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Named publicly by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. The Diocese of Harrisburg told Baltimore in 2018 of a claim of sex abuse against Bechtel, occurring while assigned to Mt. St. Joseph High School. Bechtel worked at the school 1979-1989. More allegations of abuse while at Mt. St. Joseph followed. Bechtel died in 1994. Included in the MD Attorney General's Report 4/5/2023, which shows two separate reports in 1986 by teen boys (both former St. Joseph's students) to their counselors of 'solicitation by Bechtel. No action. The 2018 reports were from a mother who said her two boys were abused by Bechtel while Mt. St. Joseph's students, and from a former student who said Bechtel fondled him in 1987 or 1988 when he was age 15 or 16.
Pastor of St. Edward's in Baltimore 1979-2003. Placed on leave in 1993 after complaints of abuse of a minor 1989-1992. Law enforcement investigated; closed case despite evidence of abuse; discovered several teenage boys had lived at Blackwell's rectory over the years. Sent to treatment then reinstated. Permanently placed on leave in 1998 after admitting to a "sexual relationship" with another minor which ended in the 1970s. Settlement for $90K with this victim. The 1993 accuser shot and injured Blackwell in 2002. Archbishop acknowledged abuse. In 2002 multiple others alleged sexual abuse by Blackwell 1960s-1970s. Included on the archdiocese's list of accused. Laicization announced in 12/2004. Found guilty during a 2/2005 criminal trial for the 1993 abuse, which included rape. Settlement for $70K with this victim in 2008. Also in 2008, $35K and $75K settlements with two more victims. Three more men came forward, in 2/2017, 5/2018 and 4/2020, reporting abuse ages 13-17, at age 8 or 9, and in third grade. Blackwell's case is included in the MD Attorney General's 4/5/2023 report.
Joined his Order in 1952. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Accused in 8/2018 of sexually abusing a male Calvert Hall College High Student in the late 1970s. Morgan was Dean of Discipline at the school and later taught typing. The boy was a swim team member and said Morgan would make the boys swim naked, and that Morgan grabbed and fondled his genitals. Another former student said in 2019 that Morgan would watch the students strip down for swim class. A former teacher said Morgan would swim naked with the boys, and that he would throw typewriters at students during typing class.
Br. Jeffrey. Named publicly as accused by the Xaverian order on its list in 3/2021 of deceased members with allegations against them which could not be fully investigated but had a semblance of truth. Allegation was of abuse occurring around 1947-1949, while assigned to Mount St. Joseph High School in Baltimore. Joined the order in 1942, withdrew in 1950.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Sued in 1978 for an affair with a neighbor's wife. Went on leave of absence, never returned to ministry. Married. Report in 1988 to the Archdiocese that Callahan sexually abused a boy, ages 11-18, from 1967-1974. The abuse was said to have included rape and involved alcohol. It occurred in many places, including during overnights at the rectories of St. Rita's in Baltimore and Christ the King in Edgemere. The alleged victim said he was sure others knew about it. A priest assigned to St. Rita's with Callahan 1970-1972 said "Callahan was close to many young people, including the victim and his family" and that he knew Callahan "had kids in his room." Callahan was laicized in 2017. He died 11/22/2019.
Accused of abuse of boys in the 1950s-1980s. A parent complained in 1957; nothing done. Another complained in 1995. Suit filed in 1997; dismissed due to the statute of limitations. Name publicly released when one man settled for $65K in 2005. Retired in 1993; died in 1998. Name on list of abusive priests released by the Diocese 11/16/2006. More suits filed in 12/2006 and 7/2008. A 2006 suit settled in 4/2009 for $1.5M. The plaintiff died day after signing the settlement agreement. At least three other settlements in 2010 and 2011. Personnel files released in 2/2012.
Removed from ministry in 1990 after his Order told the archdiocese that he had admitted soliciting a minor in another state. Laicized in 1998. Included in 2002 on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Died: 03/12/1957
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
From the Diocese of Istmina-Tado, Colombia. Worked in in the Diocese of Arlington VA 1994 until 1997, when removed for sexual misconduct with a young woman. Cristancho arranged in vitro fertilization of a woman in Colombia using his sperm. Triplets were born in 11/2001 (2 boys, 1 girl). He was assigned to the Archdiocese of Baltimore 1999-2002, at St. Ignatius in Forest Hill. The archdiocese revoked Cristancho's faculties in 7/2002, reportedly because he refused a new assignment, later learning that he had fathered triplets. In 2006 DSS found that he had sexually abused of both of the boys, including oral sex. Their mother reported a possible third victim. Maryland appeals court gave custody to the mother in 10/2008. Cristancho denied abuse. Included in 4/2016 on the archdiocese's list of accused. Arrested in 9/2017 and charged with making and possessing child pornography. Detectives found photos of little boys on Cristancho's electronic devices in his home, and on a memory card in a safe. He pleaded guilty 10/4/2021 to "coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity" and admitted to creating nude images of four other children. His victim was ages 11-13 when abused 2002 through at least Fall 2003. Cristancho met the boy at St. Ignatius parish. Sentenced in 5/2011 to 22 years in federal prison. Laicized in 2022. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Monsignor. Parish priest, prep school chaplain, prison chaplain, archdiocesan Director of Catholic Boy Scouts, active in Volunteers for America, where he worked at two facilities for children. Died 2/3/1992. In 1993 the archdiocese received multiple allegations of child sexual abuse against Davies. Resigned in 1990 due to about his use of funds at St. Joseph Parish. One man alleged abuse in the 1960s at St. Joseph's in Hagerstown. The allegations were not announced publicly until 8/13/2015 in an archdiocesan press release, which stated a man alleged abuse by Davies as a child in the 1950s. The statement acknowledged there were other allegations, without elaborating. On archdiocese's 12/14/2018 list; it notes numerous allegations of child sex abuse received against Davies. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It notes that Davies sexually abused, including rape, at least eight boys in the 1950s and 1960s.
