. Faculties removed at some point.

Ordained for the Diocese of Dallas. Became a priest of the Diocese of Tyler when it was created in 1987. Retired in 2017. Placed on leave in 1/2019 by the Tyler diocese after information that Dallas would be including Barone on its list of accused. Case was to go before Tyler's Diocesan Review Board. Included in 4/2019 on the Tyler's list of credibly accused.

Placed on leave in 8/2009 from St. Patrick's in Watertown after recent allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the late 1980s. Barr was parochial vicar at St. Luke's in Belmont 1985-1990, when the abuse was alleged to have occurred. Still on administrative leave as of 8/2015 and canonical proceedings in process, per Boston archdiocese's list. The list in 1/2020 shows the allegations to have been found unsubstantiated. Ministry restricted.

Retired 1995. One of 21 priests placed on administrative leave by archdiocese 3/7/11 pending investigation for credible allegations involving sexual abuse or inappropriate behavior with minors. Last assignment was as pastor emeritus of St. Edmond Parish in South Philadelphia. On 5/4/12, Archdiocese found allegations unsubstantiated and he was found suitable for ministry. Died 11/27/14.

Monsignor. Removed from ministry in 3/2024 due to allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor occurring 35 years prior. Resigned and retired from Our Lady of Sorrows in McAllen. The Diocesan Review Board was investigating. Barrera's attorneys denied the allegation and alleged slander. On 4/4/2024 the Cameron County District Attorney's Office received an allegation by another person that Barrera had engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor. The Office opened an investigation.

Placed on leave in 5/2002 due to old allegations that he molested an 8th grade boy in a Catholic school in 1968. The original claim was made in 1991; the alleged victim said the Diocese cancelled a meeting with him at the last minute when he wanted to bring either his wife or attorney with him. The accuser let the matter drop until 2002 when an investigator for the Diocese contacted him. Barrett was cleared by a diocesan investigation 6/10/2002 and returned to ministry. The Diocese said the claims could not be substantiated and the alleged victim was not cooperating. Barrett died 7/16/2014.

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/21 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a boy 1974-78, beginning when the boy was age 12 and Barrett was a lay member of Opus Dei. Per the lawsuit, the boy was also abused by then-Fr. Theodore McCarrick. Barrett was ordained by Pope John Paul II in Rome in 1985. He worked in Rome and Madrid, then in Houston TX for 25 years, followed by Los Angeles CA 2013-16. In 2016 he was named pastor of St. Agnes in New York City.

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 9/20 of sexually abusing a child, ages 9-10, in 1983-84, at St. Anthony of Padua in Woodbridge. Barrett died in 2005.

Barrett was placed on leave in 2002 after a complaint that he molested a girl 30 years prior. The abuse was alleged to have taken place outside the diocese. Barrett also allegedly abused the accuser's four sisters, at least one as young as age 5. The Diocese's investigating committee said the charges were credible. Barrett died in 3/2006. Included on the Diocese's list 11/10/2018. Noted to have been permanently removed from public ministry in 2002. Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 report.

Accused in 1993 of molestation during a 1960s camping trip. Settled in 1994 for $30K. Alleged in a 1997 lawsuit to have abused a 15-year-old youth for almost two years, in 1967-1968, while working as priest and coach of a Framingham, MA church swim team. Placed on permanent disability in 1995 and spent time in a psychiatric hospital. More allegations in 2002 of prior abuse. Assigned to a life of prayer and penance in 2004. Died in 3/2008. Included on the archdiocese's list 8/25/2011.

Named publicly as accused by the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese on its list updated 4/1/2019. It notes alleged abused in 1972, reported in 2003. Removed from ministry in the 1990s. Died 5/29/2011. Included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Monsignor. Placed on administrative leave in 10/19 due to an accusation in a lawsuit filed under the NY Child Victims Act that he sexually assaulted a child decades prior. The archdiocese announced in 6/20 that the allegations were credible and substantiated. Permanently removed from ministry.

Named publicly as accused by the Galveston-Houston archdiocese on its list 6/18/2021. Assignments included St. Thomas High School and St. Anne's, both in Houston. Included on the Tucson diocese's list of credibly accused, where he was assigned 1968-1970 and 1980-1986. Barry died in 1986.

Worked in MA, PA, DC, MI. Personnel file review in 2002 showed Barry allegedly raped and assaulted a youth at St. William's in Tewksbury, MA, where he was assigned 1978-1981. Transferred to Dallastown, PA. Included in 3/2003 NH A.G. report. Per documents, the same man claimed Barry raped and sexually abused him beginning at age 16 or 17 in NH. Name omitted from 2011 Boston AD database because he was an Order priest. Included on Harrisburg PA diocese list released 8/1/2018. Per attorney Mitchell Garabedian, there was a settlement in 2021 in the mid-five figures of a claim of abuse of a boy, age 14, while on a camping trip in NH in 1981.

