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Fr. Honesto Agustin

Ordained: 1982
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Diocese of Reno NV

Ordained in the Philippines. Placed on leave in 6/06 from St. Therese of the Little Flower after accusation of improper conduct with a minor. Investigation dropped prior to 8/07 after "police investigation cleared him of any criminal wrongdoing." Active priest at St. Albert's Parish in Reno as of 2012.

Fr. Eugene Braun

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Ordained: 1957
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Reno NV

Accused in 2005 of abuse of at least 2-3 girls in the mid-1960s at Little Flower Church. He denied all allegations. One of the girls told her mother who alerted another priest. This priest promised that Braun would be "put in a mental hospital." Instead, he left the priesthood "on his own" in about 1975. One of the women settled her claim prior to 8/07. On Reno diocese's list 4/5/19. It notes he was removed from ministry in 1974. On Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/19.

Fr. David Brusky

Order: SDS
Ordained: 1952
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Reno NV

Missionary in Tanzania, East Africa for many years. Also worked in WI, NV and CA schools and parishes. Was in the Santa Rosa diocese 1981-85. Accused of abuse in the 1970s of several girls in Reno diocese at Our Lady of the Snows parish. Sent to St. Luke's in MD in 1988 for treatment. Diocese paid $50K to a woman in 2004 who alleged abuse as a child by Brusky. In 2007 Brusky was living in an assisted living center in Milwaukee. Died 2/1/14. On Santa Rosa diocese's list 1/12/19. It notes allegation in 2002 of abuse in the 1980s, reported to DA. On Reno diocese's list 4/5/19; there 1973-75. On Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/19. On Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/19. Reports in 1986 to diocese, where he worked 1985-87, of "sexual misconduct" with young females.

Br. Philip Napolitano

Order: HRO
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Las Vegas NV

Member of the Brothers of the Holy Rosary (H.R.O.). Named publicly as accused by the Las Vegas diocese on its list 4/12/19. It noted a canonical trial was to be held by the diocese to determine Napolitano's guilt. Napolitano's LinkedIn page shows he joined his Order in 2/61, and that he taught at Bishop Manogue Catholic High School in Reno 8/73-6/10.

Deacon Robert P. Petekiewicz

Ordained: 1991
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Las Vegas NV

Permanent deacon in Brooklyn, transferred to the Diocese of Las Vegas in 1987. Ordained for the priesthood in 1991. Accused in 2009 NY civil suit of abusing a boy for four years, beginning in 1985 when the boy was age 9. Suit dismissed on SOL 6/23/09. On administrative leave from the Las Vegas diocese per its website accessed 2/9/13. On the Brooklyn diocese's list in 2/19. It notes permanent removal from ministry 9/10/15. On the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/19, which notes complaints were from the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Diocese of Las Vegas. Removed from ministry in 2008.

Fr. Mark Thomas Roberts

Ordained: 1983
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Las Vegas NV

First known incident of abuse occurred in 1996. Removed from ministry in 2002. Accused in a 2002 civil suit of abuse of at least nine teenage boys. Criminally charged with the abuse of five boys. Convicted in 2003. Sentenced to three years probation. Removed from formal probation by court in 8/04. Ordered to treatment at RECON, a church-run center in MO, despite the fact that one of his victims lived within a 20 minute drive of the site. On Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/19.

Fr. Harold F. Vieages

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Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Reno NV

Accused in 2005 of fondling and raping a youth at St. Theresa's Elementary School in Carson City in about 1969. Placed on leave in 1991. Died 1/04. Plaintiff's claims Reno diocese's list 4/5/19. On Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/19.