Database of Publicly Accused

Ordained at age 57, after a career in the U.S. Army. Prior to seminary spent over seven years as a brother of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, leaving that order to join the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary for several years. Died 4/28/96. Accused after his death of the sexual abuse of a child. Name included on the Harrisburg diocese's list of accused released 8/1/18.

Accused in 2005 of sexually abusing 13-year-old boy in 1964 at Most Holy Redeemer in Westville Grove. (This was D'Amico's first assignment.) Placed on leave in 5/2005. Permanently removed in 10/2005. Died in 6/2010 at age 71. On the diocese's list 2/13/2019.

The Miami Archdiocese knew in 1966-1967 that D'Angelo had molested at least 4-5 boys. The boys and their parents confronted church officials, and were promised he would go away and never work with kids again. D'Angelo went for therapy and then on to new assignments in the St. Petersburg Diocese. Numerous suits were filed in Miami and Tampa. Several settled; others were dismissed on the statute of limitations. Per the 11/6/2020 FL Attorney General's report, D'Angelo was "retired" in 1994 after an allegation. He died in 2005. One man who settled in 1998 sued again in 2002, alleging fraud on the part of Archdiocese. Settled in 4/2009.

D'Angelo (DeAngelo) included on the archdiocese's 10/2009 Priests and Policy Status Report. It notes that his "situation" was "previously handled under the archdiocesan policy" and that he is deceased. He died 12/8/1998. Per the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019, D'Angelo had been removed from publicly ministry.

Subject of a settlement in 10/2017, as part of the Archdiocese's compensation fund. Worked at St. Theresa's in the Bronx through the 1960s to the mid-1970s. Known to run a group at the parish called "Herbert's Boys." Died in 1996. Included on the Archdiocese's 4/26/2019 list of credibly accused.

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 7/20 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a child 1982-84, beginning when the child was age 5. The abuse allegedly occurred while D'Aurizio was pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Greece, NY. Died 9/5/09.

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 12/29/2019. The Diocese received a report in 1998 from a teenage girl who said D'Silva touched and kissed her at St. Bernadette Catholic Mission in Linville. He denied the allegation. The Diocese said at the time that it could not substantiate the allegation. It was found credible after a 2019 file review. D'Silva died in 2005.

A man filed a 2004 amended pleading in his civil suit against Fr. Matthew Kelly alleging that at least 31 clergymen abused youths in Santa Barbara, CA and at St. Anthony's Seminary. Pleadings name da Silva as the first Santa Barbara perpetrator of child sexual assault and says that he abused an altar boy in 1936-1937 at the seminary. The source cited is a statement by the alleged victim. Fr. da Silva died in 1967. Included on the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/2019. On the Las Cruces diocese's list 6/24/2019, where he worked 1957-1964. (Name misspelled de Silva). Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

 In 1959 a 9th grade boy at Salesian High School in Richmond CA reported to Dabbene's superior that Dabbene had molested him twice. Dabenne was then a lay brother and a teacher at the school. Dabbene then "left [the boy] alone" and  went on to become principal at Salesian schools, and an official with the San Francisco archdiocese. In 1971 allegations were reported to the Diocese of Oakland (formerly part of the SF archdiocese). In 11/2000 Dabbene was arrested after he was found in a car with 17-year-old boy, both with their pants unzipped. Found guilty. Sentenced to three years probation and community service. Sent to St. John Vianney in Philadelphia for treatment. Named in a 2003 civil suit which alleged he was part of a ring of child molesters at Salesian High School 1969-1973. Lived at the Salesian provincial headquarters for years. Died 9/9/2010. Included on the Oakland diocese's list in 2019.

Ordained a permanent deacon in 2011. Arrested 4/10/2018 on charges related to sending and soliciting obscene images from an undercover police officer he thought was a 14-year-old boy. Suspended from assignments at All Saints parish in Etna and Allegheny County Jail. Taught in OH in the 1960s and 1970s at Steubenville Catholic Central High. Pleaded guilty in 10/2018. Sentenced in 1/2019 to two years' probation and 100 hours of community service. Ordered to register as a sex offender for 25 years. Included on the diocese's list of accused.

Named publicly as accused by the Brownsville diocese on its list 1/31/2019. Retired in 2012. Faculties removed in 2019. DaCosta died 1/19/2022.

First named publicly on Little Rock list 9/10/2018. Number of victims unknown. Removed from active ministry in 1986. Died in 1997.

Br. Aloysius. Joined the Xaverians in 1962. Per Boston personnel files released 1/2003, Dagwell pleaded guilty in 1988 to molesting a student in Newark, NJ; others also complained. Sentenced to probation and ordered to stay away from children. Fired from his position as teacher and coach at a parochial school. Transferred to Boston; may have abused there. Left the order in 2002. Worked for 15 years at Keiser University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Included on the Xaverians' list 7/12/2019. Died in 3/2020. Lawsuit filed in 7/2020. Accused in a new suit filed in 10/2021.

Received treatment for psychological problems in the 1960s. Accused of the sexual abuse of as many as four youths 1970-1978. The Abbey learned of allegations in 1987. Civil suits were filed in 1990, 1994, and an unknown date. At least two suits settled in 2002. Lived under restrictions at St. John's Abbey until his death 2/21/2004 at age 95. Name on 12/9/2013 list of monks likely to have offended against minors released by the Abbey. Also on the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese's list and St. Cloud list. Dahlheimer's St. Paul and Minneapolis personnel file was released 5/19/2014. Worked in the Owensboro KY diocese in 1964.

Accused of molesting two boys. Confronted with allegations in 1993 and sent for treatment. Reassigned to an office job. Left the Order in 2003. One confidential settlement for $100K in 1995; another in 1996. Two new civil suits were filed in 2008 and two other accusers known. Living in Jersey City in 11/2008 and performing baptisms, funeral rites and weddings. Another civil suit was filed in 3/2009. Nine accusers settled in 11/2011 as part of a $7M total settlement. Reportedly in one case, Daleo abused a 4th grade boy in the 1970s, continuing for 4 years. Accused in a 1/2025 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy many times, beginning when the boy was age 14 in 1989 and continuing until he was 17.

Ordained in 1955 for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Leave of Absence from the Archdiocese in 1965. Accepted the same year into the Novitiate of the Padres Benedictines Order in Morelia, Mexico. Many sporatic assignments and leaves. Accused in 2002 of abuse of a boy 1957-1963. Excardinated from the L.A. Archdiocese in 1976. Apparently remained active in the Diocese of Orange as well as in Baja and other remote places. The L.A. Archdiocese Report in 2004 notes six accusers. Named in at least one civil suit which settled in 2006. Died 4/8/2000, per personnel file released by L.A. archdiocese in 1/2013.

Pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle 1977-2002. Retired in 2002. Taught previously at Catholic Central High School. Was also an instructor at Mater Christi Seminary and diocesan vocations director. Accused in a lawsuit filed 7/26/2021 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a 15-year-old in 1974. Per the Diocese, Daley maintained his innocence.

In 3/2024 a woman told a news reporter that Daley sexually abused her in the early 1970s when she was a sophomore at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, MD. The abuse allegedly occurred in an office. The woman said she immediately told other teachers, friends and her sister; neither her parents nor police were informed and the sisters were asked to leave the school. The woman, who filed a lawsuit in 2023, said that Daley left the order in 1980 and died in 2015.

Named publicly in 4/2022 by Attorney Mitchell Garabedian as accused in a lawsuit that settled in 2021. Dallinger allegedly sexually abused a boy, ages 10-13, during 1970-1973, while assigned to St. Mark's in Brooklyn. He died 4/7/1989.

Entered the Order in 1955. Worked in British Columbia, Palma HS in Salinas CA 1964-1969, 1988-1999. Tutored and counseled migrant labor camp children; held camp for preteen migrant labor camp children via Franciscan Workers. Was commissioner on Monterey County Juvenile Justice Commission. Also at CFC schools in Butte, MT; Joliet, IL; Burbank, IL, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Cantwell High School, Montebello, CA. Taught and coached sports. Died 1/11/2001. A man testified in a MI state hearing on the statute of limitations in 5/2018 that Dalton abused him at Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills MI about 40 years prior, when he was a student and Dalton was principal. He said abuse included Dalton grooming him with gifts, spitting in his mouth during a private wrestling session, grabbing his testicles another time in Dalton's car, biting him on the ear. The man said Dalton was transferred to CA after admitting that he'd had a "wet dream" about the boy.

Accused of abuse with numerous other priests in a 1/2005 lawsuit. Placed on leave in 1984 after four years at St. Anne's in Readville. On 6/13/2011, the archdiocese announced that Daly had been voluntarily laicized and stated that "he was accused of sexually abusing minors occurring in the 1970s and early 1980s," when he was assigned in Brockton, Plymouth (briefly), and Readville. Working as school psychologist at Silver Lake Regional High School in Kingston MA when laicization announced. Placed on leave by school after it learned of early civil suit. Was expected to retire at year's end. The Boston archdiocese database in 8/2011 says case concluded canonically.

