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Fr. Benedict Adams

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 04/15/2002
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Named in 6/18/13 Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph as a deceased friar with confirmed reports of sexual abuse of minors. Died 4/15/02. Worked in Wisconsin for much of his career. On the Saginaw diocese's list 8/9/19, where he worked 6/26/63-7/29/64. Added to the La Crosse diocese's list 2/5/20; worked at some point at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Marathon

Fr. Daniel C. Aerts

Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

In 4/02 Aerts admitted to sexual misconduct with a teen in 1979 while assiged to St. Thomas and Holy Spirit parishes in Grand Rapids. Apparently the victim sent him a letter in 2002 and he forwarded it to the Diocese. He resigned from his position. The bishop said there was no prior knowledge of abuse.

Fr. Thomas Anderson

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Ordained: 1933
Status: Accused

Died: 04/5/1981
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Per the MI A.G. 10/22 report, a man told the diocese in 2002 that he was sexually abused by Anderson 1963-67, when he was in grades 1-5 at St. Agnes in Iron River. The abuse allegedly included sodomy. The man said he told his teacher, who called him a liar, and that he was not allowed to return to the school for 6th grade. In 2020 a second man alleged abuse at age 9 by Anderson, in Kingsford, MI. Anderson died in 1981.


Fr. Charles Antekeier

Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

Retired in 2000. Alleged to have sexually abused a minor 1984-85 while pastor of St. James in Grand Rapids. Permanently removed from ministry in 8/15, ordered to lead a 'life of prayer and penance." Per 8/15 news report, also accused of abuse, including rape, of a prepubescent St. James altar boy in the early 1970s. The alleged victim's father said that, as a result of the abuse, his son was an alcoholic by age 14, became violent and spent time in prison. When he became sober in his 40s, he told his father of the abuse. The father said he told the D.A. and the church, but nothing happened.

Fr. Joseph Baker

Ordained: 1993
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

"Fr. Jack." Pastor of St. Perpetua in Waterford Township when removed in 6/2019 pending an investigation into allegations that he sexually abused a child early in his ministry. Arrested 7/8/2019, charged with "sexual-conduct penetration with a person under the age of 13." His accuser claimed Baker raped him in a storage closet at St. Mary's in Wayne in 2004, when he was a second-grader preparing for First Communion. Convicted in 10/2022. Sentenced 3/1/23 to 3-15 years in prison.

Fr. Patrick J. Barrett

Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Died: 03/30/2006
Diocese: Diocese of Gaylord MI

Barrett was placed on leave in 2002 after a complaint that he molested a boy 30 years prior. Abuse was alleged to have taken place outside the diocese. Investigating committee said charges were credible. Barrett died in 3/06. Included on the diocese's list 11/10/18. Noted to have been permanently removed from public ministry in 2002.

Fr. Shamaun Beas

Ordained: 1994
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

Extern priest from Pakistan. Arrested in 5/04 in an internet sting and charged with soliciting sex over the Internet from someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl. Had previously exhibited "questionable behavior" and was sent for therapy. Sentenced to 5 to 20 years in 3/06. Later sentenced to 1 year for abuse of a girl. Withdrew guilty plea to additional charges in another county in 7/08. The girl's sister also alleged abuse. Sentenced to another 16-24 months in 10/08 for abuse of both sisters.

Fr. Harry S. Benjamin

Ordained: 1968
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Removed from ministry in 1989 after accusations he abused a 14-year-old boy during overnight pizza and beer parties at the rectory and on trip to Europe. Admitted the abuse in 11/89 resignation letter. Name not released until 5/02. Criminal charges filed in 2002; sentenced after 2003 plea agreement to 1 year prison. Laicized in 1992 but continued to say mass without permission through 2005. On VA Sex Offender Registry as of 7/10.

Fr. Gary D. Berthiaume

Ordained: 1968
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Convicted in 1978 of the abuse of two boys in Detroit. Served six months in jail, then assigned to a parish the Cleveland diocese. After allegations in Cleveland Berthiaume was sent to treatment in MD and then to the Joliet diocese in 1988, where he was allowed to work as a hospital chaplain by Bishop Imesch until 2002. The two had worked together at a MI parish in the 1970s. Living in an IL retreat house as of 2002. Laicization announced in 11/2007. Included on the Detroit archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019. A Detroit victim had filed a civil suit in 1983. Another lawsuit in 1999 claimed abuse in the 1980s. On Cleveland's list 6/21/2019. Arrested in IL in 9/2020 on charges of sexual assault in 1977 of a boy, age 14, at his Farmington MI parish. Charges in MI in two more cases in 6/2021, also for abuse in the 1970s. Pleaded guilty in 11/2021. Admitted in court to sexually abusing young boys and changed his plea to no contest in 1/2022. Sentenced to 20 months to 15 years in prison. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes four "reported survivors."

Fr. Emil J. Beyer

Ordained: 1940
Status: Sued

Died: 08/10/2003
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Per the MI A.G. 10/22 report, the diocese received a report in 1997 that Beyer sexually abused a boy at Holy Family Orphanage from 1944 until the boy left at age 14 in 1956. Beyer denied the allegations. The accuser's brother said the priest also abused him. The Diocesan Assessment Teams found the allegations by the first accuser "believable" and recommended Beyer be St. to St. Luke Institute for treatment. Beyer's faculties to minister were temporarily restricted. In 2001 the diocese stated that their investigation "...led us to confirm Father Beyer's denial of the allegations." A lawsuit filed in 2002 was dismissed due to the statute of limitations.


Sr. Gael N. Biondo

Order: OP
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

"Sr. Mary Gael." Left religious life in 1971 and married. In 1996 the Archdiocese and Order settled a civil suit filed in 1995 by a woman claiming she was sexually abused by Biondo as a high school student in the 1964-72, continuing into the girl's college years. Biondo, who denied the accusations, was the girl's freshman English teacher. She died in 5/20, at age 93.

Fr. Brian Bjorklund

Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Navy chaplain. Removed from active ministry in 2003 after allegations he abused a male minor in the early years of his priesthood. No criminal charges. Review board found charge to be substantive. Reinstated as active priest in 2/04 after Vatican ruled that, per canon law in place in 1975-76, the alleged action "did not constitute the crime of sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 16." The Navy did not take him back. Died 9/25/07.

Fr. Alphonse Boardway

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1967
Status: Settled

Died: 09/23/1997
Diocese: Diocese of Lansing MI

In 2002 a man alleged publicly that he was raped by Boardway at age 16 in 1968. He said he told the Franciscans in 1985, and that they sent him $650. He contacted them again in 1988, with little response. In 1992 he contacted the Diocese of Lansing; there is no record of meeting. Boardway was sent by his order in the early 1990s to treatment. His accuser settled with the order in 1994 for $107.8K. Aso worked in TX, IN, IL, WI, NE. and NM. At least one other alleged victim. Boardway was murdered in 1997 while living in AZ. On the Lubbock diocese's list 1/31/19; noted to have worked there 1987 until 1989, when he was removed from ministry. On Las Cruces diocese's list 6/24/19, where he worked in 1989. On Lansing list 9/27/19.

Fr. Edmund S. Borycz

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Died: 01/8/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Placed on leave 7/02. Worked in Detroit and Livonia parishes. Assigned to Archdiocese of Military Services 1989-2001. Accused of abuse of five youths between 1963 and 1987. Police knew of an allegation in 1987; file sealed. Placed on permanent inactive status with no privileges by Vatican in 6/06. Died 1/8/18. Name included on Erie diocese's list released 4/6/18 of priests and lay employees and volunteers accused of sexually abusing minors. On Detroit archdiocese's list 6/10/19.

Fr. Francis Gerald Boyer

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Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Lansing MI

in 9/03 a man accused Boyer of raping him in 1961 at age 12 when he was an altar boy and helped at weekday mass. Boyer allegedly asked the boy to stay and talk and then raped him. He told his parents who asked him to keep the matter quiet. Per the man, Boyer shot and killed himself in about 1973. Per the 1974 Official Catholic Directory, Boyer was retired when he died 7/18/73.

Fr. William B. Brennan

Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Placed on leave in 2003 after allegations of sexual misconduct during early years of ministry. Three female complainants made separate allegations. Archdiocese investigated for 9 months before determining that allegations were credible. Permanently removed from public ministry by Vatican per 9/05 announcement. No criminal charges because of statute of limitations. Died 2/5/12.

Fr. Vincent W. Bryce

Order: OP
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

A man accused Bryce in 4/2002 of abusing him as a boy in about 1977. The complaint was made to the Chicago office of the Dominican Order who notified the Diocese of Grand Rapids, where Bryce was working. Bryce was immediately removed from his assignment and returned to the Order's headquarters. Apparently Bryce admitted to the abuse, which occurred in another (unspecified) state. Reported to be living at St. Louis U's Jesuit Hall, but the the Catholic Directories show him to be living at St. Dominic Priory in St. Louis 2003 through at least 2017. Included on the Chicago archdiocese's list in 10/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. It notes one "reported survivor," of abuse in the early 1970s at St. Vincent Ferrer in River Forest, IL.

Fr. Gary Bueche

Ordained: 1970
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Removed from parish assignment 4/02 after it was learned that the archdiocese had made a "secret cash settlement" several years prior to a male who said he had been sexually abused by Bueche, when the priest was a high school chaplain. Bueche was moved to archdiocesan offices for several years before being allowed to return to parish work. Named as co-conspirator in 5/04 civil case. Permanently removed from public ministry. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Stanislaus Bur

Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

Accused in 1992 of molesting an Ionia altar boy in 1958. Grand Rapids diocese found accusations credible; paid up to $1,000/month for the victim's therapy for several years. Bur, then in the Saginaw diocese, was removed from active ministry. Permanent suspension, assigned to life of prayer and penance in 11/05. Additional allegations of old abuse were made public in 3/08. Died 2/1/09.

Fr. Robert N. Burkholder

Ordained: 1947
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Called one of Michigan's worst pedophiles. Abused in the1940s. First complaint in 1968. "Retired" in 1985. Removed in 1993 after admitting in writing to molesting at least 23 boys. Civil suits filed in 1994; (dismissed on statute of limitations) and 1995 (settled). On sick leave per OCD but worked as an Army chaplain in Hawaii from 1982. Extradited 2002; pleaded no contest. Sentenced to 30 days jail And 5 years probation. Permanently removed without privileges in 2005. Named in two suits in Hawaii in 2009 filed by same plaintiff. Died 6/6/06. Included on Detroit archdiocese's list 6/101/9.

Fr. Thomas J. Cain

Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Died in 1984. The archdiocese announced on its website 10/27/14 that Cain was accused decades after his death of having sexually abused minors, and that the Archdiocesan Board of Review found the allegations to be credible. Cain worked in Pontiac, Monroe, Mt. Clemens, Detroit and from 1960-1984 in Livonia. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Joseph D. Carne

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Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Died: 05/13/2019
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Resigned in 7/02 following a credible allegation of sexual misconduct involving a minor 27 years prior. Placed on a health-related leave of absence. Permanently removed from ministry in 4/02, per diocese's list 12/13/18.  Per the MI A.G.'s report in 10/22, there were multiple allegations against Carne of the sexual abuse of boys ages 8-17 and male college students, and an attempt to forcibly kiss at least one teenage girl. Carne said he had been sexually abused by Fr. Michael Hale, which caused him "life-long troubles." Carne died 5/13/19.


