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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 4/5/23, 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.
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.
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 4/5/23 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.
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 4/5/23 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
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.
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.
Bro. 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 4/5/23 .
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.
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 4/5/20/23 MD Attorney General's Report.
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.
Bro. 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 the4/5/2023 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.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
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. Died in 2003. Noted to have been accused in 2004 of abuse of a minor in the 1960s, and two have been the subject of two more allegations in 2022.
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.
