Database of Publicly Accused

Two early suits filed. One settled in 1994. Pacheco denied the allegations. Removed in 1987. Named in the 2005 Los Angeles Archdiocesan Report, which notes abuse of a minor in 1975. Also named by the Diocese of Orange on its list of accused priests. May also have been named in other litigation. Per his personnel file released in 5/2012, Pacheco was laicized 3/12/1994. Included on the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/2019. It notes allegations of abuse occurring 1975, and 1978-1983 received 1988, 1992, 2004 and 2019.

Monsignor. Accused in a 2003 lawsuit of sexually abusing a youth in the 1960s at parishes in Tulare and Merced. Died in 1992. In 12/2006 the Diocese agreed to pay the plaintiff $750K to settle the lawsuit. The Diocese said it is aware of several other victims. Name included on the Diocese's list in 8/2021 of credibly accused.

Pacheco was accused of molestation at two different Catholic high schools in Southern California. He also worked in the Oakland diocese. Died 7/25/2005.

Monsignor. Teacher, guidance counselor, parish priest. Accused publicly in 3/2019 by one of five men who said Paddack sexually abused them as boys in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island, 1988-2002. The man said he was a Cardinal Hayes High School student in 1996 when Paddack molested him during counseling. Another accuser had come forward in 2012; the Archdiocese's Lay Review Board deemed his claims "unsubstantiated." Paddack denied the allegations and remained in ministry. An eighth accuser spoke out in 6/2019. Paddack resigned from his parish 7/2/2019. A lawsuit  was filed in 7/2019 by a man claiming the Church covered up Paddack and Rev. Donald Timone's histories of abusing and kept them in ministry. A suit filed in 8/2019 claims abuse of a 16-year-old male student of St. Joseph by-the Sea High School on Staten Island 2001-2002. Four new suits in 7/2020 claim abuse of teenage boys 1987-1990, 1990-1993, 1995-1997, 2002-2003. Two more suits were filed in 5/2021, claiming abuse 1987-1989 and 1996-1998. Another new suit was filed in 5/2021.

Named publicly as credibly accused on the Our Lady of Guadalupe Province Franciscans' list as of 1/2024. Member of the Assumption Province. (Placing Padlo for now in the Milwaukee archdiocese, where the Province is based.) Worked in Cedar Lake IN, Toledo OH, Canton MA, Saginaw MI, Grand Rapids MI, Perrysburg OH. Died in 1976, age 60. Included in the MI Attorney General's 12/15/2025 Diocese of Grand Rapids Report. A woman told the Diocese of Kalamazoo in 1998 that when she was a fourth-grader at St. Margaret Parish School (then part of the Grand Rapids diocese) in 1961-1962, Padlo put his hand up her blouse. In 2003 a man reported to the police that he was sexually abused by Padlo as a child in the early 1960s, when Padlo was assigned to St. Michael's in Muskegon. He said one of his siblings remembered Padlo trying to kiss one of the girls. Another woman alleged that Padlo molested little girls at St. Mary's in Lowell MI. She said that he would invite girls as young as 7 or 8 to help clean the rectory, then put his hands up their dresses. In 2019 another woman told the Attorney General's office that when she was a St. Margaret's student in the late 1950s-early 1960s, ages 10-12, she was molested by Padlo. In 2020 a woman reported that Padlo would grope her and other children when she was ages 8-12, and that he once digitally penetrated her. Included in the MI Attorney General's 6/25/2026 Diocese of Saginaw Report, which reveals that a woman reported in 2004 that Padlo sexually abused her at age 8 or 9 in the 1950s. She said that she and some other girls were in a field when Padlo started to fondle her and more. The other girls ran away. When she screamed one of the girls returned and kicked Padlo in the head, causing his glassed to fly off. She got out from under him and the two girls then ran away. She told her mother that night, who didn't believe her.

Initially an Augustinian Brother, Paduch was working as a religion instructor and coach when he allegedly sexually abused a freshman boy at St. Rita High School in Chicago in 1980-1981. Assigned in 1988 to St. Charles Borromeo in Nederland, TX. Ordained a priest for the Beaumont TX diocese in 1989. A civil suit was filed in 1997 in IL and settled around 1999. Left Beaumont in 2000. Several complaints were received there. Faculties were revoked in 10/2001. There are at least four known accusers. Began working for the city of Berwyn, IL in 2005. Placed on leave from his city job 1/15/2010. Laicized in 1/2005. Included on the Beaumont diocese's list 6/11/2019. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. Included on the Augustinians Midwest Province's list of accused updated 5/31/2024.

Polish National Catholic church parish priest. Arrested in 1992, accused of raping two teenage girls while he was drinking with them in his home. In a plea bargain, he acknowledged enough evidence to convict him of indecent assault. Ordered to receive sex offender counseling and pay $300 fine for providing alcohol. The girls changed their stories at least once. One girl refused to testify and prosecutors dropped the charges in her case. Pagacz remained in his role as pastor of St. Valentine's in Northampton MA until 1997, when he abruptly left. Parishioners had petitioned since 1992 for his removal.

Monsignor. Ordained for the Springfield diocese, prior to the time Worcester was formed. Accused by a nephew in a 2005 lawsuit of abuse in the 1950s, beginning when the boy was age 9. Page allegedly introduced the boy to four other priests who also abused him. Died in 1998. Accuser's brother expressed doubt that the allegations were true. Page was Vicar General of Worcester in 1983. As Vicar General he was given information on abuse by Revs. Jean Paul Gagnon, Thomas Teczar and Robert Kelley, among others, but no action.

Accused in a 1995 lawsuit of sexually abusing two young boys, who were brothers, when he was their counselor in the late 1980s-early 1990s. The diocese put Pagni through school for a mental health counseling career in 1986 in exchange for leaving the priesthood. The lawsuit says the Diocese lied to the state about Pagni's background. The Diocese agreed it helped him change careers but denies deceiving the state. Also sexually abused girls. Arrested in 2/1995 and again in 6/1995, facing charges of molesting the two brothers and another boy. Two more suits were filed in 1996. Pleaded no contest in the case of the third boy in 1/1996. Sentenced to 10 years in prison. Released in 7/2000. On sex offender registry. Per the FL Attorney General's report 11/6/2020, Pagni is deceased. Included on the Orlando diocese's 10/6/2021 list of credibly accused .

First named publicly as accused on the Santa Fe archdiocese's list 9/12/2017. From Belgium. Was priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (C.I.C.M.); sent by Order to the U.S. in 1954. Incardinated in the Santa Fe archdiocese. Transferred to San Antonio TX archdiocese in 1968, where he taught high school for 22 years. Died 10/5/2014. Accused in a lawsuit filed 11/2018 of sexually abusing  a 10-year-old girl at St. Thomas in Abuquiu, beginning in 1969. Per a 5/2019 proof of claim in the Santa Fe archdiocese's bankruptcy, evidently filed by the 11/2018 lawsuit plaintiff, the girl was Pairon's altar server. The abuse allegedly took place in Pairon's car during trips to and from mission churches, over several years.

Accused in a lawsuit filed 1/31/12 of abusing a boy 1982-1987 while assigned to All Saints in Fort Worth and to Nolan Catholic High School, where he was a religion teacher and the boy was a student. Removed from ministry in 1/12 by his order. Paiz left the Fort Worth diocese in about 1987 and went on to work in CA and NV for many years. Worked in the Diocese of Fresno during much of 1995-2010. Transferred to his order's Provincial house in the Chicago area in 2010 after his alleged victim's complaints to Fort Worth. Lawsuit settled 11/21/12. Name included on the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese's list updated 4/1/19. On the San Bernardino diocese's list in 5/21, where he was assigned to parishes 1998-2002. Also on the Diocese of Fresno's 8/21 list of credibly accused.

Monsignor. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a boy, age 12 or 13, in about 1966-68, at St. Anthony of Padua on Staten Island. The boy was an organist for the parish; some of the abuse allegedly occurred during mass while the boy was alone in the choir loft.

From India. Arrested in 6/04; charged with sexual assault of a young boy in 1990-91 in Milwaukee. Working at time of arrest in South Amboy, NJ, Metuchen diocese. Left WI 1991 and lived in India for some time before living and working in several U.S.states 1993-2004. Diocese knew in 1993 when youth testified about abuse by his uncle, Fr. Dennis Pecore, and by Palathingal. Also abused in LA. Sentenced to 16 years prison in 2004. Released in 12/11. Noncompliant on Sex Offender Registry 1/12. On Lake Charles diocese's list 4/11/19. Multiple victims noted of abuse in 2000. Allegations received 2000 and 2002.

Per the PA Attorney General's 3/1/2016 Grand Jury Report, Palko sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in the 1980s. She was a Bishop Guilfoyle High School student while he was assigned to St. Mary's in Gallitzin. Palko's victim informed the Diocese in 2002. Bishop Adamec kept Palko in ministry and began an investigation of the victim, using intimidation tactics against her. The Grand Jury found that "in the Allegation Review Board the Diocese holds all the rights, and the victim holds only the right to be harassed and questioned." Palko died 5/31/2005.

Extern priest from India. Member of the Vincentian of Syro-Malabar Rite of Kerala Province. Arrived in Chicago in 1955 to study education. Worked in seven parishes until 6/1966. Accused by at least one woman of abuse when she was a child in 1966 and he was at St. Mary's in Buffalo Grove. Died 02/17/1978 in India. His personnel file is one of 30 files of priests credibly accused of sexually abusing minors produced by the Archdiocese in 1/2014 and released by the plaintiffs' counsel.

Accused of the sexual abuse of a boy while at Holy Ghost Parish 1984-1985, beginning when the boy was age 12. The abuse ended when Palmese was transferred to FL. The Archdiocese said it received the allegation 12/30/2013 and informed law enforcement. Assignments included parishes in New York NY, Topeka KS, Omaha NE and Orlando FL. Retired in 2009. Palmese died 2/2/2012. Included on the Omaha archdiocese's list 11/30/2018. Added to Kansas City KS archdiocese's list as of 3/6/2020. Included in the NE Attorney General's 11/2021 report.