Fr. Anthony J. Conti

Ordained: 1976
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Previously known as A. J. "Anthony" Helinski through at least 1988. Removed in 2002 after allegations of sexual misconduct with a boy under 18 more than 20 years previously. Permanently banned from ministry. Named in a 2004 civil suit. Laicized in 6/06. Died 10/9/16. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Arthur Cooney

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Identified in 6/18/13 Capuchin audit report as a current friar with confirmed reports of sexual abuse of minors. Cooney's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him except that he was removed from public ministry and living under supervision. On the Saginaw diocese's list 8/9/19.

Fr. Augustine Cops

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1986
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

From the Netherlands. Joined the Capuchin Order as a friar in 1959. Ordained in 1986. Named publicly as the subject of substantiated allegations by the St. Joseph Province Capuchins on their list in 10/2020. (Placing Cops' entry under Detroit, where the Province is based.) Included on the Chicago archdiocese's list in 10/2022, where he was assigned to a parish 1986-1988. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Fr. Kenneth F. Coughlin

Ordained: 1990
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Lansing MI

Removed in 5/14 from Church of the Holy Family in Grand Blanc MI after allegations he had inappropriately touched the hands and legs of two students. Coughlin denied the allegations. Investigation by MI CPS. Matter turned over to Grand Jury. Went on leave of absence, entered treatment/evaluation at the bishop's request. In 10/14 county prosecutor said there was no basis for criminal charges.

Fr. Richard T. Craig

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Ordained: 1988
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 12/13/19. Permanently removed from ministry in 9/93. Per the MI A.G. report in 10/22, in 1991 a boy, age 12, told his counselor that he had been sleeping in bed with Fr. Craig. When informed, Bishop Schmitt asked the counselor to meet with Craig, who provided "damaging information" which led to a report to CPS. Craig was sent to St. Luke's Institute and a few months later to Rogers Memorial Hospital for treatment. He attended aftercare treatment at St. Barnabas Center in WI. In 9/93 Craig was asked to resign after the diocese's review board learned that the boy stated that the priest touched his [the boy's] penis during a camping trip. Bishop Garland also asked him to seek laicization. In 5/18 Bishop Doerfler invited Craig to seek laicization and told him that he had a substantiated claim against him of sexual misconduct with a minor. In 10/22 Craig's status is leave of absence from the diocese.

Fr. Timothy M. Crowley

Ordained: 1976
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Diocese of Lansing MI

Ordained in 1976 for the Holy Ghost Fathers. Incardinated in 1982 into the Diocese of Lansing. Accused of sexually abusing an altar boy, age 10, beginning in 1982 and continuing until 1990.  Allegedly threatened to kill the boy if he told. Removed from his Lansing parish in 1993. The Diocese settled with the victim in 1993 for $200K. Sent to rehab for two years. Allowed in 1995 to work in Anchorage, AK with full approval of Archbishop Hurley. Removed in 2002 after the Dallas Bishops Conference. Criminal charges considered in 2003 in MI, but not filed. Laicized in 2015. After a MI A.G. investigation, arrested in 5/2018 in Tempe, AZ. Charged with eight counts of criminal sexual conduct. Charges were dropped in 10/2019 due to the statute of limitations. On the Lansing diocese's list 9/27/2019. On the Anchorage archdiocese's list 1/16/2020. Criminal charges were reinstated in 2022 after the MI A.G. filed an appeal. Pleaded guilty in 9/2023. Sentencing scheduled for 11/8/2023.

Fr. Patrick J. D’Angelo

Ordained: 1983
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

D'Angelo (DeAngelo) included on the archdiocese's 10/09 Priests and Policy Status Report. It notes that his "situation" was "previously handled under the archdiocesan policy" and that he is deceased. He died 12/8/98. Per the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19, D'Angelo had been removed from publicly ministry.

Br. Frank Luke Dalton

Order: CFC
Status: Accused

Died: 01/11/2001
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Entered Order in 1955. Worked in British Columbia, Palma HS in Salinas CA 1964-69, 1988-99. Tutored and counseled migrant labor camp children; held camp for preteen migrant labor camp children via Franciscan Workers. Was commissioner on Monterey County Juvenile Justice Commission. Also at CFC schools in Butte, MT; Joliet, IL; Burbank, IL, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Cantwell High School, Montebello, CA. Taught and coached sports. Died 1/11/01. A man testified in a MI state hearing on SOL 5/18 that Dalton abused him at Bro Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills MI about 40 years prior, when he was a student and Dalton was principal. He said abuse included Dalton grooming him with gifts, spitting in his mouth during a private wrestling session, grabbing his testicles another time in Dalton's car, biting him on the ear. The man said Dalton was transferred to CA after admitting that he'd had a "wet dream" about the boy.

Fr. Michael J. Daly

Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Privileges permanently revoked 6/02 because of past accusations of sexual abuse. Daly was originally placed on leave in 1994 because of a credible allegation of sexual misconduct with minors. In 1996 he began working as a chaplain for the Felician Sisters in a restricted ministry. Permanently barred by the Vatican from public ministry in 5/05. Died 1/30/12 at age 63.

Fr. Luis Javier de Alba Campos

Ordained: 1983
Status: Acquitted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

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

Fr. Robert DeLand, Jr.

Ordained: 1973
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Saginaw MI

Arrested 2/25/18. Suspended. Police report 8/17 of sex assault of a 21-year-old man. Parents of a boy, age 17, told police concerns re DeLand and their son. Arrested after boy went undercover. Gave boy alcohol and ecstasy. "Nearly half a dozen" more people reported to police attempted and actual sex abuse, some 3 decades prior; some minors, at least one girl. Diocese knew of "rumors" in 1992. Investigated by diocese 2005 after woman reported her brother, who died by suicide in 1993, may have been abused in 1970s. Deemed "unfounded." Suit filed 3/18 by boy, age 17. Arrested 4/18; some charges re alleged sex assault of a 17- or 18-year-old male in 5/17. His father says he reported incident to diocese, but no response. Pled no contest 9/18 in plea deal. Withdrew plea weeks later. Acquitted in 3/19 of assault of two teens. Pled no contest to earlier withdrawn plea, avoiding trial. Sentenced in 4/19 to 2 to 15 years in prison. Case sent to Vatican. Likely to be released on parole in 4/21.

Fr. Vincent Anthony DeLorenzo

Ordained: 1965
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Diocese of Lansing MI

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


Fr. Harold Charles Depp

Ordained: 1959
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Per May 2003 articles, Depp walked away from his parish in the Detroit archdiocese in 1963 and never returned. Placed "on leave." Never officially left the priesthood. In 1980s the Archdiocese learned that in 1982 Depp had been convicted of child sexual abuse and was serving eight years in an Alaskan prison. He was arrested in California in 2003 on charges of abusing an 11-year-old boy in 1971 while a visiting priest from Detroit. Charges dropped 7/15/03. Included on the Detroit archdiocese's 6/10/19 list of credibly accused.

Fr. Ronald J. Dombrowski

Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Saginaw MI

Suspended 3/15/18 after diocese was contacted by someone claiming sexual abuse as a minor by Dombrowski. In 7/21 the diocese announced Dombrowski's permanent removal from ministry, and that two additional alleged victims had come forward after the initial allegation, dating to early in his priesthood. Dombrowski was to live a life of prayer and penance. He was added to the diocese's list of credibly accused. 


Fr. Dennis D. Duggan

Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Removed from parish 3/02 after "credible" allegation of abuse. He denied but admitted alcohol abuse. At least five known complaints of abuse in 1980s and 1990s. Church trial ordered by archdiocese in 2004. Laicization announced 4/20/07. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Thomas P. Dunleavy

Ordained: 1934
Status: Accused

Died: 01/30/2002
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Per the MI A.G.'s report in 10/22, a woman reported to the diocese in 2002 that Dunleavy sexually assaulted her in the early 1950s, when she was in 6th or 7th grade at St. Joseph's in Sault Ste. Marie. The woman said she told a nun, who was the school principal, about the sexual assaults. Two other girls her age had also alleged abuse by the priest. The girls were each interviewed by the nun and another priest, and Dunleavy was "suddenly transferred." In 7/02 another woman reported to the diocese that she and her sister were sexually abused by Dunleavy in the 1960s at St. Williams in Menominee, at ages 11 and 14. The woman said she told a priest in the 1980s about the abuse who told her to "forget about it." Further, the priest told her he relayed the allegations to Bishop Schmitt. In 10/18 and again in 5/22 a woman reported that when she was in 8th grade in the late 1960s in Menominee, Dunleavy sexually abused her and her sister. She said she reported the abuse in the 1990s to church authorities in Peoria IL.


Fr. Patrick W. Egan

Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Lansing MI

From the Diocese of Westminster, England. Worked for many years in the Diocese of Lansing. Egan is the subject of multiple allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse and improper sexual contact. An allegation in the early 1990s received by the diocese was not investigated until the case was reopened in 2003. Egan's alleged victim was age 25 at the time of the incidents. Egan was restricted from ministry in the Lansing diocese and, in 3/19, his faculties were revoked after additional allegations. Investigators hired by the diocese in 2019 determined that none of Egan's accusers were minors at the time of the alleged abuse. However, in 7/03 a man reported to MI State Police that Egan sexually assaulted him repeatedly in 1987, when he was age 17. No charges, due to the statute of limitations.

Fr. Jude T. Ellinghausen

Ordained: 1958
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

"Retired" with restricted ministry 6/02 because of old allegations found in his personnel file by County Prosecutor. Allegations too old for criminal charges. After retirement, one male complainant came forward to allege three years of improper touching by Ellinghausen in the 1970s when he was a child. Named in a civil suit. Laicization announced in 2005. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/20.

Fr. Lawrence T. Fares

Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

From Kobayath, Akkar, Lebanon. Ordained in Rome. Arrived in the U.S. in 1969, began work in the Detroit archdiocese. Incardinated in 1977. Retired in 1997. Removed from ministry in 1/21, at age 96, after the Archdiocese Board of Review deemed credible allegations of child sex abuse dating to early in his priesthood. The archdiocese was informed in 7/19 of the allegations, which had been reported to the police. Added to archdiocese's list of accused in 1/21.

Fr. Joseph P. Femminineo

Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Assignments included all girls' Ladywood High School in Livonia, MI in 1985-87. It was announced in 2002 that Femminineo resigned from St. Rita Parish in Holly MI 10/20/96 after old allegations surfaced of sexual misconduct involving minors. In 5/05 the archdiocese announced that the Vatican had permanently barred Femminineo from public ministry. Included on the archdiocese's list 6/10/19.

