Database of Publicly Accused

Named in the 6/18/2013 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 4/15/2002. Worked in Wisconsin for much of his career. On the Saginaw diocese's list 8/9/2019, where he worked 6/26/1963-7/29/1964. Added to the La Crosse diocese's list 2/5/2020; worked at some point at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Marathon

In 4/2002 Aerts admitted to sexual misconduct with a teen in 1979 while assigned 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.

The Diocese revealed in 5/2002 that Alvesteffer had a substantiated allegation against him of abuse which occurred while he was assigned in Ludington in the 1970s. Died 1/18/1998.

Retired in 2000. Alleged to have sexually abused a minor 1984-1985 while pastor of St. James in Grand Rapids. Permanently removed from ministry in 8/2015, ordered to lead a 'life of prayer and penance.' Per a 8/2015 news report, Antekeier was 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.

The diocese announced 11/15/2018 Aubin's removal from public ministry due to a credible allegation of inappropriate sexual behavior with a minor dating to the 1960s. On the diocese's list 9/27/2019. Died 4/15/2020.

"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 3/1/2023 to 3-15 years in prison.

Barrett was placed on leave in 2002 after a complaint that he molested a girl 30 years prior. The abuse was alleged to have taken place outside the diocese. Barrett also allegedly abused the accuser's four sisters, at least one as young as age 5. The Diocese's investigating committee said the charges were credible. Barrett died in 3/2006. Included on the Diocese's list 11/10/2018. Noted to have been permanently removed from public ministry in 2002. Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 report.

Baudone was the subject of allegations deemed substantiated that he molested two children in 1981 in Muskegon County. He "retired" from his duties in 1993 when allegations first surfaced. Privileges not removed until 2002. Additional allegations of old abuse became public in 3/2008.

Extern priest from Pakistan. Arrested in 5/2004 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 3/2006. Later sentenced to 1 year for abuse of a girl. Withdrew guilty plea to additional charges in another county in 7/2008. The girl's sister also alleged abuse. Sentenced to another 16-24 months in 10/2008 for abuse of both sisters.

Removed from ministry in 1989 after allegations that he abused a 14-year-old boy during overnight pizza and beer parties at the rectory and on a trip to Europe. Admitted the abuse in a 11/1989 resignation letter. Name not released until 5/2002. Criminal charges filed in 2002; sentenced after a 2003 plea agreement to one year in prison. Laicized in 1992 but continued to say mass without permission through 2005. On the Virginia Sex Offender Registry as of 7/2010.

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."

Per the 10/2022 MI Attorney General's 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 sent 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. Beyer died in 2003.

"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 1964-1972, beginning when the woman was a high school student and continuing into her college years. Biondo, who denied the accusations, was the girl's freshman English teacher. She died in 5/2020, at age 93.

Navy chaplain. Removed from active ministry in 2003 after allegations that he abused a male minor in the early years of his priesthood. No criminal charges. Review board found charge to be substantive. Reinstated as an active priest in 2/2004 after the Vatican ruled that, per canon law in place in 1975-1976, 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 9/25/2007.

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 and was referred to a diocesan lawyer, who said the statute of limitations had expired so nothing could be done. The Order said there was no record of the man's contact with the lawyer. Boardway was sent by his Order in the early 1990s to treatment. His accuser settled with the Order in 1994 for $107.8K. Boardway also worked in TX, IN, IL, WI, NE. and NM. There is at least one other alleged victim. Boardway was murdered in 1997 while living in AZ. Included on the Lubbock diocese's list 1/31/2019; noted to have worked there 1987 until 1989, when he was removed from ministry. On the Las Cruces diocese's list 6/24/2019, where he worked in 1989. On Lansing's list 9/27/2019.

Placed on leave in 7/2002. Worked in Detroit and Livonia parishes. Assigned to the 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 the Vatican in 6/2006. Died 1/8/2018. Name included on the Erie diocese's list released 4/6/2018 of priests and lay employees and volunteers accused of sexually abusing minors. On the Detroit archdiocese's list 6/10/2019.

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 9/2005 announcement. No criminal charges because of statute of limitations. Died 2/5/2012.

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. 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. Per the Order's St. Albert the Great Province list 4/21/2022, the abuse occurred n the early 1970s at St. Vincent Ferrer in River Forest, IL. Included on the Chicago archdiocese's list in 10/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes one "reported survivor."

Removed from parish assignment 4/2002 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 5/2004 civil case. Permanently removed from public ministry. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019.

Accused in 1992 of molesting an Ionia altar boy in 1958. The Grand Rapids Diocese found the 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, given a life of prayer and penance in 11/2005. Additional allegations of old abuse were made public in 3/2008. Died 2/1/2009.

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. Settlement in 1995. On sick leave per Catholic Directory but worked as an Army chaplain in Hawaii from 1982. Extradited in 2002; pleaded no contest. Sentenced to 30 days jail and five years probation. Permanently removed without privileges in 2005. Named in two suits in Hawaii in 2009 filed by same plaintiff. Died 6/6/2006. Included on Detroit archdiocese's list 6/10/2019.

Died in 1984. The Archdiocese announced on its website 10/27/2014 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 6/10/2019.

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 6/2006. Died 10/9/2016. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019.

Identified in 6/18/2013 Capuchin audit report as a current friar with confirmed reports of the 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 8/9/2019.

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.

Per the MI Attorney General's Report in 10/22, Cornelius abused a minor, possibly a 16-year-old boy, in the 1980s while chaplain at The Carmelite Monastery in Iron Mountain. He was removed by his Order, sent to treatment, then assigned outside of the diocese. In 10/2022 he was a homilist for the Byzantine Catholic Church in Pittsburgh PA.