From Ireland. Arrived in the San Diego diocese in 1958. Accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy at St. Joseph's in Holtville in 1977. He allegedly picked up the boy and a friend, who were hitchhiking, offered them a place to stay then orally copulated the boy during the night. The boys ran off and went to the police that night. Daly was arrested. Case was dropped after the bishop visited the District Attorney. The Diocese moved Daly out of the area. Daly had two prior arrests for sexual molestation in La Mesa and San Bernardino. He retired in 1987 and died 10/17/1989. A civil suit was filed in 2002. Case set for trial in 3/2007 but dismissed by judge in 1/2007. Daly's name was NOT on list of accused priests released by the San Diego Diocese in 3/2007. Personnel file released 10/25/2010.

From Ireland. Monsignor. Ordained for the then Monterey-Los Angeles Diocese. Died 11/14/1966. Named publicly as accused on the Monterey diocese's list 1/2/2019, which notes a report in 2002 of abuse in 1958.

From Ireland. Removed from active ministry in 3/2002 due to past allegations that he sexually abused a student in the 1970s at St. Thomas Aquinas minor seminary. Returned to Ireland.The former student said that Daly, dean of students, tried to seduce him once during a trip to Belleville. His accuser complained to the Diocese in 1996 about Daly, Fr. John Fischer, and (later Bishop) Anthony J. O'Connell. The Diocese paid a $125K settlement to the man in 1996. Included on the Diocese's list 11/8/2018.

Privileges permanently revoked 6/2002 because of past allegations of sexual abuse. Daly was originally placed on leave in 1994 because of a credible allegation of sexual misconduct with minors. In 1996 he began working as a chaplain for the Felician Sisters in restricted ministry. Permanently barred by the Vatican from public ministry in 5/2005. Died 1/30/2012 at age 63.

Parish priest, diocesan vice-chancellor, headmaster of Bradford Central Christian High School 1960-1962,  assistant headmaster of Cathedral Prep 1962-1971, director of home for retired priests. Died 10/09/1982. Name included on the diocese's list updated 7/18/2018. Abuse reported after his death.

Retired and living at Holy Trinity in Whitestone when accused in a lawsuit filed in summer 2021 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a child, age 8, over 30 years previously, while assigned to Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Long Island City. Daly denied the allegations.

Damasco was a priest of the Nueva Segovia diocese in the Philippines. Associate pastor 9/1/1980 to 1/1/1982 in the San Diego  CA diocese, which listed him on 3/30/2007 as credibly accused. San Diego's list states that he then 'left diocese to return to Philippines' but Official Catholic Directories 1983-1984 list him as Army reserve chaplain on active duty, though omitted from the index. Reportedly stationed at Fort Hood in the Austin TX diocese. Directories 1980-1981 show that before San Diego Damasco worked briefly in Jersey City at St Mary's in the Newark archdiocese. He died 9/1/1988.

Ordained for the diaconate in 2009. In public announcements in 11/2012, Damiani's two younger brothers alleged that he sexually abused them between 1967-1970 when he was a teenager and they were young children. Over the years, they had demanded Damiani resign from his deacon duties but he refused. After the public disclosures and complaints to the Archdiocese, Joseph Damiani filed suit in 1/2013 against both brothers and SNAP for defamation. Both younger brothers countersued him. The suit later settled. The Archdiocese reopened its investigation in 6/2014 to clarify certain facts and determined that Damiani would be temporarily removed from ministry. On 10/26/2014 Archbishop Nienstedt announced that he was accepting his Clergy Review Board's determination that Damiani was fit for ministry. Archbishop Nienstedt ended Damiani's leave of absence and restored his faculties, declaring him a 'Deacon in good standing.' Damiani was again removed from ministry in 6/2019 for misuse of parish funds.

Worked at schools and parishes in the U.S. and Canada. Associate pastor at San Francisco's Saints Peter and Paul Parish in 2005 when accused in a lawsuit of child sexual abuse. Danielson denied the allegations. The claims may have been investigated in 2004 by the archdiocesan review board and deemed unsubstantiated, which corroborated the Salesians' findings that the claims were "unsubstantiated." Remained an active priest at the same parish per its website accessed 7/11/2011.

Byzantine Catholic priest. Indicted in 2002. Accused of abuse of a youth in 1978. Charge dropped when Danilak died in 4/2003, just prior to trial. At least two other men have made similar complaints.

First named publicly as accused on the diocese's list 10/31/2018. Noted to have been suspended from ministry in 1971. Died 11/25/1991.

Named publicly as accused on the diocese's list 1/17/19. Noted to have a single substantiated allegation against him of abuse, occurring 1966-67, reported after his death. Died 2/1/07.

Entered the Cincinnati-based Province of St. John the Baptist Franciscans in 1931. Named publicly as accused by the Kansas City KS Archdiocese on its list 1/25/2019. Multiple allegations of abuse around 1989. Died 10/30/2006. Added to Las Cruces Diocese's list in 2020, where he was assigned to St. Peter's in Roswell 1962-1968. Included on the Gallup Diocese's list of credibly accused in 11/2021. On the Cincinnati Archdiocese's list in 2/2022. Included in 6/2022 on the St. John the Baptist Province Franciscans list; noted to have been removed from ministry.

Removed from ministry in 11/2018 due to an allegation a year prior that he rubbed a fourth-grade girl's leg during confession at St. Mary's in Humboldt. The Diocese reported the incident to the county attorney in 12/2017. The Diocese's review board determined that the incident was inappropriate but was not sexual abuse.

Named publicly as accused by his order on its list 6/12/2019. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1960s-1970s in Louisiana. Dark died in 1984. Allegations received after his death, in 1994 and 2008. Added to the New Orleans archdiocese's list in 6/2019. Added to the Baton Rouge diocese's list 1/29/2020. Added to the New Orleans archdiocese's list in 2020.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese on its list in 2021. Noted to have been assigned to St. Alphonsus in Fresno 1936-1938. He died 3/27/1955 in his native St. Louis. (His name on Fresno list misspelled "Darmaddy.")

Ordained for the SVD's Chicago Province. Pittsburgh PA native. At Catholic U. in Washington DC and hospital chaplain at Fort Belvoir VA 1964-1966. Went to Timor, Indonesia in 1966 where he spent the next five-plus decades. Accused in early 2018 of sexually abusing at least two dozen girls at Topu Honis Shelter Home, which he founded in 1993. Child pornography also involved. Admitted the allegations to police. Laicized 11/06/2018. Refused to leave the orphanage and still saying mass, per SVD Superior General in 2/2019. Arrested 4/26/2019. Released on house arrest. Trial started in 3/2021, postponed to 5/2021 due to covid-19, then to 6/7/2021. Reportedly threatened the life of the human rights lawyer representing the victims in 7/2021, at the district court. Indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington D.C. 8/26/2021, charged with 7 counts of illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place. Found guilty in 12/2021 and sentenced to 12 years in prison. 

Spent priesthood in China, Hawaii, New York, Missouri. Accused in a lawsuit settled in 3/2016 of raping a 12-year-old altar boy at Good Shepherd in Honomu HI in 1967, while filling in for the pastor. Daubert was said to have tied the boy with ropes in a "game," then sodomized and assaulted him for 6 hours. The accuser said he told his mother that night; she called the parish and a priest came to speak with her and the boy's father. Daubert was moved from the parish. He continued in ministry. The same lawsuit alleged sexual abuse of the boy years later by Rev. Anthony Pascale and Rev. William Queenan at St. Stephen's Diocesan Seminary in Kaneohe. Daubert died 5/22/1983.

Ordained a permanent deacon in 1986, assigned to Christ the King in Richland. Volunteer with middle and high school students at the parish beginning 1978. In 6/2017 a 15-year-old girl told her youth group leader that Davalle molested her when she was younger. Davalle was arrested 6/27/2017, and charged with molesting the girl and her sister 8 or 9 years prior, when they were ages 8-12. Davalle admitted to the abuse, and said he sexually assaulted another girl, about age 10. Pleaded guilty in 5/2018. Sentenced in 9/2018 to a minimum of more than five years in prison. Included on the diocese's list 7/9/2019. It notes the abuse was in "non-ministerial settings."

Member of the Passaic Eparchy of the Byzantine Catholic Church. Identified in 2002 as founder of a website featuring videos of teenage boys wrestling in speedo swimsuits. Eparchy did nothing. Placed on leave in 2011 when a man accused Davidowich of abusing him as a boy at St. Mary the Assumption in Trenton in the late 1980s-early 1990s, beginning when the man was 15. The Eparchy paid the alleged victim $200K in 6/2011 to settle claims before suit filed. Living in WI in 2011. Another settlement 6/29/2013. Laicized 4/2/2013.