Palmitessa's name appears on a list of priests with credible allegations of the sexual abuse of minors released by the Minneapolis & St. Paul archdiocese 12/5/2013, where he worked 1956-1982. He moved to the San Diego diocese 1982,  incardinated in 1988. He retired in 1998 and was on limited duty until 2012. In 2013 he was no longer in ministry and was living in the San Diego area. The Archdiocese of St. Paul &. Minneapolis learned of allegations against Palmitessa in 1990 and told the Diocese of San Diego. He was sent for evaluation and counseling, and was restricted him from being with boys and young men.

From Lithuania. Ordained in Germany in 1945. Arrived in the U.S. from a concentration camp after WWII. Spent summer 1951 in the Diocese of Grand Rapids. By 1952 was assigned in the Archdiocese of Portland OR, then by 1953 he was active in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, followed by the Diocese of Oakland CA. Changed his name to Fr. Theo Palis. Pastor for 31 years of of Our Lady Queen of the World in Bay Point CA. Retired in 2006. Died in 2013 in Oakland. Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's 12/15/2025 Report, as Fr. Theophilus Palukaitis. In 1995 a woman reported to the Grand Rapids Diocese that when she was age 8 in summer 1951, she was molested by Palukaitis. She said she told her mother, who called her a liar. She said that later in life her mother told her that "numerous girls were molested by this man but the parents kept it quiet."

On 6/28/2018 the Diocese announced that Palys's name was added to its list of credibly accused, and that he was on leave. Removed from the diocesan payroll 5/1/2020 as part of the Diocese's bankruptcy agreement. Case sent to the Vatican. In 2/2023 the Diocese announced that an additional allegation against Palys was deemed substantiated. At that time there were reportedly three lawsuits naming Palys. He died 8/21/2024.

Named publicly as accused by in the MI Attorney General's 5/22/24 Kalamazoo report. In 1999 the parents of a nine-year-old boy told the bishop they were concerned about Pamment's behavior toward their son. In letters to the parents 1997-1999, he would say, for example, "I love [your boy] so much and enjoy his company" and "Special hugs, kisses and caresses for my 'little pal." Pamment died 6/10/2008. In 2014 the Diocese received an allegation that Pamment sexually abused a young altar boy at St. Mary's Visitation Church in the 1980s, beginning shortly after the boy's first communion and confession. The abuse allegedly included anal and oral rape. The Review Board determined in 2015 that there was not enough evidence to find the allegation credible. The Diocese offered to investigate the matter further.

Diocese announced 3/27/11 that it had placed Panepinto on administrative leave without privileges from St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Parish in Rochester. after a "credible" allegation. Accused of sexual abuse of a minor in the late 1960s, shortly after ordination. Was assigned at the time of the alleged abuse to St. Philip Neri in Rochester and St. Anthony's in Elmira. Also charged in 7/11 with theft of $10K from his parish several years prior. He claimed blackmail. Sentenced by the Vatican to a life of prayer and penance, per the diocese in 10/18. Accused in a lawsuit in 2019 of sexually abusing a boy over a decade, beginning when the boy was age 5 in 1960 and Panepinto was a seminarian.

First named publicly as accused on the New Orleans archdiocese's list 11/2/2018. Allegation received in 2006 of abuse in the 1940s and 1950s. Worked at Hope Haven in Marrero. Also worked in NY and NJ. Died in 1981. Included in 3/2020 on the Salesians' list of credibly accused.

Removed from active ministry in 12/06 and sent for treatment. Original story says that he admitted in 1998, prior to ordination, that he had sexually abused a minor in the early 1970s. Bishop Delaney conducted an investigation and decided that sufficient time had passed and Pansza could be ordained. Allegation discovered after a review of priest files per newly appointed Bishop Vann. Conflicting stories in 2/07 as to when abuse occurred and if it was once or ongoing.

"Chevy." Ordained for the Claretian Missionaries in Mexico. Left the Claretians in 1973. After working in Chicago, Pantoja had assignments in NJ and TX, then spent nearly a decade working as priest in Mexico. Found in 1994 and 1996 in Guanajuato, México, Diocese of Celaya, Archdiocese of Leon. Placed on leave by the Diocese of Claya in 2004 after a lawsuit was filed in 2003, claiming abuse of a 14-year-old boy in the 1970s at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Chicago. Settled. Added to the Chicago archdiocese's list 11/28/2018. On the Corpus Christ diocese's list 1/31/2019. On San Antonio's list 1/31/2019; noted to have been accused in 2002 of the abuse of two children in the in the early 1970s. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which shows four "reported survivors."

Ordained for the Jesuits in 1945. Taught for 27 years at Brooklyn Preparatory High School and for a few years at Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception seminary in Queens. Summer chaplain for over 25 years of the Boy Scouts in Ten Mile River, NY. Authored several books, including "My Daily Bread." Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019, which notes allegations received in 2002 of the sexual abuse of a minor in around 1953. Paone was working in 1953 at Brooklyn Prep. He died 12/31/1990.

First named publicly as accused in 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Concerns raised while in seminary. In 1962 St. Monica's pastor told Bishop Wright that he prevented Paone's arrest for "molesting young boys...and illegal use of guns with even younger parishioners." In 1964 D.A. told Bishop Leonard he "halted all investigations [of Paone] involving young boys." Leave of absence 1966. Moved to L.A. archdiocese, then San Diego diocese. Remained Pittsburgh priest "in good standing," allowed to minster in CA, and to work as a public school teacher. New report 1994 of abuse of PA boy in 1960s. Sent to St. Luke's for evaluation. Kept in ministry until faculties removed 5/2002. Another allegation 6/2002 of abuse in 1962-1963 of PA boy. Resigned from ministry 2/2003. A 2/2006 memo showed Paone was hearing confessions for confirmation-age children in San Diego. Died 5/10/2012. Suit announced in 11/2018. On L.A. list updated 12/6/2018. Included on the Pittsburgh diocese's list of credibly accused. On Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019.

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 8/21/2018. Died 10/26/2006 in Michigan. Per his obituary, Papes was ordained for the Diocese of Great Falls where he worked in parishes as an assistant and pastor. At some point he returned to his native Michigan, working in the Diocese of Lansing.

Ordained for the Diocese of Fall River; faculties removed in 1963. Serial abuser of boys. Sent to treatment in IN, worked in Fort Wayne-South Bend diocese. After 7 years, accepted into the Burlington diocese; sent to treatment in  1974 and 1978; faculties removed in 1978; per an internal memo, the Diocese could no longer could keep a lid on things. Allegations of abuse in MA, IN and VT, including of abuse of a hospitalized male teenage quadriplegic. The first VT suit settled for $965K in 4/2006. Named in a 3/2007 suit. A jury awarded $8.7M to one plaintiff in 5/2008. One suit settled in 7/2008. Another tried to mistrial in 8/2008. A third trial in 12/2008 awarded $3.6M. Laicization announced in 5/2009. A fourth trial in 10/2009 awarded $2.2M. In 5/2010, 23 of 28 cases were settled. Paquette was living in Westfield MA in the Springfield diocese at the time. Four more suits were filed in 2010. Eleven settled in 1/2013. Included on the Ft. Wayne-South Bend IN diocese's 9/18/2018 list. Suit filed in 8/2019. On the Burlington diocese's list 8/22/2019. On the Fall River diocese's list in 1/2021. Named in a lawsuit in 9/2024.

Pleaded guilty in 12/2002 to three counts of child rape; sentenced to 12-15 years prison. At least 18 complaints were reported to the Archdiocese over a 20-year period; not permanently removed until 2000. Placed on leave in 1990, reinstated in 1998. Six claims were settled by the Church for over $500K. Named in a report by the NH Attorney General. Laicization announced in 5/2004. Name included in 8/2011 on the Boston archdiocese's list of accused. Announcement on 10/2/2015 that prosecutors' bid to have Paquin civilly committed to a facility for sexual predators was denied, after "qualified experts" deemed him not sexually dangerous. He was released the same day. Indicted in 2/2017 in ME on 29 counts of sexual misconduct with two boys in the late 1980s, some at camps in ME. Pleaded not guilty. Extradited to a ME jail. Reindicted in 11/2017; pleaded not guilty to 31 counts. Found guilty 11/29/2018 on 11 counts related to the abuse of one boy. Found not guilty of abuse of the other. Sentenced in 5/2019 to 16 years in prison. He appealed his conviction to the ME Supreme Court in 2/2020. The Court upheld the conviction in 4/2020. Paquin died in prison 9/11/2026.

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

A woman filed suit in 5/2005 against the Claretians, alleging they protected Paramo after he abused her when she was ages 11-15, beginning in 1966. Paramo was assigned to Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Chicago at the time of the alleged abuse. He died in a nursing home in 2004; the woman had confronted him there before his death. Civil suit settled. A second accuser reportedly also contacted the plaintiff's attorney. Included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

A man told Archdiocesan officials in 1995 that Paraniuk abused him in 1983. The Archdiocese investigated and deemed the allegations unsubstantiated. The man complained again in 2004. Paraniuk was placed on leave in 3/2005 after was payment made to his accuser from the Archdiocese's victims' compensation fund. He was reinstated in 10/2005 after the Archdiocese investigated and again deemed the allegation unsubstantiated. Paraniuk denied all allegations and said he had himself been fondled by two Franciscan priests when he was in his 20s in the 1970s.

Pastor of St. Cecila's in Oak Cliff for 27 years. Member of the Priest Personnel Board per the 2009 Catholic Directory. The Diocese announced in 8/2018 that Paredes was being investigated after allegations in 2/2018 that he had molested three teenage boys over 10 years prior. He was investigated in 2017 after allegations that he stole from the parish; he admitted to financial misconduct and was suspended in 6/2017. Fled at that time, possibly to his native Philippines. An arrest warrant was issued in 1/2019 after a fourth accuser surfaced. Included on the Diocese's list 1/31/2019. In 5/2019 Dallas police raided diocesan headquarters and other church properties; the raid was related to the Paredes case, and four others.

