Fr. Stephen E. Jeselnick
Name included on the Erie diocese’s list 4/6/18. Included in the 8/14/18 PA Grand Jury Report. Jeselnick was accused in 2017, along with a former seminarian, Jack Tome, of sexually abusing of 3 boys, who were brothers, in the late 1970s in Meadeville PA. Jeselnick strongly denied the allegations and said he had never heard of Tome. Transferred to Denver archdiocese beginning 12/82. Became Air Force chaplain 1985. In 1991 a man told the diocese that Jeselnick sexually abused him when he was a vulnerable 20-year-old whose father was dying. The man sued and received a settlement in 2005. Jeselnick was reported in 2018 to be living in Colorado Springs and forbidden to function as a priest. Added 9/18 to Baltimore list. “Father D” in CO A.G. report 10/22/19.
- BA.org Assignment Record
- PA Grand Jury Report Profile 08.14.18
- Meadville Tribune 02.12.08
- Sharon Herald 02.15.08
- Diocese of Erie 04.06.18
- GoErie com 04.06.18
- Bradford Era 04.07.18
- PA Grand Jury Report Profile 08.14.18
- Denver Post 09.07.18
- Catholic Review 09.07.18
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 12.10.18
- CO Attorney General Special Masters Report 10.22.19
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