Removed in 5/2014 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 10/2014 the county prosecutor said there was no basis for criminal charges; the Diocese announced that Coughlin would remain on administrative leave. In 11/2023 he is shown on the Diocesan website as pastor of a Clio parish.

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. Sentenced in 11/2023 to one year in jail, five years' probation and to register as a sex offender for life.

D'Angelo (DeAngelo) included on the archdiocese's 10/2009 Priests and Policy Status Report. It notes that his "situation" was "previously handled under the archdiocesan policy" and that he is deceased. He died 12/8/1998. Per the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019, D'Angelo had been removed from publicly ministry.

Entered the Order in 1955. Worked in British Columbia, Palma HS in Salinas CA 1964-1969, 1988-1999. 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 1/11/2001. A man testified in a MI state hearing on the statute of limitations in 5/2018 that Dalton abused him at Brother 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.

Privileges permanently revoked 6/2002 because of past allegations 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 restricted ministry. Permanently barred by the Vatican from public ministry in 5/2005. Died 1/30/2012 at age 63.

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.

Pastor of St. Agnes in Tittabawassee Township when arrested 2/25/2018 on charges of the sexual assault of a 21-year-old man and 17-year-old boy. Parents of the boy told police concerns regarding DeLand and their son. Arrested after the boy went undercover. Suspended. DeLand gave the boy alcohol and ecstasy. "Nearly half a dozen" more people reported to police attempted and actual sex abuse, some three decades prior; some minors, at least one girl. Diocese knew of "rumors" in 1992. Investigated by the Diocese in 2005 after a woman reported that her brother, who died by suicide in 1993, may have been abused in the 1970s. Deemed "unfounded." Suit filed in 3/2018 by 17-year-old boy. Arrested again in 4/2018; some charges related to the alleged sex assault of a 17- or 18-year-old male in 5/17. His father said he reported the incident to the Diocese, but no response. Pleaded no contest in 9/2018 in a plea deal. Withdrew plea weeks later. Acquitted in 3/2019 of assault of two teens. Pleaded no contest to earlier withdrawn plea, avoiding trial. Sentenced in 4/2019 to 2 to 15 years in prison. Case sent to the Vatican. Released on parole in 4/2021; parole to end in 4/22. Required to register as a sex offender. Laicized announced in 11/2022.

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. Died 1/26/2024.

Reportedly in 5/2003,  Depp walked away from his parish in the Detroit archdiocese in 1963 and never returned. Placed "on leave." Never officially left the priesthood. In the 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 7/15/2003 due to the statute of limitations. Included on the Detroit Archdiocese's 6/10/2019 list of credibly accused.

In 5/2007 a woman told the Diocese that Derylo touched her daughter when she was age 5 or 6. The woman said she had been in a sexual relationship with Derylo 1985 and into the 1990s, which Derylo confirmed, and that her daughter had recently told her of the 'touching.' The daughter wasn't sure how many times, but remembered one incident that allegedly occurred while Derylo was putting her pajamas on her.

Suspended 3/15/2018 after diocese was contacted by someone claiming sexual abuse as a minor by Dombrowski. In 7/2021 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. 

Removed from parish in 3/2002 after credible allegation of abuse. He denied abuse but admitted alcohol abuse. At least five known complaints of abuse in the 1980s and 1990s. Church trial ordered by the Archdiocese in 2004. Laicization announced 4/20/2007. Included on the Archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019.

Per the MI Attorney General's Report in 10/2022, 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 7/2002 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 10/2018 and again in 5/2022 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.

Accused by a man in a 5/2004 lawsuit of molesting him as a boy, ages 10-12, at St. Mary's in Milford. The suit also said there are numerous other victims. The Archdiocese may have know of Lawrence's behavior in 1967. He retired in 1985 and died in 3/1999.

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 3/2019, 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 7/2003 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.

"Retired" with restricted ministry in 6/2002 because of old allegations found in his personnel file by a County Prosecutor. Allegations too old for criminal charges. After Ellinghausen retired, a male complainant came forward to allege that Ellinghausen abused him as a child for three years in the 1970s. Named in a civil suit. Laicization announced in 2005. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2020.

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 1/2021, 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 7/2019 of the allegations, which had been reported to the police. Added to Archdiocese's list of accused in 1/2021.

Assignments included all girls' Ladywood High School in Livonia, MI in 1985-1987. It was announced in 2002 that Femminineo resigned from St. Rita Parish in Holly MI 10/20/1996 after old allegations surfaced of sexual misconduct involving minors. In 5/2005 the Archdiocese announced that the Vatican had permanently barred Femminineo from public ministry. Included on the Archdiocese's list 6/10/2019. Died in 5/2020.

Named in the 10/2022 MI Attorney General's 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 1935. He appears to have joined the Marquette diocese in 1938.

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, where he also did parish and hospital work. Accused in a 1994 lawsuit of abusing a boy over four years in the 1960s in Michigan, when he was administrator of St. John's Seminary in Plymouth. Placed on sick leave in 1996. Died 4/29/2016.

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

In 1997 the Diocese received a report that Gardiner had engaged in unwanted sexual touching with a man who had reached out to him while feeling suicidal. Gardiner admitted to the incident, which occurred in 12/1996. In 2015 a man reported sexual assault by Gardiner and Fr. Ronald Gronowoski numerous times when he was age 17 in the early 1980s. The alleged victim said that the priests paid him to keep quiet. The Diocese deemed the allegations against Gardiner not credible. In 2019 the man said that Gardiner was a life-long friend and that nothing sexual happened between them. Ministry restricted in 1/24 after Bishop Walsh met with the Diocesan Review Board.

