Fr. Jude T. Ellinghausen
Retired with restricted ministry in 6/2002 because of old allegations found in his personnel file by a County Prosecutor. Allegations were too old for criminal charges. After Ellinghausen retired, a male complainant came forward to allege that Ellinghausen abused him as a child for three years in the 1970s while pastor of St. Jude in Detroit. Named in a civil suit. Laicization announced in 2005. Included on the Archdiocese’s list of credibly accused 6/10/2020. Died 12/11/2023.
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