Fr. Samuel B. Slocum

Ordained: 1980
Status: Convicted

Died: 01/30/2020
Diocese: Diocese of Erie PA

Teacher at diocesan high schools, parish priest. Arrested in 4/2011 for an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a 15-year-old boy. Would give the boy gifts and take pictures of him and other boys. The boy’s parents forbade him to contact their son, but he did not stop, lying to the mother and encouraging the boy to be secretive. Admitted to police to inappropriate relationships with boys. Found guilty in 1/2012 of concealment of the whereabouts of a child and corruption of minors; got 2 years’ probation. Included in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Slocum testified that the Diocese knew in 1980 of an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a 14-year-old girl. Also involved with a 17-year-old girl. Said he had a ‘relationship’ with 16-year-old boy the same year. Treatment in 1991 at the diocese’s Ecclesiastic Center. Diocese knew in 1995 of involvement with a high school senior boy. Sent to St. Michael’s in MO for treatment. Returned to ministry. Laicization announced in 11/2016. Per the Diocese’s list in 1/2023, Slocum died in 1/2020.

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