In 3/2004 a man reportedly said Davidson tried to molest him as a boy in 1980 during an overnight stay at the St. John Vianney Prep school rectory in New Orleans. Davidson was a music teacher at the school. The man said he told his parents and school officials. Apparently no action until 2002, after the man and a second accuser each went to the Archdiocese about past abuse. Davidson was removed and "retired." Included on the archdiocese's list 11/2/2018, which notes  an allegation received in 1989 of abuse in the early 1980s. Davidson died in 2007. Settlement in 8/2019 for $150K plus $10K for counseling with a man claiming abuse by Davidson when he was a teenager in the mid-1980s, during sleepovers at Notre Dame Seminary.

In 2013 a man told the Franciscans that Davied molested him as a child decades prior, while the priest was assigned to Our Lady of Good Harbor in Buras, LA. In 10/2020 Davied was no longer a Franciscan and was living in Pueblo, CO. He denied the allegation. On the Las Cruces diocese's list in 11/2020, where he worked 1993-1995. Added to the New Orleans archdiocese's list in 12/2020. Included 5/19/2021 on the Santa Fe archdiocese's list. On the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/2022. Included in 6/2022 on the St. John the Baptist Province Franciscans list of those with substantiated allegations. Included on the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province list as of 1/2024; noted to have been laicized.

Monsignor. Parish priest, prep school chaplain, prison chaplain, archdiocesan Director of Catholic Boy Scouts, active in Volunteers for America, where he worked at two facilities for children. Died 2/3/1992. In 1993 the Archdiocese received multiple allegations of child sexual abuse against Davies. Resigned in 1990 due to his misuse of funds at St. Joseph Parish. One man alleged sexual abuse by Davies in the 1960s at St. Joseph's in Hagerstown. The allegations were not announced publicly until 8/13/2015, in an archdiocesan press release, which stated a man alleged abuse by Davies as a child in the 1950s. The statement acknowledged there were other allegations, without elaborating. Included on the Archdiocese's 12/14/2018 list, which shows numerous allegations of child sex abuse received against Davies. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, which notes that Davies sexually abused, including rape, at least eight boys in the 1950s and 1960s.

The archdiocese was notified in 12/93 that Davila had been accused of sexually abusing two girls. Arrested. Pled guilty. Sentenced to 7 years probation; ordered by court to undergo weekly counseling for an indefinite period. Laicized in 1999. Lifetime sex offender registration per website accessed 10/16/10. On archdiocese's list 1/31/19.

Accused in 2002 of sexually abusing a boy during his first assignment 1962-1964. Transferred three times in three years: to another Camden parish, to a Trenton parish as an extern, and to a missionary assignment in Brazil. Army reserve chaplain 1967-1970; on leave for a year; Camden parishes 1971-1974; Army chaplain 1974-1992; Camden parish for a year. On duty outside the diocese 1992-1999 in FL and NH, then retired. Camden asked the Vatican to defrock Davis; the matter was sent back to Camden for a church tribunal. Included on the Diocese's list of credibly accused 2/13/2019.

First named publicly as accused on the Nashville diocese's list 11/2/2018. Noted to have been incardinated into the Memphis diocese in 1972. Davis died 10/26/2011. On the Knoxville diocese's list as of 3/6/2020; the diocese was established in 1988 from the Diocese of Nashville.

Named publicly as credibly accused of the sexual abuse of a minor(s) by the Crookston diocese on its list sometime after 9/21/2017. Priest of the Diocese of Saginaw, worked in E. Grand Forks 1952 and in Argyle 1952-1953. Died 11/15/1979.

Accused in a 4/2023 lawsuit of fondling an altar boy, age 10, twice in 1981. Davis was pastor at the time of St. James in Searcy and St. Albert in Heber Springs. The abuse allegedly occurred during a week-long altar boy training program at St. James, during which the accuser and another boy were staying with Davis. Davis died in 5/2020.

Dawber and two other Jesuits at Boston College High School were accused of molesting several students in the 1970s. He is also alleged to have arranged to have one of the other Jesuits, James Talbot, transferred with him to Cheverus High in Maine where Talbot abused again. Dawber is not known to have abused at Cheverus before returning to Boston College High. He was suspended in 3/2002 from his position at the school. Died 4/29/2010.  Included in 1/2019 on the Northeast Province Jesuits' list of credibly accused. On the Fall River diocese's list in 1/2021, where he worked at Bishop Connolly High School 1985-1990.

Placed on sick leave in 1993 after allegations. Sent to the Servants of the Paraclete for treatment. On inactive leave in 1995. Accused of abuse of at least 10 in 1970s-1980s. Supported by the Archdiocese for many years; never reported to police. Named in at least one lawsuit. Personnel file released in 1/2013 as part of a 2007 $660M settlement with 508 plaintiffs.

As part of the Davenport diocese bankruptcy, a woman alleged sexual abuse as a child by Dawson and two other priests. She said the priests were her dad's friends and that the it occurred in separate incidents when she was ages 4-7, beginning in 1969. The review board reportedly told her the allegations were credible and she received a settlement. The Diocese refused to list the names of these 3 and 15 other priests on their website, saying the allegations were not proven. The woman filed a motion in Bankruptcy Court 7/19/2012 to force addition of the 3 names to Diocese's public list;  in 8/2012 the Court ruled in her favor. Dawson died 12/13/2011.

From the diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico. Arrived in the Archdiocese of Detroit MI in 2/2004. Accused in 6/2004 of fondling a 7-year-old boy. Arrested in 8/2004 and arraigned on two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. Admitted to being drunk in the boys' family's home and sleeping in his underwear with the boy. Acquitted by jury trial in 1/2005 but still barred from duties while archdiocese continued internal investigation. Apparently returned to his home diocese in Mexico. On the Detroit archdiocese's list 6/10/2019, which notes that de Alba Campos was briefly an extern priest there, then transferred out.

Reportedly in 2005, De Domenico was accused of a "manipulative" relationship with a girl in Anchorage, with the crossing of sexual boundaries when she was age 15 in the mid-1970s, then kissing and fondling beginning when she was age 16 and continuing into adulthood. De Domenico was in the archdiocese 1976-1981. Archdiocesan officials knew in at least 1987. The Dominicans' Sexual Misconduct Committee recommended his return to ministry. In 2005 he was not in public ministry and was living at a Dominican seminary in Oakland, CA. He also worked in the Oakland diocese. Included on the Holy Name Province Dominicans list in 10/2021. Noted to be living a live of prayer and penance under supervision with a safety plan.

First named publicly as accused on the Diocese of San Bernardino's list 10/9/2018. The Order and Diocese learned of allegations in 8/1994, of abuse occurring 1975-1985. Assigned to Notre Dame High 1958-1968, Our Lady of the Valley in Hemet 1976-1978. Left the San Bernardino diocese in 1978. Died 6/24/1996.

Seminarian for the Diocese of Little Rock beginning in 2008 at St. Joseph Seminary College near Covington, LA. Left seminary, became a teacher at Cabot High School in Cabot, AR. Removed from the school after complaints of inappropriate communication/grooming with a female student. Returned to LA, taught at a public high school in Maurice, despite his record. Hired in 6/2022 by St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette LA. Removed after a video surfaced of a shirtless De La Paz requesting a pornographic video from a 17-year-old girl he had taught in Maurice. Arrested 4/27/2023. Homeland Security found another video De La Paz had sent to the girl, of himself masturbating. Indicted 5/17/2023. Convicted by a jury 5/22/2024. Sentenced in 9/2024 to 7 years in prison then 5 years of supervised release.

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 4/2019. Removed in 1999.

From the Netherlands. Joined the Diocese of Lafayette LA in 1953. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 4/2012. Retired in 1986. In 2009 a social worker reported to the diocese that a woman alleged de Leeuw sexually abused her starting when she was age 13 and continuing until she was married. He was quietly removed in 2011. In 2019 the woman's sister, then in her early 60s, told a news outlet that de Leeuw sexually abused her beginning when she was about age seven and in third grade, and continuing until she was in sixth grade. She said he also sexually abused most of her six siblings. The siblings had come forward to the diocese in 2011. de Leeuw denied the allegations. He died in 2015, at age 97.

Assigned to Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Carmel IN when suspended from public ministry 3/11/2022 due to allegations of "inappropriate conduct with a minor." The alleged victim wrote two letters in 2021 to the Diocese about De Oreo's behavior while he was a teen and parishioner of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Zionsville in 2018 and 2019. The youth claimed he was sexually harrassed and groomed by the priest. De Oreo filed suit against his accuser 4/4/2022.

Name added to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis list of credibly accused on 6/1/2022. Per his Order, de Ranitz was removed from public ministry in 1990 after self-reporting that he had sexually abused minors beginning in the 1980s. He died in 2018.

Assigned to parishes in NYC, NC, CO, NM, WA. Taught at St. Michael's High School in Santa Fe NM. Died 2/25/1986. Per a 6/2019 proof of claim form in the Santa Fe archdiocese's bankruptcy, De Santis sexually abused a boy, who was in 10th and 11th grades at St. Michaels, during 1970-1971. The boy was De Santis's altar server at St. John the Baptist Parish. De Santis would allegedly fondle the boy, grab him, pull him close to his body, hug him, grab his breast and pinch him, outside his clothes. The claimant also alleges sexual abuse by Br. Tom McConnell.

