Fr. Richard E. Spellman
In a proof of claim filed in 5/2019 in the Archdiocese’s bankruptcy case a woman alleged that Spellman sexually abused her as a child in about 1957. The claim was included in the Archdiocese’s settlement trust in 1/2023. Spellman left the priesthood at some point and married. He died 9/2/89.
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