Died: 05/27/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
Ordained for the diaconate in 1974. Assigned to St. Louis in Clarksville 1975-1989 and as a substitute chaplain at Bon Secours Hospital 1989-1990. Died in 2015. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Admitted in 1989 to to sexually abusing a girl, age 13, in 1985. The family did not want to prosecute. Faculties removed. Request for reinstatement denied in 1995.
Died: 01/14/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
Entered the Novitiate of the Third Order of St. Francis in 1957. Candidate for the permanent diaconate 1977-1980. Worked in two parishes and as an assistant hospital chaplain. Resigned in 1980. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. In 1981 the Archdiocese received a report that O'Hara had took a preteen boy to a movie and touched his upper leg. O'Hara "abruptly" left MD, after which five boys from St. Rose Elementary School alleged they had had "sexual experiences" with O'Hara. Charged in 1987 with 16 count of sexual offenses and 16 counts of child abuse in Ocean City MD. Also investigated for sexually assaulting minors in 1987 in Anne Arundel County. Admitted to molesting over 100 children since 1953. No charges. Allegation in 1995 of abuse of a boy, age 11, over a year in 1978. The two met when the boy was a hospital patient and O'Hara was a chaplain. Accused in 2002 of sexually assaulting another boy beginning in 1976, when the boy was ages 9-14, and 16. O'Hara began grooming the boy as a hospital chaplain, referred to as "Brother Pius," and the boy was a patient. The boy's younger brother was also abused. O'Hara died in 1/2004.
From the Bahamas. Assigned to St. Veronica in South Baltimore and then in 2000 to St. Francis Xavier in East Baltimore. Suspended in 2002 after allegations that he molested a 13-year-old boy in 4/2002 at St. Francis Xavier. Archdiocese said in 9/2002 that the allegation did not "appear...credible" but investigation revealed "significant issues of concern about...fitness for ministry with minors." He resigned and was placed on leave by his Order. One young man said in 8/2002 that Dean would "ride around Mount Vernon and pick up little boys" every Monday night. Indicted on criminal charges in 5/2003; charges dismissed by judge "at the request of the victim's family" in 12/2003. Settlement in 2004. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Accused in 1993 of sexual abuse in the late 1970s - early 1980s. Dowdy admitted to sexually abusing two minors. One man said he was age 16 when the abuse began, and that it continued for eight years. Dowdy was removed from ministry and his faculties were removed. Sent to St. Luke's 1/1994-7/1994, where he admitted to sexually abusing boys. In 5/2023 a man said his abuse by Dowdy began when he was a 10-year-old altar boy and continued over four years. His name appeared on the Baltimore archdiocese's 9/2002 list of priests and brothers accused of sexually abusing minors. Included in the MD Attorney General's 4/5/2023 report.
Parish priest, longtime teacher and principal of Mount De Sales Academy in Catonsville. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Report to archdiocese in 2002 of abuse in the early 1950s. Allegation in 2012 of abuse early 1950s-early 1960s. Duerr died in 1982. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It notes that a former nun reported in 2002 that when she was working at St. Rita's 1952-1953, she witnessed Duerr fondling altar boys, who were third graders at the parish school. She said she tried to report the abuse to the Archdiocese six years prior, and was told nothing could be done because Duerr was deceased. In 2012 a woman told the Archdiocese she was sexually abused by Duerr beginning when she was age 7 at St. Rita's and continuing until she went away to college. She said she was was first raped before her first communion. Further, she told a nun about the abuse, and she believed that another priest at the parish, Fr. Charles Muth, knew about it.
Monsignor. In 1988, the Archdiocese received an allegation against Duke of sexual abuse of a boy during 7th and 8th grades in 1953-1954. This victim received a $25K settlement from Duke. Duke admitted in 1988 to sexually abusing 26 children 1944 -1961, seven of whom later came forward. The abuse included oral and anal rape. Many victims told other priests and/or church authorities, to no avail. In one case, Fr. John Tierney did speak to Duke in the early 1950s, and the abuse of that victim stopped. One man said in 1993 that he was abused over two years in the 1940s, beginning at age 10; he told another priest in confession, who swore him to secrecy. (The priest, Joseph Kenney, was later credibly accused of child sexual abuse.) Duke also sent other victims to confession. The Archdiocese knew Duke was sexually abusing boys as early as 1953 and was sent for 'spiritual direction.' He died in 1992. His name appeared on the 9/2002 list of priests and religious brothers in the Baltimore archdiocese who had been accused of child sexual abuse. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Worked in PA, MD and VA. Parish priest, teacher, campus minister. Report to the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 2011 that Ernst sexually abused and raped a boy, ages 12-14, at St. Augustine in Elkridge MD, where he was assigned 1998-2004. The person reporting believed that other children were abused as well. In 9/2022 a family member of the alleged victim told the MD Attorney General's office that the abuse began when the boy was age 6-7, and that Ernst kept a book of photos of naked boys. Ernst died in 2004.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. In 2018 a man reported that Evans sexually abused him as a boy, about age 14, in the late 1950s, when pastor at St. Margaret's. The boy was on the CYO softball team. Evans had fallen during a game while walking on the field, and the boy helped him get up. Later, Evans asked to see the boy in the rectory to thank him. Per the report, Evans grabbed the boy's hand and forced it onto his [Evans'] crotch, rubbing the boy's hand against it. The boy left as soon as Evans released his hand, and never returned to CYO. Evans died in 1984.
