Fr. James J. Mihalak

Ordained: 1976
Status: Charged

Diocese: Diocese of Allentown PA

Charged in 1997 with fondling a 17-year-old male hitchhiker; placed on probation in 1998. Record was to be expunged if successful probation. Diocese suspended him from duties. Had been pastor, high school teacher and high school principal. The 2002 Official Catholic Directory shows him at Holy Family Villa (a home for priests) in Bethlehem, PA. In 2004 the diocese said his whereabouts were unknown. Name included on the  diocese’s 8/19/2018 list.


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