Fr. Patrick Kiernan

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Ordained: 1952
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR

Ordained in Ireland. Spent 45 years of his priesthood in Oregon. Accused in a lawsuit filed in federal court of sexually abusing a girl on at least 70 occasions during a 2-3 year period, beginning when she was 17. Kiernan died in 1997 in Ireland.


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