Name also spelled Evanowski or Evanoski. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused 4/24/2019, noting an allegation reported to the archdiocese in 2003 of abuse in 1967 of an Archbishop Curley High School student. Additional allegations followed of abuse while Ewanowski was a Curley High faculty member, where he was assigned 1968-1976. He died in 1990. Included in the 4/6/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that the man who had come forward in 2003 initially reported his abuse in 1999 in a letter to the former Curly High president, and said that he had told a faculty member at the time period of the abuse. The Archdiocese and High School settled with the man in 2009. A second former student reported abuse by Ewanowski in 1969, and a settlement record in 12/2015 indicates another allegation of abuse by the priest in about 1972 at Curley High.
Died: 10/20/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Assigned to St. Peter and Paul School in Cumberland MD in the 1980s and 1990s. Long-time probation officer for the MD Department of Juvenile Services (DJS). Made permanent deacon in the mid-1970s. Allegation reported to Bishop Murphy in 1991 that Firlie had made sexual advances at DJS toward a 17-year-old boy. A police detective said that Firlie had been seen in an area of Cumberland where men pick up young men. Firlie admitted "his problems" to the State's Attorney and was sent to the Johns Hopkins Sex Clinic. He died in 10/2000. In 2010 a man reported to the Archdiocese that he was sexually abused by Firlie at St. Peter and Paul Catholic School at ages 10-14, during 1979-1983.
Named publicly as accused by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. It notes multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1970s. Appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1987. Died in 1993. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's report, which shows reports of abuse of boys and girls, the youngest a 7-year-old boy and the oldest a 16-year-old girl. The abuse included rape, and sometimes payment to the children. The Baltimore Archdiocese knew in 1990 of Fisher's sexual involvement with young men. In 2003 Cardinal Keeler told Cardinal Mahony that he was aware in about 1995 that Fisher was accused of sexually abusing a minor. Two of the victims are known to have received settlements.
Also known as Alphonse. Ordained in 1905. Worked in Shamokin PA, Milwaukee WI, Chelsea MA, Bridgeport CT, Baltimore MD, Ellicott City MD, Loretto Italy, and Hamburg NY. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Assigned to St. Stanislaus in Fells Point, Baltimore 1924-1939. Died in 1948. In 1997 and again in 2002 a man reported to the Archdiocese that he was sexually abused as a boy in the 1930s by Figlewski. The man said Figlewski would take altar boys one at a time on trips on the streetcars, instructing them to wear short pants for the trips. The priest provided the shorts from a "sizable wardrob[e] he maintained for this purpose." Figlewski would reach into the boys' pants and fondle them during the streetcar rides. The man eventually received a settlement from the Archdiocese.
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list in 6/2022. Died in 1988. Accused in 2014 of abuse of an altar boy, ages 8-13, in the 1970s at Shrine of the Little Flower in Baltimore. Heilman was a deacon at the time in question. In 2022 a man reported abuse by Heilman, the first time at St. Mary's Seminary, when he was age 13 or 14 in 1978 or 1979. The second incident was reported to have been when Heilman was assigned to St. Mark's, sometime between 1979-1981. The man said that Fr. Ronald Mardaga participated in the abuse. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report
Accused by two women of having repeatedly raped them in the early 1970s, when they were Keough High School students. One of them said she reported her allegations multiple times, beginning in 2014, to county and city police and the city state's attorney's office. She also said three other women alleged Koob behaved inappropriately around them when they were girls. The second woman came forward to police, the Archdiocese and the Jesuits in 2023. Both were interviewed by the MD Attorney General's office; its 4/5/2023 report referred to Koob not by name, but as "the Jesuit intern." Both women also said they were repeatedly sexually assaulted by Frs. Joseph Maskell and Neil Magnus. Koob denied the allegations. Koob was dating Sr. Cathy Cesnik in 1969 when she disappeared and was later found murdered. In 7/2023 the case is unsolved. Koob left the priesthood around 1979. He married, became a Methodist minister and raised a family in NJ.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
Appears in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report as # 148. Assigned in the 1960s and 1970s to Our Lady of Pompei in Highlandtown. In 2018 a woman reported to the Archdiocese that Fiorentino pressed himself against her breasts and buttocks multiple times during 1973-1977, when she was in elementary and middle school. Another woman said that when she was a student in 1975 or 1976, she confronted Fiorentino for grabbing students' butts; she was suspended and the priest was sent away. Fiorentino is not listed in the Official Catholic Directory after 1976.
Named as a perpetrator of abuse of minors in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's report. Prior to his 1975 ordination, Affrica was a Holy Cross Brother for eleven years. Taught high school in MA and in Forrestville MD as a Holy Cross Brother. Accused in 2005 of abuse of a boy, ages 15-18 during 1973-1976. Abuse allegedly occurred at the parish rectory and on a weekend retreat, and involved alcohol and marijuana. Accused in 2007 of abusing a girl, age 15 or 16, in the late 1970s, also involving alcohol. Both alleged victims said that many kids would hang out with Affrica at the rectories. Went on leave in 1981, married, and became a licensed social worker. Requested laicization in 2016.
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. A woman reported to the Archdiocese in 2002 that Wooden sexually assaulted her in the rectory of Blessed Sacrament in Baltimore when she was working there as a teenager in the 1970s. He had pinned her against a wall and rubbed his exposed penis against her. Two seminarians entered the room and helped her get out. In 1995 and 2000 anonymous ads appeared in the Baltimore Sun asking,"Were you ever disciplined by the Monsignor at Blessed Sacrament in Baltimore 1950s-70?" and "Were you ever in Monsignor Wooden's class at Blessed Sacrament during the 1950s-60s or 1970s?" Wooden died in 1976.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Referred to in the report as #150. Was a Catholic seminarian and deacon, later ordained for the Episcopal Church. Report to the Archdiocese in 2009 that Hudson attempted to sexually abuse a boy, age 15, in 1976 when Hudson was a deacon and high school teacher. Hudson allegedly took the boy on a camping trip, plied him with alcohol and and tried to take the boy's pants off by pulling his belt buckle, saying "Let me help you." Placed on leave in 5/2023 by the Episcopal Diocese of MD when the allegations came to light. Resigned from his parish.