In 10/20 the archdiocese announced that Dean had been found unsuitable for ministry, due to an allegation received in 10/19, found substantiated, of the sexual abuse of a minor in the 1970s. Dean was assigned to SS. Philip & James in Exton at the time of the abuse. No criminal charges due to the statute of limitations. Had been chaplain and in residence since 2012 at a retirement home for nuns in Malvern. In 10/20 he had been moved to a place for priests in a prayer and penance program.The diocese had also received a report in 2014 of possible inappropriate behavior with a minor at SS. Philip & James; unclear if same victim. Archdiocese decided after the 2014 report to limit Dean's ministry.

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Savannah on its list 11/08/2018. Worked in the diocese before 1962. Pastored missions including VA, KY, NC, MS, GA, TX, OK. Died 2/14/2007 in Mt. Pleasant, TX. The diocese's list updated 11/16/2018 notes that Dean was investigated by an "independent investigator", Praesidian, and "exonerated" in 2004. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report. 

Ordained in 1944 for the Diocese of Kansas City. Moved to the Diocese of Jefferson City in 1956. Died 2/13/1989. First named publicly as accused of child sexual abuse by the Diocese on its list 11/8/2018.

Died 1/24/1990.  On 2/14/1994 a woman notified the Diocese that she had been sexually abused by DeAngelis repeatedly 1957-1965, beginning when she was age 5 and attending Sacred Heart Parish School in West Warwick. DeAngelis was the parish pastor. On 6/17/1994 the woman also wrote to Bishop Gelineau about the abuse. DeAngelis was a senior diocesan official, and was named monsignor during the period of the alleged abuse. The Diocese paid $12.5K to the survivor on 4/4/1996, for therapy costs. She did not sign a confidentiality agreement. DeAngelis's name was included 7/1/2019 on Diocese's list of accused. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report.

Parish priest, Air Force chaplain. Left the priesthood in 1971. Married and raised a family. A woman filed suit in 4/2003 alleging abuse by Dearing when she was about 10 in 1966-1968. Suit settled in 6/2003 as part of a massive diocesan settlement. Criminal charges filed in 7/2003. He pleaded not guilty. Charges later dismissed after prosecutor said there was "insufficient evidence at this time" to proceed. Dearing died 2/23/2009.

Worked in Boston MA, Honduras, Guatemala, Trinidad, Israel and NY. Charged in 2002 with the sexual assault of as many as 7 altar boys 1968-1973. Left MA in 1973, which stopped the statute of limitations. The Franciscan order said that it settled a sexual misconduct claim against him "a decade ago" involving one of the men who filed criminal charges in 2002. Pleaded guilty in 2004 to assaulting 8 youths; sentenced to 8 years in prison and 10 years probation. Still in custody in 11/2011. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

On 9/19/2024 the diocese announced that DeBlock was being investigated for an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor. The alleged abuse occurred while DeBlock was assigned to Boylan Central Catholic High School 2012-2014. Resigned, due to the allegation, from assignment at St. John Neumann in St. Charles. Prohibited from ministry during investigation.

Died in 3/2020. Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese on its list in 5/2024.

Assignments included principal at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School in Shamokin 1979-86, principal at Lebanon Catholic High 1986-96, Gettysburg College campus minister. Worked at parishes in York, Mt. Carmel, Harrisburg, Gettysburg (Bonneauville). Died 2/25/06, age 57. Name included on diocese's list released 8/1/18. Accused after his death of having sexually abused a child.

Two men filed claims in a NY court as part of the Irish Christian Brothers bankruptcy, claiming sexual abuse by DeCosta in the 1960s. The Order was in charge of Honolulu's Damien Memorial School, where DeCosta taught during the time in question. He denied the allegations. Worked in Honolulu until assigned to St. Mary Gate of Heaven in Hilo in 1973. Was reportedly forced to retire in 2002. As of 2012, DeCosta was pastor of Hale Lokahi in Hilo and worked with teenagers via  Music Ministry Alive. A civil suit was filed by two men in 3/2012. Accused in a lawsuit of raping a 5-year-old boy in 1991; the boy was a preschool student at Hale O Kamalii School in Hilo. As of 4/2016, DeCosta was accused of sexually abusing nine children. A lawsuit filed in 2013 by two men against the Diocese settled in 3/2017. DeCosta was laicized 7/29/2020.

Included on the diocese's 7/2008 list of credibly accused. Worked at one time with accused priest James M.Janssen. Allegations against DeCoursey involved the sexual abuse of four minor males. The earliest claimed abuse was in 1945. He died in 1964.

Removed from hospital chaplain ministry 2002 after a credible allegation that he abused a teenager in 1974. Sued in 2006 by a person alleging abuse over 100 times at St. Pius X parish in Lombard 1975-1976. Claim settled. Name on the Joliet diocese's list in 2006. Diocese agreed to release of personnel files in 3/2013 as part of settlement in Rudofski v Joliet & Bennett. Files released 4/30/2014. Named in a 2015 suit as having ignored an 11-year-old boy's screams while another priest, Henry Slade, assaulted him after the boy refused a sex act. Plaintiff said Dedera then offered him marijuana to "help him forget it." Permanently removed from ministry, per the diocese's list updated 12/6/2018. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes 7 "reported survivors."

Ordained for the Springfield IL diocese. In treatment for about a year before assigned in 1988 to the Diocese of Amarillo, TX. In 4/2002 a man told the Springfield diocese that Dee abused him in the 1960s in IL. The man's attorney wrote directly to the Amarillo diocese in June, and Dee was placed on leave. Dee admitted to sexual misconduct with minors in the Diocese of Springfield. At least one more man from TX contacted local papers after story about Dee alleging he was molested by the priest in Groom, TX. On Springfield diocese's list 11/29/2019. It notes his removal from active ministry 7/31/2002. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes 4 "reported survivors."

Accused of sexual abuse of both boys and girls 1948-1969. Died 8/25/1972. First civil suit was filed in 2003. Eventually 23 plaintiffs participated. The suit was dismissed due to the statute of limitations 6/03/2006. Included on Archdiocese's list of credibly accused 10/12/2018.

From the Dominican Republic. Accused of fondling two brothers under the age of 14 when they worked at the rectory of St. Mary of the Assumption in Elizabeth in 2001 and 2002. Their mother walked in on an incident and complained to church officials. DeFrias was removed from the parish and active ministry. He relocated to MD. In 8/2003 he learned of pending criminal charges against him and turned himself in to the Union County Prosecutor's Office in Elizabeth. He pleaded guilty in 8/2024, was sentenced to three years probation and was barred from contact with minors in NJ. From 2003-2010 DeFrias owned a body shop in NJ. He lived in FL 2012-2013. His name was included 2/13/2019 on the Archdiocese's list of credibly accused, noted to have been laicized. In 3/2019 DeFrias was found to be teaching children at a private school in the Dominican Republic. He was presenting himself as "Father Rafael" as part of an interfaith group called "The Order of Eremitic Servants."

Placed on leave in 11/2019 pending an investigation into "misconduct" allegedly occurring prior to ordination. Degagne denied the allegations. He was a junior high school music teacher before entering the priesthood. Included on the diocese's list of accused 1/17/2021, under "cases in process." Allegedly sexually abused a boy 1972-1973 when a counselor at Cathedral Camp in Freetown. In 12/13/2021 the diocese announced that the allegations against Degagne were deemed credible and that he would not be returned to ministry. Lawsuit filed in 7/2022 alleges abuse of a boy, age 12-13, in 1988 in New Bedford and during an overnight trip to Maine. Settled in 5/2023.

Ordained for the Diocese of Gallup, where he was assigned until his transfer in 1961 to the Diocese of Jefferson City. Accused in 2001 of abusing a MO boy in the 1960s. Additional allegations in 2002 and 2005. At least 17 and up to 50 alleged victims. One accuser received a $60K confidential settlement in 2005. Pastor of St. Joseph Church, Westphalia, 1961-1962 and 1971-1974; Immaculate Conception, Montgomery City, 1982-1987. Also assigned to Pilot Grove, Boonville, Linn, Gravois Mills, Versailles, St. Elizabeth, Dixon, and Chouteau Springs. Lived in supervised residential treatment center in Missouri. Died 12/09/2010. Included on the Gallup dioces's list of credibly accused. On Jefferson City diocese's list 11/8/2018.

Accused in a 2003 lawsuit of sexually abusing a minor 1980-1982. Died in 1998. The Archdiocese said it investigated and deemed the allegations unfounded.

Named publicly in 11/2021 by Attorney Jeff Anderson as accused in a lawsuit filed under the NJ Victims' Rights Bill.

