Diocese of Phoenix AZ - BishopAccountability.org

37 Accused in This Diocese

Fr. Solomon Bandiho

Ordained: 1994
Status: Arrested

Priest of the Bukoba diocese in Tanzania. Administrator of Holy Cross parish in Mesa AZ 7/2014-12/2014. Caught in a sting seeking to pay for sex with a 16-year-old girl. Arrested 12/12/2014 on suspicion of child prostitution. Also assisted at St. Helen in Glendale. Removed from ministry. Was a doctoral student at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley CA; AZ assignment was part of work-study.

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Fr. George V. Bredemann

Ordained: 1983
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Attended three seminaries; one said he should never be a priest. Former executive for the Boy Scouts. Abused 15 boys before becoming a priest and at least 8 after. Arrested in 1988. Sentenced to a year in jail in 1989 and lifetime probation (after intervention by Bishop O'Brien). Victims were ages 8, 10 and 14. Arrested in Miami trying to flee to Brazil. Sentenced to 45 years. Civil suits filed in 1990 and 1992; settled in 1991 and 1994. Bishop knew of past allegations prior to ordination. Laicized in 2003. Died in prison in 4/2012.

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Fr. James Bretl

Order: SDS
Ordained: 1965
Status: Sued

Died: 10/6/2010
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Accused in a lawsuit filed in AZ in 2/2020 of sexually abusing a girl in the late 1970s or early 1980s while assigned to St. Mark's parish in Phoenix. His accuser also claimed she was abused by Rev. Donald Verhagen. Bretl died 10/6/2010 in Tennessee. Per his obituary, worked in Tanzania, Carson City NV, Phoenix AZ, "various locations in the Midwest," and Smithville TN.

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Fr. Joseph Cervantez Briceno

Ordained: 1981
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Placed on leave in 1992 after allegations that he abused a young brother and sister in early 1980s. Fled to Mexico. The bishop of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, Jose Ulises Macias Salocedo, appointed Cervantes Briceno deputy priest of the Parroquia de Cristo Rey in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. Subsequently, Cervantez Briceno moved to the Diocese of Mexicali where he continued in active ministry. The Diocese of Phoenix asked him to return but he refused. Indicted in 2003 in AZ. Disappeared until captured in Mexicali in 12/2005. Waived extradition and was returned to Phoenix in 1/2006. Trial started 10/11/2006. Pleaded guilty 10/16/2006. Sentenced to two years in prison and three years probation, and to register as sex offender. Reportedly released from prison in 2007 and was believed to be living in Phoenix, AZ. Laicized in 2010.

Fr. Patrick J. Colleary

Ordained: 1974
Status: Indicted

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Accused in 2002 of abusing an 11-year-old boy in 1979. Arrested in 12/2002 but released on a technicality because the incident had been reported to police more than 7 years previously. Fled to Ireland. A woman said he 'seduced' her in the mid-1970s when she was age 17. Accused of abuse of another boy in the 1970s and indicted in 2003. Extradition denied. Civil suit filed and settled.

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Fr. Adrian Cristobal

Ordained: 1989
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

From the Diocese of Agana, Guam; former Chancellor under Archbishop Apuron, later found guilty by the Vatican of child sexual abuse. Added to the Diocese of Phoenix list 12/23/2019, where he had faculties 12/2017-4/2018. No known allegations in Phoenix. Recalled to his home diocese in 4/2018; defied orders to return to Guam. Location unknown as of 3/2020. Sued by four men in Agana alleging abuse as boys 1995-2013. Archdiocese seeking laicization. Cristobal took appeal to the Vatican.

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Fr. Laurence A. Florez

Ordained: 1959
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Ordained for Gallup NM diocese. Priest of the Phoenix diocese when it was when established in 1969. Two men, one of them his nephew, claimed abuse over a period of several years by Florez, J. Giandelone, and Henry Perez. Abuse of both boys allegedly occurred while Florez was under treatment at St. Joseph's Center. Civil suit filed 6/30/1993. On 5/16/1996 the AZ Supreme Court ruled that one plaintiff's case was barred by the statute of limitations. No mention of second plaintiff in ruling. Florez left the priesthood before the suit was filed. He died in 2002. Added to the Gallup diocese's list in 12/2018.