Ordained in 1975 for the P.I.M.E. order. Incardinated into the Diocese of Kalamazoo 11/24/1981.  In 2017 Fritz was charged with embezzling from his parishes. The charges were dropped. He retired after the embezzlement allegations. In 2/2020 the Diocese announced that it had received credible allegations of sexual abuse against Fritz dating back to the late 1970s-early 1980s; no information as to age of victim(s). Included in 4/2024 on the Diocese's list of those disqualified from working with children. Noted to be forbidden to function as a priest. Included in the MI Attorney General's 5/22/2024 Kalamazoo report, which reveals that in 2004 the Diocese received a report that Fritz sexually abused a girl, ages 13-17, in the late 1970-early 1980s. Law enforcement was notified 6/1/2005; no charges due to the statute of limitations. Fritz was apparently kept in ministry. In 2019 the Attorney General investigated; the Diocese's Review Board deemed the allegations credible in 2/2020.

Monsignor. Included in the MI Attorney General's Report in 10/2022 as the subject of allegations of child sexual abuse. Allegedly abused a Cuban refugee boy and other children who were living at Holy Family Home Orphanage in the late 1950s-early 1960s. Gibbs died in 1988.

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. 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.

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 10/2022 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 8/2002 due to the US Bishops' Charter. Goerner died in 2008.

Retired as pastor of St. Paul of Tarsus in Clinton Township in 2003. Remained in residence as a senior priest. Removed from all public ministry in 9/2013 after the diocesan review board found an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor in the early years of his career to be substantive. Matter reported to County Prosecutor. In 9/2013, SNAP released a 9/22/1997 memo from Bishop Harrington regarding a sexual harassment case against Grandpre. Died 2/20/2016.

Ordained for the Diocese of Saginaw. Became priest of the Gaylord diocese when it was created in 1971. Transferred in 1/1993 to the Diocese of Honolulu. Resigned in 5/2002 after a review of his personnel file showed allegations in 1994 that he was involved in sexual misconduct with a teenage boy over several years in the 1970s. His victim had complained to the Diocese that Gronowski was in active ministry. Gronowski admitted his behavior and apologized publicly. His victim said that Gronowski also had a "sexual relationship" with another teenager, who confirmed this in 1994. Gronowski was sent to treatment. Confidential settlement of $50K in 1995. Faculties for public ministry removed in 1996 by Honolulu bishop. Returned to MI, allowed to minister. Allegation in 2005 of abuse of a minor in the late 1960s. In 2024 there were three known allegations of the sexual abuse of minors and two young men 1969-1981. Also allegedly received pornography at a parish rectory in 2002 and showed it to kids. Grownowski moved to St. Petersburg FL in 2011. Included on the Diocese's list 11/10/2018. On the Saginaw diocese's list 4/10/2019. Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 Gaylord report. 

Born in Czechoslovakia. Grew up in WI. Identified in the 6/18/2013 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. Grosser'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. Per his obituary, Grosser taught at Mt. Calvary minor seminary in WI in his 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 in 1974 to the Milton MA novitiate, then the Abington MA friary. Died 5/13/1989.

Accused of psychologically and sexually abusing numerous boys at two parishes and two Catholic schools in the 1960s and early 1970s. During an investigation at a school in the late 1960s, several unknown priests came to the school and questioned about 30 boys. Nothing else was done for many years. Removed from his parish in 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 6/10/2019. Died 4/10/2024.

Named publicly by the Province of St. John the Baptist Franciscans in 1/2021 as having substantiated allegations against him of child sexual abuse. Hajduk left the order and was was laicized. He died 1/24/2018. Included on the Archdiocese of Detroit's list 1/14/2021. On the Cincinnati archdiocese's list 2/14/2022.

First named publicly as accused on the diocese's list 11/10/2018. Per news in 1981, had three adopted sons. Removed from ministry in 1986 after a parish janitor found "incriminating photographs" in the building. Harnish died in 2011. (The 2007 list erroneously noted his death to have been in 2007.) Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 Gaylord report.

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 10/2022 report. Criminal investigation in 12/2002 for rape of a cognitively impaired man 12/9/2002; 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 9/2008 of abuse of an Iron River altar boy, ages 9-13, 1987-1991 or 1992. Removed from ministry and the rectory in 10/2008. 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 1/24/2016, age 92.

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 12/1987 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. The Marquette Diocese announced in 9/2019 that it had received a report in 1996 of abuse by Healy 1968-1972.  Allegation in 10/2019 that Healy 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. Included on the Lansing diocese's list 9/27/2019. Died 1/1/2019. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/2022 report. 

Hegener's name was quietly added in late 2021 to the Diocese of Gaylord's list of those credibly accused of child sexual abuse. It notes that Hegener returned to his religious order in 1999 and died in 2009. Included in the 1/8/2024 MI Attorney General's Gaylord report. Accused in 10/2019 of groping a boy, ages 9-12 twice between 1984-1987. Included on the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province list as of 1/2024. (Hegener was a member of the Sacred Heart Province.)

In the early 1990s the Diocese substantiated allegations that Heydens sexually abused four teenage girls at a parish in the early 1970s. Out of court settlements in 1989 and 1994. Ministry restricted; assignments included the diocese's program for deacons. Removed from all ministry in 7/2002, after the 6/2002 Dallas Bishops Conference. Assigned to a 'life of prayer and penance.'

