Fr. Richard J. Dorsch

Accused 1994 of abuse of a 13-year-old boy. On leave in 8/1994, sent to St. Luke’s in MD for evaluation in 10/1994. Convicted 4/1995. Sentenced to 11 1/2 – 23 months jail; released on parole after one week in 6/1995. Returned to St. Luke’s. A second man in 12/1994 reported abuse at age 10 in 1981, occurring many times until he was in 8th grade. Dorsch withdrew from ministry in 1996. Accused 2/2004 of abuse 1982-1985 of an All Saints in Etna altar boy. Victim died by suicide in 5/2010 after the Diocese quit paying for therapy. Family sued. Dorsch was named in at least two civil suits in 2004. Claims included in Diocese’s 9/2007 $1.25M settlement as to 32 plaintiffs alleging abuse by 17 priests. Superior Court dismissed appeal in 9/2011. A man in 1/2012 reported abuse by Dorsch as a 7th-8th grader at All Saints. A fifth report in 7/2012 of abuse of a 12 to 14-year old St. Coleman in Turtle Creek altar boy; had been reported to Diocese in 1994 or 1995. A man in 6/2016 reported abuse at St. Coleman’s at ages 10-12. Named in the 8/28/2018 PA Grand Jury Report and on the diocese’s list of accused.