Fr. George T. Hovanec

Ordained: 1929
Status: Accused

Died: 02/20/1965
Diocese: Diocese of Cleveland OH

In 4/2002 a woman wrote to Archbishop Pilla that she was abused as a child by Hovanec 47 years before. She said she was in 7th grade when Hovanec touched and patted her in a very sexually inappropriate way before inviting her to the basement to count Sunday envelopes. She fled. He was unassigned 1961-1965 and died in 2/1965.


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