A woman filed suit against the Denver Archdiocese in 10/2007 alleging sexual abuse by Barry in about 1970, when she was age 16 and had troubles at home. He gave her a place to live before abusing her. The girl's sister walked in on Barry and her sister, who were naked in bed. Their mother reported the abuse to the Archdiocese in 9/1973. No action. Barry died in 2003 at age 97. Barry's alleged victim came forward to the Archdiocese in 2006. Her 2007 lawsuit was dismissed due to the statute of limitations. Included in the CO Attorney General's Report 10/22/2019.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Conception Abbey Benedictines on their list 8/5/19. Incidents allegedly occurred in South Dakota 1955-1962. Left the priesthood in 1973, married and settled in PA. Died in 2010.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese on its list in 11/22. Placed on administrative leave 9/8/22 due to a single allegation of abuse, occurring 1990-1991 in Superior. Assigned at the time in question to the Cathedral of Christ the King.

Ordained at age 53. Assigned at some point to St. Martha's in Sarasota. Accused in 4/2002 by a woman of molesting her 16-year-old son in 1994 when Bartholomew was a chiropractor in Bradenton, FL, prior to ordination. Bartholomew was not assigned to the Venice diocese in 4/2002 and was reportedly in England. In 10/2002 a committee of lay persons investigated and cleared Bartholomew. The priest acknowledged genital contact with the boy, but said it was part of a medical procedure. One committee member, a psychologist, had once examined another teenage boy who had alleged that Bartholomew made sexual advances toward him in 1998. Bartholomew was returned to full active status.

Assigned in FL, Jamaica, GA and AK. One pending claim against Bartles shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for Fairbanks diocese 1/25/2010. Died 7/28/1993. Included on the Jesuits Central and Southern Province list 12/7/2018, which notes multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1970s or 1980s. Removed from ministry. On the Jesuit West Province's list 12/7/2018; allegations reported in 2009 0f abuse 1973-1974 and 1978. Location of alleged abuse not indicated. Assigned 1972-1978 to Marist School in Atlanta, GA, then to Our Lady of the Snows church in Nulato, AK 1978-1982. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report, which shows that there were reports in 2016 that Bartles molested Marist School students in the 1970s, after plying them with alcohol.

Placed on leave in 3/2002. Accused in a 6/2002 civil suit of abusing two boys 1979-1980. He reportedly fondled them and made them participate in "Greek Olympics" wherein he got them intoxicated and then made them run naked through the streets at night at his residence on Cape Cod. Also allegedly took nude photos of boys and showed them pornographic movies. He was said to have taken some boys on a trip to Paris. Resigned from his parish in 2003. Laicization announced in 8/2020.

Ordained for the Diocese of Syracuse. Began work in the Diocese of Buffalo in the mid-1970s, where he was incardinated in 1982. Died 8/27/13. In 2018 a man reported to the diocese inappropriate sexual contact as a boy by Bartnik while "wrestling." The boy and his family were St. John Cantius (a/k/a Kanty) in Buffalo. The man said his family reported the abuse just after it occurred and that they were then ostracized from the parish. A lawsuit was filed in 2019 under the NY Child Victims Act that Bartnik sexually abused a child, age 12 or 13, around 1977 at St. John Kanty in Buffalo.

Placed on leave in 2002. A woman claimed that he abused her in 1967 when she was age 12. Two other women came forward to allege abuse as girls in the 1960s. He is accused of spanking their bare bottoms. Died in 11/2007. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused.

Religious Sister of Mercy (RSM). Joined the order in 1952. Professed her final vows in 1957. Accused publicly by a woman in the 2000s of sexually abusing her throughout high school, beginning when the woman was age 15 in the late 1960s. Per Barto's accuser, the abuse occurred in classrooms at Mater Christi High School in Queens, on school buses to sporting events, at retreats in upstate NY, at the girl's home in Woodside and at a Long Island Convent. Barto died 5/2/14. Lawsuit filed 2/18/20; settled in 2020.

Named publicly as accused by the Amarillo diocese on its list 1/31/19. Assigned in the diocese 11/58 - 9/60. Previously worked with Native Americans in mid-western states, mostly South Dakota. Died 11/9/79.

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. A single allegation noted, occurring while assigned to St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago 1956-1957. Barton died 2/16/1988. The allegation was reported after his death. Included in 1/2020 on the Archdiocese of Cincinnati's list, where he had been assigned. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Monsignor. Retired in 2011. The diocese announced in 2/14/20 that it had received an allegation that Barton sexually abused a child in the early-1970s. Suspended from active ministry pending investigation. The Diocesan Review Board presented its findings to Bishop Knestout, who determined that the allegation was credible, but could not be substantiated because the accuser was deceased and Barton could not be interviewed due to "health conditions." Therefore, Barton's name would not be added to the diocese's list of those with credible and substantiated allegations.

In the 1980s Bartz was on faculty of a seminary where he allegedly had sex with a 17-year-boy, who was a student at St. Ignatius College Prep. May have attempted to molest at least one other boy the same night. Bartz went on leave indefinitely; was returned to ministry at Columbus Hospital in 1988, under restrictions and monitoring. He remained there until 2001. Another report was made to the archdiocese in 1992 of abuse in the 1970s while Bartz was assigned to Ascension parish in Oak Park. Left position at another hospital and resigned from the priesthood in 6/2002 after the Dallas Bishops' Conference. Laicized in 9/2015. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least three "reported survivors."