Professed vows as a Marianist in 1974. Ordained in 1990. Worked in CA, NY, HI, TX, OH. Left the Order and was laicized in 2001. Included on the Order's 6/24/2020 list of accused. Allegations involved child pornography. Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/2022.

Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in Malverne NY for 11 years. Suspended in 6/16 due to allegation of "inappropriate behavior with a minor " 20 years previously at another parish.

Named publicly as accused in 12/2018 by the Jesuits' Central and Southern Province. Abuse allegedly occurred in the 1960s. Worked in El Paso, TX; San Antonio, TX; Miami, FL; Grand Coteau, LA; Tampa, FL; New Orleans, LA; Houston, TX; Greenville, SC; Kinder, LA; Shreveport, LA; Mobile, AL; Puerto Rico; Oakdale, LA. Died in 2013. Included on the San Antonio archdiocese's list 1/31/2019. A family member reported in 2013 that Park had abused two children in the Archdiocese in the late 1950s-early 1960s. On the Charleston diocese's list 3/29/2019. On the Lake Charles diocese's list 4/11/2019.

In 2007 a man told the Diocese that he had been abused as a boy by Parker in 1988-1989 at St. Apollinaris parish in Napa. In 9/2007 Parker admitted to the abuse. His victim settled with the Diocese for $215K in late 2008. He was laicized 5/2008. Included on the Diocese's 1/12/19 list of accused.

Ordained for the Diocese of Raleigh. Worked in parishes that later became part of the Diocese of Charlotte when it was formed in 1971. The Raleigh diocese learned 11/13/2009 of an allegation that Parker sexually abused a minor in 1982. Parker retired in 1993 and continued to provide limited ministry. He denied the allegations. His faculties were  removed 1/19/2010 after a review board investigation. Included on the Raleigh diocese's list in 10/2018. On the Charlotte diocese's list 12/29/2019.

Professed vows as a Marianist in 1963. New York Province. Worked in Fl and Puerto Rico. Per news in 3/2002 a man said that at age 15 he was drugged and raped by Parlangeli on an overnight camping trip. Parlangeli said he was too tired to camp and rented a hotel room. The drugs caused convulsions; Parlangeli took the youth to a hospital ER. Police were notifed; he was arrested. Charges were later reduced to administering drugs illegally. Spent a brief time in jail. Transferred to Baltimore where he also abused. A 1994 civil suit settled. Left the order in 1973, married and raised three children. Moved to CA. Died in 1997. Included on the Order's 6/24/2020 list of accused.

A man filed suit against the Diocese and Bishop in 2004 alleging abuse by Parme in 1954 when he was a 13-year-old altar boy at St. Aloysius in Wilmerding. Parme retired in 1989 and died 3/28/2002 at age 78. Claims included in Diocese's 9/07 $1.25M settlement with 32 plaintiffs alleging abuse by 17 priests. Named in 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report and on the Diocese's list. Accused in a claim settled in 2020 in the low five figures of sexually abusing an altar boy, ages 13-14, in 1958-1959, while assigned to Most Holy Name in Pittsburgh.

Included in the 8/14/18 PA Grand Jury report. Included on the Greensburg diocese's list of credibly accused in 8/18. Per Greensburg diocese file, there was a complaint in early 1985, then counseling with a Fr. Benedict. Evaluated in 5/85 at St. Luke's in MD. Sent to Paracletes in NM for treatment in 7/85. Admitted to molesting about 35 boys over 17 years. NY archdiocese requested the Greensburg PA diocese accept Parrakow; worked in Greensburg diocese 1986-89, without restrictions. Complaint in 1/89 of behavior in PA with a teen boy, suspended in 2/89. NY archdiocese located him at Green Haven Correctional Facility in 1993. Laicized in 2004. Accused in a 2/26/04 suit of abuse of two brothers in the early 1970s. One claimed the abuse, including oral rape, began when he was age 10, and that Parrakow plied him with alcohol and porn. Suit accused Parrakow of transporting a third boy to PA in 1975 and abusing him there. On NY archdiocese's list 4/26/19.

Ordained for the Vincentians. Incardinated in 1974 into the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau. Allegation in 2010 that Parrott molested a boy over two years, beginning when the boy was age 14 in 1966 and a student at St. John's Minor Seminary in Kansas City. Parrott was his spiritual advisor and confessor. Parrott's accuser settled with the Vincentians. Parrott retired from Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese in 1987 and moved to Florida. He died in 1/1996. Included on the Springfield-Cape Girardeau list 4/1/2019. Also on the Vincentians list in 2020, which notes multiple allegations of abuse occurring in the late-1950s to mid-1960s, reported in 2002. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Accused in a 6/2011 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in 1987 at a summer choir camp. Parry was at the time a Benedictine priest and boys' choir director at Conception Abbey in northwest MO; he had been affiliated with the abbey since 1973. In 1981 he admitted to the abbott he had been involved in three "inappropriate relationships" 1973-1979. He was dismissed in 2002 and on 10/15/2004 became an Episcopal priest in Las Vegas. After the lawsuit was filed in 2011 he resigned. Parry admitted to the abuse of several. A second suit was filed in 7/2011. Parry died 11/27/2013. His name was included on the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019. (No known allegations there.) On the Conception Abbey Benedictines' list 8/5/2019. Included on the Santa Fe archdiocese's list 5/19/2021, which notes assignments there in 1978, 1990 and 1992.

Scholastic. Entered the Jesuits in 1955. Not ordained. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Abuse alleged in 1964 at Holy Rosary Mission/Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Dismissed from the Order 5/7/1964. Died 8/4/2006, age 75. Per his obituary, Parshall taught for many years at a Catholic school in Omaha NE and was a substitute teacher in public schools.

Named publicly as accused, with substantiated allegations, on the Franciscans' St. John the Baptist Province's list 10/9/2020. It notes that Partee had left the order and was laicized. It does not reveal where or when the abuse took place. (Placing Partee in the Cincinnati archdiocese, where the province is based.) Died in 2010. Added to the New Orleans archdiocese's list in 2020. On the Gallup diocese's list in 11/2021.  Included on Cincinnati's list in 2/2022. On Peoria's list in 6/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

From Poland. Ordained in 2010 in MA for the Diocese of Springfield. Assigned after ordination to parishes in Holyoke and Pittsfield, then to St. John the Evangelist in Agawam, MA 2013-2015. Transferred in 2015 to the Archdiocese of Miami. Pleaded guilty in 2019 to possessing a forged passport; sentenced in 2/2020 to three months in prison and two years of supervised release. Left the priesthood. In 2021 he was working as a truck driver. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/2026 of sexually abusing a boy, ages 14-16, at St. John the Evangelist. Parzynski allegedly repeatedly groped the boy's buttocks and genitals in the church sacristy.

Accused in a lawsuit settled in 4/2016 of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy, who was a student at St. Stephen's Diocesan Seminary in Kaneohe, HI. The plaintiff also claimed abuse by Fr. William Queenan and, in earlier years, by Fr. Francis Daubert, MM. Pascale died 1/9/2003, age 85.

From Poland, where he was ordained in 1953. Worked in the Netherlands before moving to the U.S. in 1968. Moved in 1972 from the Diocese of Trenton NJ to the Diocese of Bismarck ND. In 1984 a young man told a priest that he had been sexually molested by Patejko in 1976 in ND. Patejko had been moved in 1981 to the Diocese of Austin TX. In 1994 Fargo quietly settled with the alleged victim. Patejko returned to Poland in 1993 and died in 1996. His accuser said he knew of at least two other victims. Included on the Fargo diocese's list 1/2/2020 of those accused of the sexual abuse of a minor. Allegations substantiated.

In 1992 a woman told the Archdiocese that Pater sexually abused her beginning when she was age 14 in the early 1980s at St. Charles Borromeo in Kettering. Pater left for Rome to study in 1982 and became a Vatican diplomat in Africa, Australia, Vatican City and India. He admitted the abuse, which continued until late 1991 or early 1992 on his trips back to the U.S. His victim and a second woman accusing Pater of abuse as a teenager in the early 1980s sued in 2004. The suit was withdrawn after a 6/2006 ruling by Ohio Supreme Court. Included on the Archdiocese's list in 2006 of credibly accused. On 2/21/2014 it was announced that the Vatican sentenced Pater to life of prayer and penance as of 1/21/2014. He was soon hired as a bus driver for the county and by an Episcopal church in Lincoln Heights as music director. In 10/2019 he was fired from that church after inquiries by a news outlet.

From Ireland. Monsignor. Worked in the Mobile AL diocese until 1942. Army chaplain 1942-1946. Priest of the St. Augustine FL diocese 1967-1974. In Pensacola-Tallahassee 1975-1977. Died 2/11/1977. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Pensacola-Tallahassee diocese on its list in 2020.

Three men filed two separate suits in Allentown in 2004 alleging abuse by Patil when they were ages 7 to 9, 1978-1980, at Bethlehem Catholic High School. The boys lived in the neighborhood. Cases dismissed in 2005. Patil was promoted to Provincial Superior of his Order in 1990. Reportedly working as pastor of a church in Ontario Canada as of 2004. Went on to work in Buffalo NY, Youngstown NY, then India. Included in 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Accused in a claim settled in 2020 in the low five figures of sexually abusing an altar boy, age 8, in 1992. The abuse allegedly occurred one time, at Assumption of the BVM in Northampton, where Patil was a fill-in priest. Patil is accused of reaching inside the boys pants and fondling him under the guise of helping him put on his altar boy robes.