Fr. Gino S. Ferraro

Ordained: 1930
Status: Accused

Died: 07/27/1976
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Named in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report as the subject of allegations of child sexual abuse. In 2008 a woman told the diocese that Ferraro molested her when she was ages 8-17, and that others were also molested. The woman said she first told Rev. Raymond Hoefgan who responded that "Fr. Gino would never have done that." A second priest she told said "that couldn't have happened," and a third priest said there was nothing in Ferraro's file to support her claim. The case went before the diocesan Review Board in 2008; the bishop offered the woman an apology and counseling. Ferraro died in 1976. The Official Catholic Directory shows that Ferraro began his priesthood in the Diocese of Rockford in 1930, then in Milwaukee as a priest of the Pious Society of the Missionaries of St. Charles (p.s.s.c.b.) by 1934 or '35. He appears to have joined the Marquette diocese in 1938.


Fr. Leonard R. Foisy

Order: SS
Ordained: 1957
Status: Sued

Died: 04/29/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Foisy's education and career took him from his native New Hampshire to New York, Montreal, Washington DC, Maryland and Michigan. He held leadership positions as a Sulpilcian and in the diocese of Manchester, NH, where he also did parish and hospital work. Accused in a 1994 lawsuit of abusing a boy over 4 years in the 1960s in Michigan, when he was administrator of St. John's Seminary in Plymouth. Placed on sick leave in 1996. Died 4/29/16.

Fr. Egbert Heinlein

Order: CMM
Ordained: 1938
Status: Accused

Died: 10/29/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Detroit archdiocese on its list in 2023. Heinlein died in 1999.

    Sources:
    • Archdiocese of Detroit List 02.01.23

Fr. Richard A. Fritz

Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Kalamazoo MI

In 2/20 the diocese announced that it had received credible allegations of sexual abuse against Fritz dating back to the late 1970s-early 1980s. In 2016 Fritz was charged with embezzling from his parishes.The charges were dropped. He retired in 2015 after the embezzlement allegations.

Fr. Leopold Gleissner

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Identified in 6/18/13 Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph as current friar with confirmed reports of sexual abuse of minors. Gleissner's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him except that he was removed from public ministry and was placed under supervision.

Fr. Basil Goerner

Ordained: 1993
Status: Accused

Died: 01/12/2008
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Also known as Steve. Ordained at age 61 in 1993 after having been married and raising a family. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report as the subject of allegations of sexual abuse. The diocese received a report in 1994 from a woman who said that Goerner sexually abused her in the early 1970s, when she was age 18, and that he also abused a 14-year-old girl during that time. Goerner was sent to Servants of the Paraclete in NM for for evaluation. Removed from all public ministry in 8/02 due to the US Bishops' Charter. Goerner died in 2008.


Fr. Louis E. Grandpre

Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Retired as pastor of St. Paul of Tarsus in Clinton Township in 2003. Remained in residence as senior priest. Removed from all public ministry 9/13 after review board found accusation of sexual misconduct with a minor in early years of his career to be substantive. Matter reported to County Prosecutor. In 9/2013, SNAP released a 9/22/97 memo from Bishop Harrington regarding a sexual harassment case against Grandpre. Died 2/20/16.

Br. Jeffrey Gregory

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Order: FSC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Lansing MI

Accused of performing oral sex on a 16-year-old altar boy in 1966. The alleged victim settled with the De La Salle Christian Brothers in 1995 for $10K in psychiatric care. The Lansing diocese was not involved in the settlement. In 2002 Gregory was living in a CA nursing home. Police were notified in 2002 but no charges were filed, due to the statute of limitations.

Fr. Ronald Vincent Gronowski

Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Gaylord MI

Ordained for the Diocese of Saginaw. Became priest of the Gaylord diocese when it was created in 1971. Resigned in 5/02 after a review of his personnel file showed allegations in 1995 that he was involved in sexual misconduct with a teenager in the 1970s. He admitted his behavior and apologized publicly. On diocese's list 11/10/18. Noted to have been permanently removed from public ministry in 2002. On the Saginaw diocese's list 4/10/19.

Fr. Rudolph Grosser

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1935
Status: Accused

Died: 05/13/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

A/k/a Rudolph. Native of Czechoslovakia. Grew up in WI. Identified in 6/18/13 Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph as deceased friar with confirmed reports of sexual abuse of minors. Grosser's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him except that he went to New York Province in 1952. Per obit, taught at Mt. Calvary minor seminary in WI in early career, then worked at parishes in Milwaukee WI, Yonkers, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, NY. Also assigned to friaries in Hudson NH and Garrison NY, then to a chapel in Springfield MA. Semi-retired 1974 to Milton MA novitiate, then Abington MA friary. Died 5/13/89.

Fr. Robert W. Haener

Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Accused of psychologically and sexually abusing numerous boys at two parishes and two Catholic schools in the 1960s and early 1970s. During investigation at one school in the late 1960s, several unknown priests came to school and questioned about 30 boys. Nothing else done for many years. Removed from parish 1992 and then worked as hospital chaplain. Removed in 2002. Permanently removed from public ministry by the Vatican in 2005. Included on the archdiocese's list 6/10/19.

Fr. Kent Hajduk

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Died: 01/24/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Named publicly by the Province of St. John the Baptist Franciscans in 1/21 as having substantiated allegations against him of child sexual abuse. Hajduk left the order and was was laicized. He died 1/24/18. Included on the Archdiocese of Detroit's list 1/14/21. On the Cincinnati archdiocese's list 2/14/22.


Fr. Michael F. Hale

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Ordained: 1947
Status: Accused

Died: 06/15/1975
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report as the subject of the sexual abuse of minors. Hale's personnel file shows an incident in his car in 1955 with a boy, age 15, who was hitchhiking, and mentions his "old problem." In 1956 two teenage boys at a Hancock parish told a priest that Hale took them and other boys on boat rides, gave them beer and sexually propositioned one of them multiple times. He also is said to have given boys alcohol in the rectory. Hale was sent to the Servants of the Paraclete in NM in 1956 then reassigned to a Caspian parish. Accused by 1968 of "sexual impropriety" with a boy at a Trenary church. He was then assigned as pastor of a Hubbel parish. In 1972 the father of a boy told Bishop Salatka that Hale had taken "liberties" with his son and that he should stop taking young boys to his camp. In 2004 a man reported that Hale had sexually abused him as a teenager. The same year, accused priest Joseph Carne said that he had been abused by Hale, leading to "lifelong troubles." Another man came forward in 2007, alleging abuse as a boy by Hale. Hale died in 1975. He appears to have remained in active ministry until his death.


Fr. Lionel A. Harnish

Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 06/10/2011
Diocese: Diocese of Gaylord MI

First named publicly as accused on the diocese's list 11/10/18. Per news in 1981, had three adopted sons. Removed from ministry in 1986. Died in 2011. (The 2007 list erroneously noted his death to have been in 2007.)

Fr. Donald Hartman

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Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused

Died: 11/15/1999
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Multiple allegations. In 2/11, a man picketed St. Peter's Cathedral in Marquette saying he was abused on multiple occasions by Hartman in Champion in about 1960. Hartman was reportedly forced to leave the parish as a result of the abuse. Named in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report. Accused in a 1991 lawsuit of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old altar boy at the Diocesan Retirement Home in Escanaba. Removed from public ministry in 1/92 and sent to St. Luke's Institute in MD. In 2002 a man told the diocese he was an altar boy in the late 1950s at a St. Ignace parish and that Hartman was "pedophilic." In 4/04 a man reported Hartman sexually abused him multiple times in 1953-54, when the man was age 14 or 15. He remembered that Hartman was arrested for sexually abusing boys while assigned in the Champion, Republic, Michigamme area. Accused in 2005 of abuse 1960-61 of an altar boy, age 11 or 12 in St. Ignace. Accuser said other boys were abused as well. His parents confronted Hartman, who was transferred. In 2010, another claim, of abuse of a boy, age 9 or 10, in 1963 in Champion. After a woman saw an incident, police were notified. Hartman was removed from the parish. He died in 1999. 


Fr. Lawrence N. Hartwig

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Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

Reportedly in 5/02, the Grand Rapids diocese had substantiated allegations against Hartwig and seven other priests. Hartwig was named in single allegation of abuse occurring in Muskegon in 1982. Per the Official Catholic Directory, Hartwig was "on duty outside the diocese" beginning in 1987. It shows him as: chaplain at St. Francis Hospital/Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT 1987-90; chaplain at St. Mary Hospital in Springfield, MA 1990-91; Director of Pastoral Ministry fo Santa Rosa Health Care in San Antonio, TX 1991-94.His whereabouts 1994-98 are unclear. Hartwig died 9/21/98.

Fr. Aloysius J. Hasenberg

Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused

Died: 01/24/2016
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Resigned from St. Agnes in Iron River and retired in 1997 after allegations that he paid men for sex in the parish rectory. Sent to Immaculate Conception in Watersmeet, allowed limited ministry. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report. Criminal investigation in 12/02 for rape of a cognitively impaired man 12/9/02; Hasenburg allegedly had been paying the man for sex in the rectory for 3 years, as well as other men. Police found the allegations credible, but no charges. Sent to St. Luke Institute in MD for treatment. Accused in 2005 of abuse in 1948 or 1949 of an altar boy at St. Anne's in Menominee. Another allegation in 9/08 of abuse of an Iron River altar boy, ages 9-13, 1987-1991 or 1992. Removed from ministry and the rectory in 10/08. Diocese deemed the allegation credible. Case sent to the Vatican; prohibited from public ministry. Hasenberg went to live with friend in the Diocese of Superior, then to the Diocese of Green Bay. He was reported in 2009 to be wearing his Roman collar in public. He died 1/24/16, age 92.


Fr. Terrence M. Healy

Ordained: 1968
Status: Convicted

Died: 01/1/2019
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Ordained for the Diocese of Marquette. In the mid-1970s opened a foster home for boys. Leave of absence in late 1977. May have gone to the House of Affirmation for treatment. Applied in 1982 for incardination into the Lansing diocese, granted in 1985. Removed in 1987. In 12/87 pleaded no contest in Livingston County to charges that he sexually abused a 15-year-old boy; spent 4 1/2 years in prison. Laicized in 1992. Allegation in 1993 of abuse of a 19-year-old male, who had gone to him for counseling, 20 years prior. In 2012 two more men alleged abuse as boys in Lansing. Healy admitted to sex with 18 boys, the youngest age 14. Marquette diocese announced in 9/19 it had received a report in 1996 of abuse by Healy 1968-72.  Allegation in 10/19 that Healy abused abused many children who lived with him in the early 1970s while awaiting foster care. Allegations from 4 more men in 2018-2020 of abuse as boys by Healy. On Lansing diocese's list 9/27/19. Died 1/1/19. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report. 


Fr. Donald J. Heydens

Ordained: 1970
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

In the early 1990s, the diocese substantiated four allegations of abuse involving young girls in the early 1970s. The diocese made out of court settlements in 1989 and 1994. Heydens remained active as a priest until he was removed from position as of 8

Fr. Albert Hillebrand

Order: OSA
Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused

Died: 07/20/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Detroit archdiocese on its list 6/10/19. Removed from public ministry. Ordained for the Augustinian Order. Principal mid-1960s through mid-1970s of Austin Catholic Prep High School in Detroit. Appears to have left the Order in the early 1980s and to have become a priest of the archdiocese.  Died 7/20/99.

