Fr. Manus Daly
From Ireland. Removed from active ministry in 3/2002 due to past allegations that he sexually abused a student in the 1970s at St. Thomas Aquinas minor seminary. Returned to Ireland.The former student said that Daly, dean of students, tried to seduce him once during a trip to Belleville. His accuser complained to the Diocese in 1996 about Daly, Fr. John Fischer, and (later Bishop) Anthony J. O’Connell. The Diocese paid a $125K settlement to the man in 1996. Included on the Diocese’s list 11/8/2018.
- St. Louis Post Dispatch 03.08.02
- Miami Herald 03.09.02
- Boston Globe 04.05.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- National Catholic Reporter 05.14.04
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11.13.04
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11.15.04
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11.15.04
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11.16.04
- News Tribune 03.09.07
- Diocese of Jefferson City List 11.08.18
- BishopAccountability.org accessed 07.30.25
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