Fr. Edward Kickel
Monsignor. Several complaints in the 1950s -1960s. Nothing done. Nicknamed “The Feeler” for molesting girls during religion class. In 1969 faculty and parents at St. Francis de Sales in Parma held a meeting about allegations against Kickel. The pastor barred Kickel from hearing confessions and teaching religion classes, and told parents to keep quiet or they would be guilty of a mortal sin and go to hell. One woman was denied counseling in 2000 because the Diocese said it could not find facts to support her claim. After a 2002 news report, almost a dozen women called the news outlet to say they too had been abused by Kickel. He died in 12/1972. Included on the diocese’s list 6/21/2019.
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