Fr. Raymond J. Hoefgen

Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Died: 01/17/2012
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

The  diocese received a report in 1994 that Hoefgen sexually abused two girls, who were sisters ages 9 and 11, in the 1960s in Sault Ste. Marie. Sent to treatment. Allowed to remain in ministry. Confronted in 4/02 by diocesan officials after the sisters contacted the diocese. He admitted to his behavior with the girls, and said he also touched his niece. Sent to St. Luke's Institute for evaluation. Permanently removed in 5/02. Died 1/17/12. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report.

Fr. James A. Holtz

Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Gaylord MI

Holtz resigned from his position 8/02 after the diocese investigated a report that he had sexually abused a minor in early 1980s while under the influence of alcohol. He had received treatment for alcohol abuse in the mid-1980s. Had been adjutant judicial vicar on the Diocesan Tribunal. Permanently removed in 2002. Reportedly, Bishop Raica was told in 2016 that Holtz was working as a sacristan and was seen helping an altar boy with his belt. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused in 2018. Its updated list in 4/21 shows that Holtz had been laicized.

Fr. Richard J. Host

Ordained: 1974
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

In a civil suit filed in 11/88 a woman accused Host and her ex-husband of molesting her four- and six-year-old boys over a two-year period. The suit also included claims against the USCC and NCCB (catholic conferences). Host was still an active parish priest per 2002 Catholic Directory and the Diocesan website accessed on 5/28/04.

Fr. John G. Hughes

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Ordained: 1935
Status: Accused

Died: 03/19/1979
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Named as the subject of allegations of sexual abuse in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report. In 1965 an 18-year-old male told Bishop Noa in a letter that Hughes repeatedly sexually abused beginning when he was in 5th grade at American Martyrs School and Church in Kingsford in the late 1950s and 1960s. The abuse was said to have included sodomy and other "perverse acts." The victim said in 2007 that he confronted Noa years later, who responded that he "could not have people saying these terrible things about a priest." The diocese deemed the allegations credible. Hughes died in 1979.


Fr. Gary Allen Jacobs

Ordained: 1971
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 9/26/16. Removed from ministry in 12/88. Laicized in 2010. Arrested in 1/17/20 in NM on charges in three separate cases of abuse in MI of a child ages 13-16 between 1/1/81 and 12/31/84, and abuse of a child under age 13 between 3/1/84 and 4/30/84. Two more accusers soon came forward leading to new charges of abuse of children between ages 13 and 15, occurring between 1/1/82 and 12/31/84. Returned to MI in 3/20 to face charges. A.G. announced on 5/21/20 that Jacobs would face trial. Pled guilty 4/22/21 to charges in 4 separate cases in Ontonagon County. Sentenced to 8-15 years in prison. Pled guilty in 5/21 to a charge in Dickinson County. Sentenced in 7/21 to 8-15 years in prison, to be served concurrently with his Ontonagon County sentence. Ordered to register as a sex offender.

Fr. Thomas J. Johnston

Order: OP
Ordained: 1986
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

A church secretary in the Detroit Archdiocese sued Johnston in 2000 saying her work contract was not renewed because her teenage son rebuffed the priest's sexual advances in 1999. Johnston admitted inappropriate sexual behavior and language but denied any sexual contact. Removed from the parish and sent to IL. Released in 2006 from the Order. Included on the Detroit archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019. Included on the Chicago archdiocese's list in 10/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Fr. Neil Kalina

Order: PIME
Ordained: 1981
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Complaint to archdiocese in 2017 that, when he was pastor of St. Kieran in Utica in the mid-1980s, Kalina plied a 12-year-old boy with alcohol, cocaine and marijuana and fondled him during sleepovers in the rectory. Convicted in 1985 on drug offenses, sentenced in 1986 to 6 months jail and 2 years probation. Moved to CA in 1986. Left active ministry in 1993. Ran "a faith-based service program for at-risk young men" and referring to himself as "Fr. Neil." Investigated in 2018 by the MI A.G. Arrested in 5/19 in Littlerock CA, charged with criminal sexual conduct. To be arraigned 2/10/20 on two charges related to alleged incidents involving a teenager in 1984. On Detroit archdiocese's list 6/10/19. Included on the San Bernardino diocese's list in 5/21, where he was assigned 1987-1989 to parishes in Redlands and Riverside. Convicted in 6/22. Sentenced on 7/26/22 to 7-15 years in prison, with credit for 215 days served.

Fr. Arthur Michael Karey

Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Monsignor. Worked in Detroit, Ecorse and Orion. Police chaplain. Died in 1993. The archdiocese announced in 6/18 that it had investigated and deemed credible an allegation received the previous year that Karey had sexually abused a girl under age 16, in the early to mid years of his priesthood.

Fr. Kenneth Kaucheck

Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

A woman contacted the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1/09 alleging that Kaucheck had engaged in sexual misconduct with her in 1976 when she was 16 and in counseling with him at Guardian Angels in Clawson. At that time, a friend learned the two had traveled to FL together and told deacon who told pastor. Girl's father met with pastor; Kaucheck was transferred. After the 2009 events, Kaucheck was placed on leave effective 4/23/09; Review Board determined complaint was substantive. He resigned his positions as pastor of St Mary's in Royal Oak and St James' in Ferndale. Not prosecuted because girl was older than the MI age of consent at the time. In 2015, with a nun, Kaucheck founded Gianna House Pregnancy and Parenting Residence, a facility for pregnant teens in Eastpointe. According to the archdiocese, Kaucheck resigned from the center on 4/17/16. Kaucheck filed suit v SNAP and two newspapers 1/30/17 alleging defamation; he 'vehemently maintained his innocence'.

Fr. C. Richard Kelly, Jr.

Ordained: 1970
Status: Sued

Died: 01/3/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Placed on leave 2/04 after archdiocese investigated allegations that he sexually abused a minor boy about 30 years prior. Matter reported to civil authorities in 2003. Review committee found the allegations "substantive." Had gone on leave of absence in 1973 and sabbatical in 1992. Army National Guard chaplain for 12 years; spent 8 months overseas during Persian Gulf War in 1991. Sued 5/04 by man who alleged abuse in third grade. Permanently removed from public ministry in 2005. Included on the archdiocese's list 6/10/19. Died 1/3/21.

Fr. Joseph W. Kenshol

Ordained: 1973
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

Accused in a 1995 civil suit of giving adolescent boys full body oil massages in the rectory of Sacred Heart Parish. Claims were later settled for undisclosed amount after underlying suits were dismissed by Court and Appeals Court. Diocese said behavior was "immature and inappropriate, indicating poor judgment but nothing more." He was allowed to return to ministry. Still active as of 1/11, per Grand Rapids website.

Fr. Dennis Kucharczyk

Ordained: 1985
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Saginaw MI

Suspended in 5/19 for "misconduct" with a minor "years ago." Police had informed the diocese in 3/18 of allegations against Kucharczyk. His accuser said she had contacted a nun with the Office of Child and Youth Protection around 2010, but no response. The woman alleged that, beginning when she was a first or second grader at a Midland parish in the 1980s, Kucharczyk would hug and kiss her on the cheek, hold her hand, give her small gifts, and once had her sit on his lap in a darkened classroom then put his arms around her waist and hands on her inner thighs. She said his behavior continued for years, including sending her "gushy and lovey" letters, emails and texts. He also officiated at her wedding where she said he kissed her on the lips. Kucharczyk denied the allegations. The diocese determined there were boundary violations but, after canonical process, not enough evidence to proceed further. Name was added in 2019 to the diocesan list of accused, then removed in 3/21.

Sr. Theresa Marie Kulwicki

Order: C.S.S.F.
Status: Accused

Died: 03/12/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Given name Patricia Kulwicki. Kulwicki was a Felician nun for eight years before leaving the order in 1973. She was accused publicly in 2019 by a 57-year-old woman who said Kulwicki sexually abused her for ten years, beginning when she was age 14. The woman was a student of Kulwicki's at Our Lady of Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, MI. She said she and her family reported the abuse to the archdiocese in the late 1980s, and that Kulwicki denied it. She was allowed to continue teaching at the school until her death in 1994.


Fr. John Baptist Kurcz

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Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

John Baptist/Donald Kurcz. Identified in 6/18/13 Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph as former friar with confirmed reports of sexual abuse of minors. Kurcz's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him except that he left the order in 1958 and married.

Fr. Norbert Paul LaCosse

Ordained: 1952
Status: Convicted

Died: 07/21/2014
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Pastor of American Martyrs Parish in Kingsford when removed from public ministry in 7/90 due to an allegation of child sexual abuse. His victim wired by law enforcement, LaCosse admitted to and described the abuse and said "there have been others." Pleaded guilty in the early 1990s to four counts of abusing the altar boy 1988-90. The boy was age 12 at the time of the sentencing. Charges filed in three counties but dropped in one. Sentenced to 3-15 years on each count. Treated at St. Luke's Institute for six months between time charges filed and sentencing. Served 6 1/2 years in prison and was released. Registered sex offender in MI beginning in 1995. A lawsuit by his victim settled in 1999. His brother came forward in 2004, alleging abuse at age 15 in 1955. Also in  2004 a man reported assault by LaCosse when he was 17 in 1957; a police officer caught them in a car and did nothing; he told a priest in confession who told him to keep it quiet. Another allegation in 2007 of abuse in the early 1962. LaCosse died 7/21/14 at a Marquette Nursing Center. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report.

Fr. Dennis Laesch

Ordained: 1996
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Entered seminary at age 36; there were complaints then of unwanted propositions toward another student and of violence. Accused of abusing a 17-year-old boy in 1997, who came forward in 2002. Authorities declined to prosecute. Archdiocese paid $125K settlement. Named in 2004 civil suit. Permanently barred from public ministry by the Vatican in 2007.

Fr. William A. Langlois

Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

St. Patrick-St. Anthony Parish pastor 1996 until retirement in 2016. In 2014 he admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a woman and took a 6-month leave. Laicization announced by the diocese in 5/21, due to an allegation deemed credible that Langlois sexually abused a minor beginning in 1999 and continuing into the victim's adulthood until 2006. He reportedly began grooming the girl when she was 12 or 13 in 1994 or '95, when she went to him for counseling after her mother died. The diocese received the allegation in 2018. He was removed from ministry during investigations by the diocese and MI Attorney General.

Fr. Richard Lauinger

Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

On 3/28/16 the archdiocese announced credible allegations that Lauinger sexually abused minors while in ministry. A woman disclosed publicly that Lauinger raped her when she was 10 years old in the 1950s and attending Our Lady of Sorrows in Farmington MI, where Lauinger was a priest. She filed a police report in 2/16; no prosecution due to statute of limitations. Lauinger also worked at parishes in Detroit, Royal Oak, Scotland, and St. Clair Shores. Left priesthood in 1975 and moved from MI 1985. Per the archdiocese on 4/1/16, several victims had come forward since 1/16. Included on the archdiocese's list 6/10/19. Laicized.

