Fr. Myles Eric Diskin

Head of diocesan Worship Office when put on leave in 4/2002. No explanation. Accused in three lawsuits, in 2004 and 2005, of abuse in the early- to mid-1970s. Withdrew from ministry in 3/2003. Claims included in the diocese’s 9/07 $1.25M settlement with 32 plaintiffs alleging abuse by 17 priests. Named in the PA Grand Jury Report 8/14/2018 and on the diocese’s list of credibly accused. In 2004 a man alleged abuse as a minor by Diskin in the mid-1970s at a Butler church. In 10/2002 a woman told the D.A. Diskin molested her as a child in the mid-1970s in Butler. In 6/2004 a man said he was abused when ages 12-13 by Diskin at St. Paul’s in Butler 1976-1977. Accused in 11/2004 of abuse of a boy in the 1970s at St. Paul. Two men in 2/2009 reported mid-1970s abuse by Diskin when they were ages 11 and 14. In 1/2015 a man told the D.A. Diskin sexually abused him at ages 15-16 in Butler in 1976-1977. A woman reported in 1/2015 that Diskin sexually abused her as a minor in the mid-1970s. Diskin admitted in 2003 to a “sexual relationship” with a male minor for a few years while a priest in Butler.