Fr. G.R. Keith Albrecht

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From Slovakia, where he was ordained. Spent early priesthood there and in Austria. Parish priest, religion and German teacher in parish schools. Arrived in the Youngstown diocese in 2006, assisting at St. Rose in Girard while studying at Youngstown State University. In 2016 he returned to Youngstown, where he was in residence at St. Charles Boromeo in Boardman, then assigned to St. Paul in North Canton in 2017. Pastor of Christ Our Savior in Struthers when placed on leave in 11/2021 due to an allegation of inappropriate physical contact with a minor. Agreed to resign from his position at the parish 7/6/2022. On 7/17/2022 the Diocese announced that its Review Board had determined that while there was inappropriate contact with a minor by Babjak, it "did not not rise to the level of sexual abuse." The Board recommended Babjak be returned to active ministry after a period of evaluation. Babjak died by suicide on 10/3/2022, just before the Diocese was to announce that there was a second allegation against him, of inappropriate contact with a minor in Slovakia.
Placed on leave in 2002 pending review of past allegations. Previously underwent evaluation and treatment then returned to active ministry. In 2004 a second man alleged abuse for two years when he ages 12-14 and a resident at Parmadale Childrens' Home, where Banner was a deacon counseling children. This man filed suit in 2004. Banner worked in Phoenix, AZ 1986-1987. Laicization announced 3/19/2015. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused. Said to have died in 4/2023 in Bradenton FL, where he had been living at least since 2004.
Pastor of Resurrection Parish in Lexington and St. Mary of the Snows in Mansfield since 2010 when suspended in 10/2018 after an allegation he sexually abused a minor more than 25 years prior. Denied the allegation. Had been an ordained Lutheran minister 1969-1972 before converting to Catholicism. Retirement announced by the Diocese 7/1/2019. Still on administrative leave during diocesan investigation. Three more allegations surfaced after the first; the investigation into the first was closed in 3/2019, per the request of the alleged victim. Law enforcement closed their investigations due to the statute of limitations. The Diocese announced in 10/2019 that the review board deemed the allegations credible. Case to be sent to Vatican with recommendation for laicization. In 4/2022 the diocese announced that Beaver was sentenced by the Vatican to a life of prayer and penance. Included on the diocese's list.
Named publicly as accused by the St. John the Baptist Franciscans on its list 6/18/2022 of those with substantiated allegations. No information as to when and where the abuse occurred, so we are placing him in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, where the Province is based. He died in 1992. Per his obituary, Malloy joined the Franciscans in 1938 and made his solemn vows in 1948. He worked in Southfield MI, Louisville KY, and in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH.
Added in 10/2023 to the Midwest Province Jesuits' list of those with 'established allegations.' A former St. John's High School in Toledo student told the Province in 2022 that Canfield sexually abused him during 1999-2000. Canfield was a teacher at the school 1990-2005. He died in 5/2023. In 4/2024 St. Ignatius High School authorities announced that an allegation that Canfield sexually abused a student in 2011-2012 had been deemed credible. The school received the allegation in 12/2023. Canfield was assigned to St. Ignatius 2006-2014.
"Tony." Assigned to St Peter's in Huber Heights when placed on leave in 1/2021 due to an allegation. The Archdiocese did not provide details as to the nature of the allegation or age of the alleged victim. In 4/2021 news media reported that Cutcher had sent inappropriate texts to a minor and local authorities "found no evidence of illegal activity." In 6/2024 Cutcher agreed to a television interview with an investigative reporter. He had been living alone in Piqua OH, working in retail and as a bookkeeper. He had asked the Archdiocese in 2/2024 if he could return to active ministry; he was denied. His removal in 2021 was due to his having sent hundreds of text messages to a 14-year-old boy, who was a student at St. Peter's. The texts included telling the boy he was incredibly handsome, asking about his love life, saying he missed him, that he had had a fun dream about him and saying a restaurant called BJ's made him think of "something else... the second word is 'job'....think below the belt." He also had the boy's teacher send him to his office every day. The day after Cutcher's removal the school principal died by suicide. Cutcher was sent to St. Luke Institute in MD for treatment. He had been sent there also in 2018 due to possession of child pornography found in 2012 by another priest, Fr. Barry Stechschulte, at Holy Rosary in St. Mary's. Stechschulte had had a deacon destroy the images, so police were without evidence and the case was closed. Parishioners were not informed. Stechschulte stepped down from his parish in 8/2014 due to pressure from parishioners after news about his destroying the images and not reporting Cutcher to the police until 2018. He was reassigned in 10/2024 as parochial vicar of seven rural parishes north of Dayton, OH near the IN border.
