Fr. Harold J. Goschke
First named publicly as accused on the Steubenville Diocese’s list 10/31/2018. Noted to have been suspended from ministry in 1957. Per the Official Catholic Directory, Goschke was Absent on Leave from the Diocese of Steubenville after 1957, and by 1966 was working at parishes in the Diocese of Stockton, CA. He was in Stockton through 1976, after which the Directories show him as as a Steubenville priest Absent on Leave. He died 1/5/1992. Added to Stockton’s list 11/12/2020, which notes he was chaplain at Deuel Vocational Institution 1962-1983. Included in 8/2021 on the Diocese of Fresno’s list of credibly accused.
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