Seminary student in 2003 when the parents of a youth reported abuse by Patino-Arango. Reportedly returned to his native Colombia, or possibly to Florida, when the investigation began. Indicted in 2004 for the abuse of two boys in 1996 while a seminarian. Civil suit filed in 2004 by three; moved to federal court in 2005. Defendants named include Pope Benedict (then Cardinal Ratzinger). Pope dismissed 12/05. Settled in 2/08.

In 2003 a man said he and at least 9 other other teenage boys were sexually abused by Patnode in the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. In 1951 Patnode was removed from his parish assignment and transferred to Sisters of Mercy Novitiate in Iowa. He retired in 1964 and died 12/30/1977. At least one claim was included in a $2.6M settlement with the Archdiocese in 3/2007 and at least one in an 8/2013 $5.2M out-of-court settlement involving 10 priests and 26 victims.

From Sri Lanka. Began work in the Portland OR diocese in 1998. On Tribunal. Worked in several parishes. Named pastor of St. Wenceslaus in Scappoose OR in 2012. Charged in 3/15 with luring for attempting to get a 14-year-old girl into his car as she walked home from school in Vancouver OR. Girl fled and was able to describe the man and provide police his car license number. He denied the allegations. Arrested at Los Angeles airport 4/8/14 upon return from a visit to Australia. Archdiocese removed him from duties when he was arrested. Pled guilty 5/6/16 to attempted luring. Sentenced to 1 year in jail; given credit for 23 days served and 244 days were suspended. Was to serve remaining time in a work-release program.

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Monsignor. Rector of the newly established St. Thomas Aquinas Preparatory Seminary in Hannibal, MO from 1957 to the early 1960s. Held many different positions within the Jefferson City Diocese. Retired in 2005 and died 5/6/2010 at age 86. Accused publicly in 5/2012 of sexually abusing minors.

Accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, age 10, in 1969 at Our Lady of Good Counsel. The suit settled in 5/2020 in the mid-six figures. Patterson died 1/18/2008.

Placed on leave in 5/2002 after allegations that he fondled at least two adolescent boys in the early 1970s. Both incidents are believed to have occurred while Paturzo was still in seminary. One youth's parents reported the abuse to police in 1993. Police investigated but could not prove anything. Sent for a psychological evaluation and treatment, then reassigned. Removed without privileges in 2002. Named in a 10/2005 settlement between the archdiocese and 43 plaintiffs involving 14 priests. Sued in 2/2008. Included on the archdiocese's list 1/22/2019. On the Norwich diocese's list, 2/22/2019. Laicized in 2008.

Named publicly as credibly accused by Attorney Mitchell Garabedian 5/1/19. Accused of having sexually abused a 10-year-old boy in 1961. Paul died 8/13/07. Per his obituary, he was laicized in 8/68 and went on to marry and raise a family. Included in 3/21 on the Rockville diocese's list of accused. Allegedly abuse at St. Joseph's in Hewlett, where he was assigned 6/57-6/63 and at Holy Family in Hicksville, where he worked 6/63-6/64.

The Order in DE and PA announced a settlement on 8/4/2011 with 40 victims of sexual abuse who filed suits in DE. Plaintiffs to share in a $24.8M settlement and 150 victims who settled earlier with the Wilmington Diocese. One of terms was that Order release the names of 12 Oblates with substantiated allegations of abuse. Paul was one. Assignments included Salesianum School in DE;  also worked in Dioceses of Erie, Allentown, Buffalo, and the Archdioceses of Philadelphia and New York. Named in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Report in 4/1979 to the Allentown Diocese that Paul was molesting little girls at Sacred Heart in New Philadelphia. Another allegation was made a few months later, that Paul molested a young girl. Left the diocese, assigned to St. Joachim in Philadelphia. Died in 1982.

Archdiocese received two allegations in 2013 that Paul allegedly abused children approximately 40 years prior, while in seminary. Reported to police; no charges filed. Placed under restrictions. Parish and school informed 11/7/13 after he voluntarily resigned. He denied all allegations. Spent many years as teacher and school minister. Faculties removed 12/15/13. Additional accusations surfaced. Found not suitable for ministry and permanently removed 02/23/14. Laicized in 2015. Lawsuit filed in 12/19 in NJ claims abuse in the early 1980s of a girl, starting when she was a high school sophomore in PA and continuing into her college years. Abuse allegedly occurred at an Ocean City NJ hotel and Christian Brothers retreat in NJ. Accused in a claim settled in 2020 in the low six figures of sexually abusing a boy, age 8, in 1967, while a seminarian. The abuse allegedly occurred on a trip to NJ and included sodomy.

In 2021 a woman reported to the Berks County D.A. that when she was a student at Reading Central Catholic High School 1996-1998, Paul groomed her and abused her sexually. Paul was a lay teacher at the school, and later entered the convent. The D.A. investigated; no charges were filed, possibly due to the statute of limitations. In 11/2022 Paul remains active with her Order.

Ordained for the Diocese of Marquette MI. Worked also in the Archdiocese of New York, the Dioceses of Brooklyn, Richmond and Trenton, and the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Several leaves of absence. Named publicly as accused on the Atlanta archdiocese's list 11/6/2018. Assigned there for a few years in the 1970s in to St. Jude the Apostle. Accused in 1993 of sexually abusing two sisters, ages 11 or 12 and 13, while assigned to St. Jude. Died in 1997. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report.

Suspended and faculties revoked 5/25/2002. Sued. Accused of abuse of a teenage boy in the 1980s. Reported to the Burlington Diocese in 1987; no action. Resigned as pastor 1/1/2003; later found playing organ for two other churches. Settlement in 2003. Another suit was filed in 9/2004. The Diocese admitted in 8/2006 that it found 27 years' worth of files on Paulin, which the Church had previously said didn't exist. There was a settlement with a second plaintiff in 4/2007 for $135K. Another claim settled in 2008. Included on the Burlington diocese's list of credibly accused in 10/2019. Included in 2022 on the Diocese of Springfield MA's list, which notes more than one credible allegation, of abuse occurring 1968-1969. (Paulin is from Greenfield, MA.) Paulin died 7/25/2022.

Assigned to 16 parishes over 25 years. Worked at Lourdesmont, a facility for troubled teen boys and girls in 1983, prior to ordination. After return from 8-month leave of absence - his 4th since ordination - in 7/13, assigned as assistant pastor to Prince of Peace parish in Old Forge. Found in car 9/19/13 on local college campus having sex with 15-year-old boy he met on internet. Arrested. Said boy told him he was 18. Released on bail 9/24. Bishop removed his faculties and placed him on leave. Pled guilty 1/22/14. Sentenced 6/3/14 to 8-23 months in jail. Included in 8/14/18 PA Grand Jury Report. Lawsuit filed 11/18 alleging Paulish abused a teen boy while pastor of St. Mary's in Old Forge 10/06-5/07. On diocese's list 8/19/18.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Gallup on its list in 11/2021. Also known as "Johann." Died 1/8/1996.

Included on Santa Fe archdiocese's list of accused on 9/12/2017. Ordained for the Los Angeles CA archdiocese, where he was Archdiocesan Director for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Sent to Servants of the Paraclete in Jemez Springs NM "On Sick Leave" in 1955. Remained there until his death 1/27/1971.

As part of Section 13.1, Non-Monetary Commitments, of the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, Reorganization Plan (dated 7/18/2011) the Order agreed to post on its website the names of all members of the Province who are identified as perpetrators of sexual abuse in proofs of claims filed in the Bankruptcy case, and who have not denied the allegation. Pauson's name is included on this list. Died 8/25/1971. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes claims in 2009 of abuse 1967-1968. Pauson was assigned to Sacred Heart in Culdesac, ID during the time of the alleged abuse.

Allegations to diocese in 8/18 that Pavlicek sexually assaulted a child in the late 1980s. Suspended in 10/18. On the archdiocese's list 1/31/19. Case referred to the Vatican for possible laicization. Prohibited from ministry in the archdiocese.

Placed on leave in 2000 without privileges after the Archdiocese substantiated claims that he had engaged in sexual misconduct. The Archdiocese had also investigated in 1994 but could not substantiate an allegation of sexual abuse in the 1970s. In 2002 a man said he met Pavlik in Japan in 1970 when he was 17. When he returned to the states at age 18 and visited Pavlik in St. Louis, Pavlik tried to molest him at a rectory until the man threatened to get a knife and use it on the priest. Pavlik was named in an 8/2005 civil suit. Included on the Archdiocese's 7/26/2019 list of credibly accused. Died in 2015.

Named publicly by the Diocese on its 3/20/2018 list as removed, retired, or having left ministry after allegations of the sexual abuse of a minor. Per the Catholic Directory, Pavlock was 'awaiting assignment' 1985-1986, 'absent on leave' 2002-2003, then 'retired.' Admitted to the bishop at some point that he had "crossed the line" and needed help; was sent to Southdown Institute for treatment. Removed from the diocesan payroll 5/1/2020 as part of a bankruptcy agreement. A lawsuit filed in 7/2020 claims abuse 1973-1974 of a 7- to 8-year-old. As of 1/2022, the case was sent to the Vatican. The list in 9/2025 shows that Pavlock was sentenced to a life of prayer and penance.

Pawlaczyk's name was added to the Diocese's list 5/18/2018. Died 3/8/1982. Abuse noted to have been reported after his death. Included in 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Taught at Erie Prep 1962-1971, then became an Army and hospital chaplain. In 4/2011 a man told the Diocese that Pawlaczyk sexually abused him when he was a student at Erie Prep and Pawlaczyk was a teacher, and during a visit to Pawlaczyk in DC, when he was a Walter Reed Hospital chaplain.

In 8/20 the diocese announced that Payer had credible and substantiated allegations against him of abusing multiple minors and vulnerable adults in the 1980s, and was added to its list. He denied wrongdoing. The diocese learned of the allegations from law enforcement in 10/18. In 2014 Payer pleaded guilty to theft from a South Huntingdon parish; sentenced to probation.