Diocese: Diocese of Toledo OH
Assigned to St. James in Toledo's South End 1980-2005, then moved to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Worked at St. Mary's in Greensburg IN. Retired in 2006, died in 2019. Name quietly added in 2/2023 to the Toledo diocese's list of those with substantiated allegations, received after his death.
St. Ignatius in Green Township pastor since mid-2018 when placed on leave 7/23/2019. Accused of sending inappropriate text messages to at least one boy at the parish school. Had been complaints to church officials about his behavior toward boys at his previous parish in 2013 and 2015. Auxiliary Bishop Binzer knew of the complaints but did not inform Archbishop Schnurr. One parishioner said she wrote Schnurr and Binzer in 8/2018 about "red flags." Drew was was kept in ministry 'under monitoring;' St. Ignatius parish and school leaders were not told of the prior complaints or monitoring. In 8/2019 Binzer was a member of the USCCB committee on child protection. As of 7/2019, Drew was to be sent to treatment. Indicted in 8/2019 on 9 counts of rape of a boy, age 9-11, occurring 1988-1991 while a music teacher at St. Jude's in Green Township. Pleaded not guilty. In jail on $5M bond. Pope Francis accepted Binzer's resignation in Spring 2020. There are reportedly other alleged victims, including a second former St. Jude student who claimed abuse by Drew between 1985 and 1987. In 2005 40 boys at St. Rita's Parish School in Dayton OH complained in a letter to school officials of Drew's touching them (shoulders, faces, whispering in their ears) and asked them to make him stop. No action; the boys were made to apologize to Drew. There were also complaints throughout the 1980s and in the 1990s. Drew pleaded guilty on 12/2/2021, just before trial. Sentenced in a plea bargain to 7 years in prison and required to register for life as a sex offender. The archdiocese stated that it would seek Drew's laicization.
Director of Adult Faith and Ignatian Programming at St. Xavier High School when removed 2/23/2018 due to an allegation that he solicited sex from a student via text message. School officials were made aware of the incident 2/15/2018. Police were notified. The School released a statement 4/19/2018.
Died: 04/11/2020
Diocese: Diocese of Youngstown OH
Named publicly in 4/2019 by Franciscan University of Steubenville as credibly accused, after the University's review of cases of unwanted sexual advances against students by clergy since the late 1960s. Mulkern died in 2016.
Named a monsignor in 1987, retired on 1/31/2014. Accused in 1/2018 of sexually abusing a girl in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Reportedly in 6/2018, the alleged victim had tried since her teens to report abuse by Froehlich, but was told by priests and others in the diocese that it was her fault. Froehlich denied the allegation. In a letter to parishioners at Mass on 5/27/2018, the Steubenville diocese announced that it had received credible allegations of sexual abuse by Froehlich and had removed him from active ministry. In addition to many parish assignments, he was a teacher and official at Guernsey Catholic Central HS in Cambridge 1972-1977 and a chancery official, including a stint as dean and long tenure as a Tribunal judge. He was also finance officer of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Barnesville and prominent in the Rotary Club. On 3/3/2023 the diocese announced that Froehlich's name was added to its list of accused.
