Fr. John W. Wishard
Pleaded no contest in 1980 to a charge of oral copulation of a child. Sentenced to 5 years probation. Probation was terminated in 1982. Wishard returned to active ministry in 1987. The felony was reduced to a misdemeanor in 1991 and later dismissed. Served as a police chaplain. Retired in 1997 or 1998. Dismissed in 2002. Reportedly laicized in 8/02. Included in the 2004 Los Angeles Archdiocesan Report. Moved at some point to Henrico, VA. Wishard died 7/31/2018
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