Fr. Alphonsus M. Smith

Ordained: 1956
Status: Guilty plea

Died: 11/28/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Washington DC and MD

In 1995 Smith admitted an ‘affair’ with a youth 1988-1993. A civil suit filed in 1995 was dismissed due to the statute of limitations. Sentenced in 1995 to 16 years in prison for abuse of five. A judge reduced the sentence to five years supervised probation in 1996. Sent to live at St. John Vianney treatment center in St. Louis. Died in 2005. At least one claim was included in a $1.3M settlement with the Archdiocese in 12/2006. Included on the Archdiocese’s list 10/15/2018.


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