In 1997 the Baltimore archdiocese received an allegation that Gerg sexually abused a minor in the late 1960s to early 1970s, while assigned to St. Benedict's in Baltimore. Removed from active ministry in 2002, after the U.S. Bishops' Dallas Charter. Included on Baltimore's list of accused priests in 9/2002. Included in 8/2018 on the St. Vincent Archabbey of Latrobe PA Benedictines' list of credibly accused. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that Gerg's victim was a girl, and the abuse took place 1967-1972, when the girl was ages 13-17. She said she reported the abuse at the time to later known perpetrator priests Neil Magnus and Joseph Maskell.
In 1991 a parishioner reported that teenagers - including one of Girard's two foster sons - were allowed to drink whiskey in the rectory, and there were reports that year of Girard's "increasingly erratic and problematic behavior." Received one year probation in 2002 after falsely telling police he was the victim of a car jacking - he had picked up a male prostitute and the man stole his car. The man said they smoked crack cocaine and drank alcohol in St. Clement's rectory. Girard was sent to St. Luke Institute. In 4/2004 a young man alleged abuse, including rape, by Girard when he was a St. Clement third-grader in the early 1990s, the first time during confession. He said Girard threatened him with castration if he told. Police were notified; the Archdiocese investigated. Girard denied the allegation. The accuser by suicide in 2005; his parents sued in 12/2007, later receiving a $200K settlement. Girard died in 2018. His name was included on the Archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Worked in NY, China, AL, MD, PA. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Accused in 2003 of sexually abusing a girl, age 16 or 17, at Our Lady of Lourdes in Baltimore where he was assigned 1964-1971. Hill's victim died by suicide in 2002.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Accused in 2003 of sexually abusing a girl he was related to in the 1970s, when she was ages 11-15. Said to have made "inappropriate physical gestures toward the victim and her sister" and a sexual encounter or kiss. In 2018 a man reported abuse by Hiltz at age 10 in 1968 at St. Martin School, where Hiltz was pastor. The abuse included oral rape.
Name also spelled Jamison. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Report to the Archdiocese in 2007 from a woman that she was sexually abused by Jameson at age 13 in 1942, at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Baltimore. Jameson moved in the mid-1940s to the Archdiocese of Washington DC and then to the Diocese of Joliet IL. The Official Catholic Directory shows Jameson as Absent on Leave from the Joliet diocese 1962-1972, then as retired for one year. Newspaper notices 1966-1969 show him as assigned to St. Anthony in Questa, NM in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, although he is not listed as there in the Directory. He died in 1973.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Report to the Archdiocese in 1968 that Julian had sexually abused a girl, by then in college. Admitted to the abuse. Sent to treatment. Requested and granted laicization in 1970 so he could marry. In 2002 a woman reported to the Archdiocese that she was abused by Julian in the early 1960s, beginning when she was in 8th or 9th grade and throughout her high school years. She said a girl a year behind her in school was also abused; it was that girl's father who had contacted the diocese in 1968. Julian died in 2006.
Br. Benedict Joseph. Joined the Xaverians in 1933. Died in 1976. Named publicly as accused by the Order on its list 7/12/2019. Allegation reported in 1995 of abuse in Baltimore in 1945. The alleged victim said he was abused by Kelly, including rape, at St. Mary's Industrial School from ages 13-16, beginning in about 1945. This accuser said he was also sexually abused at the school by Xaverian Bros. Luanus/Lawrence Meegan and Fabian/Francis Donal, and by Passionist priest Timothy McGrath. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list in 7/2019 and in the MD Attorney General's Report 4/5/2023 .
Named publicly in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. A woman reported in 2006 that when she was age 8 in 1971, Kelly sexually abused by digitally penetrating her vagina while she sat in his lap. Made to retire in late 1971 after complaints of Kelly's extreme drunkenness, conduct with women and girls and other erratic behavior. Sent to treatment for three weeks then moved into Stella Maris Hospice, where he ministered to residents. Caused a car accident in 1982, which killed another priest. Died in 1987.