Monsignor. Assigned to St. John Cantius in Bridesburg 1930-1946. Pastor of St. Casimir's in Mahanoy City 1946-1960. Pastor of St. Stanislaus in Minderville 1964-1984. Retired in 1984. Died 3/12/1995. Name included on diocese's 8/19/2018 list. Allegation reported to diocese after his death.

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Retired 1993. Removed from ministry 1994. Died in 2007.

Accused of abusing many boys and sharing his victims with Revs. Janssen, Geerts, and James W. Murphy. All were trained at Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis. Bass was Director of Vocations and on Personnel Board for 15 years. Dean of Grinnell deanery for a year. Chaplain at Ottumwa Heights College. Bishop Hayes first learned Bass was connected with Janssen's abuse of children in 1958. The earliest known alleged abuse by Bass that is the late 1950s. Set to retire in 1992 when the Diocese received an allegation preserved in a file. A 1974 allegation was not included in the released file. Accused by two alleged victims of taking them to the Cook County Morgue; alleged to have brought victims to his family farm in NE. First suit filed in 2003. Settlements in 2004 and 2006. As of 7/14/2008, the Diocese stated Bass was accused of abusing 18 male minors. It requested that Bass be laicized but announced on 1/18/2005 that the Vatican had ordered him to live a life of prayer and penance. Died 9/18/2014. In 2018 a man stated publicly that he was abused as a child by Bass and three other priests.

Arrived in the U.S. from Italy in 1947. Worked in Boston for 23 years before transferring to RI. Later went to Canada before returning to RI. Died in Italy in 1999. Accused in a 2005 civil suit of abuse of a boy at St. Lazarus Parish, East Boston between1960-1961. The suit involved multiple plaintiffs and named multiple priests as defendants. Attorney Durso said in 7/11 that almost all claims were settled. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database because he was an Order priest.

Ordained in 1908, died in 1956. First named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 11/2/2018. Allegation noted to have been received in 1946, of abuse in the 1940s.

Extern priest from the Philippines working in the diocese since 1997. Removed in 1/2003 after he was accused of the sexual abuse of a minor while working in his home diocese. Reportedly admitted to the abuse. Was to return to the Philippines. By 5/2003, Batoon had agreed to be voluntarily laicized.

From Argentina. Arrived in the Monterey-Fresno diocese in 1963. Reportedly the Diocese knew of allegations against Battagliola in 1967. In the late 1990s a woman told the Diocese that in 1974 Battagliola sexually abused her son, who was then a 14-year-old altar boy, in San Luis Obispo. Battagliola frequently visited their home. One night Battagliola took the boy for a drive, got him drunk, and had sex with him; the boy contracted a sexually transmitted disease. Lawsuit filed in 2003.  Battagliola was found murdered in a San Francisco motel room in 2/1977. He had been seen checking into the room with a young man in his early 20s. Personnel file released in 1/2013. Included on the Monterey Diocese's 1/2/2019 list of credibly accused.

Native of France, became U.S. citizen in 1926. Spent three decades in Nulato AK mission, with shorter stints at Copper Valley School in Glenallen, then in St. Mary's, Kodiak and Ketchikan. Died in 1968. Baud's name is on the Fairbanks diocese's list of "admitted, proven or credibly accused perpetrators of sexual abuse," with one known complaint against him.

Baudone was the subject of allegations deemed substantiated that he molested two children in 1981 in Muskegon County. He "retired" from his duties in 1993 when allegations first surfaced. Privileges not removed until 2002. Additional allegations of old abuse became public in 3/2008.

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in late 2018, Allegation in 2004 of incident(s) in 1969 or 1970. Educator. On school boards and taught at Wheeling Jesuit University. Spiritual director for the Christian Family Movement, Cursillo, Teens Encounter Christ, Engaged Encounter and Christ Renews His Parish. On Presbyteral Council, chair of Priests' Personnel and Continuing Education Committees. Bauer retired from active ministry in 2002 and moved to South Carolina, working in mission churches and helped out at others. Also, chaplain at a federal prison. He died 10/22/15.

Ordained for the Diocese of Helena, MT. Director of Catholic Charities. Left active priesthood in 1970.Taught Social Work classes at Montana State University 1970-1981. Opened a sex shop/adult book store in Bozeman, MT in 1981, and another in Spokane. Referred to as "Priest of Porn." On the run for 8 months after a drug-related arrest in 1988. Sold store prior to his 12/1989 arrest. Pleaded no contest in 1990 in Los Angeles to charges of making child porn videos in Mexico and California, recruiting young Mexican boys to participate. Sentenced to 8 years in prison. Died of a heart attack in federal prison in 1992. Included on the Helena diocese's list posted to its website 4/29/2015 in compliance with the non-monetary terms of the 3/5/2015 bankruptcy settlement.

First named publicly in the PA Grand Jury report released 8/14/2018. In 10/2013 a man told the diocese that when he was a boy in the late 1970s-early 1980s, Bauer and another priest, Rev. Michael Romero, would give him and other boys alcohol and talk with them about masturbation. He said Bauer would also "wrestle" with him and other boys. Diocese said Bauer was not removed because the alleged victim said Bauer didn't abuse him. The man asked for help with counseling to deal with repressed issues of sexual abuse. Bauer said the alleged victim may have been confusing him with Romero. Placed on leave after allegation received 8/30/2018 of sex abuse of a minor in the early 1980s. Bauer denied the allegations. The diocesan review board deemed allegations against Bauer credible in 11/2019. Case sent to the Vatican. Included on the diocese's list of accused.