A woman told the Diocese in 1989 that Pcolka had abused her son. Pcolka was sent for treatment in 1989; allowed to return to ministry. Doctors were not told that a girl previously reported abuse by the priest in 1983. Named in several 1993 suits claiming abuse of 16 boys and girls. Suspended, sent for evaluation in 1993. Pcolka walked out of a psychiatric treatment center. A woman settled 2001. Many claims settled in a 10/2003 $21M settlement. Laicized in 2004. Died in 11/2009. Per a 2019 report commissioned by the Diocese, there were 28 victims of Pcolka, boys and girls, ages 5-14, abused 1965-1990.

First named publicly as accused by the New Orleans archdiocese on its list 11/2/2018. Allegation received in 2003 of abuse in the 1960s. Jesuit High School Spanish teacher 1960-1961, prefect of discipline 1961-1965, president 1965-1968. Died 5/7/2016. Included on the Jesuits' Central and Southern Province list 12/7/2018. Multiple allegations.

Accused in 1995 of the sexual abuse of a minor in about 1972. Kept in ministry. Removed in 12/02 due to a credible accusation and his admission of having sexually abused an adolescent 30 years prior. Two other men then came forward to allege abuse by Pease. The Vatican had not yet ruled on his case as of 2007. Bishop Gainer asked Vatican to impose a 'life of prayer and penance.' Pease's name included on the diocese's list released 8/1/18. Included in the 8/14/18 PA Grand Jury Report. Abused throughout his career, at 10 parishes. Gainer decided to request laicization for Pease in light of the GJ report.

Removed in 2002. Admitted to molesting a teenage boy 19 years previously. Accused of abusing four minors 1974-1984, per the 2004 Los Angeles Archdiocesan Report. Also on the Diocese of Orange's list of accused. Named in at least one civil suit. Laicized. Accused in a claim settled in 2020 in the low five figures of sexually abusing an altar boy, ages 9-10 in 1977-1978, while assigned to St. Edward the Confessor in Dana Point.

Died unexpectedly at age 53 on 4/30/1983. Accused in a 2008 lawsuit in NC of sexually abusing an altar boy in the late 1970s. The boy, age 15 or 16, was from Philadelphia, and said Fr. John McCole abused him there then took him to Ashville, NC where Pechulis and McCole forced the boy to participate in group oral sex while a third man watched. The suit also alleged that Cardinal Krol was told of the abuse but dismissed the allegations saying "That's just how men behave with each other." The Charlotte diocese found the allegations credible in 2008. The suit was dismissed in 2010. Included on the Charlotte diocese's list 12/29/2019 list of credibly accused. Added to the Raleigh diocese's list in 3/2021.

Ordained for the Diocese of St. John in New Brunswick, Canada. Reportedly in 8/1982, Peck was on a year's leave of absence, working in Toronto with the Oblate Fathers of St. Peter's Province, and was granted an extended leave to teach at Serra High School in Los Angeles, CA. Per the 2004 Los Angeles Archdiocesan Report, Peck was accused of abuse of a minor in 1996.

In 12/2010 testimony before the NJ Senate Judiciary Committee a man said he was abused by Pecklers and then-deacon Thomas Stanford while a teenager in 1976 at St. Paul's in Jersey City. Pecklers was 17 or 18 himself at the beginning and was music director. The abuse occurred for almost a year. Pecklers went on to be a Jesuit scholar on staff at Pontifical Gregorian University Rome. His victim settled with the Diocese in 2008. When asked about the allegation, Pecklers said there was no abuse because he was a minor himself at the time. He remained an active priest as of 7/2014. Included on the Northeast Jesuits list of credibly accused 1/15/2019, which  notes a report received in 2008 of abuse of a minor by Pecklers 1976-1977, prior to his entering the Jesuits. Ministry restricted in 2009.

Worked in MD, AZ, WI. Convicted in Milwaukee WI in 1987 of sex assault of a teenage boy 1984-1985. Placed on probation and ordered to serve year in jail on work-release program. Settlement with the victim for $595K in 1988. Some teachers had told Archbishop Weakland of the abuse, who did nothing. The teachers were fired. Convicted in 1994 in WI of molesting a second boy, 1989-1992 (his nephew) during work-release. (Pecore worked at a care center for elderly priests). The boy was age 8 when the abuse started. Pecore introduced the boy to Fr. Simon Palathingal, who was convicted in 2004 of abusing him 1990-1991. Pecore was sentenced to 12 years prison and probation. On sex offender registry. Laicized in 1995. Released from prison in 2/2002. Accused in 3/2002 of abuse in MD in about 1973 of a boy, age 10. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused in 9/2002. New lawsuit filed 10/6/2016 v Phoenix diocese, Salvatorians and St. Mark's in Phoenix AZ, claiming abuse of a boy in the early 1980s. In 2018 another suit was filed, claiming abuse of another child in Phoenix. Included in 10/2019 on the Phoenix diocese's list of accused.

Arrived in diocese in 2013 from Colombia. Worked in Hispanic Ministry and in two Aurora parishes. Arrested 2/11/2016, charged with criminal sexual abuse of two girls between 1/2009 and 11/2014. The girls were under the age of 6. Under investigation since 10/2014, when allegations were reported to civil authorities and the Diocese of Rockford IL. Suspended from ministry 10/30/2014. Pleaded not guilty in 9/2016. Trial scheduled for 9/18/2017. Delayed, set for 11/27/2017. Delayed, set for 2/2018. Detained by US immigration and faced deportation to Columbia in 7/2017. Police looking to charge him also with fondling a 3-year-old girl when he worked in DeKalb. In a 2/9/2018 plea deal, not required to register as sex offender; pleaded guilty to misdemeanor. Released from jail 2/10/2018. Deportation expected. Deported to Colombia 2/26/2018. Included in the 6/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Accused in 9/3/93 suit of raping a 14-year-old boy in 1984 at Ft. Benning, GA. Peebles was an Army chaplain 1982-84. Settled 2/10/98 in 3 other cases. In 1984 Peebles confessed to the assault and resigned from the military in lieu of prosecution, and was reassigned to a parish by the Dallas diocese. Records show he sexually abused 15-20 boys before, during, and after chaplaincy, starting in 1979. Worked at 5 assignments, twice after the diocese had knowledge. Removed and retired 1986. Laicized 1989. Died 4/04. On diocese's list 1/31/19.

Nephew of Cardinal Spellman. Assigned to St. Francis in Hyannis MA (President Kennedy's home parish.) Became a Navy chaplain in 1964. Per his obituary, had an adopted son. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese on its list in 1/2021. Died in 1996.

Monsignor. Accused in a civil suit filed 6/30/10 of molesting three sisters, one as young as age 4, and their brother in the 1970s. Pegureo was assigned to Our Lady of St. John's in Houston at the time. He is said to have used threats, including that he would to kill their sisters. The siblings complained to the Church in 2007. They were offered, but refused, church-sponsored counseling. Peguero retired in 1993 and died in 11/00 at age 79. Another woman filed suit in 11/10 claiming abuse in the 1960s. On the archdiocese's list 1/31/19.

Extern priest from Colombia, working in the Stockton diocese since his ordination in 1994. Granted U.S. citizenship in 2001. Allegations that he had sexually abused a boy 5/1998-5/2000 were reported in 11/2000 to the Diocese. The abuse began when the boy was age 14 and a parishioner of Sacred Heart in Turlock. Pelaez plied the boy with alcohol and pornography. He admitted the abuse to the Diocese and was sent to the Institute of Living in Hartford CT for treatment, where he was arrested in 2/2002. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to six years in prison. Released on parole after three years. The Diocese paid a $1M settlement after Pelaez's conviction. Name included on a list of claimed abusers attached to the  Stockton diocese's 5/9/2014 filing in bankruptcy court. Reportedly in 5/2026, immigration authorities were moving to revoke Pelaez's citizenship for concealing serious crimes during his naturalization process.

Surrendered to police in 2000 after being charged with abusing two brothers 12/1998-4/1999. Had been removed and in treatment at St. Luke's Institute prior to surrendering. Assigned to a parish in NY state 1995-1999; apparently was visiting in CT at time of assaults. Convicted. Sentenced to 3 years suspended sentence and 10 years probation. Listed on sex offender registry in Washington, D.C. as of 8/2009. Included on the Dominicans St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. On the Hartford archdiocese's list 1/22/2019. On the Norwich diocese's list 2/22/2019. Laicized in 2011. Died in 2015. Added to the Columbus diocese's list 12/3/2019.

Joined the Dominican order in at age 18 in 1935. Worked in Ottawa and Outreamont, Canada 1935-1951. Transferred in 1951 to SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Lewiston, ME where he remained until his death in 1987.  Per documents released 5/27/2005 by the Maine A.G., a man reported in 2002 that Pellerin groped him as a boy in the 1960s in Lewiston.

Treated for alcoholism several times and at St. Luke Institute. Settlement in 1995, for counseling costs, of claims he sexually abused a boy in 1963-1964. Pelletier said he could not remember abuse. Name given to prosecutors in 2/2002, along with 13 other priests. Retired in 1993. Pastoral ministry had been revoked at the time allegations were first received against him. Was living at a nursing home in Manchester. Assigned to a life of prayer and penance. Died 1/24/2013. Included on the Diocese's list of accused.

Placed on leave in 10/2002 after an allegation was reported to the Archdiocese of abuse occurring more than 20 years previously. Apparently one alleged victim. Included in 8/2011 on the Archdiocese's list. Still on administrative leave as of 10/2015 and canonical proceedings still in process. Dismissed from the clerical state in 2019.

Per the MI Attorney General's 10/2022 report, a man reported to the diocese in 2005 that he and a friend were sexually abused over two years, at ages 16 or 17, by Pelletier in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Alpha MI. He said the priest would take them fishing and hunting and give them alcohol and money. Police caught the boys in a cabin drinking beer with two girls. When questioned they told the police Pelletier had given them the beer, but said no when asked if the priest had done anything to them. Pelletier was soon removed from his parish. Pelletier's personnel file shows "moral concerns" and "unpriestly conduct" in 1950 and concerns in 1956 about drinking and association with minors. Went on leave in 1960 and in 1965. Sent to Jemez Springs NM in 1961, where there was a treatment center for troubled priests. There was a warrant for his arrest in Jemez Springs in 1962 for contributing to the deliquency of a minor. Assigned by 1971 to Bishop Noa Home and as pastor of a Chasselle parish. Died in 1973.