 

Named publicly as accused by the MI Attorney General in its Diocese of Kalamazoo report 5/22/2024. Assigned in the diocese 1991 until his retirement in 2006. Accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward women. Accused in a 2005 letter to Bishop Murray of making sexual advances a woman and her 12-year-old granddaughter. Heyman allegedly tried to kiss the girl and said that he wished he was 60 years younger. Heyman agreed to resign that year after his 75th birthday, the normal retirement age. In 2011 another woman reported to the Diocese sexual misconduct toward her by Heyman. (Heyman was in residence at that time at a Home Glen IL parish, in the Diocese of Joliet.) The Diocese informed Heyman's Order and asked that he "curtail his trips to the Diocese of Kalamazoo" and undergo counseling. Heyman died in 2/2023, at age 91.

Ordained for the Augustinian Order. Principal from the mid-1960s through the 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. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Detroit archdiocese on its list 6/10/2019. Removed from public ministry. Died 7/20/1999.

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 4/2002 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 5/2002. Died 1/17/2012. Included in the MI Attorney General's 10/2022 report.

Holtz resigned from his position 8/2002 after the Diocese investigated a report that he had sexually abused a minor in the 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 4/2021 shows that Holtz had been laicized. Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 Gaylord report. Accused in 1988 of abuse of a boy, age 12 or 13, in 1983 or 1984, after plying him with alcohol. Holtz's victim told Bishop Cooney in 2002 that he knew of two other boys who may have been abused, one who attempted suicide and the other who died by suicide.  In 2017 a woman alleged abuse by Holtz 1/1982-12/1986, beginning when she was 19. Allegation in 2019 that Holtz drugged and abused two boys in the mid-1970s.

In a civil suit filed in 11/1988 a woman accused Host and her ex-husband of molesting her boys, ages 4 and 6, over a two-year period. The suit also included claims against the USCC and NCCB (Catholic conferences). Kept in ministry. 

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 9/26/2016. Removed from ministry in 12/1988. Laicized in 2010. Arrested in 1/17/2020 in NM on charges in three separate cases of abuse in MI of a child ages 13-16 between 1/1/1981 and 12/31/1984, and abuse of a child under age 13 between 3/1/1984 and 4/30/1984. Two more accusers soon came forward leading to new charges of abuse of children between ages 13 and 15, occurring between 1/1/1982 and 12/31/1984. Returned to MI in 3/2020 to face charges. The MI Attorney General announced on 5/21/2020 that Jacobs would face trial. Pleaded guilty 4/22/2021 to charges in 4 separate cases in Ontonagon County. Sentenced to 8-15 years in prison. Pleaded guilty in 5/2021 to a charge in Dickinson County. Sentenced in 7/2021 to 8-15 years in prison, to be served concurrently with his Ontonagon County sentence. Ordered to register as a sex offender.

A church secretary in the Detroit archdiocese sued Johnston in 2000 saying her work contract was not renewed because her teenage son had 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. On the St. Albert the Great Province Dominicans' list 4/21/2022 and on the Chicago archdiocese's list in 10/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Complaint to the Archdiocese in 2017 that Kalina fondled a 12-year-old boy after plying him with alcohol, cocaine and marijuana during sleepovers in the rectory of St. Kieran in Utica in the mid-1980s. Kalina was the parish pastor. Convicted in 1985 on drug offenses, sentenced in 1986 to six months in jail and two 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 5/2019 in Littlerock CA, charged with criminal sexual conduct. To be arraigned 2/10/2020 on two charges related to alleged incidents involving a teenager in 1984. On the Detroit archdiocese's list 6/10/2019. Included on the San Bernardino diocese's list in 5/2021, where he was assigned 1987-1989 to parishes in Redlands and Riverside. Convicted in 6/2022. Sentenced on 7/26/2022 to 7-15 years in prison, with credit for 215 days served.

Monsignor. Worked in Detroit, Ecorse and Orion. Police chaplain. Died in 1993. The archdiocese announced in 6/2018 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.

Accused in 11/2018 of sexually abusing an altar boy, age 13, in the late 1970s. Karl allegedly took the boy to his cabin, drugged and then abused him. Karl also allegedly took pictures. The boy told his mother who did not want to report it. He said he called the Diocese eight years later, at age 21, and was told by a secretary there was nothing they could do.

A woman contacted the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1/2009 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 that the two had traveled to FL together and told a deacon who told the pastor. The girl's father met with the pastor; Kaucheck was transferred. After the 2009 events, Kaucheck was placed on leave effective 4/23/2009; the Review Board deemed the  complaint substantive. He resigned his positions as pastor of St. Mary's in Royal Oak and St. James' in Ferndale. Not prosecuted because the 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 4/17/2016. Kaucheck filed suit v SNAP and two newspapers 1/30/2017 alleging defamation; he 'vehemently maintained his innocence'. Died 7/18/2024.

Placed on leave 2/2004 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 5/2004 by man who alleged abuse in third grade. Permanently removed from public ministry in 2005. Included on the archdiocese's list 6/10/2019. Died 1/3/2021.

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. Died 12/19/2022.

Suspended in 5/2019 for "misconduct" with a minor "years ago." Police had informed the diocese in 3/2018 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 a canonical process, not enough evidence to proceed further. Name was added in 2019 to the diocesan list of accused, then removed in 3/2021.

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.

Pastor of American Martyrs Parish in Kingsford when removed from public ministry in 7/1990 due to an allegation of child sexual abuse. LaCosse admitted and described the abuse to his victim, who was wired by law enforcement, and said "there have been others." Pleaded guilty in the early 1990s to four counts of abusing the altar boy 1988-1990. The boy was age 12 at the time of the sentencing. Charges were 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 the time charges were 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; the boy told a priest in confession who told him to keep it quiet. Another allegation in 2007 of abuse in  1962. LaCosse died 7/21/2014 at a Marquette nursing center. Included in the MI Attorney General's 10/2022 report.