Fr. David E. LeBlanc

Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

LeBlanc resigned from his parish in 1/07 after admitting to Bishop Hurley that he had abused a pre-teen boy in 1971. The accusation was brought to the diocese in 1993 and LeBlanc admitted it then. Apparently then-Bishop Rose did nothing. Matter brought to light in 1/07 when the bishop reviewed personnel files. In 4/19 a man stated publicly that LeBlanc molested him at a Caledonia parish in 1999, when he was age 12. No prosecution due to the statute of limitations.

Fr. Jack J. Leipert

Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Saginaw MI

Named publicly by Saginaw bishop Cistone in 4/18 as a former priest having been permanently removed from ministry due to credible allegations of the sexual abuse of minors. Faculties withdrawn 6/01. Laicized in 2006. Per news source 5/2/18, Leipert was investigated after being accused in 11/00 of the sex abuse of 21-year-old male. Included in 11/22 on the Diocese of Superior's list of credibly accused, where he was a transitional deacon in 1972.

Fr. Frank M. Lenz

Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Retired in 2007. Placed on administrative leave 4/2/18 after the diocese received an allegation it deemed credible against him of sexual misconduct with a girl in the 1970s. Lenz denied the allegations. On the diocese's list 12/13/18. In 10/20 the diocese announced that the Vatican was unable to establish Lenz's guilt or innocence. Lenz was returned to ministry under restrictions. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report, which notes that Lenz's accuser said the abuse occurred when she was in grades 3-5, during visits to a horse farm. She said her friends were similarly abused. No criminal prosecution due to the statute of limitations.

Fr. Clement J. LePine

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Ordained: 1946
Status: Accused

Died: 11/19/2000
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Accused in 2005 of abuse of at least two girls as young as age 5, and a boy, in the 1960s and 1970s. The diocese deemed the allegations credible, and agreed to remove LePine's name from the parish hall at St. Joseph Parish in Ishpeming, where he was assigned 1957-86. LePine died in 2000. LePine reportedly would sit on his front porch and lure children with offers of candy, games and toys. One victim said she reported her abuse to Catholic Social Services in 1981 or 1982; in a subsequent meeting she said she felt demeaned and disbelieved by a priest who said he was a priests' counselor. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report.

Fr. Walter J. Lezuchowski

Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Barred from parish ministry in 1991 after the archdiocese deemed credible allegations that he had sexually abused a girl over age 16. Sent for treatment. In 2002 another criminal complaint was made. Lezuchowski had at that point been actively ministering for five years at St. Ronald's in Clinton Township; the archdiocese said it had no idea he had been still working. Immediately suspended. Permanently banned from ministry in 2005. Died 12/29/06.

Fr. Shaun D. Lowery

Ordained: 2009
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Lansing MI

Pastor of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton Township when placed on leave in 3/21 pending an investigation by the MI Attorney General. In 5/21 the diocese announced that the A.G. decided not to file charges; the A.G.'s office stated "no criminal charges is not equivalent to exoneration." The diocese announced in 10/22 that its internal investigation found that the allegations were credible. Lowery had admitted to a sexual encounter with a boy, age 16, that he met via the app Grindr, but said he was unaware that the boy was underage. Lowery requested laicization.

Fr. James Andrew Marron

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Order: CSSp
Ordained: 1927
Status: Accused

Died: 11/17/1987
Diocese: Diocese of Saginaw MI

Named publicly as accused by the Saginaw diocese on its list 4/10/19. Missionary in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for forty years, beginning in 1928. Per his obituary, was working at age 65 as a hospital chaplain in Bay City, MI, was in Ferndale after two years, then returned to Bay City. Retired in 1986 to Bethel Park, PA. Died 11/17/87. Noted to have been accused after his death.

Fr. Dennis L. Martell

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Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Included in the archdiocese's 9/02 Status Report. Laicized.The Catholic Directories show him assigned 1992-93 to Immaculate Conception of the BVM in Lapeer, and in 1993-94 as Absent on Leave. He is not indexed in the Directories beyond 1994. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. John Edward Martin

Ordained: 1918
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Lansing MI

In 6/10 two men reported to the diocese abuse as minors by Martin. Notices were placed in two church bulletins; four more accusers came forward. All alleged abuse in the 1950s-early 1960s. Pastor of St. Mary's in Morrice, then St. Isidore's in Laingsburg 1941-1966. Retired in 1966 when church burned down. Died in 1968. On the diocese's list of credibly accused clerics 9/27/19. On Detroit archdiocese's list 6/10/19, which notes that he had been removed from public ministry.

Fr. Bruce C. Maxwell

Order: OSC
Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Worked in Indiana in 1975, Nebraska 1975-82, Detroit 1983-89. Navy chaplain 1989-2002, working in California, Bahrain, Florida, Japan and North Carolina. Removed in 2002 for abuse of a minor. Sent to the Crosier Community in Phoenix with no ministry. Died 2/17/06. On Santa Rosa diocese's list 1/12/19. Was USCG Training Center chaplain in Petaluma and in residence at St. James 1989-92. On the Detroit archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Francis McHugh

Order: OPraem
Ordained: 1940
Status: Accused

Died: 09/5/1998
Diocese: Diocese of Saginaw MI

Named publicly as accused by the Saginaw diocese on its list 4/10/2019; assigned to an Essexville parish 1954-1962. Included on the St. Norbert's Abbey Norbertines in WI list 7/19/2019. One allegation noted. Died 9/5/1998. Name included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list. Included in the IL Attorney General's Report 5/23/023.

Fr. Michael McKenna

Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

Permanently removed from all ministry in 12/06 after allegations he abused a child in the 1970s. Took sabbatical in 2002. Placed on medical leave in 2003 before allegations arose. Diocese deemed accusations credible. Multiple transfers throughout his career. Apparently there are "several" victims per the bishop. Prosecutors said evidence shows abuse but statute of limitations prohibits criminal prosecution. Additional allegations of old abuse became public in 3/08.

Fr. Patrick L. McLaughlin

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Died: 11/12/1970
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Joined the order in 1925. Subject of a single allegation of abuse, occurring while assigned to the University of Detroit High School 1957-1959, reported after his death. McLaughlin died 11/12/1970. Included on the Detroit archdiocese's 6/10/2019 list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Fr. Mark McQuesten

Ordained: 1987
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's report in 10/22. Report to the diocese in 1/18 from a man that McQuesten had touched him inappropriately in 1986, during a trip to FL. McQuesten was a seminarian during the time in question and the man was a teenager. McQuesten denied the allegation. The Diocesan Review Board determined that the allegations were not credible. In 10/22 McQuestion was a retired priest in active ministry.


Fr. Bryan W. Medlin

Ordained: 2013
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Gaylord MI

In 12/21 the diocese acknowledged that Medlin was being investigated by the MI Attorney General due to allegedly sending inappropriate texts to high schoolers. In 12/21 Medlin was pastor of the National Shrine of the Cross in the Woods in Indian River and assistant director of vocations for the diocese. He was placed on leave pending the civil and diocesan investigations. In 3/22 the A.G.'s office announced that it did find that Medlin had sent inappropriate messages to teens and young men, but it would not file criminal charges because the behavior "did not meet the threshold of criminal behavior beyond a reasonable doubt." The diocese was to then launch its investigation.


Fr. James L Menapace

Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Died: 02/3/2022
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

In 9/14 the diocese announced that three people had reported that Menapace sexually abused them as boys in the 1990s, after his 1996 retirement. Placed on restricted ministry in 2000. Permanently removed from ministry in 7/02. On diocese's list 12/13/19. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report. It notes that Menapace's personnel file shows a report in 1/85 that Menapace tried to fondle a nun's breast at a party, and that was inappropriate with teenagers. In 7/00 accused of sexually abusing two boys when they were ages 13-14 in 1996 and 1997, at the Menapace's cottage in Gulliver Lake. The boys' and their family, who were relatives of the priest, did not want to notify civil authorities. One of the boys died by suicide in 2010; he wrote in a note, "The same Catholic Church that got my dad, got my sister, got me." His sister told the diocese in 2014 that the priest also abused their father and uncle as boys in the 1950s, and that she walked in on abuse of her brothers when they were ages 7 or 8. Allegation in 1994 of abuse of his cousin, age 13, when a seminarian. Sent to St. Luke Institute in 8/00, then allowed limited ministry. In 2014 a relative of Menapace reported that he abused her son at ages 7-9 in the late 1990s. More reports in 9/14 of abuse of boys in the mid-1960s and in 1983 or 1984. In 10/14 accused of abuse of a boy, age 8 or 9, in 1969. Report in 6/15 of propositioning a teenage boy at Superior State University; the boy died by suicide at age 31. A letter in 3/16 shows accusation of impregnating an adult woman. Menapace died in 2/22.

Br. Matthew Migan

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Order: OFM Cap
Status: Accused

Died: 02/27/1958
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Identified in the 6/18/13 Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph as a deceased friar with confirmed reports of the sexual abuse of minors. Migan's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him except that he went to the New York Province in 1952. He died 2/27/58.

Fr. Alfred J. Miller

Ordained: 1964
Status: Sued

Died: 05/19/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Allowed to officially retire in 2002 after allegations surfaced of sexual misconduct in the late 1960s or early 1970s. No priestly privileges during investigation. Claims of abuse came from more than one person and involved misconduct with older male children. A civil suit filed in 2003 and another in 2004. Permanently removed from public ministry by the Vatican in 2005. Died 5/19/21.

Fr. James Moeglein

Order: OSC
Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

In 2002, Moeglein was one of eight Crosiers barred from public ministry and living under restriction after allegations of sexual misconduct. He worked in the Riverview, MI area 1989-90. One 2000 news article refers to Moeglein as prior of a Crosier Monastery in NE until mid-2000. Living in Crosier Community in Onamia MN beginning 2000. No faculties since 6/02 and as of 2014 was living under safety plan. Named as credibly accused by the Diocese of St. Cloud in 3/14. Name added 11/17 to St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese to list of "priests and religious brothers who have served or spent time in the archdiocese and have substantiated claims of sexual abuse of a minor against them." Included on the Detroit archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Robert J. Monroe

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Ordained: 1938
Status: Accused

Died: 09/16/1980
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22/ report. In 6/02 a man reported to the diocese that when he was ages 5-7, Monroe sexually abused him and other boys in the mid-1960s at St. Mary's in Sault Ste. Marie. In 2005 a woman reported that Monroe sexually abused her multiple times at age 4 1968-69. Her mother allegedly caught him in the act and told Bishop Salatka in early 1969. The woman said a friend told her in 6th grade that the priest had similarly abused her. The Review Board validated the claims. In 2018 a 48-year-old woman reported that Monroe abused when she was age 10 at Nativity Parish in Sault Ste. Marie. He died 9/16/80.


Deacon Frank Mullen

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Deacon at Most Holy Trinity Parish and teacher at Holy Redeemer Parish Elementary School. Placed on leave 12/93 after complaint of abuse of a minor several years prior. Archdiocese Status Report of 10/09 noted that he had been laicized. Included on the archdiocese's list of accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Timothy J. Murray

Ordained: 1977
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Placed on administrative leave without privileges in 8/04 because of substantive allegation of sexual misconduct with a boy early in his ministry. Archdiocese reported abuse to DA's office; no prosecution due to statute of limitations. Permanently removed from public ministry per Archdiocese Status Report dated 10/09. Arrested 12/12 on federal charges of downloading and viewing child pornography. Confessed. Pled guilty 7/13. Sentenced to 15 years in prison 1/23/14. On the archdiocese's list 6/10/19.