From the Diocese of Tulancingo in Huejutla, Mexico. Incardinated into the Diocese of Fresno CA in 2004. Placed on leave in 3/2016 due to allegations of inappropriate behavior with a minor when he was assigned to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Allegations not made public until 10/2018. On the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/2018, which noted a report in 2016 of incidents in 1999 or 2000. Case closed by the Vatican's CDF after it deemed the allegations not proven. Per the Los Angeles archdiocese's list in 12/2021, the Fresno diocese expected to restore Bautista's faculties. 

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Noted to be the subject of a single allegation of abuse, occurring while assigned to the University of Iowa Law School in Iowa City in 1992. The allegation was reported after his death. Bayne died 4/8/2009.

Removed in 7/2002 after credible allegations surfaced that he molested a minor in the 1970s. At the time of his suspension he was director of Our Lady's Hall, a rehabilitation center for priests accused of molesting children. Long-time chaplain at Norfolk County House of Corrections. Last known to be living in Quincy and Stoughton, MA. Voluntary laicization announced 8/20/2010. Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 says case concluded canonically. Beale died 5/7/2019.

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/20 of sexually abusing an altar boy many times over a four-year period until 1978, beginning when the boy was age 12. The abuse allegedly occurred at Transfiguration Parish in Mt. Pleasant and at a church rectory in Clymer. In 1988 Bealko was charged with firing a gun at his 22-year-old housemate in Irondequoit, NY. Bealko was pastor of a Polish National Catholic Church parish at the time. He said he had been in a relationship with the young man for 2 1/2 years, and that the young man moved with him from PA. A 17-year-old boy was also staying with Bealko. The boy was removed by Child Protective Services. By the early 2000s Bealko was active as a traditionalist priest in Latrobe, PA. Per a news report in 2007, Bealko was dismissed by the Greensburg diocese in the mid-1980s, ousted later by a Tridentine church in Greensburg, and dismissed again by another in Unity, PA in 2007.

Described as Eskimo Elder and Deacon per 3/03 Alaskan Shepherd, a newsletter from the Fairbanks diocese. Two or more pending claims against Beans shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for Fairbanks diocese 1/25/10. The diocese's list in 11/20 notes one report of abuse by Beans, and that he died in 2009.

Extern priest from Pakistan. Arrested in 5/2004 in an internet sting and charged with soliciting sex over the Internet from someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl. Had previously exhibited "questionable behavior" and was sent for therapy. Sentenced to 5 to 20 years in 3/2006. Later sentenced to 1 year for abuse of a girl. Withdrew guilty plea to additional charges in another county in 7/2008. The girl's sister also alleged abuse. Sentenced to another 16-24 months in 10/2008 for abuse of both sisters.

Accused of child sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed in 2019 under the NY Child Victims Act. Abuse alleged to have occurred at St. Francis Xavier in Rochester. Died in 1980, age 58.

Died 6/14/71. Accused in a complaint that resulted in a settlement in 2020 with the diocese's RICP program of sexually abusing a girl, including rape, beginning when she was age 9, during 1958-60. The abuse allegedly began after the girl's mother died and the priest befriended the family. Beattie would take the girl on rides in his car, where the abuse allegedly took place. Beattie was assigned to St. Ann's during the time in question. Beattie's name was added in 7/21 to the diocese's list of those with a credible and substantiated claim.

Parish priest, high school teacher, hospital chaplain. Worked in the Diocese of Peoria until 1963, when he was transferred to San Diego. Died in 7/1997. First named publicly as accused on the San Diego diocese's 9/14/2018 list. Added to the Diocese of Joliet's list in 2/2021. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. Report in 1955 to Beatty's superior, Fr. John Burke, that Beatty fondled a St. Patrick Central Catholic High School student, age 16. Beatty was transferred. (Burke is also an accused priest.) Beatty's victim did not come forward again until he spoke with the Attorney General's investigators in 2018. In 2004 another former St. Patrick's student had reported abuse by Beatty in the early 1960s; the allegation was deemed credible, but not publicized.

On staff at Assumption Preparatory School in the 1960s. Allegedly pursuaded a young student to stay overnight because of the weather and gave him alcohol. Beaulac had the boy stay in his room where the alleged abuse occurred. The same accuser said another priest at the school, Rev. John Martin, initiated a "relationship" with him during the same general time period of 1965-1967. Beaulac died in 11/2000. Named in a 2002 civil suit.

Alleged in multiple 2002-04 lawsuits to have abused at least 20 students over a 20 year-period at Bishop Guertin High School in New Hampshire and at Camp Fatima. He admitted the abuse during depositions. Transferred to retirement home in RI in 1990. Complaints made to school officials in 1970s and 1990s. Claims included in 11/02, 8/03 and 5/04 settlements. Multiple known abusers at Bishop Guertin.