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.

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 5/2021, 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 1995, 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.

On 3/28/2016 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 2/2016; no prosecution due to the statute of limitations. Lauinger also worked at parishes in Detroit, Royal Oak, Scotland, and St. Clair Shores. Left the priesthood in 1975 and moved from MI in 1985. Per the archdiocese on 4/1/2016, several victims had come forward since 1/2016. Included on the archdiocese's list 6/10/2019. Laicized.

LeBlanc resigned from his parish in 1/2007 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 1/2007 when the bishop reviewed personnel files. In 4/2019 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.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese on its list 9/27/2019. Multiple allegations. Died 1/25/1992.

Named publicly by Saginaw bishop Cistone in 4/2018 as a former priest having been permanently removed from ministry due to credible allegations of the sexual abuse of minors. Faculties withdrawn in 6/2001. Laicized in 2006. Reportedly 5/2/2018, Leipert was investigated after being accused in 11/2000 of the sex abuse of 21-year-old male. Included in 11/2022 on the Diocese of Superior's list of credibly accused, where he was a transitional deacon in 1972.

Retired in 2007. Placed on administrative leave 4/2/2018 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 12/13/2018. In 10/2020 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 Attorney General's 10/2022 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.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese on its list 9/27/2019. Pastor of St. Joseph's in Jackson for 39 years. Died 10/9/2011.

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 12/29/2006.

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 4/2021 of sexually abusing a boy in 1999 at W.J. Maxey Boys Training School in Whitmore Lake. The MI statute of limitations was possibly prohibitive; in 12/2023 it was announced that the case was to be heard by the MI Supreme Court. The man was also attempting to sue the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Lobert.

Pastor of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton Township when placed on leave in 3/2021 pending an investigation by the MI Attorney General. In 5/2021 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 10/2022 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.

Removed from ministry in 2004 after allegations of sexual misconduct in his early years of ministry. Permanently removed him from public ministry by the Vatican in 6/2006. Died 7/24/2015. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019.

In 6/2010 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 9/27/2019. On Detroit archdiocese's list 6/10/2019, which notes that he had been removed from public ministry.

Worked in Indiana in 1975, Nebraska 1975-1982, 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 2/17/2006. Included on the Crosiers list in 3/2014. On the Santa Rosa diocese's list 1/12/2019. Was USCG Training Center chaplain in Petaluma and in residence at St. James 1989-1992. On the Detroit archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019.

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 5/23/2023.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Lansing diocese on its list 9/27/2019. Member of the Spiritans Irish Province. Worked in Lansing 1974-1976, during which time he allegedly abused. Multiple allegations. Died 9/25/2007.

Permanently removed from all ministry in 12/2006 after allegations he abused a child in the 1970s. Took sabbatical in 2002. Placed on medical leave in 2003 before allegations arose. Diocese deemed them credible. Multiple transfers throughout his career. Apparently there are "several" victims per the bishop. Prosecutors said evidence shows abuse but the statute of limitations prohibits criminal prosecution. Additional allegations of old abuse became public in 3/2008.

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.

Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's report in 10/2022. Report to the diocese in 1/2018 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 allegation was not credible. In 10/2022 McQuestion was a retired priest in active ministry.

In 12/2021 the diocese acknowledged that Medlin was being investigated by the MI Attorney General due to allegedly sending inappropriate texts to high schoolers. Medlin was pastor at the time 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 3/2022 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 announced in 6/2022 that Medlin would remain indefinitely on administrative leave with monitoring, and was not allowed to present himself as a priest.He was laicized in 3/2023. Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 Gaylord report.

In 9/2014 the Diocese announced that three people had reported sexual abused as boys by Menapace in the 1990s, after his 1996 retirement. Placed on restricted ministry in 2000. Permanently removed from ministry in 7/2002. Included on the Diocese's list 12/13/2019. Included in the MI Attorney General's 10/2022 report. It notes that Menapace's personnel file shows a report in 1/1985 that Menapace tried to fondle a nun's breast at a party, and that he was inappropriate with teenagers. In 7/2000 he was accused of sexually abusing two boys when they were ages 13-14 in 1996 and 1997, at 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 8/2000, 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 9/2014 of abuse of boys in the mid-1960s and in 1983 or 1984. In 10/2014 accused of abuse of a boy, age 8 or 9, in 1969. Report in 6/2015 of propositioning a teenage boy at Superior State University; his victim died by suicide at age 31. A letter in 3/2016 shows an allegation that Menapace impregnated an adult woman. He died in 2/2022.

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 was filed in 2003 and another in 2004. Permanently removed from public ministry by the Vatican in 2005. Died 5/19/2021.

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 1989-1990. One 2000 news article refers to Moeglein as prior of a Crosier Monastery in NE until mid-2000. Living in a Crosier Community in Onamia MN beginning in 2000. No faculties since 6/2002 and as of 2014 was living under safety plan. Named as credibly accused by the Diocese of St. Cloud in 3/2014. Name added 11/2017 to the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese's 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 6/10/2019. Per the Order's list in 12/2023 Moeglin died 1/21/23.

Ordained for the Diocese of Grand Rapids. Died 11/7/1959. Named publicly as accused by the Saginaw diocese on its list 4/10/2019. Allegation made after Mulvey's death.