"Father Jack." Removed in 2002 after admitting to abuse of an altar boy 1980-1983. Sent to St. Luke's Institute for treatment in 1985 then worked as a hospital chaplain in the Baltimore archdiocese. Faculties removed in Baltimore in 1990; Bishop Malone persuaded the Saginaw MI diocese to take him, and he worked there parishes there for the next 12 years, including as pastor. Lawsuit filed in 9/2002 by three plaintiffs from the Youngstown diocese and one from the Saginaw diocese, claiming church authorities knew of wrongdoing by Hammer as early as 1978. Name included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused in 9/2002. Laicized in 2006. On the Saginaw diocese's list 4/25/2018. On the Youngstown diocese's list 10/29/2018. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Diocese: Diocese of Youngstown OH
Ordained for the permanent diaconate in 1982. Assigned to St. Paul's in Westerville. Pleaded guilty in 10/1988 to molesting a boy under the age of 13 11/1/1982-10/31/1983. Sentenced in 1/1989 to two years in prison. Died in 1998. Included on the diocese's list 3/1/2019.
Named publicly as accused by the Cleveland diocese on its list 6/21/2019. Abuse substantiated. Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 1/2020. Parish priest, missionary in El Salvador, family medicine physician. Died 4/19/2009 at age 57.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese in 1/2022. Lambur died in 1994.
Accused in a 3/2023 lawsuit of sexually abusing a girl in the mid- 1970s at Parmadale Children's Village. The girl resided there for several years, beginning when she was age 7. Leahy was administrator of Parmadale 1973-1981. Per the lawsuit, Leahy abused the girl at his cottage on Parmadale property while other men watched. Further, he would force her and another child to perform sexual acts. The alleged victim also claimed physical and emotional abuse by the nuns, especially Myra Wasikowski. Leahy died in 2005.
Priest of the Order of St. Francis, Province of St. John the Baptist. Died 12/11/2019. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Wichita diocese on its list 10/15/2020; worked in the diocese 1974-1985. Included on the New Orleans archdiocese's on list in 12/2020 (with an incorrect ordination year). It notes that allegations of abuse, which did not occur in the archdiocese, were reported to the archdiocese in 2020. Included in 2/2022 on the Archdiocese of Cincinnati's list of those with substantiated allegations against them. A news article in 4/1991 shows that Lux abruptly left his parish assignment in the Diocese of Peoria "for personal reasons" and for "a program of renewal." Added to Peoria's list in 6/2022. On the Franciscans' list in 6/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
Died in 2007. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese on its list in 2024.
Placed on leave 1/24/2022 due to an allegation received 1/19/2022 that he sexually abused a minor, ages 12-14, in the early 1990s while assigned to St. Francis de Sales in Newark OH. Added in 5/2022 to the Columbus diocese's list of credibly accused .
Named in 2002 among 12 Cleveland priests no longer in active ministry due to past allegations of abuse of minors. McCool left the priesthood in the early 1990s and went on to marry. Died 2/26/2017. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused.
Named publicly as credibly accused of child sexual abuse by the diocese on its list 6/21/2019. Noted to be on administrative leave pending the Vatican's decision regarding laicization. Per the list in 2022, McGonegal was laicized. In 2014 McGonegal pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a Cleveland park ranger - a felony because he was HIV positive. In a plea agreement he was to participate in a yearlong intervention program and to serve 50 hours of community service. He was also ordered to stay out of Cleveland's Metroparks.
Parish priest, high school teacher. Name quietly added in 2/2023 to the diocese's list of those with substantiated allegations, received after Nieset's death. Nieset went on sick leave in 1982-1983. He went on leave of absence in 1994 and retired in 1995. Per his obituary, during retirement Nieset helped out in parishes in AZ and CA, returning to the Toledo area in 2004. He died in 2015.
Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans' St. John the Baptist Province on its list in 6/2022. Noted to have left the Order. Deceased. No information as to when or where the abuse occurred. (We are placing him in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, where the Province is based.)
First named publicly as accused on the diocese's list 10/29/2018. Assignments included parishes in Geneva, Austintown, Struthers, Boardman, Hubbard, Alliance, Youngstown, Columbiana, Warren, Canton and North Canton. Died 10/23/2012.