Full name Joseph Rosario Gerald Beauregard. At least one claim was included in the Diocese's 11/2008 $4.5M settlement with 59 plaintiffs. Allegedly abused a minor in the 1940s. Name included on the Diocese's list of credibly accused 6/2/2021. Beauregard died in 1982.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese on its list 8/22/19. Retired 1/11/02 for health reasons. Faculties revoked 9/11/03. Died 7/28/15.

Accused publicly in 2002 of abusing at least three teenage girls 1964-1966, while a religion instructor at Central Catholic High School. He allegedly ordered girls to strip off their clothes during counseling sessions, took pictures of them, and fondled at least one. He also was said to sometimes take off his clothes and lie on top of the girls. Removed in 1994 from his parish assignment after a woman complained. Assigned to the Marriage Tribunal until at least 2002. Barred from public ministry. Allegations deemed substantiated. Included in the Diocese's status report in 2/2005. Died 2/1/2005.

Monsignor. Retired to Port Charlotte FL in 1992. Died 8/24/2000. Named publicly as accused by attorney Mitchell Garabedian on 1/19/2021. Allegedly sexually abused a nine-year-old boy on one occasion in 1950 at Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Atlantic City. The alleged victim filed a lawsuit which settled in 2020 in the four figures.

Beauvais was one of 16 priests newly identified in 1/2003 litigation as having sexually abused minors. He died in 3/1997. Name included in 8/2011 on the archdiocese's list. No formal determination of guilt because he died prior to a canonical investigation.

Pastor of Resurrection Parish in Lexington and St. Mary of the Snows in Mansfield since 2010 when suspended in 10/2018 after an allegation he sexually abused a minor more than 25 years prior. Denied the allegation. Had been an ordained Lutheran minister 1969-1972 before converting to Catholicism. Retirement announced by the Diocese 7/1/2019. Still on administrative leave during diocesan investigation. Three more allegations surfaced after the first; the investigation into the first was closed in 3/2019, per the request of the alleged victim. Law enforcement closed their investigations due to the statute of limitations. The Diocese announced in 10/2019 that the review board deemed the allegations credible. Case to be sent to Vatican with recommendation for laicization. In 4/2022 the diocese announced that Beaver was sentenced by the Vatican to a life of prayer and penance. Included on the diocese's list.

A civil suit filed by a man in 5/2003 alleged abuse when he was a boy in 1956 during a trip to Seattle. Another suit filed by a male plaintiff in 6/2003 alleged abuse in 1957. Abuse allegedly occurred at the Fairchild Air Force Base swimming pool where Beaver had privileges as an Army Reservist. Two more suits were filed in 12/2004 and 7/2005. Beaver was removed from ministry in 1983, retired in 1984. Privileges removed in 2002. Name included on the Archdiocese of Seattle's 1/15/2016 list of clergy and religious with established, admitted or credible allegations against them of sexual abuse of a minor (first name spelled Reinart). Assigned 1976-1980 to Fort Lewis Chaplain's Office and 1981-1983 to Madigan General Hospital.

In 1/2004 a woman alleged abuse by Beazley in 1957 when she was an elementary student in Edinberg (which later became part of the Brownsville diocese). Her therapist informed the Brownsville Bishop in the 1990s. Beazley also worked in the San Antonio, San Angelo, Amarillo, Baton Rouge, and Colorado Springs dioceses. Died in 1992.

Named publicly by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. The Diocese of Harrisburg told Baltimore in 2018 of a claim of sex abuse against Bechtel, occurring while assigned to Mt. St. Joseph High School. Bechtel worked at the school 1979-1989. More allegations of abuse while at Mt. St. Joseph followed. Bechtel died in 1994. Included in the MD Attorney General's Report 4/5/2023, which shows two separate reports in 1986 by teen boys (both former St. Joseph's students) to their counselors of 'solicitation by Bechtel. No action. The 2018 reports were from a mother who said her two boys were abused by Bechtel while Mt. St. Joseph's students, and from a former student who said Bechtel fondled him in 1987 or 1988 when he was age 15 or 16.

Name appears on Archdiocese's 7/9/04 list of priests fully restricted from ministry (or who would have been restricted if still living) because of credible allegations of abuse. Case sent to the Vatican for review. List says that Beck "left priestly ministry" but no date. Shown as on "Special Assignment in the 1993 Catholic Directory. Not indexed in the Directories after 1995. The Archdiocese's assignment record for Beck in 2012 shows no assignments after 1989.

Name released for first time 3/15 by diocese; accused of child sexual abuse "decades ago." Retired from active ministry in 2000.

Named publicly as accused on the diocese's list 1/17/19. Multiple substantiated allegations of abuse 1972-1978. Becker went on leave in 1987 and resigned from the priesthood in 1989. He was laicized in 2005.

