Fr. John J. McDaniel

Ordained: 1955
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Little Rock AR

First named publicly as accused on diocese’s 9/10/18 list. It notes three known victims. McDaniel died in 1974. Settlement of $790K announced in 6/19 to five men who claimed sexual abuse as boys in the early 1970s by McDaniel. The five were students, ages 12-15, at Our Lady of the Holy Souls in Little Rock when allegedly abused.


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