Fr. Lawrence Nawrocki

Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

A woman complained to a regional bishop in 1981 that Nawrocki had abused her 7th grade son. The bishop talked her out of pressing charges. Convicted in 1989 of abuse of three Macomb Township boys in 1987 at St. Isidore Church after the parents banded together and complained. Sentenced to 4-15 years in prison. Released in 1994. Archdiocese said he would never be returned to public ministry. Deceased per archdiocese website accessed 10/09. Included on archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Aaron Nowicki

Ordained: 2016
Status: Indicted

Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Arrested in a sting operation in 8/2021, attempting to meet who he thought was a 14- or 15-year-old for sex in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Nowicki had reportedly been removed from ministry in the Diocese of Marquette WI in 2019 for alleged inappropriate sexual conduct with a vulnerable adult. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/2022 report. Convicted in 9/2023 on the charges related to the 2021 sting.


Fr. Thomas O’Brien

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Order: OSC
Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Limited interaction with minors as of 1989. Removed from public ministry 10/4/02 for abuse of a minor. Worked in Riverview MI 1989-94. May also have abused in St. Paul, MN area where he worked 1994 - 2001. Lived under restriction and performing internal administrative duties for Crosier Generalate in Rome 1999-2007. Dismissed from Order 08/05/08. Living in Ohio as of 3/14. Name added 11/3/17 to St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese list of "priests and religious brothers who have served or spent time in the archdiocese and have substantiated claims of sexual abuse of a minor against them." Included on Detroit archdiocese's list 6/10/19.

Fr. Loren O’Dea

Ordained: 1993
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Ordained in 1993 after retiring from career in social work. Given senior (retired) priest status in 1997. Was associate pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows, Farmington. Removed without privileges 10/12 after two complaints received of abuse dating back to just prior to his ordination. Allegations deemed "substantive" by review board. Sheriff's office notified. Died 10/14/15, age 87. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/20.

Fr. Leo Olschausken

Order: OPraem
Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Died: 07/21/1987
Diocese: Diocese of Gaylord MI

From Lithuania. Arrived in Chicago in 1958. Assigned to St. Michael's Lithuanian Church in Chicago, then chaplain  1961-1974 in the Diocese of Grand Rapids MI at Mercy Hospital in Cadillac. First named publicly as accused on the Diocese of Gaylord's list 11/10/18 (name erroneously spelled "Olschaysken.") Noted to have been removed from the diocese and returned to his Order in 1974. Per a parish history for St. Mary of the Assumption in Coal City IL, diocese of Joliet, Olschausken was assigned there 1974 until his death 7/21/87. Further, "Father Leo endeared himself to the Altar Severs. These boys were his special charge. They became very close to him and he to them."


Fr. Edward Theodore Olszewski

Ordained: 1960
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Accused of sodomizing his foster son starting at age 11. Found guilty by jury 12/18/02 of indecent liberties with a minor and innocent of sodomy charges; sentenced 1/30/03 to 3 years probation. New trial denied 3/13/03. Civil suit filed 12/22/03 in FL alleging abuse there. Conviction reversed 12/8/05 by MI Supreme Court: Olszewski "was deprived of an impartial jury." Prosecutor did not retry because sentence mostly served. Removed from MI and FL sex-offender registries. Ministry remains restricted. Included on the Detroit archdiocese's 6/10/19 list of credibly accused.

Fr. Thaddeus Ozog

Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

First named publicly by the archdiocese as accused in 11/18. Three years prior and again in 2018 a man reported sexual abuse as a minor by Ozog. The archdiocesan review board deemed the allegation credible in 2018. Ozog, a monsignor, was assigned to parishes in Detroit, Birmingham, Waterford Township, Wayne, Flat Rock and Hamtramck. From 1959 to 1975 he was a teacher, registrar, dean and rector at Sacred Heart Seminary. He died in 1994. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Wilfred Pelletier

Ordained: 1938
Status: Accused

Died: 12/20/1973
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Per the MI A.G.s' 10/22 report, a man reported to the diocese in 2005 that he and a friend were sexually abused over two years, at ages 16 or 17, by Pelletier in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Alpha MI. He said the priest would take them fishing and hunting and give them alcohol and money. Police caught the boys in a cabin drinking beer with two girls. When questioned they told the police Pelletier had given them the beer, but said no when asked if the priest had done anything to them. Pelletier was soon removed from his parish. Pelletier's personnel file shows "moral concerns" and "unpriestly conduct" in 1950 and concerns in 1956 about drinking and association with minors. Went on leave in 1960 and in 1965. Sent to Jemez Springs NM in 1961, where there was a treatment center for troubled priests. There was a warrant for his arrest in Jemez Springs in 1962 for contributing to the deliquency of a minor. Assigned by 1971 to Bishop Noa Home and as pastor of a Chasselle parish. Died in 1973.


Fr. Eduard Perrone

Ordained: 1978
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Pastor for 25 years Assumption of the BVM. Suspended 7/5/19 after archdiocese found an allegation of sexual abuse of a boy decades prior had "a semblance of truth." Denied the allegation. Allegedly would invite altar boys to a lake house, wrestle with them in the water, sometimes groping them. A second former altar boy came forward after Perrone's removal alleging the priest rubbed his genitals in 1981. Case sent to Vatican; declined to pursue. Perrone was a co-founder in 2002 of Opus Bono Sacerdotii, a group formed to support priests accused of abuse. A woman whose father co-founded Opus Bono, spoke out about his alleged abuse of boys, and said Perrone gave her alcohol in the rectory beginning when she was age 12. He sued her for defamation. His parishioners sued the archdiocese in 2/20, claiming it "fabricated" a rape charge against Perrone. In 7/20 an arbitration panel found that Perrone was the target of defamation; he was awarded $125K. In 9/20 he also sued Msgr. Michael Bugarin.


Fr. Thomas R. Physician

Ordained: 1958
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

In a 5/04 civil suit filed by four men against four priests, a man alleged that Physician had abused him at Precious Blood parish from age 14 to 17 in the early 1970s. Physician, who had retired in 2002, was placed on leave 1/3/04. Police investigated but no charges filed. Archdiocese said charges were "serious and substantive." Died 8/23/04. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Raymond John Pilarski

Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Died: 10/19/2017
Diocese: Diocese of Gaylord MI

Ordained for the Saginaw diocese; became priest of the Gaylord diocese at its creation in 1971. Retired in 1998. Diocese announced in 2/07 his permanent removal from ministry in 2006 due to allegations of abuse of two females, one age 13 and the other age 22, in the mid-1970s. Vatican agreed with decision to permanently remove him from active ministry. He died 10/19/17 in Alpena, MI. On diocese's list 11/10/18. On Saginaw diocese's list 4/10/19.

Fr. Anthony J. Polakowski

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Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Died: 09/23/1978
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Named in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report. In 1/04 a woman told the diocese that Polakowski sexually abused her for a year when she was in 6th grade. She said he would host parties in the rectory basement and supply youth with marijuana and alcohol. There was also a "hidden" room made into a "firepit" and another with a mattress, found by Chancellor Fr. Alexander Sample after he met with the woman. Polakowski had a "playboy" reputation with such "toys" as a Corvette, snowmobile and horses. A police report in 1976 alleges that Polakowski gave alcohol to minors, and mentions rumors of parties in the rectory. He died in 1978 after crashing his car into another, killing two women and critically injuring a 16-year-old boy, who was in his car. In 4/18 a man reported that a priest sexually abused him as a teenager in the mid-1970s. Based on the man's description, the Vicar for Clergy stated the priest was likely Polakowski. In 3/06 a woman claimed Polakowski abused her in 1976-77 at ages 15-16, and that he also abused her brother. She told a teacher about her brother's abuse, and Polakowski was transferred.


Fr. Ralph Quane

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Ordained: 1978
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Removed in 5/02 from his assignment as a hospital chaplain due to allegations that he sexually abused a minor in the early years of his ministry. Ordered not to wear priestly garb or represent himself as a priest. Laicization announced 5/05. Included on the diocese's list 6/10/19.

Fr. John Steven Rabideau

Order: OMV
Ordained: 1990
Status: Convicted

Died: 05/30/2014
Diocese: Diocese of Saginaw MI

Accused in 1998 of abuse 1985-1987 of three boys, between ages 6 -14, when a seminarian. Rabideau was studying in Boston and Rome; the abuse occurred during visits home to the Saginaw area. A warrant for his arrest was  issued in 1998. He fled the country. Per his order, it suspended him in 1992 and dismissed him in 1997. Rabideau was an active priest in the Philippines in 2004. He was arrested in Colombia in 2006 and extradited to  Michigan. He pleaded no contest to three charges; other charges were dropped. Sentenced to 5-10 years in prison on child sex abuse charges in 10/06. Included on the Saginaw diocese's list 8/9/19; Rabideau was prosecuted in the diocese, although he had not served there. He died 5/30/14 at age 52 in a bicycling accident.


Fr. Terrence Andrew Raymond

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Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Gaylord MI

Ordained for the Diocese of Saginaw. Became priest of the Diocese of Gaylord when it was created in 1971. Left the priesthood in 1985. Died in 1986. First named publicly as accused by the Gaylord diocese on its list 11/10/18. On the Saginaw diocese's list by 8/9/19.

Fr. Armour R. Roberts

Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Died: 12/8/1989
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Ordained for the Diocese of Marquette MI. Named publicly as accused by the Bismarck diocese on its list in 1/2/20. Substantiated. Died 12/8/89. In the late 1960s or early '70s Roberts took three boys, who were high school freshmen, to visit Rev. John Owens in New Leipzig. The two priests allegedly plied the boys with alcohol and sexually abused them. Included in the MI A.G. Marquette report in 10/22, which reveals multiple allegations against Roberts. His personnel file shows "trouble" when assigned to a Norway MI parish in 1961. Several transfers, then in trouble in 1965 with police due to "morals charges." Bishop Noa asked Roberts to leave Marquette. Went to treatment, sought work in other dioceses; only Bismarck accepted him. Report in 2002 and 2014 from a man that Roberts sexually abused him and other teenage boys at St. Mary's in Norway in the late 1950s; he said he told Msgr. Pelessier in Iron Mountain, who allegedly violated the boy's confidentiality. Accused in 1965 by a man of abuse of his son. Another allegation in 2007 of abuse of a boy in 1960, who also alleged abuse by Fr. Michael Hale.