Placed on administrative leave without privileges in 8/2004 because of a substantive allegation of sexual misconduct with a boy early in his ministry. The Archdiocese reported the abuse to the D.A.'s office; no prosecution due to the statute of limitations. Permanently removed from public ministry per Archdiocese Status Report dated 10/2009. Arrested in 12/2012 on federal charges of downloading and viewing child pornography. Confessed. Pleaded guilty in 7/2013. Sentenced to 15 years in prison 1/23/2014. On the Archdiocese's list 6/10/2019.

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. The Archdiocese said he would never be returned to public ministry. Deceased, per the archdiocesan website accessed in 10/2009. Included on the Archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019.

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 Attorney General's 10/2022 report. Convicted in 9/2023 on the charges related to the 2021 sting.

Ordained in 1993 after retiring from a career in social work. Given senior (retired) priest status in 1997. Was associate pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows, Farmington. Removed without privileges in 10/2012 after two complaints received of abuse dating back to just prior to his ordination. Allegations deemed "substantive" by the archdiocese's review board. Sheriff's office notified. Died 10/14/2015, age 87. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2020.

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 11/10/2018 (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 7/21/1987. 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." Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 Gaylord report. 

Accused of sodomizing his foster son starting when the boy was age 11. Found guilty by jury 12/18/2002 of indecent liberties with a minor, innocent of sodomy charges; sentenced 1/30/2003 to three years probation. New trial denied 3/13/2003. Civil suit filed 12/22/2003 in FL alleging abuse there. Conviction reversed 12/8/2005 by MI Supreme Court: Olszewski "was deprived of an impartial jury." Prosecutor did not retry because his sentence was mostly served. Removed from MI and FL sex-offender registries. Ministry continued to be restricted. Included on the Detroit archdiocese's 6/10/2019 list of credibly accused.

Named publicly as accused in the 5/22/2024 MI Attorney General's Kalamazoo report. Retired in 2014. In 2018 a woman told the Diocese that she, her sister, and other girls were molested as children in the 1980s by Otto. The abuse allegedly included inappropriate hugs, fondling and mouth kisses. Otto denied abusing the girls but acknowledged he was a "hugger." He died 8/27/2019.

Per the MI Attorney General's 10/22 report, the diocese received an allegation in 7/2004 from a relative of Oulette's that the priest sexually abused him at age 13 during a trip to MN. Oullette died in 1998.

First named publicly by the archdiocese as accused in 11/2018. 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 6/10/2019.

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

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

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

In a 5/2004 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 1/3/2004. Police investigated but no charges filed. The Archdiocese said charges were "serious and substantive." Physician died 8/23/2004. Included on the Archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019.

Ordained for the Saginaw diocese; became a priest of the Gaylord diocese at its creation in 1971. Retired in 1998. In 2/2007 the Diocese announced that Pilarski had been permanently removed from ministry in 2006 due to allegations of abuse a 13-year-old girl and a 22-year-old woman, both in the mid-1970s. The Vatican agreed with the decision to permanently remove him from active ministry. He died 10/19/2017 in Alpena, MI. Name included on the Diocese's list 11/10/2018. On the Saginaw Diocese's list 4/10/2019. Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 Gaylord report, which shows multiple allegations of abuse of girls and adult women, occurring as early as the 1950s and continuing for decades.

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 10/2006. Included on the Saginaw diocese's list 8/9/2019; Rabideau was prosecuted in the diocese, although he had not served there. He died 5/30/2014 at age 52 in a bicycling accident.

Ordained for the Diocese of Saginaw. Became a 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 11/10/2018. On the Saginaw diocese's list by 8/9/2019. Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 Gaylord report, which shows multiple allegations of the sexual abuse of girls, as young as age 6, and sexual 'relationships' with adult women, two of which produced children.

From Iraq. Deacon for 21 years. Assigned to St. Joseph Chaldean in Troy when arrested in 10/2018, alleged to have sexually assaulted a young boy at church 5/2017-10/2/2018. Suspended. Found guilty 9/29/2019. Sentenced in 9/2019 to at least four years in prison.

Ordained for the Diocese of Marquette MI. Named publicly as accused by the Bismarck diocese on its list in 1/2/2020. Substantiated. Died 12/8/1989. In the late 1960s or early 1970s 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 10/2022, 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.

Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's 10/2022 report. In 2002 a 53-year-old man reported to the diocese that Rocheleau made sexual advances on him when he was between the ages of 10 and 13. Rocheleau died in 1984.

Ordained for the Diocese of Grand Rapids. Died 1/25/1975. Named publicly as accused by the Saginaw diocese on its list 4/10/2019. Allegation noted to have been received after Ryan's death.

Removed without privileges from assignment at St. Sylvester's in Warren 10/29/2011 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. The archdiocese's review board found that the allegations had enough validity to warrant restrictions. No criminal charges to be filed due to the statute of limitations. Included on theAarchdiocese's list 6/10/2019. Permanently removed from public ministry.

"Leslie." Worked as a missioner in Central America for 52 years. Joined the Central American Vice Province. Retired and returned to Wisconsin. Died 10/09/2005. Identified in the 6/18/2013 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. Shafer's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him.

Named publicly as accused in the MI A.G.'s 10/2022 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 10/2022 remained on leave.

Removed in 1973 from a seminary assignment after unwanted sexual contact with another seminarian; underwent psychiatric evaluation then assigned to a parish. Accused of abuse of at least seven youths 1972-1981. Would invite boys to the rectory, have them strip to their underwear and give them massages. Placed on leave by the Detroit Archdiocese in 1993; accused in a 10/1993 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, ages 9-16. Sent to treatment. Took a secular job in Washington D.C. Assigned in the Diocese of Gaylord as a parish pastor 8/1/2001 until placed on leave 3/18/2002. Died in 6/2004. Named in several civil suits. Included on the Detroit archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019, which noted that he had been removed from public ministry. Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 Gaylord report.