Pellettieri (also spelled Pelletieri) was suspended by the Order and by the New Orleans Archdiocese in 4/2002 after an allegation that he sexually abused a minor in 1967. The abuse allegedly occurred when Pellettieri was teacher and principal at Notre Dame High School in Crowley, LA. At the time of his suspension Pellettieri was in charge of Ave Maria Retreat House. He also worked in Wisconsin, Baton Rouge and Alexandria. Sued in 3/2003. Dismissed. In 12/2008 an appeals court upheld dismissal of the suit due to the statute of limitations. Included on the New Orleans archdiocese's list 11/2/2018. Died in 2018. On the Baton Rouge diocese's list in early 2019.

Permanent deacon. "Ron." Assigned 11/1991-10/2000 to Immaculate Conception Parish in Cottonwood. Retired in 2000. Arrested in 10/2009 and charged with molesting a 10-year-old boy for several months. Faculties revoked. Named in a civil suit filed in 5/2010. Died 11/11/2010 before final charges were filed. Included in 10/2019 on the Diocese's list of accused.

Ordained for the Diocese of Steubenville. Navy chaplain 1984-1987, including in Iceland in 1985, where Peltz allegedly forced a 12-year-old boy to drink whiskey, then raped him. Transferred many times. Federal suit filed in 1991 by the boy and his parents alleged the Steubenville diocese should have known that Peltz had a drinking problem, yet it certified him as fit for service. Suit settled by the diocese in 1993 for $25K. Although Peltz's obituary states that he was incardinated into the Kalamazoo diocese in 1990, the Official Catholic Directory indicates he was incardinated there in 2002. "Exonerated" in 2003 by the Kalamazoo diocesan review board, which cited it found no credible evidence. Died 12/26/2015. Included in the MI Attorney General's 5/22/2024 Kalamazoo report, which states he was invited in 1997 to work in Kalamazoo and was incardinated in 2000. Accused in 2008 of making improper advances toward a boy in about 1981 in Marietta, OH. In 2018 the son reportedly said he wasn't sexually molested but that he was "approached with that in mind." Peltz allegedly gave the boy alcohol and "drank heavily himself."

First named publicly as accused in the 8/14/18 PA Grand Jury Report. Ordered to psychiatric treatment by Bishop McCormick in 10/68, but did not comply. Left the diocese without permission. Diocese of Jefferson City contacted the Scranton diocese "years later" to say that Pender was ministering there. Assigned to parishes in Crocker MO in the 1970s and 1980s. Died 2009. Included on list from diocese to D.A. in 5/16 of priests against whom there were accusation of child sex abuse. Pender's name was included with reference to an allegation in 2014 by a "John Doe." On Jefferson City diocese's list 11/8/18.

Monsignor. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 6/20 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a minor in about 1987-89 at St. Mary's in Massena. Died 5/21/98.

Named among seven clerics by the Diocese in 8/2019 as having allegations of sexual misconduct against them involving minors or vulnerable adults. Pastor of St. Gregory's in Sitka when alleged in 11/2010 to have viewed child abuse images. Suspended. Law enforcement informed. Sent to treatment. Returned to ministry. Placed on leave in 5/2019 after review by the diocese's Independent Commission.

Parish priest, pastor; high school teacher, principal; prison chaplain; Air Force Reserve chaplain. The Diocese reviewed an allegation in 2018 by a man who reported that Penkaul sexually abused him when the man was age 14 or 15. Penkaul died in 2008.

As part of Section 13.1, Non-Monetary Commitments, of the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, Reorganization Plan (dated 7/18/2011) the Order agreed to post on its website the names of all members of the Province who are identified as perpetrators of sexual abuse in proofs of claims filed in the Bankruptcy case, and who have not denied the allegation. Penna's name is included on this list. Died 1/08/1974. On Diocese of Great Falls-Billings list 8/21/2018. On Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018, noting sexual abuse of a minor: 1951-1957?, reported in 2009.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Our Lady of Guadalupe Province Franciscans on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Assumption Province. (Placing Pepowski in the Milwaukee archdiocese for now, where the Province is based.) Died in 2017.

Allegations of sexual misconduct began while Peralta was a seminarian in Chile in the 1980s. Other allegations followed in Guatemala and Peru. Accused in 1991 and 1995 in Peru of the sexual abuse of boys. Sent to Argentina for sex offender treatment 1997, then transferred to Chicago in 1998. Peralta arrived with permission papers from a top Salesian official in Peru saying Peralta "enjoys a good reputation and has no problem working with minors." In Chicago, he was accused of abusing four children in one family in 1998-1999. Order again transferred him before any investigation could begin, first to a treatment facility in VA, then to a monitored residence in NJ. After a year he returned to the Salesian Provincial House in Mexico City. Allowed active ministry in Mexico in 2001. Sued in 2002. In 2004 he was still working as priest in Mexico. Laicized in 2006, per the Salesians list of accused in 3/2020. Included on the Chicago Archdiocese's list in 11/2018. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. It notes evidence that Peralta may have molested many other minors in Chicago.

Priest of the Diocese of Phoenix 1976-1984. Incardinated into the Diocese of Orange in 1989. Placed on leave in 1991 after the Diocese learned of allegations in AZ. Sued twice in Phoenix in 1993. Accused of taking boys on trips from AZ to CA, giving them drugs and forcing them into orgies with other priests. Appears in both the Los Angeles archdiocese report errata and on the Orange report of abusive priests. Two civil suits were filed in 2003. Perez left the priesthood to marry. Indicted in Phoenix in 2003 for abuse of two in the 1970s-early 1980s. Working in 2002 with children as a "self described Anglican Catholic priest." Died of a heart attack at age 63 in 2003. Included in 10/2019 on the Phoenix diocese's list of accused.

From La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico, Archdiocese of Guadalajara. Attended seminary in Mexico, then in Oregon, where he was ordained for the Archdiocese of Portland. Arrested 8/13/2012 after a 12-year-old boy told police Perez touched him inappropriately and took pictures of him the night before. Charged with first degree sex abuse, using child in display of sexually explicit conduct and furnishing alcohol to a minor. Removed without privileges from St. Luke's in Woodburn after arrest. (Perez' best friend in seminary was Uriel Ojeda, convicted in 7/2013 of molesting a girl.) Perez pleaded guilty 4/1/2013. Sentenced to 75 months in prison. Civil suit filed in 4/2014. Archdiocese settled in 12/2015.

Full name Eduardo De Jesus Perez Torrez. From the Diocese of Palmira, Colombia. Worked in the Stockton diocese 1999-2014. Reportedly on 2/08/2018, the Modesto CA police received a report that Perez sexually abused a 15-year-old girl in 1999. Perez was assigned to St. Stanislaus in Modesto 12/1999-4/2004. From there worked at parishes in Oakdale, Stockton and Riverbank. The Diocesan Review Board was investigating. Torrez's name was included on the Diocese of Stockton's 11/12/2020 list of credibly accused which notes that he was removed from ministry in the diocese in 6/2014. 

Accused of molesting more than a dozen boys 1951-1956 in OR. Accused in 1956 of molesting a boy in Casper, WY. Died 5/5/1992. Accused in lawsuits filed in 2001 and 2002. Also accused of abuse in Austin, TX where he worked 1957-1988. Sent to treatment. Worked in other dioceses across the country. The Portland OR archdiocese paid more than $2.8M in 2003-2004 to settle most claims. Included on the Beaumont diocese's list updated 4/24/2019. On the Cheyenne diocese's list 6/12/2019. On the Paulists' list 3/8/2019. It notes multiple cases 1950-1956 in OR, reported in 2002, a report in 2018 of alleged abuse in OK 1958-1962 and a report in 2019 of alleged abuse in TX 1968-1970. On the Oklahoma City archdiocese's list 10/3/2019. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Ordained for the Archdiocese of Hartford. Sent for treatment in 1966 to NM and in 1992 to Canada. Air National Guard chaplain. Abused boys and girls; some took their own lives. Fled the U.S. in 1992, allegedly with the help of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Multiple lawsuits in 1992 and 1994. One settled in 11/1993 for $600K. Four settled in 1995. Named in at least one suit filed in 8/2014. A man who filed suit in 8/2014 against the Santa Fe Archdiocese said Perrault abused him dozens of times beginning in 1991, when he was an altar boy, age 10, in Albuquerque. Perrault was found in 4/2016 working in Morocco, at American Language Center in Tangier; he had been living there off and on for 30 years. Resigned in 5/2016, the school notified police. A suit was filed 8/4/2016 claiming abuse of a NM boy 1975-1977. Another suit was filed in 12/2016. One plaintiff said there were 38 victims. Judgment of $16M in 2/2017. Included on the Santa Fe list 9/12/2017. Arrested by the FBI in 9/2018, returned to NM. Pleaded not guilty to charges of abuse of an 11-year-old boy while chaplain at Kirtland AF Base 1991-1992. New suit in 11/2018. Included on the Archdiocese of Hartford's list 1/22/2019. Found guilty 4/10/2019. Sentenced in 9/2019 to 30 years in prison. Named in at least 9 proofs of claim in the Santa Fe archdiocese's bankruptcy. The abuse included rape, physical assault, and threats. His known victims were as young as age 7. Some of the abuse included other adults, including priests, with rituals involved and sometimes drugs and alcohol.