Fr. Nelson Daniel Rupp

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Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Named publicly as accused in the MI A.G. 10/22 report. Rupp's personnel file shows he was relieved of his duties with the Charismatic Renewal in 1982. In 1991 there were concerns of his inappropriate behavior with teenagers during sleepovers at the rectory, including nudity. Allegedly gave teens alcohol. Complaints in 1995 about his behavior with "server boys." Confronted by Bishop Garland, denied inappropriate sexual contact. In 4/96 ordered by Bishop not to be alone with minors. Resigned from parish in 5/96 and sent to St. Luke's Institute. Would not comply with treatment. Apparently never returned to ministry. Report in 2007 that Rupp sexually abused boys after plying them with alcohol sometime 1985-87 at his camp in Alger or Marquette County. Rupp was a real estate manager in CA as of 2007, still there in 2014. Whereabouts in 10/22 unknown.


Fr. Austin Schlaefer

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Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused

Died: 06/19/1992
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Identified in 6/18/2013 Capuchin audit report as a deceased friar with confirmed reports of the sexual abuse of minors. He died 6/19/1992 in Saginaw, MI. Worked in Milwaukee, Detroit and Chicago. On the Saginaw diocese's list by 8/9/2019. Name included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Fr. Gary Schulte

Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Removed without privileges from assignment at St. Sylvester's in Warren 10/29/11 after allegations of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old boy in 1991. Schulte was working at St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in Madison Heights at the time of the alleged abuse. Review board found allegations had enough validity to warrant restrictions. No criminal charges to be filed due to the statute of limitations. Included on the archdiocese's list 6/10/19. Permanently removed from public ministry.

Fr. Wendelin Shafer

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1946
Status: Accused

Died: 10/9/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

"Leslie." Worked as a missioner in Central America for 52 years. Joined the Central American Vice Province. Retired and returned to Wisconsin. Died 10/09/05. Identified in 6/18/13 Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph as a deceased friar with confirmed reports of sexual abuse of minors. Shafer's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him.

Fr. Walter J. Sheedlo

Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Named publicly as accused in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report. In 1997 a man told Bishop Garland that Sheedlo made sexual advances toward him during counseling sessions the previous year. The man had known Sheedlo since age 10-11 in 1979, and described to Garland grooming behaviors by Sheedlo during regular meetings for years. Sent to treatment. Accused in 1998 of sexual advances toward a seminarian, age 18, in 1974 and again in 1978. Told by Garland to take a year's leave of absence. Removed from public ministry in 2009. In 10/22 remained on leave.


Fr. Gerald Shirilla

Ordained: 1968
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Accused of abuse of at least seven youths 1972-1981. Named in several civil suits. Moved to the Gaylord diocese. Placed on leave in 2002. Died 2004. Included on the Detroit archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19, which noted that he had been removed from public ministry.

Fr. Jason E. Sigler

Ordained: 1964
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Ordained for the Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Canada. In Detroit and Lansing dioceses from 1968. Sent to Paracletes in NM for treatment 1960s-70s; worked in NM parishes; abused again. Named by 45 victims in lawsuits. In NM 17 men settled for $13M in 1993. Pled guilty 1983 to abuse of child; got probation and counseling. Laicized 1999. Many new allegations in MI in 2002. Arrested and convicted twice in MI in 2003. Included in new civil suits. Released 5/12 from jail and 11/13 from probation. Living in Albuquerque NM 2014; said in 8/14 to be living with his wife in Taylor Ranch. On sex offender list. Named in at least one new civil suit filed 8/14. Another suit filed 5/16 re alleged abuse of 10- or 11-year-old Fort Sumner NM altar boy in 1974. Suit filed 7/17 re abuse of boy in Las Vegas NM parish late 1970s for 2 years. On Santa Fe archdiocese list 9/12/17. On Lansing diocese's list 9/27/19. On Detroit's list 6/10/19.

Fr. Ephraem Sitko

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Ordained: 1946
Status: Accused

Died: 12/8/1982
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Named publicly as accused in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report. A woman reported to the diocese in 2020 that when she was in third grade in 1963 at St. Ignatius Loyola School, Sitko would grab her at recess and make her sit in his lap beneath his long cape. She said she screamed to be let go but he held her tighter and laughed, and that he would whisper into her left ear. Sitko died in 1982. He was ordained for the O.F.M. Franciscans; it appears he did not stay in the order. (Name also spelled Ephream, Ephraim.)


Fr. Joseph Sito

Ordained: 1962
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Resigned in 1993 after credible allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1960s. Victim told archdiocese in 1985, but no action. Told them again in 1993 and Sito "retired." Banned from public ministry after treatment at two facilities. Criminally charged in 1999 with molesting a 17-year-old youth. Sito pleaded guilty to lesser charge and paid a fine. Would still say mass on occasion. Laicization announced 1/12/04. Died 1/4/16, age 80, in car crash outside of Detroit. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. John Donald Slowey

Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Lansing MI

Attorney for one man announced 8/24/10 that he had settled a claim against Slowey and the diocese for $225K. The abuse allegedly took place when plaintiff was age 5-6 and lived at St. Vincent Home for Children in the mid-1950s. Diocese said this was only allegation against Slowey. It also said it could not verify the accusations but settled to cover "healing expenses." On the diocese's list of credibly accused 9/27/19, which notes multiple allegations. Died 1/13/83.

Fr. Joseph Smetana

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Spent 31 years as a priest in Nicaragua. Identified in 6/18/13 "Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph" as current friar with confirmed reports of sexual abuse of minors. Smetana's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him. Removed from public ministry, living under supervision. Included on the La Crosse diocese's list 1/18/20, where he worked at some point at St. Henry in Eau Galle. Permanently removed from ministry.

Fr. B. Neil Smith

Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Named publicly as accused in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report. In 2004 a man told Bishop Garland that Smith sexually abused him multiple times at age 14 or 15 in 1951 or 1952. Smith admitted to his behavior. The Vatican determined that there would be no penal action due to Smith's age, infirmity and retirement status. He died in 2007. In 2018 the diocese received a report that Smith put his hand on a 14 or 15-year-old's crotch during a car ride in 1954-55.


Fr. Robert Gordon Smith

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Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 06/24/1980
Diocese: Diocese of Gaylord MI

Ordained for the Diocese of Gaylord. Became a Saginaw diocese priest when it was created in 1971. First named publicly as accused by the Gaylord diocese on its list 11/10/18. Died 6/24/80. On the Saginaw diocese's list 4/10/19. It notes that he was previously removed from publicly ministry.

Fr. Gerald F. Smola

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Joined the order in 1938. A single allegation was received after his death, of abuse occurring while assigned to University of Detroit Jesuit High School in the 1950s. Smola was dismissed 11/14/1969. Included on the Detroit archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Fr. Robert Spader

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Identified in 6/18/13 Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph as former friar with confirmed reports of sexual abuse of minors. Spader's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him. Left the order at some point. Ordained in 1964 as "Fr. Edwin" Spader.

Br. Francis Mary Sparacino

Order: OFM Cap
Status: Accused

Died: 01/19/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Identified in the 6/18/2013 Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph as a current friar with confirmed reports of the sexual abuse of minors. Sparacino's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him. Served most of career as tailor for the Province of St. Joseph. Living in 8/2013 under supervision in a nursing home. Died 1/19/2015. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Fr. Brian L. Stanley

Ordained: 1996
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Kalamazoo MI

In 8/19 the MI A.G. announced charges against Stanley of false imprisonment. In 2013 Stanley was placed on leave after an accusation that he held a teenage boy against his will in the janitor's room at St. Margaret's, wrapping him in plastic wrap and covering his eyes and mouth with masking tape. The boy's parents had reportedly asked Stanley to counsel him. Per the A.G., diocesan records show that this behavior by Stanley had been occurring for "decades" and was sexually motivated. Police investigated in 2013, no charges. Reinstated. Removed again in 1/17 after more allegations. Pled guilty. Sentenced in a plea deal 1/27/20 to 60 days in jail, five years probation and to register as a sex offender for 15 years. Per the A.G., three other victims had come forward, one alleging abuse at age 13.

Fr. Kenneth Stewart

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Identified in the 6/18/2013 Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph as a former friar with confirmed reports of the sexual abuse of minors. Stewart's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him. The audit reported that he had been removed from ministry and placed under supervision. He left the Order and was laicized at some point. On the Saginaw diocese's list by 8/9/2019, where he was assigned 1973-1974. Name included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. 


Fr. Elmer Stoffel

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1938
Status: Accused

Died: 01/2/1992
Diocese: Diocese of Saginaw MI

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Saginaw on its list in 2019. Assigned to the diocese 1958-1970. Died 12/2/92. Included on the Capuchins St. Joseph Province list of those with substantiated allegations against them.

Fr. Charles J. Strelick

Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 04/7/2017
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Named publicly as accused in the MI A.G.'s report in 10/22. In 8/20 a man told the diocese that Strelick sexually abused him at age 8 in 1991 during confession. The man said that he told Strelick that two older boys had sexually abused him, and that Strelick then touched him and made him perform oral sex, and did other "weird things." Strelick was pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Ishpeming during the time in question. He died in 2017.


Bishop James S. Sullivan

Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Lansing MI

In 6/02, Sullivan, who had been Bishop of Fargo ND, was accused fondling a boy in 1966 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing MI. The same plaintiff settled with the Christian Brothers in 1995 over abuse allegations against Br. Jeffrey Gregory. Sullivan denied the charges. The diocese said it did not believe the allegations because the man didn't come forward sooner. Sullivan retired as Bishop of Fargo 3/18/02 after a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. He died 6/12/06. On 7/2/21 the Dioceses of Lansing announced that the it had deemed credible allegations against Sullivan that he abused two boys, one ages 12-14 and the other ages 11- 12,  in the mid-1960s. The abuse took place at Church of the Resurrection in Lansing, where Sullivan was assigned.


Fr. Richard T. Szafranski

Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Saginaw MI

Accused in 4/06 of sexual misconduct with a minor female in the mid-1970s. Placed on leave. He admitted to "a relationship" with the girl. He was 27 and she was 16-17 (or 13 per one article). No criminal charges will be pursued as of 7/06 but diocese had not yet completed investigation. Added to the diocese's list 4/10/19. Noted by 8/9/19 to have been permanently removed from ministry.

Fr. Joseph Szarek

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Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Saginaw MI

Ordained of the Archdiocese of Krakaw, Poland. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Saginaw on its list in 2019. Noted to have worked briefly in the diocese. Removed from ministry in the Saginaw diocese in 1958, later worked in the Diocese of Albany, where he was incardinated in 1976. Died 5/15/99. Added to Albany diocese's list 12/4/19.

Fr. Timothy J. Szott

Ordained: 1973
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Placed on leave in 2/03 after a church volunteer found child abuse images on his computer. Arraigned in 6/03; posted bail before returning to treatment at St. Luke's. Sentenced in 9/03 to 18 months probation after pleading no contest to possession of child pornography. Permanently removed from ministry in 2005. Sued in 4/08 for abuse of a youth in 1999. His victim had just turned 18. Other complaints too old to prosecute. Died in 8/08 in AZ. Sued again in 11/08. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Guy S. Thoren

Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Died: 12/17/2011
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

Removed in 6/02 after the diocese said it had substantiated an allegation of abuse of a minor dating back more than 25 years. Thoren had just been transferred into a new parish to replace Joseph Carne, who had been removed because of sexual abuse allegations. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report, which reveals multiple allegations. Report in 6/02 of abuse of a 7th-8th grade boy 1977-79; Thoren said the allegations were "partially true." Sent to St. Luke's for assessment. Report from a Jesuit brother in 6/02 of boundary violations when he was ages 17-18 by Thoren against him. He also said a friend told him in 1991 that Thoren grabbed him aggressively in a sexual manner in a sauna. Further, he said a boy, about age 16, would often stay the night in the rectory; the boy died of an overdose in about 1996. In 7/02 a man reported sexual abuse by Thoren when he was 15 in 1974. Another report, in 2008, by a man that Thoren abused him multiple times in at age 13 or 14 in the early 1970s at a sauna. The same man alleged abuse by Fr. James Wolf. Thoren retired to Florida, per his obituary. He died 12/17/11, at age 66.

