1955

San Francisco archbishop was Joseph Thomas McGucken (1962-1977)

1974

McGucken was succeeded by John Raphael Quinn (1977-1995)

1/4, 1/2, 1/3

Durkin was elevated to Monsignor status in 1989.

1995

William Joseph Levada replaced Quinn (1995-2005)

San Francisco

• Durkin was accused in 2002 of child sexual abuse said to have occurred more than thirty years previously. He retired in April 2002, a month after the D.A. requested church records for the previous 75 years, related to abuse allegations.

• In Aug. 2008 Durkin was accused of having repeatedly sexually abused an altar boy at this parish, between 1994-1996. The abuse is said to have occurred while the boy was preparing for mass.

Parish had a school with 320-302 students, and a religious education program with 307-40 students.

The accuser in 2008 made an appeal to the Pope and Apostolic Nuncio to have Levada provide sworn testimony regarding his handling of problem priests when he was San Francisco's archbishop. Levada was appointed to the Vatican in 2005.

April 2002

Levada was succeeded by George Hugh Niederauer (2005-)

Durkin is said to have been sent to treatment in 2002 at Southdown Institute in Toronto, Canada. Per its website, Southdown "was founded specifically to address the needs of religious and clergy in areas of addiction and mental health."

Durkin died April 18, 2006.

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1956-2007)

• S.F. Archdiocese Quietly Removing Accused Priests, By Jaxon Van Derbeken, San Francisco Chronicle, August 29, 2002
• Monsignor Charles Durkin Died, San Francisco Chronicle, April 19, 2006
• POPE’S ASSISTANCE SOUGHT BY SURVIVOR OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO, by Michael J. KInslow , Tuesday Aug 19th, 2008

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