Per news in 1/2004, Delahunty had just been placed on leave pending the investigation of an allegation that he sexually molested a boy in 1981. Civil suit filed. Delahunty denied the allegation. His accuser said he notified an administrator at the time of the abuse. Delahunty's name appears on a list released by the Diocese of Orange of six priests accused in 2003 of the sexual abuse of minors. The lawsuit settled in 2005. Returned to ministry in 11/2004 after the Diocese's review board found "no credible evidence" against him. Retired in 2016.

The Diocese knew of "rumors" in 1992. DeLand was investigated by the Diocese in 2005 after a woman reported that her brother, who died by suicide in 1993, may have been abused by DeLand in the 1970s. Deemed "unfounded." Pastor of St. Agnes in Tittabawassee Township when arrested 2/25/2018 on charges of the sexual assault of a 21-year-old man and 17-year-old boy. The boy's parents told police of concerns regarding DeLand and their son. He was arrested after the boy went undercover. Suspended. DeLand gave the boy alcohol and ecstasy. "Nearly half a dozen" more people reported to police attempted and actual sexual abuse, including rape, by DeLand, some incidents occurring three decades prior; some were minors, and at least one was a girl. A lawsuit was filed in 3/2018 by a 17-year-old boy. DeLand was arrested again in 4/2018; some charges were related to the alleged sexual assault of a 17- or 18-year-old male in 5/2017. The boy's father said he reported the incident to the Diocese, but no response. DeLand pleaded no contest in 9/2018 in a plea deal; he withdrew the plea weeks later. In 3/2019 he was acquitted of the assault of two teenagers. He pleaded no contest to his earlier withdrawn plea, avoiding trial. In 4/2019 he was sentenced to 2-15 years in prison. He was permanently removed from ministry and his case was sent to the Vatican. A lawsuit was filed in 5/2019 alleging the attempted sexual assault in 5/2017 by DeLand of a 17-year-old boy. DeLand was released on parole in 4/2021, which was to end in 4/2022. He was required to register as a sex offender. In 2/2021 the Diocese received an email from a woman who said that when she was a teenage volunteer in Summer 1973 at St. Vincent's Home in Saginaw she witnessed "pedophile behavior" by DeLand toward boys as young as age 5.  The woman said she told the nuns in charge, and suffered "years of retaliation" as a result. In 11/2022 DeLand's laicization was announced. Included in the MI Attorney General's 6/25/2026 Diocese of Saginaw Report.

Ordained in NY City in 1959 for the Scalabrinians. Assigned in the Diocese of Buffalo until 1967, then in the Archdiocese of NY. Does not appear in the Official Catholic Directory for the years 1973-1976. Resurfaces in 1977, assigned to a parish in Denver, still as a Scalabrinian. Left the order and was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Denver in 1978. Retired from active ministry in 2005. Placed on leave by the Denver archdiocese without privileges in 5/2010 after a woman alleged sexual misconduct by him in the early 1970s, when she was a minor living in another state. DeLazzer denied the allegations. He died 5/12/2021, age 86.

Parish priest, school principal, prison chaplain. Died 7/10/13, age 69. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 under the NY Child Victims Act.

From Mexico, where he attended the Seminario Diocesano del Senor in Jalisco, Archdiocese of Guadalajara. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento CA in 1982. Allegations in 5/2006 of the assault of a 15-year-old boy 1983-1985. Placed on leave. Diocese said there was a "semblance of truth" which warranted further investigation. Abuse was alleged to have occurred at St. Joseph's in Rio Vista and at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento. Same accuser filed civil suit 3/2009. Name included on the Diocese's list 4/30/2019. Permanently removed from ministry in 2006. Sentenced by the Holy See to a life of prayer and penance.

As a result of a lawsuit by Blethen Maine Newspapers, the Maine Attorney General was compelled to release information and documents on accused priests and religious, including a 2005 letter from diocesan counsel to the AG, reporting that a man had notified the diocese that he had been sexually abused at age 8 or 9 in 1948 or 1949 by Sister Alexis-du-Sacre-Coeur in the 2nd or 3rd grade of St. Andre school in Biddeford. The 1949 Official Catholic Directory states that 26 Sisters of the Presentation of Mary and 11 Brothers of the Sacred Heart worked at the school, which had 478 boys and 664 girls studying there. St. Andre's also had a girls' high school with 104 pupils. The pastor was a diocesan consultor, Msgr. A.M. Decary. Counsel wrote: "Sister Alexis would punish students by having them sit under her desk. While under the desk, the Sister would put her dress over the child's head. [Redacted] reports that this happened to him often, and that she made him push his hands into her genitals while he was under her dress. She was not wearing underwear. Apparently this form of punishment was common and many students were placed under her desk. [Redacted] believes that at least one family, [Redacted] moved as a result of Sister Alexis' punishment of their child. At the time of the incidents, [Redacted] [redacted] parents, who reported them to the school. The school administrators urged the family not to say anything and there is some confusion regarding whether the police were informed. [Redacted] recalls the police coming to his home, but his older sister, [Redacted] did not share that recollection." See a 1946 photograph of Sister Alexis in her habit. By 1963, according to newspaper articles, Sister Alexis was teaching second grade at St. Augustine Catholic School in Augusta, where the 1963 Official Catholic Directory reports 18 Sisters of the Presentation of Mary were teaching 362 boys and 378 girls. Note that the 1949 Directory confuses Sister Alexis' order with the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, but the 1963 Directory assigns St. Augustine's correctly to the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, founded in France with a motherhouse in Methuen MA. Sister Alexis-du-Sacre-Coeur's unusual religious name apparently derives from the name of her father, Alexis Delisle, Sr. Her gravestone at the former provincialate of her order in Methuen MA indicates that she was born Louise Delisle in 1904 and died in 1986.

Assigned briefly after ordination to St. Genevieve's in Van Nuys, then to St. Andrew's in Pasadena 1960-1965, and to Ss. Peter and Paul in Wilmington 1965-1968. Absent on Leave 1968-1969, then reassigned. Per the Official Catholic Directory DeLisle was at St. Linus in Norwalk 1969-1970, St. Athanasius in Long Beach 1970-1975, St. Didacus in Sylmar 1975-1978 and Our Lady of Grace in Encino 1978-1979. Absent on Leave again beginning in 1979. Accused of the abuse of two minors between 1967 and 1977. Deceased, per the 2004 Archdiocese list. However, in 6/2010 a reader notified BishopAccountability that DeLisle was alive and living in Twentynine Palms, CA.

In 2/20 Attorney Mitchell Garabedian stated the diocese settled in 9/19 with a man claiming Della Rosa sexually abused him at age 14 in 1964. He was apparently a priest of the diocese at that time; the directories prior to 1962 show Della Rosa as a Salesian of Don Bosco. The abuse allegedly occurred at St. Anthony of Padua in Rocky Point and involved the priest forcing the boy to perform oral sex on him. Della Rosa died in 1991. Included in 3/21 on the Rockville diocese's list.

"Denny." Allegations 1983 of abuse of two teen brothers 1981-82, in their home and on trips with the family. Admitted the abuse. Also accused of abusing their friend. Sent to Spencer Abbey in MA for treatment. Suit filed in 1983 by the two families; settled for $375K in 1986 and sealed at request of diocese. Families refused to pursue criminal charges in 1983. The suit also alleged that Bishop Connare failed to discharge Dellamalva after being confronted by the plaintiffs and others. Included in 8/14/18 PA Grand Jury Report. It notes "numerous allegations." Accused of abuse of a 9th to 12th grade Mother of Sorrows in Murrysville altar boy during annual mountain retreats. Sued; settled 2004 for $25K. A fifth man alleged abuse at ages 13-15 in the Mother of Sorrows rectory. Sued; settled for $25K. Per GJ report, Dellamava last functioned as a priest in the diocese in 1984 and resigned from the priesthood in 1986. Moved to Baltimore, where he died of complications from AIDS in 1994.

In 3/1998 the Archdiocese received an allegation that Delli Carpini sexually abused a boy 1977-1983, beginning when the boy was 13. Placed on leave, sent to St. John Vianney Hospital for evaluation. Returned to ministry in 9/1998 as chaplain for a senior sisters residence and part-time at Archdiocesan headquarters. In 3/2002 an allegation surfaced that Delli Cabrini sexually abused a boy for four years prior to seminary, beginning when the boy was 9. Removed from chaplaincy. Placed on leave again in 4/2004, further restrictions in 9/2004. Laicization announced in 2005.

