Fr. Thomas J. Feeney

Ordained: 1937
Status: Settled

Died: 07/26/1981
Diocese: Diocese of Davenport IA

Monsignor. Sued at least twice. Accused of abuse in 1950s-1960s. Former vicar general of diocese. Died in 1981. The Diocese admitted in 5/2006 that allegations against Feeney were credible. Four additional suits were filed in 5/2006. A civil trial began in 9/2006 in a suit filed in 2005 regarding claims that Feeney sexually abused a boy for 6 years, beginning when the boy was age 7.  The plaintiff was awarded $1.5M. A man testified at the same trial that Feeney abused him as a boy in the late 1940s. Included on the Diocese’s list of credibly accused 7/15/2008. It notes allegations of abuse of 15 male minors, the earliest known abuse in 1957.

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