Removed in 2003. Accused of sexually abusing two teen boys and a boy age 10-11. Denied allegations. After publicity in 3/2018 a news outlet reported hearing from "several more" accusers. One said when he was age 15 in 1975 Becker got him drunk then abused him, including rape, in a North Java cabin. Included on 3/20/2018 diocesan list. A third man, age 43, stated publicly 6/1/2018 that he was sexually abused at age 13 by Becker when the priest was pastor of SS Peter and Paul in Hamburg. At least one alleged victim reportedly died by suicide. Lawsuit 8/2019 claims abuse of 15-year-old boy in 1974 at Becker's cabin. Plaintiff told the diocese in 9/2007; diocese paying for counseling and meds since 2012. A 9/2019 lawsuit claimed Becker abuse a boy, age 11, in 1971. Case sent to the Vatican. Removed from diocesan payroll 5/1/2020 in bankruptcy agreement. By 8/2021 thirty men had claimed abuse as boys by Becker under the NY Child Victims Act. Lived in Fort Meyers, FL 2013 until his death 2/15/2022.

Removed in 7/02 for alleged abuse. Arrested in 5/03 on charges he abused a teenage boy in San Diego CA in the late 1970s; case ended in 7/03 by Supreme Court's Stogner decision. Worked in Wheeling-Charleston WV (Marshall U. chaplain and at St. Joseph's in Huntington 1/75-8/1/76.) and St. Louis MO in the mid-1970s. Civil suit filed in 12/03 alleged abuse in 1982; dismissed on SOL; upheld by appeals court in 8/06. A claim included in 9/1/06 $16.65M settlement. Laicized in 11/04 per archdiocese. First allegation reported in 3/63 when Becker was a seminarian. New suit filed in 9/10. Personnel files released in 7/13. On San Diego diocese 9/14/18 list. On Wheeling-Charleston diocese's list in late 2018.

Parish priest, Canon lawyer, long-time Metropolitan Tribunal member. Died in 10/1989. Multiple allegations of abuse, beginning during seminary and spanning his priesthood. Per the Archdiocese, it received a first complaint of abuse in 1986. At least one claim included in a 10/2003 settlement. New lawsuit filed in 4/2006 claiming abuse by Becker and another priest in the late 1970s. Several other alleged victims known to plaintiff's counsel. Suit included in a 5/2007 $6.65M settlement. At least one claim in a 8/2008 $12.7M settlement. At least one claim included in a 7/2009 settlement. Personnel file released 1/2014. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least 35 "reported survivors."

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Norbertines of St. Norbert's Abbey in WI on its list 7/19/19. Multiple allegations. Died 7/22/91.

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Beckstrom was listed as a 'former' brother as of 6/11/2014. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Beckstrom in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested. Beckstrom died in 2021. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Monsignor. Retired in 2016. Accused in 2018 of the sexual abuse of a 15-year-old boy in 1981, at the Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute. Beebe was placed on leave in 6/2018 and police were contacted. The Diocesan Review Commission investigated and deemed the allegation "unsubstantiated." Reinstated.

Pastor in Shippensburg and Harrisburg parishes, chaplain in Lewisburg prison and the state mental hospital. Multiple allegations of sexual abuse of girls against him, including rape, some girls as young as age 6. Some were abused while hospitalized. In 2014 Bishop Gainer asked the Vatican not to defrock Beeman. Died 10/1/16 at age 90. Name included on diocese's 8/1/18 list. Included in the PA Grand Jury Report 8/14/18.

Sued in 2004. Accused with another (former) priest of the sexual abuse of a boy 1972-1977. Spent 18 months on leave before cleared by Review Board and reinstated in 3/2006.

Beezer was first named publicly as credibly accused in the Jesuit West Province 12/7/2018 list, which states that he was removed from ministry and put on a safety plan for abuse of a minor in the 1970s. In that decade Beezer worked at Jesuit HS in Portland, St Alexander's in Cornelius OR, and St Luke's in Woodburn OR in the Portland archdiocese. The list does not specify the Cornelius assignment or state where the abuse was reported. Beezer also worked in the Yakima and Spokane dioceses, and in the Tegucigalpa archdiocese, Honduras, in an orphanage and a maternity hospital. Residing in 2016-2020 at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, CA. Died in 2020.

Ordained for the Diocese of Cleveland, where he was made Auxiliary Bishop in 1947. Bishop of the Diocese of Oakland 1962-1977. Accused in a 12/2022 lawsuit of sexually abusing a girl, age 12, once in 1968. Begin died in 1977.

Named in an affidavit by Rev. Thomas Doyle O.P. as a "known pedophile" on file in an insurance case against Lafayette insurance carriers. Retired in 1982. Died 7/24/1985. On the diocese's list in 4/2019. Lawsuit filed in 7/2020 by a man claiming Begnaud sexually abused him at age 16 in the early 1960s. The man, who was a St. Stephen's in Berwick parishioner, said Begnaud assaulted him while driving him home from a school bonfire.

From Ireland. Accused in 1993 of abusing a 13- year-old girl in 1983. Also claim of sexual misconduct with an 18-year-old woman. Allowed to continue working until 1999 when a different bishop placed him on leave. In 2002 he was working for Disney World in Florida as a greeter. Parishioners from MO saw him and reported to diocese. Disney World fired him immediately but he claimed he quit for health reasons. On diocese's list 11/8/18.