Resigned in 1/2002. Admitted in 3/2002 to inappropriate sexual contact in the late 1970s with an 8-year-old boy, continuing for 5 years. Sent to treatment. D.A. office did not prosecute. In 2/2004 another man alleged abuse at age 5 once in 1987. Reported to the Diocese in 11/2003. No prosecution at the time, due to "unusual circumstances" that required corroboration to prove the case. Possibly working in a secular job in Hollywood, FL as of 1/2012. Eight known accusers as of 5/2019. Criminal charges filed 5/23/2019 related to allegations of sexual abuse over 5 years of a boy in Burton, beginning when the boy was age 5 or 6 in 1995. The boy was a student at Holy Redeemer Parish School in Burton, where DeLorenzo was pastor 1988-2002. Arrested in Marion County FL in 2019, charge with the sexual assault in 1987 of a 5-year-old boy after presiding at a funeral for the boy's family member. Included on the Lansing Diocese's list 9/27/2019. Laicization pending. Pleaded guilty in 4/2023, in exchange for the dropping of the 5/2019 charges of child sexual assault 1995-2000. Sentenced in 6/2023 to five years' probation, the first year in jail, and mandated to register as a sex offender for life. Died 1/26/2024.

Barred from ministry, sent for counseling and retired after multiple allegations in 1993 of abuse in the 1960s. Criminally charged in 10/2006 with abuse of a 12-13 year old youth in Syracuse, NY around 2000. Name on list released by the Diocese in 11/2006. Pleaded guilty 6/28/2007. Sentenced to 60 days in jail and 6 years probation in 9/2007. One suit settled in 2/2008. Multiple suits filed in 2008-2009. Laicized in 8/2008. Diocese filed bankruptcy 10/2009. Judge found for plaintiff in a civil trial in 11/2010. Damages awarded 12/2/2010. Personnel file released in 2/2012. Accused in a suit in 8/2019 of abusing a boy, age 10 or 11, in 1955 at Camp Tekakwitha in Lake Luzerne NY.

Credibly accused of an incident of child sexual abuse, occurring at St. Ann's in Bridgeport in the early 1980s. Removed from ministry in 2014, which Bishop Caggiano announced in a letter 1/31/2015. Added to Diocese's list of credibly accused priests, with an incomplete assignment history. Per a 2019 report commissioned by the Diocese, there was one victim, a 10-year-old boy, abused in 1980. The list in 8/2025 shows that Luca was the subject of a settlement.

Priest of the diocese for 25 years. Later worked for the Schenectady County DSS as coordinator of the Independent Living Program, from which he retired in 2001. Died 8/19/2017, age 78. Accused in a lawsuit in 9/2019, along with Bishop Hubbard and Rev. Francis Melfe, of sexually abusing a teenage girl in the late 1970s by masturbating  during poker games at the rectory of Immaculate Conception parish in Schenectady.

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 6/2020 of sexually abusing a minor in about 1963-1964 at St. Joseph's in Green Island.

Deacon. Assigned to St. Joseph's in Swedesboro and St. Joseph's in Woodstown. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/13/2019. Removed from ministry.

Ordained for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Retired to WV in 1985, where he worked at a Middlebourne parish 1985-1986. Died 8/4/1989. Allegation received in 2004 of abuse of a minor at some point in the Pittsburgh diocese. Named publicly as accused on the Wheeling-Charleston diocese's list in late 2018.  Included on the Pittsburgh diocese's list in 2019.

Pastor since 2010 of Corpus Christi in Baltimore when suspended in 4/2021 due to an allegation that he sexually abused a child during 1989-1994, beginning when the child was age 11. Demek was pastor of St. Bartholomew's in Manchester, MD during the time of the alleged abuse. The allegation had been received in 1/2021. Demek denied the charges. Returned to ministry in 4/2022 after the Archdiocese deemed the allegations unsubstantiated.

Providence priest. Founded an orphanage and school in Haiti. In 1989 boys at the orphanage complained about inappropriate touch and explicit sexual references. Arrested in Haiti. Haitian authorities apparently said the behavior was "inappropriate" but nothing else. Released from jail. Sent to St. Luke Institute for treatment for about five months 1989-1990. Assigned by Providence Bishop Gelineau to a parish in the diocese. Accused of sexually abusing several young men during that time, one reported in 2016. Removed from ministry in 2002, accused of sexually abusing a boy, ages 12-14, about 35 years prior. Absent on Leave 2002-2005. Retired in 2005. Despite the removal of his faculties, Demer was seen celebrating a memorial mass for a priest at St. Martha's Parish. Demers died 7/21/2018. Included on the Diocese's 7/1/2019 list of credibly accused. In 9/2019 a 50-year-old man stated publicly that Demers abused him at age 7 or 8 at St. Joseph Parish. He sued on 2/27/2020; said he saw boys at the rectory brought by Demers from Haiti and Central America. The suit also claims that Demers trafficked boys as early as the 1970s through his charities, and had parties in the rectory with some boys wearing diapers and made to pose for "sexually suggestive" photos. The case was dismissed in 10/2020, the judge ruling that church leadership cannot be labeled "perpetrators." The RI Supreme Court affirmed the ruling in 6/2023. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which notes that the Diocese knew as early as 1965 of possible misconduct by Demers, after which he was assigned to a hospital until 1973. There was a report to the Diocese in 1967 that Demers was seen naked in bed with a shirtless teenage boy, at a lake cottage. Demers was assigned to LaSalle Academy and Dismas House (for troubled boys) 1974-1976; one boy reported in 1976 that he ran away from Dismas house because Demers was "making passes" at him; at least five other men alleged in the 2000s sexual abuse by Demers during that time. There were more allegations in 1985, including that Demers had boys living with him in the rectory. A religious sister, who was a pastoral associate at St. Joseph's, expressed concern to Bishop Gelineau, who only responded after she threatened to go to the media. Demers then fired the sister.

Accused along with other priests in a 2022 lawsuit against the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate of sexually abusing a girl and other children who were residents of St. Joseph's Orphanage in Fall River, MA. The plaintiff, who was placed at the orphanage at age 4 in 1955 and lived there until she was 8, said that the Grey Nuns and Oblate priests from the orphanage would take children to retreat homes in Augusta, Bucksport and Bar Harbor ME to sing and dance in religious performances. She said the abuse took place on those occasions. In 1/2025 a judge dismissed the lawsuit and ruled in favor of the Oblates. Demers died 12/24/2022.

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 9/5/2019. A single substantiated allegation noted. Deming died in 2019.

Parish priest, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Secretary of the Education Office, Director of Pastoral Communications, founder and member of Catholic Television Network. Placed on leave in 1/2010 a pending federal investigation of charges that he violated internet child pornography laws. Investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 12/2010. The investigation was dropped and Dempsey was not charged. The case was referred to the Vatican. Dempsey was restored to senior priest status, allowed limited ministry. He died 3/10/2017.

In late 1960s, Dempster was given the responsibility of investigating allegations against his close friend, Rev. Frank DeLuca. He told the complaining family to never speak of the matter again; the family thus thought the Church was taking care of it. Dempster's name was included on a list of sexually abusive priests released by Bishop Saltarelli 11/16/2006. Dempster was removed from ministry in 1993. Claim settled. Suit filed against him personally. Last known to be living in MD. Personnel file released in 2/2012. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Included on the Archdiocese of Baltimore's list in 12/2024 which notes that it discovered that Dempster had celebrated mass at a Baltimore parish in around 2000 and told him to stop.

First named publicly as accused in 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. At least four alleged victims. A man told the diocese 3/18/2002 that Demsher sexually abused him at age 13-14 during 1975-1976 at St. Mary of the Assumption. He was working at the parish for Demsher doing odd jobs. In 3/2012 the diocese received a report that Demsher molested a boy in the late-1970s to early-1980s. In 2/2015 a man told the diocese that he was abused by Demsher as a 14-year-old Central Catholic High School freshman. A 2/1/2016 memo in Demsher's personnel file revealed that another person said Demsher fondled him when he was a 10- to 11-year-old altar boy at Resurrection parish. Another person alleged abuse by the priest as noted in a 5/2016 memo. He said the abuse occurred in the mid- to late-1960s. Demsher died in 1983. Included on the diocese's list of accused.

Monsignor. Named publicly by the Raleigh diocese on its list in 10/2018 as accused with a 'semblance of truth'.  The list notes that an allegation was received in 2005 of abuse in 1950; Denges was then pastor of St. John the Baptist in Roanoke Rapids NC with missions and stations in Halifax, Littleton, and Weldon; Denges was also Dean of the Eastern Deanery. In 1951, Denges was made pastor of St. Anthony of Padua in Southern Pines and Dean of the Raleigh Deanery. In 1929-1949 he ran Camp Denges in Abell MD in the Washington archdiocese with his brother, Msgr. Joseph F. Denges. Msgr. Peter M. Denges died on 7/27/1985.

Parish priest, hospital chaplain, U.S. Navy chaplain. Assigned in the 1980s in Hawaii, until 1986. In 2002 a man told the Diocese he was sexually abused as a boy 1950s-1960s by Dennehy and another priest. A civil suit was filed in 7/2004; it settled for $50K and counseling in 2005. The man said he knew of at least one other person abused by Dennehy. Included on the Diocese's list 2/13/2019, which notes multiple accusations. Died 8/10/1995.