Fr. John Tupper

Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Died: 07/27/2004
Diocese: Diocese of Gaylord MI

Ordained for the Diocese of Grand Rapids. Joined Gaylord when it was created in 1971. Worked there until retirement. Did missionary work in Brazil 1980-89 with the Franciscan Friars. Faculties were removed in 8/02 after officials were contacted by a person who charged that he was involved in inappropriate conduct involving a minor about 30 years previously. During the investigation, a second person came forward with allegations. Tupper denied all accusations. Died 07/27/04. Added to the Gaylord diocese's list of credibly accused in 4/21.

Fr. John Tyminski

Ordained: 1935
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Ordained in Poland. Arrived in the U.S. in 1950. Retired 1976. Died 1984. Named publicly by the archdiocese as accused in 5/19. The archdiocese said it received an allegation over ten years prior, after Tyminski's death. A second victim came forward in early 2019. The Review Board deemed the allegations credible. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Peter J. Van der Linden

Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Publicly named as accused for first time in archdiocesan press release 10/02. Had been removed in 1993 after "serious and substantive allegation of sexual misconduct dating back to the early years of his ministry." On medical leave of absence since 1991 but had begun working part time at Cardinal Mooney High School, Marine City, in 1993. Permanently removed from ministry 5/05. Died in 2/07.

Fr. Bernard Van der Schueren

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 07/25/2009
Diocese: Diocese of Marquette MI

From Belgium. Died 7/25/09. Diocese of Marquette announced 11/15/13 that it had received a credible allegation of abuse of a minor by 'Fr. Ben' in 1989 while he filled in at St. Michael Parish in Marquette. The allegation was reported to the Jesuits and to the county prosecutor's office. On the Jesuits Midwest Province list 12/17/18. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report, which shows that the allegation was of sexual abuse of a boy, age 10 or 11, in the summer of 1987 and 1988. 


Fr. Jacob Vellian

Status: Charged

Diocese: Diocese of Kalamazoo MI

Priest of the Archeparchy of Kottayam, India, of the Syro-Malabar Church. Per USCCB Advisory, Vellian was working in Kalamazoo on temporary basis in 1973-74. Diocese said in Fall 2010 it had recently received an allegation of sexual abuse of a female minor by Vellian. Review Board concluded the charges had merit. His accuser said she told the diocese in 2002, and that a priest walked in on them during an assault in 1973. Vellian had been in active ministry in various dioceses in the US in the recent past. In 9/11 he was said to be living in Kerala India's Kottayam district, in a Kaduthuruthi seminary. Investigated by the MI A.G. Charged in 5/19 with rape of a 15-year-old girl in the early 1970s. A.G. to seek extradition from India.

Fr. Lawrence M. Ventline

Ordained: 1976
Status: Ministry restricted by diocese

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

In 2016, an allegation of abuse by Ventline was brought to the Archdiocese of Detroit, which referred the complaint to the Oakland County prosecutor, conducted a canonical review, and restricted Ventline from public ministry. On 5/24/19 Michigan AG Dana Nessel announced that Ventline 'is facing an administrative complaint and his license as a professional educationally limited counselor has been summarily suspended by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA).' The Administrative Complaint alleged that Ventline had 'sexually assaulted' an 11-year-old boy three times in the church sacristy in 1989-1990. At the time, Ventline was pastor of St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Lake Orion MI. Ventline denied the allegations, saying he was the victim, and stated that 'a lawsuit will be filed' against the AG. On 6/10/19, Ventline was included on the list of Clergy Credibly Accused of Abuse published by the Detroit archdiocese, which noted that he was restricted from public ministry and stated that he 'is prohibited from representing himself as a priest, wearing clerical attire, exercising any form of church ministry.' His license was revoked on 9/6/19, after 'Ventline failed to file a formal response to the complaint,' and he was fined $5,000. On 9/30/19, a news report stated that Ventline had been charged with indecent exposure in Bad Axe MI in early summer 2019. On 1/23/20, Ventline pleaded no contest to the charge, which does not constitute an admission of guilt. Judge reportedly relied on court documents to enter a conviction on the record and sentenced Ventline to ten days in jail. Ventline stated that he completed nine days of community service instead. On 10/5/20 the Michigan AG summarized the Ventline case in her second year update: 'Ventline faced three separate reports of sexual abuse of a minor. The statute of limitations expired on each report of abuse but LARA was able to remove the professional counseling license of Ventline to ensure that he would not be able to legally counsel children.' Ventline states that he had retired from counseling before the Administrative Complaint was filed on 5/15/19.

Fr. Gerald John Vesnaugh

Ordained: 1968
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Forced from the priesthood in 1975 after molesting children. Conviction in 1979 with suspended sentence and two years probation. Law license suspended in 1980 and revoked in 1982. Charged again in 1981 with three counts of sexual assault. Served 2 1/2 years of a 5- to 15-year sentence. Released from prison. Moved to OK in 1996; offended and was arrested. Fled to Canada. Abused two boys and was arrested. Sentenced to three years prison in 1996. Included on the Detroit archdiocese's of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Aloysius Volskis

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Ordained: 1985
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

From the Diocese of Telsiai, Lithuania. Accused in a 3/21 lawsuit of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy in 2010 at Bishop Kelley Catholic School in Lapeer, where the boy was a second-grader. The school was affiliated with Immaculate Conception Parish. Volskis allegedly molested and raped the boy after giving him pills that semi-sedated him during a "spiritual formation" session in the teacher's lounge. Volskis ceased active ministry in the parish in 2011 after he was accused of the sexual assault of another parishioner. He returned to Europe in 2013. Per the lawsuit, church officials sheltered the priest in the church rectory, then helped him leave the country. The boy came forward to the archdiocese in around 2018.

Fr. Dennis A. Wagner

Ordained: 1978
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

Pled guilty in 1983 to assault and battery of a 13-year-old boy during a tubing trip. Given two years probation and received counseling. Apparently admitted in 1983 that he had molested more than one boy. A man told the diocese in the early 1990 that Wagner raped him in a lake in 1985. No criminal charges due to SOL. Diocese gave the man money for therapy. Wagner was allowed to work as a canon lawyer in Diocesan Tribunal Office. Suspended in 5/02. Diocese received six substantiated allegations. Agreed to ask for laicization.

Fr. Harold A. Walsh

Ordained: 1960
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Ordained in Ireland for the Redemptorists. Worked in Davenport, Detroit, Chicago and St. Paul. A woman told Detroit in 1994 (and in 2002 and 2011) that he had abused her in the mid-1960s when she was 15 and he was assigned Holy Redeemer parish. Walsh said he had proved he was still living in a monastery in Ireland at the time. Worked in St. Paul for many years. Accused of abusing a boy there; Walsh denied the allegation. The woman received a settlement in 1996. Walsh left active ministry in 2005. Laicized 8/12/12. Taught sex education in St. Paul area until 1/31/14. Name on St. Paul and Minneapolis revised list 2/17/14.

Fr. David F. West

Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Archdiocese announced in 12/15 a credible allegation of sexual abuse of a male minor in the 1970s by West, who died in 2004 at age 65. Per the announcement West served in about 20 parishes. Included on the archdiocese's 6/10/19 list of credibly accused.

Fr. Leroy E. White

Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Kalamazoo MI

Accused in 1991 of sexually touching a female minor. Also accused of touching several women. Sent for treatment out of state and returned to ministry. Reportedly retired in 1994 and worked in the Lansing diocese while in residence at a parish there. Removed again in 2002 for the 1991 allegation. Restricted in 2004 by the Vatican from working in the Kalamazoo area. Retired in the Lansing diocese.

Fr. Ronald R. Williams

Ordained: 1979
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Accused in 6/02 of getting a male minor drunk and attempting to perform oral sex on the boy. Williams was suspended and, investigative files reveal, two other men then came forward to the prosecutor. One alleged similar abuse in 1979 at age 16. The other alleged Williams fondled his bottom at age 17 in 1984. No charges filed because SOL expired. Permanently barred by Vatican from active ministry per 4/20/07 announcement. Died 7/6/10. On the archdiocese's 6/10/19 list of credibly accused.

Fr. Robert Witkowski

Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Retired in 2013. Restricted from public ministry in 10/18 due to credible allegations that he sexually abused minors early in his career. In a lawsuit filed in NJ in 12/19 a man claimed Witkowski, along with Rev. Thomas Ganley, abused him and other boy at St. Cecila's in Iselin, NJ in the early 1990s.

Fr. James C. Wolf

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1957
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Accused in a civil suit along with Revs. Jim Buser and Gale Leifeld of molesting a student in the 1970s at a Capuchin run high school and after graduation. The plaintiff was a counselor for men abused by clergy and claimed his therapy in 1992 revealed flashbacks. Case tried in 1995. Jury decided it was not filed within the statute of limitations. Two of the priests admitted abusing other boys but not the plaintiff in this case. Included on the Capuchin Friars' list of those with substantiated allegations against them 8/19/21, which notes, "Retired/Restrict in Ministry" since 2005. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/22 report; assigned 1963-1976 in the Marquette diocese. In 2008 a man reported to the Marquette diocese that Wolf sexually abused him over two years in the 1970s when he was ages 11-12. In 2011 a man alleged abuse by Wolf when he was 20 in 1971-72. 


Fr. James R. Wysocki

Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Placed on leave in 2003 after the archdiocese reviewed an old allegation against Wysocki of sexual misconduct involving a minor. When the allegation was first raised, officials didn't have enough info to proceed. It was later deemed "substantive." Allegation was at least 15 years old and incident is said to have occurred just after Wysocki's 1967 ordination. A second allegation of abuse in the early 1970s of teenage youth was made in 2004. Vatican ordered church trial. Permanently barred from public ministry in 2007.

Fr. Robert Wyzgoski

Ordained: 1959
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Removed in 2002; "retired." Accused of abuse of teenage girls in the 1960s. Parents were complaining of his behavior as early as 1973. Named in a civil suit in 2004. In 2005 the Vatican upheld Cardinal Maida's decision to permanently remove Wyzgoski from pastoral duties. Died in 1/07. On the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/19.

Fr. Hilary Zach

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused

Died: 03/22/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

Identified in 6/18/13 Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph as a deceased friar with confirmed reports of sexual abuse of minors. Zach's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him. Spent several years at St. Lawrence Seminary as teacher and novice master, then became a hospital chaplain. Died 3/22/97.