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 12/14/2018. Accused in 2002 by two people of abuse in the late 1940s - early 1950s. Died in 2001. The Archdiocese stated it realized in 2018 that it knew in 1985 of allegations of abuse in the early 1950s. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that the 1985 allegation was of a girl, ages 4-8, and that the victim knew that others were also abused. Kenney was kept in ministry and retired in 1987. The 2002 allegations were of abuse a girl, age 12 or 13, in the late 1940s, and of a 14-year-old girl in 1952-1953. In 2019 a man, who was related to Kenney, reported that the priest abused his sister and cousin as children in the 1960s, and another man said Kenney sexually abused him at age 5 in the 1960s. In 2021 a woman told the A.G. that Kenney abused her when she was age 4-5 in the late 1940s - early 1950s, and that it went on into her teenage years. She said he also abused her cousin.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Two priest complained to Cardinal Shehan in 1968 about Krach's behavior with boys. Treated at Seton Psychiatric Institute in 3/1968. Arrested in 10/1981 for soliciting an undercover policeman. Committed to psychiatric hospitalization for 6 months. Personnel file notes in 1989 indicate an "affair" with a teenage boy and that Krach should be closely supervised with no youth ministry or contact with altar boys. Notes in 1990 show "questionable activities and relationships with teenagers or young adults" in each assignment. Sent for evaluation at Downington PA, then treatment at St. John Viannney in 1/1991 and Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. Retired early in 12/1991. Allowed to help out with masses at Stella Maris Nursing Home.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Leary's personnel file shows concerns about him by his superiors as early as 1961, with references to his "violent outbursts" and a "nervous problem," as well as "problems of various kinds since his ordination." Worked in the Diocese of Paranagua, Brazil 1967-1971, whose bishop, Bernard Jose Nolker, offered to have Leary live in his home due to Leary's problems. Returned to parish work, as an associate pastor at Shrine of the Little Flower in Baltimore. In 10/2013 a man reported that Leary sexually abused at the parish when he was a 4th-grader in 1971.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
Priest of the Archdiocese of Seoul, South Korea. Studied 1970-1974 at Johns Hopkins University and resided at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Towson MD. In 1993 an individual alleged sexual abuse by Lee in the early 1970s. Baltimore informed the Archdiocese of Seoul of the allegations. Lee's name appears on the Baltimore archdiocese's 9/2002 list of priests from other dioceses who were accused of abuse in the archdiocese. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Accused of fondling and raping young boys. Some of the abuse was during car trips to Avalon, NJ. Faculties removed in 1987 after an allegation. LeFevre admitted to sexually abusing numerous minors in the 1970s and 1980s. Sent to CT for treatment, allowed to live in a parish rectory in Hartford. Returned to Baltimore after a few months. Worked as a statistics expert for the archdiocese and lived in a parish rectory; allowed to assist with masses there and in other parishes. Faculties restricted in 1989 by new Archbishop Keeler. Accused in a 1995 lawsuit of abusing a boy 1975-1976, when the child was age 11 -12. This abuse was reported to the archdiocese in 1992. Suit was dismissed. Another report in 1995 of abuse of a boy, age 10, in 1975-1976. In 2008 a man reported that LeFevre fondled him in 1974, when he was age 11 or 12, at St. Anthony of Padua. Also allegedly raped a boy, about, ages 11-13, behind the altar at St. Anthony's 1969-1971. Two more report in 2009 of abuse of a boys, age 11-12, in the 1980s at St. Ursula's. In 2012 a man alleged abuse at ages 11-13 in the early 1970s. In 2013 another report, of abuse of a boy, 11-13, 1969-1971. Allegation in 2018 of abuse of a boy, age 13, in 1974. Settlement of $50K to this person in 2014. Lefevre's name was included on the archdiocese's 9/2002 list of accused. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Name added to the Archdiocese's list of credibly accused in 6/2023. An allegation was reported in 8/2020 that Linden sexually abused a boy in the 1970s, while pastor of St. Francis Xavier in East Baltimore. Assigned in the archdiocese 1969-1986. Worked at Xavier University of Louisiana 1991-2018.
Ordained for the Diocese of Trenton. Transferred in 1972 to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The archdiocese announced on 1/30/2022 that Lupico had been suspended pending the investigation into allegations that he had sexually abused a minor in the mid-1970s, while assigned to St. Ann's in Baltimore. At the time of his suspension Lupico was assisting at St. Mary of the Assumption in Baltimore and St. Pius X in Towson. He denied the allegations. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's report, his name redacted. Referred to as #152. It notes that in 2014 a man reported that in the 1980s, when he was living with Lupico in a rectory as his foster son, the priest gave him alcohol and made sexual advances toward him, and that he molested other boys. Lupico acknowledged that two teenagers lived with him for a few months. In 2021 an allegation surfaced that Lupico groped a 12- or 13-year-old boy in the mid-1970s.
Parish priest; Keough High School chaplain and counselor; police chaplain. Per a 1994 lawsuit, Maskell abused and raped girls at Keough in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Dismissed due to the statute of limitations. Fellow Keough teacher and counselor Fr. Neil Magnus, is also reported to have abused and raped Keough girls, at times with Maskell. Both priests were implicated in the 1969 murder of Sr. Catherine Cesnik. A student said she told Sr. Cathy of abuse by Maskell; Sr. Cathy soon went missing, and was later found murdered. The former student said in 1994 that Maskell drove her to a remote area and showed her the body. The Archdiocese settled with her in 1/2017. Another former student said two police officers sexually abused her while Maskell looked on. He is said to have drugged victims and shown a gun. Some victims said he gave them vaginal exams or enemas, in his office or at a gynecologist's office with other men present. Placed on leave in 1992 after an allegation, sent to treatment; reinstated 1993-1994. Removed again in 1994 after new allegations. Fled to Ireland; worked as a psychologist, including with children. Name included on the Archdiocese's list in 9/2002. By 5/2017 the Archdiocese paid $472K to 16 people with allegations against Maskell. One man said Maskell sexually abused him as an 8th grade altar boy and his mother told the archdiocese in 5/1967; Maskell was then moved to Keough. An Irish accuser surfaced in 5/2017. HSE was investigating in 6/2017. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows the Archdiocese knew of concerns about Maskell's behavior toward children as early as 1966. By 2023, at least 39 people, men and women, had reported they or others were abused as children by Maskell. Most of the reported abuse was by former Keough students. One woman said she was abused as a preschooler. Maskell also was said to have sexually harrassed and assaulted adult women. He died in 2001.