Worked in Phoenix, AZ (HS teacher 1963-1971); Lake Charles, LA (parish priest/pastor); Hemet CA (parish priest/pastor 1986-2000); and Henderson NV (hospital chaplain 2000-2008). First named publicly as accused on the San Bernardino diocese's list 11/17/2018. It notes the Diocese was made aware in 9/2011 of alleged abuse occurring 1990-1992, while assigned to Our Lady of the Valley in Hemet. Reported to police in 9/2011. Perrault was at that time retired without faculties in San Bernardino. Included on the Lake Charles LA list 4/11/2019 (spelled Perrault). A lawsuit was filed 12/2019 under the CA Child Victims Act claiming abuse of a boy, ages 13-15, in the early 1990s. Perreault died 5/15/2020. Per his obituary, Perreault moved in 2012 to the Spiritans' Libermann Hall in Bethel Park PA, serving as Superior from 2015.

Perretta was placed on leave in 10/2004 after a review of his personnel file showed an allegation in 1996 of the sexual abuse of a boy, ages 9-16, 1979-1986. The allegations were deemed not credible after a church trial; Perretta returned to ministry in 8/2007. His accuser filed suit in 12/2019.

"Fr. Jeff." From Canada. Worked in diocese since early 1970s. Removed from public ministry in 1992. Convicted 1993 of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of boy, age 14, in rectory at St. John's in Walnut, IL during the summer and fall of 1992. Served three years. Also accused of abusing a 16- to 17-year-old boy 1982-1984 while at St. John's in Galva. Civil suit filed in 11/2005 by second victim, later dropped and refiled in 1/2007. Settled in 5/2008. Perron died 8/23/2011 in Quebec City. Included by 1/2020 on the Peoria diocese's list of accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's report.

Pastor for 25 years at Assumption of the BVM. Suspended 7/5/2019 after the Archdiocese found an allegation of sexual abuse of a boy decades prior had "a semblance of truth." Denied the allegation. Allegedly would invite altar boys to a lake house, wrestle with them in the water, sometimes groping them. A second former altar boy came forward after Perrone's removal alleging the priest rubbed his genitals in 1981. Case sent to the Vatican; declined to pursue. Perrone was a co-founder in 2002 of Opus Bono Sacerdotii, a group formed to support priests accused of abuse. A woman whose father co-founded Opus Bono spoke out about his alleged abuse of boys, and said Perrone gave her alcohol in the rectory beginning when she was age 12. He sued her for defamation. His parishioners sued the archdiocese in 2/2020, claiming it "fabricated" a rape charge against Perrone. In 7/2020 an arbitration panel found that Perrone was the target of defamation; he was awarded $125K. In 9/2020 he also sued Msgr. Michael Bugarin.

Pastor since 2001 of St. Francis of Xavier in Missoula MT when removed in 10/2019 after a Missoula woman alleged "inappropriate contact." Sent to the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, CA. In 2/2020 another woman alleged that Perry sexually abused her when she was a Seattle Prep School student 1979-1983. Perry's name was added in 7/2020 by the Jesuits West Province to its list of credibly accused. He was permanently removed from public ministry and was to remain at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center under a safety plan.

"Drew." Ordained at age 53 in 1998. Placed on leave in 4/2002 for lying on application, after the Diocese learned that he had been accused of the sexual abuse of a 4-year-old female relative when he was a teenager in 1961. In 1987 Perry was criminally charged in FL with lewd conduct with a boy; Perry was an adolescent psychiatric counselor at Rivendell in Vero Beach, and the boy was a patient. The boy told his mother about the incident and she called the Sheriff's Department. A Sheriff's detective recorded a telephone conversation with the boy and Perry in which Perry made self-incriminating statements. The charges were dropped in 1988 just before trial when the boy refused to testify. Perry admitted to abusing the girl. He appealed to the Vatican for review of his case. Name was included on the Diocese's list in 10/2018.

The Archdiocese received two allegations of abuse by Perzan in Philadelphia at St. Gabriel's Hall for delinquent boys: one allegation in 2004 about abuse in 1991, and another allegation in 2005 about abuse in 1994-1995. The first alleged abuse in Philadelphia occurred during a time when Perzan is not indexed in the Official Catholic Directory, and the second alleged abuse in Philadelphia occurred when he was listed in the Directory as assigned to a parish in New Mexico. What's more, the report refers to a 1998 letter from a pastor, complaining about Perzan's behavior with children. The Directory does not list Perzan at the parish in question, but at a different parish. At the beginning of his career, Perzan had three one-year parish assignments, and his move to New Mexico coincides with a slight change in the Directory's spelling of his name. In 2003, with the first grand jury in session, Perzan started a two-year parish assignment in Puerto Rico. This is an extremely unusual Directory record and would be consistent with problems earlier and more numerous than those chronicled in the 2011 grand jury report. Yet the review board deemed the two known allegations unsubstantiated, and Perzan was still in ministry as of 2/12/2011.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Archdiocese on its list 11/30/2018, which notes reports received in 1993 and 2010 of abuse in 1967.  In 1993 Peschel denied the allegation; in 2010 he admitted to it. He retired and was removed in 2010. Per the NE Attorney General's report in 11/2021, Peschel sexually abused a girl over several years, beginning when she was age 17 in the late 1960s. She informed a Texas diocese in 1992, and the Omaha archdiocese in 1993 and in 2010. He appears to have been kept in ministry until the report and his admission of the abuse in 2010. The Archdiocesan Review Board deemed the allegations credible.

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

Retired in 2002. Died 4/17/2017. In 2018 a man reported to the Diocese that Peter sexually abused him in the 1970s, when he was an 8-year-old altar boy at St. Edmund's in Tonawanda. He said the abuse first occurred on a boat ride for altar boys on the Niagara River, with another man present. The man said Peter also abused him after mass when the priest insisted they take a shower together, and that the pastor knew and did nothing. He also alleged that Peter threatened to harm his brother if he told. Peter's accuser said Bishop Grosz told him his complaint wasn't valid, that he was the only person to complain, and "Let's be real: he's dead, he can't defend himself." Lawsuit filed 8/2019.

Retired in 1993 shortly after the Sheboygan County D.A. received an anonymous report of sexual abuse by Peters. He denied the allegation but the Archdiocese prohibited him from unsupervised contact with minors. Admitted in 2002 that he took graphic sexual photos of at least four teenage boys. One also accused him of fondling. Name included on the Archdiocese's 7/04 list of priests fully restricted from ministry. Laicized 10/6/07 per personnel files released 7/13. Died in 12/18 at age 93.

Accused of abusing boys in 1962 at St. Joseph's in Harpers Ferry. Died 5/31/1997. Accused in a 2004 lawsuit of abusing an altar boy in 1962. In 2005 the archdiocese requested that the suit be dismissed on the statute of limitations. The claim settled in 2006.

One of 21 priests placed on administrative leave by the Philadelphia Archdiocese on 3/7/2011, pending the investigation of credible allegations involving sexual abuse or inappropriate behavior with minors. Peterson's last assignment was as pastor at St. Maria Goretti Parish in Hatfield. He spent much of his career at Catholic schools in the Philadelphia area. Found suitable for ministry on 7/6/2012 after the Review Board determined that misconduct claims against him were unsubstantiated.

Accused in a civil lawsuit in 1999 of abusing a boy for 10 years, beginning when the boy was brought to him at age 14 for counseling related to abuse by a Catholic Boy Scout leader. Peterson was the Archdiocese's Special Youth Services director and chaplain at a county juvenile detention home. Placed on leave, allowed to live at a parish. Two brothers and their sister also joined the suit, alleging abuse by Peterson in the 1970s. The suit was dismissed in 3/2000 due to the statute of limitations. In Fall 1999 the Harris County Grand Jury refused to indict Peterson on a charge that he sexually abused the original boy; the boy died at age 30 in 2003 of a drug overdose. Accused in a 2005 lawsuit of abusing and raping a 7th grade boy in 1983. Peterson was laicized in 2005; allowed to live at a priests' retirement home. Died 7/12/2007. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 1/31/2019. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 3/2024 of abusing a boy, beginning in 1995 when the boy was age 8 and he and his father were homeless. Peterson allegedly plied the boy with money and gifts, then sexually abused him after giving him communion wine. The abuse is said to have continued for months until the boy's family left TX.

Accused of molesting a teenage boy sometime 1992-1994. Stepped down voluntarily in 1/1994 during investigation. Permanently removed in 11/1995 from active ministry by the Fitness Review Board. Not enough evidence for police to prosecute. By 7/2002 he had requested a "third stage review" by Bishop Gregory, who found no reason to return him to active ministry. Peterson appealed to the Vatican. On 1/24/2009 the diocesan website gave his status as "Administrative Leave/Retired." Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused 12/19/2018. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes two "reported survivors."

Accused in a 12/6/2019 lawsuit of sexually abusing a girl, beginning when the girl was age 10 in 1963, at St. Joseph's parish school in Middletown NY, and continuing until 1967. Peterson denied the allegation. The complaint states that she abused the girl by "hugging her; kissing her; massaging her; caressing her; and caressing and touching her breasts and genitals; stroked her thighs, reaching up her uniform and with her hand tried to masturbate her on multiple occasions." Previously, Peterson taught at Blessed Sacrament School in New Rochelle NY 1962-1964. Peterson was principal of The Ursuline School in New Rochelle NY 1967-1974, and was also a Superior of Ursuline communities, member of the Ursuline leadership council, board member, and licensed social worker at hospitals. She stepped down from all ministry while the province investigated.

