Fr. Austin Peter Keegan
Ordained for San Francisco. Worked in the Santa Rosa diocese 1976-81. Complaints of abuse of children to archdiocese as early as 1965. May have abused at least 80 children in CA. Stripped of duties by SF archdiocese 1982. Moved to Mexico, worked as a priest in an orphanage. Civil suit in 1994 alleged abuse of a boy at St. Eugene’s in the Santa Rosa diocese. Settled in 1995 for $450K. Living in Oceanside, CA when indicted 9/02, charged with the molestation and sodomy of two boys, ages 10 and 14, in the late 1960s. Fled to Mexico. Arrested there 3/03, charged with 75 counts of abuse of 3 Sonoma County children. Charges dropped 2003 due to Supreme Court ruling. On Santa Rosa diocese’s list 1/12/19. On Las Cruces diocese’s list 6/24/19, where he worked in 1991. Died 10/22/21. Named in new lawsuit(s) in 2022.
- San Francisco Chronicle 05.24.94
- San Francisco Chronicle 05.25.94
- San Francisco Chronicle 11.09.94
- San Francisco Chronicle 08.10.95
- San Francisco Chronicle 03.22.96
- Press Democrat 06.09.02
- San Francisco Chronicle 09.20.02
- Union Tribune 11.23.02
- San Francisco Chronicle 03.02.03
- Union Tribune 03.05.03
- San Francisco Chronicle 03.30.03
- San Francisco Chronicle 03.31.03
- San Francisco Chronicle 06.27.03
- Press Democrat 01.19.04
- San Francisco Chronicle 11.12.04
- Press Democrat 07.01.06
- Chicago Tribune 03.11.12
- KGO TV 10.21.18
- Diocese of Santa Rosa List 01.12.19
- Diocese of Las Cruces List Updated 06.24.19
- Trident Society Obituary 10.22.21
- KGO 06.27.22
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