Placed on leave in 4/02 by Raleigh bishop after "credible allegation" of abuse 25 years prior. Behan admitted to the allegations in 2005; convicted and sentenced to 12 years probation. The abuse occurred 1978-1980, when Behan was a Northeast Catholic High teacher in Philadelphia. His victim was a 15-year-old boy and freshman at the school when the abuse began. Incidents took place in the rectory of a Germantown parish and on trips to North Carolina and Quebec. Behan worked in Raleigh 1980-2002. He was the only priest indicted by the Philly Grand Jury. On MD sex offender registry 7/10. On Raleigh diocese's list in 10/18.

Named publicly as credibly accused by his order on its list 10/11/2019. Worked in CT, NC, OH, KY, KY, TN, LA, CA and GA. Joined the order in 1960, left in 1993. Included on the Charlotte diocese's list 12/29/2019. It notes that the Glenmarys said the alleged abuse occurred in the 1970s in KY. (KY location not specified; placing him in the Cincinnati archdiocese, where the Glenmary order is based.) In 12/2020 Behm appears to be working as a volunteer at a school in Myanmar. Per the school's website he had been there for about a year, and had worked previously with underserved children in Thailand. Accused in a 7/2021 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in North Carolina. Per the lawsuit, Behm met the boy when he was age 9 in 1972, soon began grooming him and, when the boy was a teenager, began to perform sex acts on him. Behm also allegedly introduced the boy to alcohol, marijuana and amyl nitrates. The sexual abuse lasted through most of the boy's college years. The boy was from an unstable home and Behm insinuated himself as a father figure. The suit was denied, then appealed. Behm's name is included on the Diocese of Nashville's 11/2021 list of accused. Reportedly died in Cambodia 9/23/2024.

Full name Richard Thomas Behnke. Accused of sexually abusing at least six boys in several dioceses, all beginning when the boys were in about the sixth grade. There were at least two formal complaints to religious authorities, one in 1959 and another in 1963. The abuse is said to have occurred in parish rectories and on trips. Behnke organized religious retreats for boys under the age of 15 to Mexico, Japan, Ireland, Greece, and France. A suit filed in 10/2002 by a Dallas-area man alleged Behnke abused him as a boy at St. Mary of Carmel in Oak Cliff 1978-1980; Behnke denied charges. Per 2003 news, he was living at the Servants of the Paraclete treatment facility in Jemez Springs, NM. The Dallas Diocese denied sending him there and the Order wouldn't comment. Five more plaintiffs joined the suit. Settled for $4.65M 10/2009. All but $500K of the settlement came from the Order. Also worked in OK. Died 11/9/2008. On the Dallas Diocese and San Antonio Archdiocese's lists 1/31/2019. Accused in 2017 of abuse of a San Antonio boy in the 1970s. On Oklahoma City Archdiocese's list 10/3/2019.

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/22/2019. It notes five allegations received of abuse in the 1960s of boys and girls. Retired in 1993. Died in 2002. Updated list 9/24/2019 shows seven allegations.

Parish priest, high school faculty member, hospital chaplain. Assigned to St. Vincent de Paul Parish in St. Louis when removed by his order in 5/2021 after colleagues found nude photos of him on a church printer. Investigators found about 6000 child sexual abuse images on one computer, 236 images on another and 40 videos. Beighlie had also created two PowerPoint presentations of the images. Pleaded guilty in 10/2022 to possession of child pornography.Sentenced in 1/2023 to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution to one of the victims in the images and other child crime victims. Living in 1/2023 at the Vianney Renewal Center in Dittmer MO. Included on the Vincentians Western Province list of credibly accused.

Civil suit filed 1994 alleged abuse of two boys beginning in 1967. Seven other suits filed. Left priesthood in 1977. Two claims settled for $110K. Beine was working as school counselor as of 2002. Convicted 2003 on federal charge of possession of child porn (later overturned). Also convicted 2003 of exposing himself to three students. Sentenced to twelve years but overturned by Court. At least 36 claims of abuse in MO. Laicized 2005. MO permanently revoked teaching license as of 10/07. Reportedly living in Las Vegas 8/07. On Wheeling-Charleston list (misspelled "Biene") in late 2018, where he taught high school 1979-81. On St. Louis archdiocese's list 7/26/19. Lived at some point in Highland IL.

Placed on leave in 9/21 pending the investigation of an accusation of abuse reportedly discovered in documents filed in the diocese's bankruptcy case. Age 82 and retired when suspended. Beiter denied the accusation. He died 6/13/22. On 6/23/22 the diocese announced that Beiter was posthumously exonerated after its review board deemed the accusation unsubstantiated.

Associate parish pastor in KY, WI, IN, NM, NE. Pastor in IN, OH, MI, GA. Accused in 1991 of "plant[ing] a big wet kiss" on a female parishioner of Holy Cross in Lansing MI, after inviting her to go for a car ride in 1989 or 1990. The woman said a neighbor told her the same thing had happened to at least two other women in the parish. Belen retired in 2001 after a stroke. A lawsuit filed in 2003 claimed that Belen molested and raped a girl, ages 5-10, several times in the 1970s in Terre Haute, IN.  The woman said she reported the abuse to the Franciscan provincial who told her that Belen had retired and wasn't a threat to children. When she discovered that Belen was residing at Holy Cross Parish she called the Province to object. She was told that Belen would be removed from the parish the following day. The Diocese said the accusation was "totally out of character for Fr. Belen." Belen claimed in his legal response that too much time had passed and the matter should be handled by the church rather than the state. He died 12/11/2004. The suit was still active as of 2/2007.