Ordained in Ireland. First public allegations against Dennehy were made in a civil suit filed 10/5/2010. The plaintiff alleged that Dennehy abused him when he was an altar boy, ages 12 and 13, in 1967-1968, at St. John the Baptist parish. In addition to masturbation, oral sex, and sodomy, the plaintiff was allegedly forced to dress in a girl's school uniform during the abuse. Dennehy was the parish pastor and Cardinal Gibbons High School principal. He retired in 1993 and died in 1999. Miami said it offered counseling to the plaintiff in 2009, but he denied that happened.

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list in 2/2019. Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn from 1959 until his retirement in 1982. Died 2/12/1990.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. Abuse in the 1960s-1970s was reported in 2002 and 2012. (No indication as to where, so placing him in this database in Brooklyn, where he was first assigned.) Last assignment was in Nigeria 1998-1999. Per the list, Denny was "impeded" in 2002.

Three allegations against Densmore were received 1985-1993 and subsequently two more. He refused to attend inpatient treatment at St. Luke's in 1985 but did undergo outpatient counseling. Name appeared on the diocese's 2/2002 list of 14 accused priests which notes privileges removed. Sued in 4/2002. Included in a 11/2002 $5M settlement involving 28 priests and three others. Per the Diocese's list 7/31/2019, Densmore was assigned to a life of prayer and penance. The Diocese's list updated 9/11/2020 notes that Densmore is deceased.

Convicted in 1986 of possession of child porn. Received a one-year suspended sentence. Continued "extremely restricted ministry" until 2002 but did more than allowed because of "communications breakdown." Accused in 2002 of abuse of a 14-year-old girl in 1970. Placed on leave. Allegations found credible in 2004. Laicized 8/11/04. Nun testified in Msgr. Lynn trial 4/12 that she was fired after she sent one of his porn magazines to then-Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua.

Reportedly in 5/2003,  Depp walked away from his parish in the Detroit archdiocese in 1963 and never returned. Placed "on leave." Never officially left the priesthood. In the 1980s the Archdiocese learned that in 1982 Depp had been convicted of child sexual abuse and was serving eight years in an Alaskan prison. He was arrested in California in 2003 on charges of abusing an 11-year-old boy in 1971 while a visiting priest from Detroit. Charges dropped 7/15/2003 due to the statute of limitations. Included on the Detroit Archdiocese's 6/10/2019 list of credibly accused.

Ordained for the Diocese of Kansas City, MO, prior to the creation of the Springfield Cape-Girardeau diocese in 1956. The Diocese announced in 12/2006 that in 10/2006 it had received a complaint that Deragowski sexually abused a minor in the 1960s. Deragowski died in 1981. A second allegation of abuse in the 1960s was made in 1/2007. Deragowski's name was included 11/19/2018 Diocese's list of credibly accused. Included on the Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese's list 9/5/2019.

Catholic chaplain for the Indy Racing League since 1971. Placed on leave in 12/2010 after the Order learned of allegations that he had abused a boy for about 8 years, beginning in 1980 when the boy was age 11. Civil suit filed 4/14/2011 in Chicago where the Order is based. Complaint alleges that DeRea used his connections with the racing world and celebrities to make the plaintiff feel honored to be associated with him. Died 6/21/2017. Included on the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart USA list of credibly accused.

Placed on administrative leave in 2002. A woman said Dericks molested her as a teenager in the late 1950s-early 1960s. He allegedly would sleep with her mother and fondle her at the same time. She said she told the Diocese in 1993, and they said they were not responsible. Dericks paid her a $25K settlement in the early 1990s. In 2003 the Diocese found the allegations credible. The Vatican said he was too old for a church trial. Barred from publicly working as a priest as of 1/2004. Died 11/17/2010. Included on the Diocese's 2/13/2019 list of credibly accused. (Name spelled Derricks)

From the Philippines. "Fr. Sonny." First name sometimes spelled Cresente. Named publicly as credibly accused of the sexual abuse of a minor(s) by the Society of the Divine Word Chicago. Included on the Archdiocese of Chicago's list 5/4/2023. The abuse occurred in Chile, South America in 1995, where he was assigned 1981-1996. Also worked in Chicago IL 1997-2006, FL in 2006, WDC 2007-2008 and Rome, Italy 2008-present (as of 5/2023). Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

From Ireland. Accused of 'affairs' with three women he counseled. They won a $1.4 million judgment against him in 1992, but not against the Diocese; another woman won a $3 million judgment against him but not the Diocese. In 1993 the women sued in attempt to recover damages from the Church insurance policy; dismissed by a California Superior Court judge who said that abuse was not covered. Dermody's name is included on the Diocese's list 4/30/2019 of those credibly accused of the sexual abuse of minors. It notes a report in 1989 of abuse of a woman, ages 18-25. Faculties withdrawn. Dermody died in Ireland in 2006. Brother of accused priest Thomas Dermody.

From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 4/30/2019. Reports to the Diocese in 1992 by two separate women of abuse as minors, occurring 1973-1985. Dermody left the Sacramento diocese in 1992 and was assigned to prison ministry elsewhere. Retired, faculties withdrawn in 2002. Died in 2017. Brother of accused priest Michael Dermody.

Removed in 3/1999 after two men alleged abuse as minors in approximately 1986. DeRoeck was assigned to St. John Berchman's in the Logan Square neighborhood at time of the alleged abuse. Resigned from the priesthood in 8/2001. Laicized in 1/2002. Named as credibly accused in the Archdiocesan Report 3/20/2006. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes nine "reported survivors."

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1970s. Assigned in New Orleans most of the 1970s, per the Catholic Directory. Restricted from ministry with minors in 1991. Died in 2001.

In 5/2007 a woman told the Diocese that Derylo touched her daughter when she was age 5 or 6. The woman said she had been in a sexual relationship with Derylo 1985 and into the 1990s, which Derylo confirmed, and that her daughter had recently told her of the 'touching.' The daughter wasn't sure how many times, but remembered one incident that allegedly occurred while Derylo was putting her pajamas on her.

Suspended 12/30/19 after taking "disturbing" photos of high school wrestlers at a tournament 12/27/19. The photos included closeups of the boys' buttocks. Diocese investigating. Police investigated - no charges because the boys were clothed. An adult spectator noticed Derzack's behavior and told a police officer at the tournament. Derzack was not dressed in clerical garb at the time. The officer had him delete the photos and leave the school.

Named as accused in the CO Attorney General's Report released 10/23/2019. In 2018 the diocese received an allegation that DeScoise sexually abused a 14-year-old boy in 1986 or 1987, while assigned to St. Joseph's in Grand Junction. His accuser said the abuse occurred during what was supposed to be confession and spiritual counseling on a walk in a rural area. DeScoise denied the allegation. Faculties suspended. Case sent to the Vatican. In 2016 his faculties had been suspended after he admitted to sexual activity with adult men; they were restored in 2017 after counseling.

Reportedly in 4/2002, DeShan had a sexual 'relationship' with a 14- or 15-year-old girl in 1988. The girl became pregnant in 1989. DeShan took a leave of absence after telling Bishop Egan. Egan allowed him to leave the priesthood and to begin a new life as elementary school teacher, with no record of sexual misconduct. Laicized in  1999. Teaching in NJ in 2002 when the allegation was revealed. Temporarily placed on leave for three weeks; allowed to return to teaching. Claim settled in 10/2003. Suspended again from a Cinnaminson NJ public middle school teaching job in early 2019 after parents concerned about his history demanded his removal. A 12-year-old girl, who was his student, complained in 12/2018 that he made her feel uncomfortable when he complimented her eyes. In 4/2019 the state Dept. of Education ordered the district to return DeShan to his job. Per a report commissioned by the Diocese in 2019, there was one victim, a 15-year-old girl, abused 1988-1989. On 1/19/2024 the NJ Dept. of Education State Board of Examiners revoked DeShan's teaching certificates.

Accused of molesting at least 20 altar boys 1974-1984 in MA. Returned to Canada in 1984. Indicted in 2002 for molesting 18 additional boys 1978-1984. Extradited in 2005 from Canada. Pleaded guilty, sentenced to up to 18 months in prison and probation. Asked judge to excuse him from sex offender treatment because of his advanced age (82) and health. Allowed to return to Canada to serve probation. Died in 2010 at age 86. Omitted from the Boston archdiocese's 2011 list.

Desilets was disciplined by the Diocesan Misconduct Commission and barred from public ministry in the early 1990s after he allegedly molested two boys at Precious Blood Church in Holyoke. He was allowed to retire and join the Sulpician Fathers in Montreal to help prepare young men for the priesthood. He died 4/28/2001. One claim was settled in 2004 and another in 2008 as part of larger settlements. Included on the Diocese's list of credibly accused in 3/2016.

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 4/2019. Resigned in 1992.

Retired in 2002. Assisted at three Concord parishes in retirement. Accused in a 2/2013 lawsuit of making inappropriate sexual comments to a 14-year-old boy during confession. Settled in 5/2013. Added to the Diocese's list of accused in 4/2024. Case concluded, prohibited from ministry. Died 5/26/2024.