Allegations were made public in 2/2020 of psychological and sexual abuse by Pigott while assigned to St. Xavier High School between 1992 and 1994. Per the school, an independent investigation showed the allegations to be "established." Pigott was part of the St. X community 1969-2018. The allegations surfaced after the school released in 2018 a list of Jesuits with established allegations. Added to the Jesuits Midwest Province list 2/21/2020. It notes multiple allegations of abuse, occurring 1992-1995 while at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati. The Order's list updated 1/30/2023 shows abuse alleged to have occurred 1973-1977, 1982-1983, 1986-1990, 1992-1997. Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/2022. Pigott died 12/27/2020.
Actor on Broadway prior to ordination. Indexed in the 1943 Official Catholic Directory as a U.S. Army chaplain and with the suffix s.s., indicating he was a priest of the Society of St. Sulpice. In 1944 was assigned to a Diocese of Trenton parish. In 1946-1947 Plimmer was at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore. By 1948 he is shown as a priest of the Diocese of Steubenville, apparently having left his Order. Was a College of Steubenville (run by the T.O.R. order) faculty member and public relations director. First named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Steubenville on its list 10/31/2018. Noted to have been suspended from ministry in 1956. A 1959 news article states he was on leave from a Bohemia, NY parish. Died 9/16/1968 in Brooklyn, NY. Per his obituary, he resigned in 1959 from active parish work and did mission work in CA, AZ and NM. Included in 3/2021 on the Rockville Center diocese's list of accused, name misspelled "Plimner." It notes he wasn't assigned there and that abuse allegedly occurred in a private house, a motel, and on a boat.
Placed on leave 2003 or 2004. Accused in 2003 of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in 1978 at Mercy Hospital; his accuser claimed ritual abuse by several priests. Accused in 2005 of the ritual abuse of a girl in 1968-1975. Convicted 5/11/2006 of the ritual murder in 1980 of a nun at Mercy Hospital; sentenced to 15 years in prison. Case appealed. Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear appeal in 12/2008. A civil suit claiming abuse was dismissed in 1/2007 due to the statute of limitations. Court reinstated the suit in 10/2007. Dismissed again in 1/2010. Dismissal upheld 12/2010 and 4/2011. Believed to be terminally ill (debilitating heart attack) in prison as of 6/3/2014. Was seeking early release; denied 7/3/2014. Died in prison 7/4/2014. Was to be buried as a priest.
Byzantine Rite Catholic. Accused of molesting at least seven boys. First abuse occurred in Ohio and Michigan. Moved to Minnesota where he abused six other boys. Criminal charges were filed in Minnesota in 1987. Sentenced to 15 years probation and 1 year in jail, with participation in a sex offender program. One civil suit was filed in 1994 in California. Two other suits filed in Minnesota in 1988. Per a 1990 news report, Ruglovsky admitted to molesting numerous boys over a 20-year period. Name first appeared on the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis list of accused priests 5/22/2014. He died in 2006.
Named publicly in 1/2021 by the Franciscans' Province of St. John the Baptist as the subject of substantiated allegations of child sexual abuse. Professed final vows in 1966. Schreck died in 2005 in Cincinnati, at age 60.
Named publicly as the subject of multiple allegations by the Jesuits Midwest Province in 1/2022. Entered the Jesuits in 1974. Allegedly sexually abused minors 1979-1981 while assigned to St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, OH. Dismissed from the order 6/13/1982.
Placed on leave in 6/2024 after "concerns" of Swierz's behavior while assigned to St. Rose in Girard in the late 1980s-early1990s. In 9/2024 the Diocese announced that its Review Board found a "disturbing pattern of behavior, including serious boundary violations with minors, manipulation and abuse of power." He was deemed unsuitable for ministry.
Reportedly in 4/2002, Tomicky was not in active ministry because of allegations in the past of the abuse of minors. Worked in parishes in Akron, Strongsville and Cleveland. Per the Official Catholic Directory, he was absent on leave 1984-1987 and 1988-1989. Died in 2/2020. His obituary states that in 1980 he became an Air Force chaplain; the Directories show him as a missionary in El Salvador 1980-1983. The obituary also shows that in 3/1987 he was a Huron Road and University Hospital chaplain, then assigned as resident chaplain 7/1988 at St. John's Hospital. He retired in 1989. Noted on the diocese's list 6/21/2019 to be retired with total and permanent disability and no faculties for public ministry; ministry restricted due to an allegation which had not yet been substantiated. The main celebrant at his funeral mass was Auxiliary Bishop Roger Gries.
