Fr. Mark N. Matson
Accused of abuse of two in CO in 1987. Acquitted of abuse of one in 1989 in CA. Convicted 2000 in HI of 1998 sexual assault on 13-year-old boy. Sentenced to 20 years in prison. Also worked in San Antonio. Civil suit filed in 2002. Another CO man came forward in 2005 to allege abuse in 1982. He received $22.5K from the order. New civil suit filed in 4/2010 claiming abuse in a CO seminary in 1976. Matson was in prison and on sex offender registry in HI as of 12/2011. Parole denied in 2/2012 but granted in 7/2013. Accused in a civil suit of repeated rape of a boy, age 8, in HI in the late 1990s at Tripler Army Base, where Matson was a chaplain. Per the suit, the alleged victim became mentally incapacitated as a result and his mother became his guardian and conservator. The Theatines’ motion to dismiss the suit was denied 12/30/2019.
- Denver Post 03.24.02
- San Antonio Express News 04.28.02
- Judgment of Conviction (HI) 05.05.02
- Honolulu Advertiser 01.06.04
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin 02.27.04
- Rocky Mountain News 10.22.05
- Denver Post 04.22.10
- Honolulu Advertiser 04.22.10
- Hawaii News New 04.22.10
- Westword 08.27.10
- SNAP Statement 02.23.12
- SNAP Statement 07.24.13
- Croyle vs Theatine Fathers, Inc 12.30.19
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