Fr. Carl M. Roemele

First named publicly as accused in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Included on the diocese’s list of credibly accused. A woman told the diocese in 6/1967 that Roemele sexually abused her son and three other young boys while assigned to St. William’s. He stayed in ministry until going on leave in 2/1976 and resigning in 8/1976. Laicized in 2/1978. Report in 8/2004 that Roemele molested three St. Joseph’s altar boys; the man who alleged the abuse also said that when he was in 6th grade he saw Roemele molest a boy at night during a trip an Aleo Lake cabin. A 2008 report alleged abuse of an 11- or 12-year-old St. Joseph’s altar boy in 1968. The abuse allegedly occurred after every mass for a year, and at a camp. In 10/2010, a woman alleged abuse of a a 10-year-old boy and others in 1969 at St. Joseph’s and at a camp. She said her son started drinking at age 10 and died an alcoholic in 2003. In 2009 Roemele denied any abuse. Civil suit filed against Bishop Zubik and Cardinal Wuerl in 10/2018. Two more in 12/2018.