Fr. H. Cornell Bradley

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia PA

Removed from ministry in 1/2006. Name released in 1/2007 when the Order admitted that he had engaged in “sexual misconduct” with an adult woman in the early 1980s in Baltimore. Another 2006 allegation involved a minor at Gonzaga College High School in Washington DC in 1973. First two allegations involving minors were made in 1993; reported to have sexually abused two boys, age 15, between 1968 and 1988. Sent for treatment and returned to ministry by the Order in 1995. Assigned to St. Joseph University as campus minister and basketball team chaplain until 1/2006. Also worked in NC, Philadelphia and India. Five more complaints received as of 3/2007. On the Jesuits’ MD Province list in 12/2018. Left the Order in 2007. Police report filed in Charlotte NC 3/5/2019 by a man alleging Bradley and Fr. Damian Lynch each abused him as a teen in NC in the 1990s. Added to Baltimore archdiocese’s list in 2/2019. On Charlotte diocese’s list 12/29/2019. Included in the 4/5/23 MD Attorney General’s Report. 


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