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 7/1/19. Died 9/28/10. Allegation(s) received after his death.

Named publicly as accused by the Rapid CIty diocese on its list in 3/19. It notes the diocese received an allegation in 1993 of abuse 1965/67. Bell was a priest of the Diocese of Albany who worked in Glencross, SD 1965-67. He died 9/29/67.

First named publicly as accused on the San Bernardino diocese's list 10/9/2018. Assigned to St. Peter and St. Paul in Alta Loma 1985-1986. Died in 1/1987. Per the Diocese, it was first aware in 1985 of allegations in the 1960s-1970s. Abuse reportedly occurred in IN, KY and NY. 

Accused in a 10/2023 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in the 1990s at St. Martin of Tours in Gaithersburg, MD. Bell's accuser also alleged abuse at the parish by Msgr. Michael Mellone. Suspended pending investigation. In 7/2024 Cardinal Gregory announced that there was no evidence that the alleged abuse occurred and that Both Bell and Mellone would be returned to ministry.

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/2020. Allegations substantiated. Per a 1975 St. Francis Xavier in Anamoose ND parish history, Belleau arrived there in 1947, resigned in 1956 due to 'ill health,' and retired to Montreal. He died in 1973.

Belliveau's name was quietly added sometime between 3/2019 and 3/2021 to the diocese's list of those accused of the sexual abuse of minors. He died in 1989.

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Maryland Province on its list 12/18/2019. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1950s-1960s in Prince George's County, MD and Washington DC. Died in 1993. Added to the Baltimore archdiocese's list in 2/2019. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

The Archdiocese announced in 8/2019 that it had received an allegation that Belschner sexually abused a child in the mid-1970s, while assigned to St. Gregory the Great. He denied the allegations. Belschner went on leave of absence in 1991 and his faculties were permanently removed. Included in the MD Attorney General's 4/5/2023 report. It shows a report in 12/2017 to the Archdiocese that Belschner abused a boy, age 14 or 15, in 1975-1976. Another man told the Archdiocese in 10/2020 the priest sexually abused him, including rape, 1976-1979. Belschner adopted a 17-year-old boy in the mid-1980s. Parishioners and staff voiced concerns about Bechtel's behavior to the Archdiocese in 1990.  In 1991 Bishop Murphy told Belschner to have the young man living with him move out. Belschner defied this and was placed on leave. He agreed to treatment, but did not follow through.

Name among Franciscan alleged clergy perpetrators of sexual abuse in 12/2014 court document related to Gallup NM diocese's bankruptcy case. Assigned to St. Francis of Assisi Parish 6/1970-05/1973. Believed to be deceased. Diocese announced it added Beltramea's name to its list of credibly accused in 5/2017.

Named publicly as accused in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report. Accused in 1971 of inappropriately touching a male parishioner during massages. Beltran admitted to the massages but denied "sinful" intent. Accused in a lawsuit in 3/1994 of molesting a a male in the 1960s while assigned to St. Thomas More in Decatur, GA. Accused in 4/2002 of sexually abusing a 16-year-old altar boy at All Saints in Dunwoody, where he was assigned 1977-1985. His accuser said that Beltran didn't touch him, but would run around the rectory with his genitals exposed. Retired in 1993. Died in 1995. Younger brother of Archbishop Eusebius Beltran.

 Warrant issued in 1992 for alleged abuse in 1991 of young girls in Sacramento CA. Fled to Mexico before warrant could be served; became an active priest in the Archdiocese of Acapulco. Reports in 2007 that Mexican villagers wanted him removed because of rumors about him and teen girls for many years. Another US accuser (male) came forward in 2/2007. Suit filed in 3/2007. Diocese sued accuser in 8/2007. Rico was arrested in Mexico in 3/2008; released in 8/2008 before extradition. Another alleged victim came forward in 4/2008. Laicization announced in 2008. More accusations surfaced. On the Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/2019, showing twelve female accusers and three male, all abused under age 14. New allegations in 2019 and 2020 that he sexually abused boys under age 18 and 14. Remained a fugitive as of 10/2021, on the FBI's Most Wanter list. 

Accused in an anonymous letter to Bishop Adamec in 8/1991 of the sexual abuse of a boy "approximately 100 times," in the 1970s. Sent for evaluation. Removed in 7/1992; reason given publicly was "ongoing health issues." Died 8/7/2000. Named in 3 civil suits filed in 2003. At least one plaintiff was a member of St. Joe's Little Singers, a children's choir founded by Bender. In 5/2004 the Diocese paid $3.71M to settle claims by 21 people alleging abuse by 11 priests, including Bender. The PA Attorney General's 3/1/2016 Grand Jury Report calls Bender a serial child predator who abused boys, ages 8-13, throughout most of his ministry. He targeted those whose parents hoped for a vocation for their sons and encouraged them to spend time with the priest. Other children called them "Benderites." Bender would take the boys on overnight trips, insisted they sleep without underwear, then assault them. He would show anger when a child resisted. His acts against boys included kissing, fondling, masturbation and oral sex.