Fr. Douglas A. McNeill
Entered religious life with the Mission of the Sacred Heart in 1962. Dispensation granted in 1967. Ordained in 1970 for the Gallup diocese. Assigned to Winslow and Holbrook, AZ and Thoreau, NM. Removed in 3/1994 after he was accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in 1978 while the boy stayed with him at St. Bonaventure Indian Mission to finish the school year. In 1993 McNeill admitted to the abuse when his accuser confronted him. He offered to pay the man $15K from school funds. The man refused. The suit settled in 9/1995 for $135K. Baca was also accused of the sexual abuse of two minors AZ in 1971. McNeill was still “on leave” per the 2002 Official Catholic Directory. His name is included on the Diocese of Gallup’s list of credibly accused. He died 7/3/2018 at his home in MD.
- News-Journal (Mansfield OH) 05.09.70
- Chapter 9 from Fishers of Men, 1986 (Biography of McNeill)
- LA Times 02.06.94
- Gallup (NM) Independent 05.20.03
- Arizona Republic 08.14.03
- Gallup Independent 08.02.05
- Gallup Independent 05.28.11
- Gallup Independent 11.11.13
- Gallup Independent 02.12.14
- Diocese of Gallup List downloaded 02.28.15
- Arizona Journal 11.21.15
- Gallup Independent 06.06.17
- Voice of the Southwest 07.16.18
- Diocese of Gallup List updated 12.10.18
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