Fr. John P. Heaney

Ordained: 1953
Status: Indicted

Died: 01/29/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of San Francisco CA

Retired in 1999. Placed on leave in 8/2002 when allegations arose that he abused two brothers in the early 1960s. In 2003 Heaney, a former senior chaplain for the San Francisco Police Department, was charged with molesting one of the brothers; charges dropped in 7/2003 after a Supreme Court ruling that the statute of limitations was unconstitutional. Died 1/29/2010.


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