Fr. Thomas C. Kelley
Name included on the Erie diocese’s list 4/6/2018 and the 814/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Parish priest, “Special Ministry” at St. Mark’s Seminary, and Dean of North American College in Rome, Italy 9/1985-6/1989. On Diocesan Review Board 3/1992-619/94. Allegations of “inappropriate sexual contact” with at least five males; victims were high school or seminary students, ages 18-25. Sent to Southdown in Canada for treatment 9/1995, and 4/1996-9/1996. Returned to ministry as a parish pastor in Stockton, TX, Diocese of San Angelo. Died 2/21/2005. Settlement in the high five figures in 2020 of a claim of abuse of an altar boy, age 12, at least three times in 1968, at St. Peter’s Cathedral.
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