Br. Constantine. Joined the Xaverians in 1940. Left in 1947. Become a teacher at the Aquinas Institute in Rochester NY. Died in 1982. Named publicly as accused by the Order on its list 7/12/2019. Allegation reported in 2002 of abuse in the mid-1940s in Baltimore of a boy, age 8 or 9. The alleged victim said two other boys his age told him McCarthy also abused them. Name included on the Baltimore Archdiocese's list of accused 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Monsignor. Report in 4/2019 to the A.G. from a woman that McCrory sexually abused her at ages 7-9, while assigned to St. Francis of Assisi in Brunswick MD. He was assigned to the parish as pastor 1959-1968. McCrory was a frequent dinner guest at the girl's home and would make her sit on his lap then digitally penetrate her. The woman said as she got older her gave her gifts and the privilege of driving his car, and that he likely did so to keep her quiet about the abuse. McCrory died in 1993.
On 5/2/2021 the archdiocese announced that it had suspended Meogrossi from ministry due to an allegation that he had sexually abused a minor. The abuse allegedly occurred during a clinical therapy session in 2006; Meogrossi was working as a licensed therapist. He denied the allegation.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Accused in 1/2008 of the sexual abuse, including rape, of a 16- or 17-year-old boy in 1975 or 1976. Messer strongly denied the abuse and the Archdiocese deemed the allegation "not credible." Later in 2008 a former schoolmate of the accuser corroborated the story, telling the alleged victim's attorney that he noticed one day that the boy was walking funny, and the boy told him what happened, showed him blood in his underwear and cried. He said the boy was afraid to tell anyone because Messer threatened to beat him and said he would go to hell.
In 1987 the mothers of two teenage boys, who were cousins, reported to the Archdiocese that the boys had recently suffered physical and sexual abuse by Mike. Faculties removed. Criminally charged for whipping a 17-year-old youth, hanging the youth upside down from a basketball backboard and striking him on the buttocks with a table tennis paddle. Mike admitted to Archdiocesan officials and lawyers to abusing the two boys, and to similar abuse of a boy at his previous parish. He said he told later credibly accused priest Joseph Maskell and a doctor, who kept it quiet. Sent to CT for treatment in 5/1987, diagnosed with "sexual sadism." Another parent reported in 6/1987 likely abuse of their son, which the Archdiocese said was not reportable to police. This victim said in 2004 that Mike called him after his arrest and said not to anyone about the abuse because he was already in "big trouble." Pleaded guilty in 9/1987. Sentenced to five years of supervised probation. In 10/1987 allowed parish ministry in CT. The Archdiocese tried to have him assigned in the Diocese of Erie, saying he could return to ministry in Baltimore after three years. The statute of limitations in MD at the time was three years from the age of maturity; Bishop Malooly said "we need to walk on eggshells until the early 1990s." Mike did not end up going to Erie. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, noting that at least seven victims had come forward, all boys ages 13-17 when abused. Almost all reported that Mike perpetrated sadistic physical abuse against them for his own sexual gratification. Archdiocesan files show concern by officials only for the reputation of the church and Fr. Mike's wellbeing, and no concern about child protection. Mike did not return to active ministry.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Worked in New Guinea 1950-1991. Report in 1986 to the Baltimore Archdiocese from the grandparents of a 4-year-old girl that Morgan sexually abused the girl during a recent visit while on vacation from New Guinea. The family said that ten years earlier Morgan sexually abused another girl in the family and a neighbor's daughter. Order informed. Msgr. G. Michael Schleupner met with Morgan, who said "things are different" in New Guinea and "people are more accepting of adults showing affection to children," describing nudity with children there with fondling and touching. Sent to House of Affirmation in MA for assessment. Spiritual direction recommended, not residential treatment. Allowed continue mission work in New Guinea. Died in 2008 in WI, where he had been since 1998. Included on the Order's Chicago Province and Western Province's lists of credibly accused.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Ordained in Philadelphia. Worked in Washington DC, then in MD beginning in 1929 after a one-year leave of absence. Sick leave 1950-1951. Retired to West Palm Beach FL in 1968. Died in 1979. Report in 1995 to the Archdiocese of Baltimore that Mountain sexually abused a boy, ages 11-13, during 1941-1943, and again 1945-1949 when the boy was 15-17. The abuse included rape.
Ordained for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Went on leave in 1978, worked as a priest at a Melkite-Greek Catholic Church in North Hollywood CA until terminated after 18 months in 1980. Left the Catholic Church in 1981. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. In 2009 a man told the Baltimore Archdiocese that Nagle sexually abused him in about 1970, when he was a high school freshman on an overnight retreat in Sparks, MD. Another man told the A.G. in 2018 that when he was an altar boy in 1960 in Towson, Nagle became aggressive and laid in bed with him naked during a visit to PA. Melkite-Greek superiors also expressed issues with Nagle, that he had a drinking problem and didn't mix well with the young people of his church. Nagle died in 1997. Per his obituary, Nagle was Assistant Manager of Lemko Housing and Assistant Pastor of St. Mary's Assumption Greek Catholic Church in Joppa, MD.
In 1987 the Archdiocese learned that Newman had admitted to sexually abusing minors in the 1970s-1980s. He told his superiors he had abused at least 12 boys, ages 9-15, over at least 15 years, and that his victims were "neighbors, people he's known for years, never anyone connected with church." Order removed him from his assignment, which he had had since 1982. Police investigated in 1987; no charges filed. The police report shows "only one instance of fondling one boy." Sent to Johns Hopkins and then Hartford CT for treatment. Allowed active ministry as a parish pastor in the Archdiocese of Hartford beginning in 1990. Placed on leave in 2002 after notes regarding his abuse history were found during a review of Baltimore priest files. Included on the Baltimore Archdiocese's list in 9/2002 of accused religious priests and brothers. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Accused publicly in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Appears in the report as #153. The archdiocese received a report in 7/2003 that Nicholls sexually assaulted a boy, ages 10-12, in the 1970s. Nicholls was a teacher at the time at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Southwest Baltimore, and a friend of the family. He would take the boy on outings, including overnight trips. Nicholls allegedly fondled the boy's genitals while they shared a bed. He left the Marianists in 1980.
