Fr. Hubert John Reason
In 8/2002 the Diocese announced that “several individuals” had come forward with credible accusations that they had been abused by Reason as minors. Per a 12/2002 news article, two brothers had come forward to allege abuse by Reason and Fr. Gerry Appleby, and by an Episcopal priest and an Episcopal seminarian. The men said that, in effect, the four traded them around. They said that Reason would also give them and other altar boys money and alcohol and take them to Tampa for professional wrestling. Reason left the diocese in 1978 and died in 1984, at age 60. Accused in 2005 of child sexual abuse at an Altamonte Spring parish in the early-to-mid-1960s. Three claims settled for $1.5M in 7/2005. Included on the St. Petersburg diocese’s list of credibly accused. Included in 10/2021 on the Orlando diocese’s list.
- St. Petersburg Times 08.03.02
- Tampa Tribune 08.03.02
- St. Petersburg Times 12.01.02
- Letter by Bishop Lynch 12.11.03
- Orlando Sentinel 05.02.05
- Orlando Sentinel 05.02.05
- Newsday 07.12.05
- Orlando Sentinel 07.12.05
- Orlando Sentinel 09.13.05
- Florida Times Union 09.27.05
- Diocese of St. Petersburg List 05.26.20
- Diocese of Orlando List 10.06.21
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