Diocese: Diocese of Toledo OH
Tynan, a 45-year-old ordained deacon, was two days away from becoming an ordained priest in 6/2004 when he was placed on leave after the Diocese learned that he was being investigated by US Customs for possession of child pornography. His name had appeared on a child porn web site based in a foreign country. The reason he was not ordained for priesthood was not announced until 10/2004, when he was criminally charged. Included on the Diocese's list. Laicized in 2006. Sentenced to three years in prison. Included on the OH sex offender registry.
Per news in 2012, a 1997 diocesan memo said that Weaver engaged in "sexual exploitation" of teen boys, waiting until they were 18 years old to make sexual advances toward them. He would talk to the minors about sex in the seminary he attended, admit he was gay and that he was available to them in a sexual way. A 1996 memo showed that a youth reported to the diocese that Weaver plied him with alcohol, tried to french kiss him, rubbed his legs above the knee toward his penis, and so on. Weaver admitted to "one regretful advance" toward the youth. His accuser was interviewed in 2012, saying the incident happened just after he turned 18, and that Weaver had been grooming him for sex. Weaver asked for a leave in 2002. Bishop Lennon decided in 2012 to return Weaver to ministry. As of 2018, he is last indexed in the Official Catholic Directory in 2001. In 5/2024 the diocesan website shows Weaver as "Awaiting Assignment," and spells his first name "Jeffery." He was currently celebrating the Latin Mass on weekdays at St. Elizabeth of Hungary and assisting on weekends.
Weber, a member of Bishop Pilla's "inner circle," was placed on leave in 4/2002 because of past allegations that he sexually abused a 16-year-old boy. His name was not released on a public list until the Diocese was pressured by the press. He was one of several priests who asked a judge to block the Diocese from turning past medical records over to the prosecutor's office. Charges against Weber were investigated by a grand jury in 2002. Laicization announced 8/19/2016. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused in 6/2019.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH
Witt was a student at Mount Saint Mary's Seminary when arrested 2/9/2024 on charges of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor. Law enforcement reportedly found that Witt had eight videos involving girls as young as age 6. The Hamilton County Sheriff's office had been investigating Witt since 9/2023. Prosecutors said Witt had about 230 images and videos showing children being sexually abused. Dismissed from Mount Saint Mary's. Pleaded guilty in 8/2024. Sentenced in 9/2024 to five years' probation and six months in a lockdown sex offender treatment program. Ordered to register as a sex offender.
Diocese: Diocese of Steubenville OH
Pastor of St. Michael's in Findlay when arrested 8/18/2020 by the FBI on multiple charges of sex trafficking. He allegedly "manipulated and coerced drug-addicted boys and men into sex." Per court records, Zacharias made a "confession video" in 2015 in which he performed oral sex on a then-adult victim. He admits to first meeting the victim when he was a seminarian and the boy was in 6th grade St. Catherine's in Toledo. The boy became drug-addicted as a teen, and Zacharias offered him money for sex to feed his habit. A second young man told the FBI he met Zacharias in first grade at St. Catherine's and that the priest began sexually abusing him as a teen, when he was drug-addicted. Zacharias was placed on leave by the Diocese. Convicted 5/12/2023 on charges related to three victims, all of whom he began grooming as young boys for "commercial sex acts." All three developed addictions to opiates; Zacharias waited for them to become destabilized enough to propose the commercial sex involvement for money to purchase drugs. One told his parish pastor of the abuse while in 8th grade in 1999-2000, who told the boy "it was all in your head." Sentenced in 11/2023 to life in prison. Laicization announced in 3/2024. In 7/2010 the Diocese agreed to pay the three victims a little more than $1M.