Accused publicly in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Appears in the report as #154. The Archdiocese received a report in 9/2002 that O'Brien sexually abused a girl, age 15 or 16 in the mid-1970s. She also reported abuse by Fr. Roger Wooden and a lay teacher. O'Brien's accuser said that he told her he could help her get over her abusive teacher, she could help him get over a woman he had fallen in love with and that he would show her "how real love between a man and a woman could be." She reported the abuse to a parish priest. The girl never saw O'Brien again. There was apparently no other action. O'Brien went on Leave of Absence in 1976, requested laicization in 1977 and was laicized in 1978.
Br. Sidney. Joined the order in 1941, withdrew in 1954. Named publicly as accused by the Xaverian order on its list in 3/2021 of deceased members with allegations against them which could not be fully investigated but had a semblance of truth. Accused of abusing at Camp Calvert in the early 1950s.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
Parish priest, helped establish covenant community Lamb of God in the 1970s, which has been characterized as a cult. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Referred to as #155. Allegedly would kiss girls and mothers on their mouths, among other behaviors. One woman said that when she was age 7, O'Meara would try to slide his hand up her leg toward her genitals under the table while having dinner with her family. Further, she said two of her friends said he did the same thing to them. Removed from active ministry in 12/2019 after three woman reported that he touched them inappropriately. O'Meara was retired at the time and living at St. Agnes/St. William of York. Sent to St. John Vianney Center in PA for treatment, but left against advice.
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list in 6/2022. The list notes that Raum was accused in 2004 of abusing of a minor in the 1960s, and was the subject of two more allegations in 2022. Per the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, a woman reported in 2004 that in the early 1970s, when she was age 16 or 17, Raum put his hands down her shirt and pants, and years later, on the day before her wedding, tried to grope her. In 2022 a man said Raum fondled him as a boy in 1971 on multiple occasions. Raum is also said to have groomed teenage girls with whom he began sexual relationships when they reached adulthood. He died in 2003.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
Publicly accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Appears in the report as #156. Attended seminary, left for academic reasons. Lived at St. Ann's Parish in East Baltimore while a seminarian in the 1970s, stayed in church housing for many years after leaving seminary. Ran the Youth Program at St. Ann's, including Cub and Boy Scouts, 1972-1982. In 2003 the Archdiocese received a report that Scriber sexually abused a boy scout, age 11 or 12, in 1976 or 1977. Scriber allegedly made boys take off their clothes, spanked their bottoms and grabbed their penises. In 2003 an unnamed religious order told the Archdiocese that Scriber was interested in joining the order, but would discontinue the process due to the report of abuse. Report in 2021 by a man who said that during a scouting trip in the 1970s Scriber made a boy sleep in his tent; the boy was crying in the morning and his mother had to come get him. In 2022 another man reported that Scriber sexually abused him on a scouting trip when he was age 15 in the 1970s. The man said Scriber would call boys to come to his tent; when it was his turn, Scriber would touch his genital's and orally rape him. Scriber is referred to in news reports by one alleged victim as "Brother Mike."
Banned from St. Mark's Summer Camp as a seminarian in the 1950s for "some form of sexual problem." Ordained in 1962. Removed from parish work in 1985 after complaints of inappropriate behavior with altar boys. Two separate civil suits filed in 1988 accused Simms of forcing altar boys to dress in skimpy, sexually provocative briefs, act out religious fantasies and wrestle with him. One suit claimed abuse in 1982, the other in 1984-1985. Both cases settled in 1989 or 1990. Police investigated in 1985 but agreed not to press charges if Simms received counseling and was removed from contact with minors. Received treatment at St. Luke Institute. Assigned in 4/1986 to a hospital chaplaincy. Allowed to serve on the Archdiocesan Tribunal and to assist with weekend parish ministry. Parishioners were not informed of Simms' abuse history. In 1988 the Archdiocese acknowledged that Simms molested boys, saying there were "only two" victims. Report in 1994 of abuse of a 10-year-old altar boy in the 1970s at St. Ursula in Parkville. Report in 1997 of abuse of a boy at St. Joseph's in Cockeysville, where Simms was assigned 1966-1971. Criminally charged in 1997 by the State's Attorney's Office; the case was "stetted" in 1998. Report in 4/2002 of abuse of a 4th grade boy at St. Ursula's in the 1970s. In 5/2002 Cardinal Keeler asked Simms to retire from the Tribunal. In 11/2002 four brothers reported inappropriate behavior toward them by Simms when they were children in the 1980s, and that Simms sexually abused at least two of them. Report in 2016 of abuse of a boy in 1985, and that two priests sent in 1985 to interview the boy deemed the allegations unfounded because the boy was afraid and ran away, refusing the interview. By 2021 three more men reported abuse as children by Simms. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Died in 9/2005.
