Fr. Steven Gerard Stencil

Ordained: 1981
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Tucson AZ

Diocesan Vocations Director. In 2000 a youth told church officials that Stencil groped him at age 17 in 1999 at a pool party. Matter turned over to police. No charges. Church investigation deemed the incident accidental. Stencil was placed on leave in 2001 after violating a diocesan policy forbidding priests from being in the company of minors overnight. He had taken a trip to Mexico with one parent and several teenage boys. The same youth complained again in 2002. Included on the Diocese’s list of credibly accused. Per the Diocese, Stencil was removed from priesthood in 2011; Stencil said he asked to be voluntarily defrocked. Stencil went on to work in the foster care system and, in 2019, began work as a driver for school and scout groups.

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