Fr. Arthur Cooney
Identified in the 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. Included on the Saginaw diocese’s list 8/9/2019. The Midwest Capuchin’s (Province of St. Joseph) list in 8/2025 shows that Cooney was assigned to the St. Joseph Center Development Office in Detroit 2009 until his retirement in 2024.
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