Monsignor. Removed from active ministry in 3/2007 after allegations by two women that he sexually abused them when they were teens between 1966-1967, at the former Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Woodlawn. One of the women alleged rape. Smith confirmed some of the allegations. Sent to St. Luke Institute for evaluation and treatment. Claims reported to State Attorney's office. Allegations of abuse, including rape, in 1980 of an altar boy, age 7-8, were made in 5/2006, but not publicized by the Archdiocese. The victim received a settlement of $37, 500. In 12/2007 a man reported abuse by Smith as a 10-year-old altar boy and St. Jane Francis School student. The man later said Smith abused him many times, including rape, over two years when he was a seventh and eighth-grader. Settlement of $40,000. Three different women came forward, in 2009, 2018 and 2022 alleging abuse by Smith as girls, two in the 1960s, one in 1989. Smith died 10/25/2008. On the archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Given name was Catherine A. Hasson. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report; name redacted, referred to as #149. Member of the Third Order of the Sisters of St. Francis, Philadelphia. Left the Order in 1945, went on to marry. Married name was Catherine A. Salmons. Died in 1991. In 2004 a woman reported to the Archdiocese that when she was in first grade in 1944, Hasson, who was her teacher, orally raped her repeatedly throughout the year. The abuse was said to have occurred in the classroom cloakroom and, on the first day of school, in a closet beneath a stairwell, where Hasson had locked the girl because she was scared and crying. Hasson allegedly told the girl the principal assigned the abuse as punishment for misbehavior. Hasson also reportedly physically abused the girl and other students.
Given name Mary Margaret Flood. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.(Name misspelled Theonella.) In 2006 a man reported to the Archdiocese that Flood sexually abused him when he was age 11-12 in about 1956-1957 at St. Joseph Passionist Monastery School. He also alleged abuse at the school by Fr. Adrian Poletti. Flood died in 1988. The man received a settlement in 2012 of $38K from the Archdiocese, the Passionists and the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
"Pete." Monsignor. Accused in 5/2002 of sexually abusing a boy, ages 8-10, between 1978-1980. The abuse allegedly occurred in the St. Clare rectory and church, and once near a bridge on Eastern Ave.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Report to the Archdiocese in 2002 that Cuthbert sexually abused a boy, age 13, in 1952 at St. Joseph's Monastery Parish in Baltimore. Sullivan was assigned at the time to the Monastery and Church of St. Michael's in Union City, NJ. Sullivan's accuser also said he was abused at St. Joseph's by Frs. Eugene Ambrose and Benedict Mawn. Sullivan died in 1999.
Professed vows as a Capuchin brother 2/28/1955. Worked in MD and PA. Died in 2001. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Accused in 2008 of sexually abusing an altar boy, age 12 or 13, in 1959 while assigned to St. Peter and St. Paul in Cumberland, MD. The alleged victim received a $50K settlement with the Archdiocese in 2004.
Tertiary Capuchin. Colombian. Arrived in the U.S. in 2001. Suspended from ministry in the Diocese of Alexandria in 2/2016 pending the investigation of allegations of sexual misconduct with a female minor during an 8-year period, while assigned in the Baltimore archdiocese. Report in 2009 from a man who said he walked in on Velez and a teenage girl naked in bed. Velez was dog-sitting at the man's house while he was away. The man said Velez threatened harm to his family in Colombia if he told. Velez and the girl denied the allegations. Faculties removed in Baltimore in 3/2010. The girl became pregnant with Velez' child. He was transferred to the Diocese of Alexandria. In 2016 the girl told her parish priest in Baltimore that Velez was her child's father, and the investigation was reopened. Velez admitted the allegations. Criminally charged. Convicted in 2020 of sex abuse of a minor, sentenced to 25 years with all but 9 years suspended. On the Alexandria diocese's list 2/6/2019 (name spelled "Valez-Lopez.") Case sent to the Vatican. On Baltimore's list updated 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Report in 1995 to the Archdiocese that Wagner sexually abused a girl, age 11 or 12, in the late 1960s. The girl was a student at St. Joan of Arc Parish School in Aberdeen, where Wagner was pastor. The abuse allegedly occurred when the girl slept in the rectory on the night before a field trip. Wagner's accuser said he threatened her with eternal damnation if she told. She received a $37, 500 settlement in 2017. Wagner died in 1983.
Worked in the Archdioceses of Baltimore MD, Washington DC and Omaha NE, and the Diocese of Albany NY, Pittsburgh PA and Denver CO. Baltimore files show multiple allegations and subsequent transfers of Wehrle. Removed from his DC parish where he worked 1966-1971. Worked in Denver 1974-1981; removed and sent to Baltimore, with a reference to "photography of little girls." Sent to treatment in NC. Worked in Baltimore 1981 or 1982-1985. Accused of sexual abuse of young girls in the mid-1980s at his parish in Woodstock MD. Removed. Again reassigned, to a parish in Pittsburgh PA. Died 8/25/1995. Included on Baltimore's 9/2002 list of accused priests and religious. On the Jesuits Maryland Province list in 12/2018, noting multiple allegations of abuse in Denver and Washington DC. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's report. Report to the Archdiocese in 2002 that Whelan sexually abused a girl, age 6, in the 1950s. The abuse allegedly occurred during a gathering at the girl's home, whereby he tickled her stomach, then reached into her underwear and tickled her there. Whelan was a known alcoholic for which he was sent to treatment a number of times. In 1973 he was driving drunk, resulting in the death of an 82-year-old woman. He died in 1987.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Taught voice lessons, directed the glee club and a cappella choir at Catholic High School in Baltimore in the 1950s. Died in 1994. Allegation received by the Archdiocese in 2/2012 that Yocum sexually abused a girl, age 16 or 17, in 1954. Yocum's accuser said the abuse occurred during weekly private voice lessons.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Allegation to the Archdiocese in 2013 that Zerhusen sexually abused a boy, age 8 or 9, in 1982 or 1983 at St. Ambrose in Baltimore. The boy's grandmother worked at the parish and would take him with her to work. Zerhusen's accuser said the priest would take him to his room, pull down his pants and touch his penis, saying he was giving the boy an exam. On one occasion Zerhusen allegedly made the boy touch his penis. Zerhusen was made monsignor in 1990. He died in 2003. The man received a settlement of $32,500. In 11/2023 another man publicly stated that Zerhusen sexually abused him for over a year when he was a middle schooler in the 1970s.
