Fr. Mark Santo

Order: OSM
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau MO

Worked in a number of dioceses, including Chicago, Winona, Lansing, Miami, Los Angeles. Assignments included parishes, schools, and prison ministry. Named publicly as accused by the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese on its list updated 4/1/2019. Alleged abuse in the 1960s reported in 2018. Per news in 1993, a friend of Santo’s, who was staying with him at the rectory of a Diocese of Winona MN parish, was arrested for possession of child pornography. The Springfield-Cape Giradeau list notes that Santos died in 2013, but the Catholic Directory shows that he died in 2008.


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