Ordained for the Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Canada. In Detroit and Lansing dioceses from 1968. Sent to Paracletes in NM for treatment multiple times in the 1960s-1970s; worked in NM parishes; abused again. As of 2017 accused of abusing 57 children, named in lawsuits by 45.  In NM 17 men settled for $13M in 1993. Pleaded guilty in 1983 to abuse of a child; got probation and counseling. Laicized in 1999. Many new allegations in MI in 2002. Arrested and convicted twice in MI in 2003. Sentenced to 7-15 years.  Included in new civil suits. Released in 5/2012 from jail and 11/2013 from probation. Living in Albuquerque NM in 2014; said in 8/2014 to be living with his wife in Taylor Ranch. On  NM sex offender registry. Named in at least one new civil suit filed in 8/2014. Another suit filed in 5/2016 claims alleged abuse of a 10- or 11-year-old Fort Sumner NM altar boy in 1974. Suit filed in 7/2017 claims abuse of boy in a Las Vegas NM parish the late 1970s for 2 years. On Santa Fe archdiocese list 9/12/2017. On the Lansing diocese's list 9/27/2019. On Detroit's list 6/10/2019. Still living in Albuquerque as of 5/2023. 

Resigned in 1993 after a credible allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1960s. Victim told the 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 a lesser charge and paid a fine. Would still say mass on occasion. Laicization announced 1/12/2004. Died 1/4/2016, age 80, in a car crash outside of Detroit. Included on the Archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019.

Attorney for one man announced 8/24/2010 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 9/27/2019, which notes multiple allegations. Died 1/13/1983.

Spent 31 years as a priest in Nicaragua. 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. 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 1/18/2020, where he worked at some point at St. Henry in Eau Galle. Permanently removed from ministry.

Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's 10/2022 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 1954-1955.

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.

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. 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.

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.

In 8/2019 the MI Attorney General announced charges against Stanley of false imprisonment. In 2013 he was placed on leave after an allegation that he held a teenage boy against his will in the janitor's room at St. Margaret's, wrapping the boy 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 1/2017 after more allegations. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced in a plea deal 1/27/2020 to 60 days in jail, five years probation and to register as a sex offender for 15 years. Reportedly state police removed him from the registry due to a ruling in another case. Per the A.G., three other victims had come forward, one alleging abuse at age 13. Included in 4/2024 on the Diocese's list of those disqualified from working with children. Noted to be forbidden to function as a priest. Included in the 6/22/2024 MI A.G.'s Kalamazoo report.

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. 

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Saginaw on its list in 2019. Assigned to the diocese 1958-1970. Died 12/2/1992. Included on the Capuchins St. Joseph Province list of those with substantiated allegations against them.

Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's report in 10/2022. In 8/2020 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.

Auxiliary bishop of Lansing 1972-1985. Bishop of Fargo 1985 until his resignation 3/18/2002 due to Alzheimer's Disease. Accused in 6/2002 of 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 died 6/12/2006. On 7/2/2021 the Diocese of Lansing announced that 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.

Accused in 4/2006 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 to be pursued as of 7/2006; Diocese had not yet completed investigation. Added to the Diocese's list 4/10/2019. Noted by 8/9/2019 to have been permanently removed from ministry.

Placed on leave in 2/2003 after a church volunteer found child abuse images on his computer. Arraigned in 6/2003; posted bail before returning to treatment at St. Luke's. Sentenced in 9/2003 to 18 months probation after pleading no contest to possession of child pornography. Permanently removed from ministry in 2005. Sued in 4/2008 for abuse of a youth in 1999. His victim had just turned 18. Other complaints too old to prosecute. Died in 8/2008 in AZ. Sued again in 11/2008. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019.

Named publicly as accused by his order on its list 6/12/2019. It notes multiple allegations received in 1999 and 2018 of abuse in the 1940s and 1950s in MI. Died 12/8/1998. Per his obituary, Szymanksi was chaplain at Boysville in Clinton, MI 1951-1959.

Removed in 6/2002 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 Attorney General's 10/2022 report, which reveals multiple allegations. Report in 6/2002 of abuse of a 7th-8th grade boy 1977-1979; Thoren said the allegations were "partially true." Sent to St. Luke's for assessment. Report from a Jesuit brother in 6/2002 of boundary violations by Thoren against him when he was ages 17-18 . 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 7/2002 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 12/17/2011, at age 66.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese on its list 9/27/2019. Went on sick leave 1/15/1987. Died 10/21/1987.

Ordained for the permanent diaconate in 1975. Accused in 1990 of the recent fondling and kissing of a girl, age 7. Suspended. Restored to ministry after two months by Bishop Cooney, who said that a professional consultant told him that there was no reason that Trapp couldn't be returned to his duties. Trapp died in 2013.

Ordained for the Diocese of Grand Rapids. Joined Gaylord when it was created in 1971. Worked there until retirement. Did missionary work in Brazil 1980-1989 with the Franciscan Friars. Faculties were removed in 8/2002 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 07/27/2004. Added to the Gaylord diocese's list of credibly accused in 4/2021. Included in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 Gaylord report. Accused in 1994 of sexual misconduct toward a hospital patient, who was an adult woman. Settlement of $20k. Report in 4/2002 that Tupper tried to rape a girl, age 15 or 16, in around 1969. His accuser said he also abused a teenage boy and was in "negative situations" with two adult women. The diocese interviewed the alleged male victim who acknowledged abuse by Tupper.

Ordained in Poland. Arrived in the U.S. in 1950. Retired in 1976. Died in 1984. Named publicly by the Archdiocese as accused in 5/2019. 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 6/10/2019.

