Fr. Rubin Abaya

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Died: 06/27/2008
Diocese: Diocese of Monterey CA
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Named publicly as credibly accused on the Fresno diocese's list in 2021. Ordained for the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno. Noted to have left the diocese in 1952. The 1954 Official Catholic Directory (which reflects 1953-54) shows Angelino as a priest of the Monterey-Fresno diocese, retired. The following year he is indexed as a U.S. Army chaplain. Per news articles in April 1952, Angelino was arrested and charged on two counts of "immoral conduct" with a boy, and admitted to "improper conduct" with two boys for over more than a year. He was pastor of Sacred Heart in Merced at the time. In 1977 a news piece shows that Angelino was appointed by the Orthodox Roman Catholic Movement to Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel in Walnut Creek CA. Angelino died in 1986.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Diocese: Archdiocese of San Francisco CA
From Argentina. Arrived in the Monterey-Fresno diocese in 1963. Reportedly the diocese had knew of allegations against Battagliola in 1967. In the late 1990s a woman told the diocese that in 1974 Battagliola sexually abused her son, who was then a 14-year-old altar boy, in San Luis Obispo. Battagliola frequently visited their home. One night Battagliola took the boy for a drive, got him drunk, and had sex with him; the boy contracted a sexually transmitted disease. Lawsuit filed in 2003. Battagliola was found murdered in a San Francisco motel room in 2/77. He had been seen checking into the room with a young man in his early 20s. Personnel file released in 1/13. Included on the Monterey diocese's 1/2/19 list of credibly accused.
From Huejutla, Mexico. Incardinated into the Diocese of Fresno in 2004. Placed on leave in 3/16 due to allegations of inappropriate behavior with a minor when he was assigned to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Allegations not made public until 10/18. On the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18, which noted receipt of a report in 2016 of incidents in 1999 or 2000. Case closed by the Vatican's CDF after it deemed the allegations not proven. Per the Los Angeles archdiocese's list in 12/21, the Fresno diocese expected to restore Bautista's faculties.
First named publicly as accused on the San Bernardino diocese's list 10/9/18. Assigned to St. Peter and St. Paul in Alta Loma 1985-86. Died in 1/87. Per diocese, it was first aware in 1985 of allegations in the 1960s-70s. Abuse reportedly occurred in IN, KY and NY. (There was also a Wheeling WV diocesan priest, Fr. Joseph G. Bell, who died in 6/86.)
Warrant issued in 1992 for alleged abuse in 1991 of young girls in Sacramento. Fled to Mexico before warrant could be served ; became an active priest there. Reports in 2007 that Mexican villagers wanted him removed because of rumors about him and teen girls for many years. Another US accuser (male) came forward in 2/07. Suit filed in 3/07. Diocese sued accuser in 8/07. Rico was arrested in Mexico in 3/08; released in 8/08 before extradition. Another alleged victim came forward in 4/08. Laicization announced in 2008. More accusations surfaced. On the Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/19, showing twelve female accusers and three male, all abused under age 14. New allegations in 2019 and 2020 that he sexually abused boys under age 18 and 14. Remains a fugitive in 10/21.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 11/04 of sexually abusing a girl 1996-2000, starting when she was ages 16-17 and Bongila was working in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Bongila denied the allegations. The suit settled in 2006. The archdiocese investigated and reportedly "cleared" Bongila. In 2013 a second lawsuit reportedly was filed, claiming Bongila sexually abused a male under age 18. It was dismissed in 7/19 because of lack of participation from the plaintiff in the case. Bongila began work in 2006 as the founding director of the International Leadership Program at the Universiy of St. Thomas in Minneapolis MN, where he remained as of 1/22.
Ordained for the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno. Died in 1987. Named as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese on its list in 8/21.
Diocese: Diocese of Stockton CA
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Extern priest from Mexico. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on its list in 12/22. Noted to be deceased. Appears to have been assigned to the archdiocese approximately 1982-86.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Diocese: Diocese of San Diego CA
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese on its list in 8/21. Per his obituary, Chavez was placed on permanent medical leave of absence in 2017. He died in 2020.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Named publicly as accused by the Oakland diocese on its list in 2019. Doesn't specify if priest or deacon.
Diocese: Diocese of Monterey CA
Monsignor. Died in 1972. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Fresno on its list in 8/21.
Died: 11/14/1966
Diocese: Diocese of Monterey CA
Diocese: Diocese of San Diego CA
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese on its list in 2021. Noted to have been assigned to St. Alphonsus in Fresno 1936-38. He died 3/27/55 in his native St. Louis. (Name on Fresno list misspelled "Darmaddy.")
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese on its list in 8/21. It notes that Davis' faculties were suspended in 2004. Laicization in process.
