Fr. Bryan O. Walsh

Ordained: 1954
Status: Sued

Died: 12/20/2001
Diocese: Archdiocese of Miami FL

Accused in a 6/9/2006 complaint of the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy in 1964, including penetration and oral sex. The boy was a ward of Operation Pedro Pan, which Walsh founded and directed. Pedro Pan brought 14,048 Cuban children to the US in 1960-1962 and placed them in orphanages and foster care to remove them from Castro’s educational system. Walsh was born and trained in Ireland and ordained for St. Augustine diocese. He became a Miami priest when the diocese was erected in 1958. Retired in 1996. Died 12/20/2001.


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