Fr. Finbar Coyle

“Barry.” First identified publicly as accused on Santa Fe archdiocese list 9/12/2017. Assigned to Santa Fe Cathedral 1959-1974; worked from there as Franciscan vocations director for the Southwest. Later worked in the New Orleans archdiocese and the Baton Rouge diocese. Died 2/6/1991. Last listed in the 1988 Directory; death entry in the 1992 Directory shows his location as St. Mary of the Angels, a Franciscan parish in New Orleans. The 1989-1991 Directories do not show him as assigned to that parish. During his time in Santa Fe a/k/a Finbar. Listed in Directory as Barry thereafter. On the Baton Rouge diocese’s list in early 2019. Added to New Orleans’ list in 2020. On the Fort Wayne-South Bend diocese’s list in 12/2020; one credible allegation of abuse there; assigned 2/1973-6/1974 to St. Therese in Fort Wayne. On Las Cruces list in 11/2020; at St. Peter’s in Roswell in 1965. On the Cincinnati archdiocese’s list in 2/2022. Included in 6/2022 on the St. John the Baptist Province Franciscans list.