Per Attorney Jeff Anderson, Desmond was accused in a 2014 lawsuit of sexually abusing a minor in 1974-1975 while assigned to St. Joseph's in Hilo. He died in 1985.

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

Retired and living at a nursing home in Canada when accused in 2002 of sexually abusing four minors in the Lafayette LA diocese between 1967 and 1972. Was on leave of absence 1972-1973, then worked in TX for two years. Retired in 1975. The Order was investigating and had offered counseling to DesRosiers' victims. Note: Both the 1993 and 2002 Catholic Directories show him assigned to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. They also show his name spelled Wilfrid. Died in 2012.

Accused in a civil lawsuit filed in 1994 of molesting a girl, including rape, 1972-1974, beginning when the girl was age 15. Derosiers was assigned at the time to St. Joan of Arc in Cumberland.  She was involved in the CYO and Desrosiers was a family friend. The girl said she told the Director of the CYO in 1974, but nothing was done. She came forward to the Diocese in 1993; they did not inform law enforcement until almost a year later. Desrosiers was sent to Boston College for a sabbatical. He was criminally charged with rape in 9/1995. A trial was scheduled for Fall 1997 but portions were appealed to the RI Supreme Court as of 4/1998. The case was still pending when Desrosiers died 2/15/2001. A second lawsuit was filed in 1994 by a woman claiming sexual abuse by Derosiers in 1975 or 1976, when she was age 16 and a St. Joan of Arc parishioner. She had been sent to Desrosiers by her parents for counseling. Both claims settled, one in 9/2002 as part of $13.5M mass settlement involving 36 victims of priest abuse in the Providence diocese and allegations against 11 priests and a nun. In 2019 a woman told the Diocese that Desrosiers sexually abused her in 1974 or 1975 when she was age 14 or 15; she was working part-time at St. Joan of Arc and was involved in the CYO; Desrosiers was a family friend who often visited their home. In 2012 the Diocese received a report that Desrosiers sexually abused an altar boy, beginning when the boy was age 8 in 1980, at Our Lady of Victories in Woonsocket. The abuse continued for four years and included rape. Further, Desrosiers allegedly would force the boy to perform oral sex on him, withholding tips from serving at weddings until he did so. Included 7/1/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report.

In 1993 a boy's father went to the Archdiocese with allegations. An official said the Diocese had a file on DeSutter regarding other sexual misconduct allegations and that DeSutter would be retired. Six years later he was still active. Two lawsuits were filed in 1999; settled out of court. A third suit was filed in 1996; dismissed due to the statute of limitations. Limited ministry 1998-2003. Moved to AZ without privileges, but was saying masses in 2002. Permanently removed from ministry in 2003. Died in 7/2016.

Ordained a Deacon of the diocese in 1995; worked at Sacred Heart parish in Wichita Falls. Moved to MI 2001, returned to TX Spring 2006. Returned to Sacred Heart parish in 1/09. Involved in prison ministry. Arrested 5/25/17 after a 14-year-old girl told therapist Detwiler touched her inappropriately between 2010-12, when she was under age 10. Charged with Indecency with a Child. Girl's mother said she had previously confronted Detwiler about the allegations. Convicted in 6/18, and again in 2018 related to charges involving the same victim in Wichita Falls.

Accused in a lawsuit of abusing a minor 1968-1970. Included on the Los Angeles archdiocese's list. Died 9/26/1976. Per his obituary, Devaney was assigned to parishes in Norfolk, VA, Los Angeles CA and Clarement MS.

Accused in 6/1996 of fondling five teenage boys 1993-1996, during his first assignment. Suspended. Criminally charged in 6/21/1996. Pleaded guilty in 1997. Sentenced to 10 years in prison. Released from prison on parole in 12/2001 and was living outside Washington DC in a residence run by a religious order. At least one claim settled in a $2.6M settlement with the archdiocese in 3/2007. Another was included in a 3/2008 settlement. Laicization announced in 12/2008.

From the Netherlands. Started working in the U.S. in 1934. Assigned in NE, MN, NY, IN and OH. Name is included on the 3/8/2014 updated list of current, former and deceased Crosiers with one or more credible claims of the sexual abuse of minors. Died 12/25/1988. Allegation made at some point after his death. No information as to where abuse is alleged to have occurred.

Per allegations in his personnel file, Dever repeatedly played with girls' clothing and touched their breasts at St. Ann's Elementary School in Wollaston. At least eight girls complained about him 1993-1996. Parishioners were so upset in 1996 that they were threatening to go en masse to see the Cardinal. Allowed to remain in ministry without suspension. Review board recommended continued therapy. Died in 1997. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported that there was no formal determination of guilt because Dever died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

Parish priest, pastor; Archdiocesan School Board member; representative on ecumenical affairs to the IL Catholic Conference; worked for the Archdiocesan Office of Urban Affairs. Died in 1975. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Archdiocese on its list 2/10/2025. Noted to be newly accused. In 9/2026 Devereux was named in a $5.4M settlement with nine people alleging sexual abuse as children, ages 6-14, by eight priests.

Pastor of Our Lady Star of the Sea in 3/21 when Devery acknowledged to parishioners in a letter that he had been accused four years earlier in an "unsuccessful claim" via the IRCP of sexually abusing a minor about forty years prior. The same accuser filed a lawsuit under the Child Victims Act in 8/19 claiming abuse as an altar server at age 15 in 1984, at a Shrub Oak parish. Devery was kept in ministry. His letter to parishioners was released several days after SNAP publicly stated that Cardinal Dolan did not inform parishioners of the allegations.

First named publicly as accused in the 8/14/18 PA Grand Jury Report. The diocese received a report in 1994 from a woman who said Deviney was sexually inappropriate with her when she was a teen. She said that later, after losing a baby and husband, Deviney violated her. The woman said she contacted Bishop Timlin in 2001 to ask if Deviney had ever received treatment, and that the bishop responded that Deviney hadn't and that he hoped she could put it all behind her. She pressed again in 10/02; Timlin said Deviney agreed to treatment. The diocese indicated that the allegations were unsubstantiated. On diocese's list 8/19/18. Permanently removed from ministry.

Ordained for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Confessed publicly in 1998 to a "sexual relationship" with a 16-year-old boy in New York in 1978. The boy's mother had confronted him in 1978. She told Auxiliary Bishop G. Ryan in 1984 and he promised intervention. The mother learned that DeVita was still active in 1993 and again went to the Diocese, which paid a $50K settlement to the victim the same year. DeVita was sent to treatment and then assigned for 14 months in the Diocese of Venice, FL and then for 5 months in the Diocese of Palm Beach. Dismissed from both dioceses due to the NY allegations and behavior in FL. Accepted into the Diocese of Kalamazoo in 1995 by Bishop Markewicz, who was aware of the allegations. Incardinated into Kalamazoo in 8/1999. Suspended from public ministry in 2002 after the Dallas Bishops' Conference. DeVita appealed to the Vatican and was allowed reinstatement in 2003; not granted by diocese. Died 12/13/2013.

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 3/2021. Allegedly abused while at St. Rocco in Glen Cove, where he was assigned 1969-1978. The abuse occurred at the parish, in Devita's car, at a Catholic retreat, at Devita's family member's house and at a private home. Last known to be living in Florida. Died in 9/2022.

In 1/1990 the family of a boy, age 14, told Salt Lake diocesan officials that Devlin molested their son in CA while there for a track meet in 12/1989. Devlin was a teacher and the boy's track coach at St. Joseph High School in Ogden. The family agreed to keep silent if Devlin went to counseling and was removed from contact with children. No prosecution. Sent to the Jesuit Community in Los Gatos, CA, received three months' counseling. The family went to the press in 8/1993 after learning that Devlin was in active ministry at a parish in Virginia City, NV, with access to minors. Removed. Sent back to Los Gatos where he lived until his death 2/6/2011. The Catholic Directory 1995-1997 shows him in Los Gatos and at the Cathedral in Stockton, CA. On Salt Lake City diocese's list 12/4/2018. On Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019. On Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018, noting a parish assignment in Paradise, CA 1991-1993. On Stockton's 11/12/2020 list.

Removed in 4/2002 as head of the diocese's Respect Life Office and from parish assignment after an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1980s. During the 1980s he was headmaster at two private schools within the diocese. Sued in 2003 by one man alleging abuse in 1979 at Holy Name High School. No criminal charges due to the statute of limitations. Devlin died 7/17/2017.

Placed on leave in 12/2004. Named in a civil suit in 1/2005 after allegations that he had abused a minor in the mid-1970s while parochial vicar at St. Thomas the Apostle in West Springfield and at All Souls in Springfield. Review Board found allegations credible. Devlin denied the allegations. One claim was included in an 11/2008 $4.5M settlement with the Diocese. Canonical trial ordered - in process per Diocese's 8/2011 list. Per the Diocese's list updated in 6/2021, there were multiple allegations. Devlin died in 2021.