Publicly named as accused by the Archdiocese in a press release in 10/2002. Had been removed in 1993 after a "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 in 5/2005. Died in 2/2007.

From Belgium. Died 7/25/2009. Diocese of Marquette announced 11/15/2013 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. Included on the Jesuits Midwest Province list 12/17/2018. Included in the MI Attorney General's 10/2022 report, which shows that the allegation was of sexual abuse of a boy, age 10 or 11, in the summer of 1987 and 1988. 

Priest of the Archeparchy of Kottayam, India, of the Syro-Malabar Church. Monsignor. Per a USCCB Advisory, Vellian was working in Kalamazoo temporarily in 1973-1974. He had been in active ministry in various dioceses in the U.S. in the recent past. The Diocese said in Fall 2010 that it had recently received an allegation of sexual abuse of a female minor by Vellian. The Review Board deemed the allegations credible. Vellian's accuser said she told the Diocese in 2002. Also, she said Fr. Leroy right, later credibly accused, walked in on them during an assault in 1973, then yelled at her for being there. In early 2010 Vellian was found by his victim to be director in San Jose CA of Knanaya Catholic Mission. She contacted the Kalamazoo Diocese. Vellian was shown in 5/2010 on the Mission's website to have retired 5/1/2010. The woman filed a criminal complaint 5/14/2010; no prosecutions due to the statute of limitations. Kalamazoo Bishop Bradley sent the case to the Vatican which declined a penal trial, but said Vellian should be monitored. Archbishop of Kottayam, Mar Matthew MoolakkattIn, told Bradley Vellian was not in active ministry and posed no risk. In 12/2010 a woman alleged Vellian abused her 11-year-old daughter as a visiting priest in a Watervliet church around 1967. In 9/2011 Vellian was living in Kerala India's Kottayam district, in a Kaduthuruthi seminary. In 2013 Vellian was found by his first victim to come forward to be in public ministry. Bradley again wrote to Moolakkattin. Vellian was found again to be active in 2014. Per Mooakkattin, Vellian was in poor health and restricted mostly to a priests' retirement home. Investigated by the MI Attorney General. Charged in 5/2019 with rape of a 15-year-old girl in the early 1970s. The Attorney General was to seek extradition from India. In 2020 a woman reported that Vellian molested her daughter, age 13, around 1971 or 1972. Vellian reportedly died in India in 12/2022, awaiting extradition. Included in 4/2024 on the Kalamazoo diocese's list of those banned from working with children. Had been forbidden to function as a priest in the diocese. Included in the MI Attorney General's 5/22/24 Kalamazoo report.

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 5/24/2019 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 6/10/2019, 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 9/6/2019, after 'Ventline failed to file a formal response to the complaint,' and he was fined $5,000. On 9/30/2019, a news report stated that Ventline had been charged with indecent exposure in Bad Axe MI in early summer 2019. On 1/23/2020, 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 10/5/2020 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 5/15/2019.

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 list of credibly accused 6/10/2019.

Pleaded 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 the statute of limitations. Diocese gave the man money for therapy. Wagner was allowed to work as a canon lawyer in the Diocesan Tribunal Office. Suspended in 5/2002. Diocese received six substantiated allegations. Wagner agreed to ask for laicization.

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 8/12/2012. Taught sex education in St. Paul area until 1/31/2014. Name on the St. Paul and Minneapolis revised list 2/17/2014.

The Archdiocese announced in 12/2015 that there was 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 6/10/2019 list of credibly accused.

Ordained for the Diocese of Lansing; became a priest of the Diocese of Kalamazoo after it was established in 12/1970. Accused in 1991 of touching the breasts of teenage girls and women. Similar allegations also in 1/1992. Sent for treatment out of state 10/1991-3/1992, asked to leave due to noncompliance. Returned to ministry in 4/1992, required to undergo counseling. Retired in 3/1994 and worked in the Lansing diocese while in residence at a parish there. Removed again in 2002 for the 1991 allegations. In 2004 the Vatican declined a penal process and allowed restricted ministry in the Lansing diocese. Prohibited from working in the Kalamazoo diocese. Prohibited in 2005 from public ministry in the Archdiocese of Detroit, where he had been assisting at a parish. Included on the Kalamazoo diocese's list in 4/2024 of those forbidden to work with children. Included in the MI Attorney General's 5/22/2024 Kalamazoo report. 

Wilkuski resigned from his parish and was placed on leave 5/2002 after acknowledging an allegation of sexual misconduct which occurred "much earlier" in his ministry. Laicized 2/17/2006, per the Diocese. Died 1/25/2022.

Accused in 6/2002 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 due to the statute of limitations. Permanently barred by the Vatican from active ministry per 4/20/2007 announcement. Died 7/6/2010. On the archdiocese's 6/10/2019 list of credibly accused.

Retired in 2013. Restricted from public ministry in 10/2018 due to credible allegations that he sexually abused minors early in his career. In a lawsuit filed in NJ in 12/2019 a man claimed that Witkowski, along with Rev. Thomas Ganley, abused him and another boy at St. Cecila's in Iselin, NJ in the early 1990s. Witkowski died 5/10/2021.

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 8/19/2021, which notes, "Retired/Restrict in Ministry" since 2005. Included in the MI A.G.'s 10/2022 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 1971-1972. 

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.

Ordained for the Assumption BVM Province, WI. Incardinated into the Diocese of Lansing in 1970. Died 2/17/2013. Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese on its list 9/27/2019.

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 12/30/2006. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019.

Identified in the 6/18/2013 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 3/22/1997.