Fr. Donald Dummer

One of four  priests with substantiated allegations against them named publicly by the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis 10/23/2014. Among Dummer’s assignments: Althoff Catholic High School in Bellville IL; parish pastor in Sisseton SD; Assumption Parish in Richfield MN 1975-1981; Crookston diocese until 1996; lived at St. Mary’s in St. Paul 1996-2002; Regions Hospital chaplain 1997-2006; resided with local Oblates of Mary Immaculate Superior 2002-2006. Faculties removed in 2006. Living with Order in MA in 10/2014. Per church documents released in a 11/2014 settlement agreement, a church worker found child porn videos in Dummer’s room in early 1997 and again in early 1998. The worker said she gave the videos in 1998 to Vicar General Kevin McDonough and that McDonough destroyed them. Per another document, Oblate official Rev. Joseph Hitpas said he would destroy the porn. Dummer denied wrongdoing. On the Belleville diocese’s list in 9/2022. Included in 11/2022 on the Diocese of Superior’s list of credibly accused; abused noted to have occurred in 1986 in River Falls; removed or left 12/30/1986; laicized in 2006. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report.