Diocese: Diocese of Fresno CA
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Fresno on its list in 2021. It notes that Morales was a transitional deacon from Mexico and was visiting friends in Fresno at the time in question.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the St. Barbara Province Franciscans on its list in 9/20. Drum was accused in 1972 and left the order the same year. His first assignment was in 1954.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of San Jose on its list updated 4/5/19. It notes that Duggan was removed from public ministry by the San Francisco archdiocese in 2002 due to a recent report of "sexual misconduct with a child at St. Patrick School during the 1950s." Duggan retired in 1983 and died 3/30/07.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Diocese: Diocese of Monterey CA
Accused in 2002 and 2003 by three people of abuse in 1950s-60s. Named in multiple civil suits. Worked in CA, China, Philippines. Accused of abusing at least 10 children 1959-75. Died 5/13/75. Tentative settlement of $16M reached between 9 plaintiffs and Jesuit order in 5/07. Philippines presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said in 12/15 Falvey abused him when he was a freshman at Ateneo de Davao High School, and that he molested other students as well. Brother of Fr. Arthur Falvey who also was accused of abuse in a 2009 settlement of a separate case. The same man later received settlements from the Jesuits, the Sacramento diocese and Los Angeles archdiocese for claims of abuse in Sacramento by both Frs. Mark and Arthur Falvey 1955-61. The abuse allegedly occurred during Mark Falvey's visits with Arthur in Sacramento.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Fresno on its list in 2021. Noted to have left the diocese in 1945. The Official Catholic Directory shows Farrell as on leave of absence in 1945, then as an assistant at a Bakersfield parish the following year. He is then indexed with a chancery address for several years, and seems to surface later as a priest of the Servants of the Paraclete in Jemez Springs, NM, which was a treatment center for troubled priests, including pedophiles. He is noted on the Fresno list to have died in 1962. The only Thomas Farrell listed in the Necrology section of the 1963 Official Catholic Directory (which reflects 1962-63) died 6/4/62 at the Servants of the Paraclete's Via Coeli in Jemez Springs, NM.
Also known as Fr. Mathias. Accused of abuse in 1965-67 at St. Benedict in Montebello CA. Named in at least two civil suits. Died 1/30/88. Some of his personnel files released in 7/13 reference "his problem" or "difficulty." Buried at Saint Gregory Abbey Cemetery in Shawnee, OK. Included on the Archiocese of Oklahoma's list in 10/19 of those credibly accused of abuse of a minor in the archdiocese.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Accused in a 2022 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, beginning when the boy was age 13 in 1976 and continuing throughout his time as a student at Servite High School in Anaheim. Fitzpatrick was assigned to the high school 1970-1992, where he was a teacher and swim coach. He was transferred in 1993 to a parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, then in 1994 to a parish in Portland OR. Also worked in Milwaukee WI. He died in 1997.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Diocese: Diocese of Orange CA
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list in 12/21. Retired, no faculties.
"Sam." Ordained for the Diocese of Tarbes-Lourdes, France. Incardinated in 1971 into the Diocese of Fresno. Included in 2021 on the Fresno diocese's list of credibly accused. Noted to have left the diocese in 1974 to work as a US Navy chaplain and to have died in 1994. Per his obituary, Tambourin was a Navy chaplain for 20 years. At the time of his death he was pastor of St. Mary of the Mountains in Virginia City and a chaplain at Fallon Naval Base.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on its list in 12/21. Appears to have worked in the archdiocese approximately 1982-84. Extern priest from Mexico. Deceased.
Diocese: Diocese of Monterey CA
Died: 11/29/1972
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Fresno on its list in 8/21. His faculties were revoked five years after his 1935 ordination. He reportedly left the diocese in 1941 without permission and died in 1953.
In a 10/20/21 letter to his parishioners, the diocese announced that Ghiorso had been accused in a civil claim of the sexual abuse of a minor 30-40 years previously. Placed on leave pending investigation. Three suits reportedly filed by 6/23/22. One claims Ghiorso plied an altar boy with wine and raped him at St. Vincents School for Boys for a year beginning in 1989. Another suit, filed in 4/22, claims Ghiorso raped a boy multiple times at St. Vincents 1988-1991, beginning when the boy was age 10. Ghiorso's attorney denied the allegations.
Ordained for the Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala. Worked as an extern priest in the Diocese of Fresno 2001-2003. Returned to Guatemala in 2004. "Jorge Gomez" per the 2003 Official Catholic Directory. Included in 2021 on the Fresno diocese's list of credibly accused.
Accused in a 2022 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, age 8, in the 1980s. Greenlaw pleaded guilty in the mid-1990s to embezzling from the church. He died in 2018.
Diocese: Diocese of Stockton CA
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Died: 12/7/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Monsignor. Sued under the CA Child Victims Act which took effect 1/1/20. Accused of sexually abusing boy(s) at St. Vincent's Boys Home and CYO Camp in the early 1980s. Denied the allegation(s). The review board did not substantiate the claim(s). In active ministry in 6/22.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento in 5/19 on its list of those with credible allegations against them. The abuse is noted to have occurred elsewhere. Hoan was from the Diocese of Long Xuyen, South Vietnam and worked in the Sacramento diocese at Vietnames Martyrs 1986-1994.
Died: 08/22/1982
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Monsignor. Ordained in 1921. Died in 1982.Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's list in 2013.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Named publicly as credibly accused by the St. Barbara Province Franciscans on its list in 9/20. Accused in 2002 of abuse occurring in 1978 and 1979, while assigned to St. Boniface in San Francisco, He is noted to have lived outside of the order beginning in 1988, and to have been formally dismissed in 2016.
Diocese: Diocese of Monterey CA
Diocese: Diocese of San Bernardino CA