Fr. Stephen McNicholas
From Ireland. Ordained for the Instituto della Carita (I.C.) Assigned to a Peoria IL parish in 1961. Transferred to FL in 1966. Left his order by 1974. Died 6/5/2011. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Orlando on its list 10/6/2021. In 2025 a man came forward with allegations that McNicholas sexually abused him 1977-1982, beginning when he was age 7 at St. John Vianney School. The man said that McNicholas made him perform oral sex after plying him with wine.
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