Petit's name appeared in 2020 on the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart USA Province list of those with credible allegations of the sexual abuse of minors. It notes allegation(s) against Petit reported in 1993. He retired in 2001. Died 3/21/2014. Per his obituary, Petit taught for 14 years at Sacred Heart Seminary, was director in communication/vocation positions, and did mission work in Colombia, South America. Added 10/21/2020 to the Diocese of Rockford's list. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Worked short-term as an assistant in a number of parishes, and as a hospital chaplain and campus minister. There are several gaps in Petracca's assignment history: 1988-1989 (not indexed in the Catholic Directory), 2000-2010 (Absent on Leave), 2010-2012, 2014-2015 (not indexed in the Catholic Directory). He is listed as in residence at a Salt Lake City, UT parish while on leave 2004-2005. He was reportedly in active ministry 2003-2004 at Marmion Abbey in Aurora, IL. Petracca was placed on leave 7/5/2017 due to an allegation of an incident of misconduct with a minor in the mid-1980s. Law enforcement was notified, per the Diocese. His name was included on the Diocese's list of credibly accused as of 1/16/2020, noting that he remained on leave pending the Diocese's decision. On 10/11/2023 Petracca was arrested  at his home in Holidaysburg, charged with child pornography possession and criminal use of a communication facility. He died 8/25/2024. Per his obituary, Petracca once "even tried a vocation with the Carthusian hermits in Vermont."

Accused of abuse of a boy in the early 1960s when Petraitis was 'filling in' at St. Mary's parish in Norwich. The alleged victim said he told Rev. Donat Jette during confession and that Jette then abused him, too. Per the 2002 Official Catholic Directory, Petraitis was Provincial of the Marian's Office in Chicago. One article refers to him as Superior of the Marians St. Kazimierz Province in the USA, and former General of the Congregation. Denied the allegations. Died 6/12/2012. Not included on the Norwich diocese's list 2/22/2019.

Per the Archdiocese, a first report of abuse was received in 1966. Alleged to have raped two brothers. Sent to treatment, returned to ministry. Sent for treatment three times. Permanently removed 1989 after more allegations. Indicted and convicted 1997 for the sexual abuse of 10-year-old boy in the late 1970s. Sentenced to six months in jail, reduced to seven days. Convicted in 2003 for abuse of three. Sentenced to 18 months in prison. Laicized in 4/2003. At least one claim was included in a $1.3M settlement with the Archdiocese in 12/2006. At least 25 accusers. Living at his mother's home in North Arlington, MD as of 9/2008. Included on the Archdiocese's list 10/15/2018.

Removed from ministry 8/22/2002. Accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in the late 1980s. The court denied the Diocese's Motion to Dismiss Negligence Claims on 9/20/2007. Claim settled in 8/2008 as part of a $1.326M settlement by the Diocese. Included on the Diocese's list 7/1/2019. In 10/2020 a lawsuit against the diocese by a man alleging abuse as a boy by Petrocelli was dismissed, the judge ruling that church leadership cannot be labeled "perpetrators." The RI Supreme Court affirmed the ruling in 6/2023. Petrocelli was indicted 11/2/2020 by a statewide grand jury on charges of the abuse of three young boys, occurring 11/1981-10/1990 while assigned to Holy Family in Woonsocket. He pleaded not guilty. Trial scheduled for 10/2026.

Retired in 1994 from the Omaha archdiocese. Petrusic was working as a part-time priest in FL when he was placed on leave in 2002 after an allegation that he had sexually abused a teenage boy in Omaha in the 1970s. His accuser said Petrusic would take nude photos of him when he was showering or changing at a lake cabin, and grope him. A second man also made allegations of abuse during the same time period. Placed on permanent leave in 8/2002. Died in 2/2010. Included on the Omaha archdiocese's list of credibly accused 11/30/2018. Per the NE Attorney General's report in 11/2021, one of the two victims reported his abuse to the Archdiocese in 1987, and from 1993 to 1995 the Archdiocese received three anonymous letters, the senders alleging sexual abuse as minors by Petrusic. After the 1987 allegation, Petrusic was sent to MA for treatment, then reassigned to an Omaha parish.

From Italy. Accused of molesting students at Xaverian Missionary Faith High School in Holliston MA beginning in 1959 and until the early 1970s. Former students came forward with allegations in 1993. Pezzotti was in Brazil in 1993, where he had been working in the Amazon since the early 1970s with Kayapo Indian children and supervising priests. He apologized to a MA victim in a note sometime before he came forward in 1993. A civil suit was filed in 1993. The Order admitted to knowledge of two other claims. In 2002 a woman said she also had been molested by Pezzotti in the early 1970s. Pezzotti returned to Italy in 2003, and went again to Brazil in 2008. This stay was shortened when the victim to whom Pezzotti had apologized saw him with Kayapo children in an internet photo and complained to the Xaverians. Pezzotti was known in 2010 to be living and working at Xaverian headquarters in Parma, Italy. 

Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese of Louisville on its list in 2/2019. Died 3/6/2002. (Brother of accused priest, Roman Pfalzer, O.F.M who allegedly abused in New Mexico.) Included 10/15/2020 on the Wichita diocese's list, where he worked 1947-1972 and 1983. Added in 2020 to the New Orleans archdiocese's list, where he was assigned at one point. On the Gallup diocese's list in 11/2021. On the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/2022. Added to Peoria's list in 6/2022. Included on the St. John the Baptist Province Franciscans list of those with substantiated allegations against them. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least one "reported survivor."

First identified publicly as accused in Santa Fe archdiocese list on 9/12/2017. Assigned to St. Francis in Gallup in the early 1950s. Santa Fe's updated list in 3/08/2019 shows Pfalzer as having been assigned to the Cathedral of St. Francis in Santa Fe in 1966. Also worked in Roswell and Clovis.  On the Archdiocese of Indianapolis list 10/18/2018. Noted to have two victims, allegedly abused 1954-1954. On the Gallup diocese's list of credibly accused in 8/2019. (Brother of accused priest, Juvenal Pfalzer, O.F.M.) Included 10/15/2020 in the Diocese of Wichita's list, where he worked in 1964. On the Las Cruces diocese list 11/13/2020. On Cincinnati's list in 2/2022. Added in 6/2022 to Peoria's list. Included on the St. John the Baptist Province Franciscans list. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least one "reported survivor." Pfalzer died 12/26/2011.

Pastor of St. Sabina's on Chicago's south side from 1981. Prominent anti-violence and social justice advocate. Pfleger adopted an 8-year-old boy in 1981, adopted a second boy in 1992, and became a foster father to a boy in 1997. He was suspended in 1/2021 due to an allegation that he sexually abused a boy over 40 years prior. The accuser's brother soon also said the priest abused him as a boy. The brothers said the abuse occurred for years, starting when they were ages 12 and 13 in the 1970s and Pfleger was a seminarian and their choir director at Precious Blood parish. In 3/2021 a third man said Pfleger made an unwanted sexual advance toward him when the man was 18 in 1979. Pfleger "strongly denied" all accusations. Pfleger wrote to the Auburn Gresham community that he would "seek other ways...to minister" to them. In 3/2021 a Chicago Police detective reportedly said that a fourth person had come forward with allegations against Pfleger. In 6/2021 Pfleger was reinstated after the Review Board said in 5/2021 that  there was "insufficient reason to suspect.... Pfleger is guilty... ." He was again suspended in 10/2022 due to a new allegation of abuse of a boy in the late 1980s. Pfleger denied the allegation. In 12/2022 he was  reinstated after the Review Board "found no reason to suspect" that he was guilty. In 7/2026 an additional allegation surfaced; a woman reported that she was sexually abused by Pfleger when she was a St. Sabina grade school student some time during 1993-1995. Pfleger strongly denied the allegation. He was placed on leave during the investigation. Once again, in 8/2026, the Archdiocese found "no reason to believe Father Pfleger is guilty" and he was reinstated.

Monsignor. Parish priests, diocesan director of camps. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 3/21. Abuse allegedly occurred at Notre Dame in New Hyde Park, where Pfundstein was pastor 6/48 until his death 8/11/73.

Chair in 2006 of Federation of Vietnamese Catholics in the U.S.A. Removed from active ministry at St. John's, Dinwiddie, in 7/11 after a recent complaint of sexual abuse of a minor more than 30 years prior, reportedly while attending St. Joseph Seminary in St. Benedict, LA. Diocese investigated. Pham "admitted the accusation is true and the incident did occur." There is a possible gap in his assignments between 1988 and 1991. On Richmond diocese's list 2/13/19.

Attorney Garabedian announced a settlement on behalf of one person in 9/2013. Although Phelan spent most of his career in the African countries of Burkina Faso and Ghana as a member of the "White Missionaries," he was assigned for at least one year (1977) in Plainfield in the Newark Archdiocese. Not indexed in Official Catholic Directory after 1992.

Named publicly as accused by the Chicago Archdiocese on its list in 10/2022. Died in 1995. Allegations were substantiated after Phelan's death. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Seattle archdiocese on its list 3/31/2023. Pastor 1973-1983 of St. Ann's in Tacoma. Died in 2012. Claims against Phelan of child sexual abuse at St. Ann's in about 1978 were settled in 12/2022.

Named publicly as accused by the Richmond diocese on its list 2/13/19. Born 7/17/1918. Died 1/20/1994.

Accused of the sexual abuse of at least one minor. 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. Assigned to St. William's in Shelby MT  1971-1978. Other assignments included Southeast Catholic High School in the Green Bay archdiocese 1939-1943 and 1948-1958, Green Bay's Central Catholic 1943-1948 and counselor at Camp Tivoli 1939-1941. Also worked at Abbot Pennings High in De Pere, WI 1967-1969. Transferred in 1992 to his order's priory in Jackson, MI. Philpsen died 8/21/1998. Included on the St. Norbert Abbey in WI list 7/19/2019, with multiple allegations noted.

Died 12/21/2001. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list in 11/2015.

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Phillips eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2000.

Professed vows as a Benedictine brother in 1970. Placed on "restriction" under a "safety plan" at St. John's Abbey in 2002 after allegations by two youths of sexual abuse occurring in the late 1970s. No privileges. Reportedly in 7/2010, Phillips continued to come and go from the Abbey and associated freely with a woman whose family includes an autistic grandson. His name was included on a list of monks likely to have offended against minors as released by the Abbey 12/09/2013. Included on the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese's list 11/3/2017 of "priests and religious brothers who have served or spent time in the archdiocese and have substantiated claims of sexual abuse of a minor against them."