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Diocese of Gallup List updated 08.02.19

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Fr. Dale J. Fushek

Ordained: 1978
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Vicar General 2000-2004. Named Monsignor in 2/2002. Civil suit settled in 2002. Accused of sexual harassment by a Life Teen staff member. Criminal charges filed in 11/2005 claiming abuse of five youths 1985-1994. Another civil suit filed in 2005 alleged that he gave a youth alcohol and masturbated while the youth was molested by Mark Lehman. This suit settled in 12/2006 for $100K. In 2007 Fushek established the Praise and Worship Center in Chandler, AZ. Executive Director. Excommunicated by Bishop 12/2008 for offering his own non-denominational services. Laicization announced 2/16/2010. Pleaded guilty to one count in 4/2010. Sentenced to 364 days probation.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. John Maurice Giandelone

Ordained: 1978
Status: Convicted

Died: 01/27/2023
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Arrested in 1984. Confessed that he had molested a teenage boy for several years while assigned to a parish in Chandler AZ. Pleaded guilty in 1985 to attempted sexual misconduct with a minor; sentenced to 1 year in jail on work furlough and 5 years probation. Registered sex offender. Laicized in 1992. Moved to FL. Named in other civil suits in 1993 and 2003. Married, the father of a son, and living in Ft. Myers, FL when arrested again in 12/2002 for the abuse of a boy, age 16, in 1979 in Phoenix. After the incidents, Giandelone was quietly transferred to the parish in Chandler AZ, where he also abused. Convicted in 2003. Sentenced to 1 year, 10 months in prison and 3 years probation. Civil suit filed 3/2004. Moved at some point to Austin, TX, where he died in 1/2023.

Fr. Charles Gielow

Order: CMF
Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Died: 06/29/1980
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

The Phoenix Diocese announced in 3/2014 that the Claretians had recently revealed a credible allegation against Gielow involving the sexual abuse of a minor in the late 1970s. Assigned to Sacred Heart Parish in Prescott 1960-1966. Also spent time at CA State at Los Angeles and East Los Angeles Colleges before becoming chaplain of the Newman Club at Southwest Texas State Univ (San Marcos) 1969-1975. Also worked at the Cursillo Center, later known as the Mount Claret Retreat Center, 1/1976-6/1980. Died 06/29/1980.

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Fr. Harold P. Graf

Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Ordained in 1968 for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Transferred to the Diocese of Phoenix in 1969. Suspended in 6/2002 for sexual misconduct with a child, occurring in the 1970s while assigned to Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Tempe. The Diocese reportedly learned of the incident in 1994; Tempe was kept in ministry, which included involvement in youth ministry for two parishes. Graf had been assigned to nine parishes and the Newman Center at Northern AZ University prior to his suspension. Permanently barred from ministry by Bishop O'Brien. No criminal or civil charges filed.

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Arizona Republic 07.13.02

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Fr. Gavin Griffith

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1965
Status: Indicted

Died: 03/11/2017
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/2019. It notes allegations received in 1987 of the sexual abuse of minors 1979-1985. Assigned during those years to the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, AZ. Died in 2017. Added to Phoenix list, which notes no allegations in the diocese. Included on the Stockton diocese's list 11/12/2020, noting he worked in the diocese 1965-1966.

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Fr. Joseph John Henn

Order: SDS
Ordained: 1978
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Report in 1983 to the Salvatorians that Henn had sexually abused a boy, age 14, and that he had abused another boy who went on to die by suicide. Sent to work at an all-girls school in Sacramento CA. Sent for evaluation and treatment three times. Abused in AZ, CA and WI. Accused in a civil suit filed in 6/2003. Indicted by grand jury in 7/2003 on 13 counts of molestation of three boys 1979-1981. Found working in Rome and arrested in 7/2005. Fought extradition while living under house arrest in Rome. Official extradition ordered in 7/2006, but Henn fled just prior to the announcement, whereabouts unknown. Civil suit settled for $50K in 2006. Expelled from the Salvatorians and removed from the priesthood in 2006. Arrested in Italy 5/28/2019 after trying to use his expired U.S. passport to pick up medicine, per his attorney. Italian police said he was arrested after requesting help at an immigrant assistance center using a false name. Extradited to AZ, arraigned 6/14/2019 on 13 charges of child sex abuse. Suit filed in 2/2020. Pleaded guilty in 2021. Reportedly in 8/2023, Henn is deceased.

Fr. Edward Henriques

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1945
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Named in a 2008 civil suit as possible abuser of a 6-year-old girl in Santa Barbara in 1964. Accuser said a Franciscan brother would force her to strip in front of him and he would fondle her repeatedly. Suit also says another Franciscan, possibly Henriques, was also present. Henriques left the priesthood in the 1960s and has since died. On the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/2019. It notes allegations received in 1949 and 2005 of the sexual abuse of a minor in 1949 and 1963. Henriques was assigned in 1949 to St. John's in Laveen, AZ. Included on the Stockton diocese's list 11/12/2020, noting he had faculties there 1958-1960.

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Fr. Jose Hurtado

Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Died: 11/20/1981
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Assignments included St. Rose of Lima in Safford and St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson. Pastor 1971-1981 of Immaculate Heart of Mary in Phoenix. Hurtado died in 11/1981 in a car accident. Reportedly in 10/2006 there was one outstanding civil suit naming Hurtado as an abuser.

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Fr. Sung Lam

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Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

From Cambodia. Accused in 1993 of lewd and lascivious acts, a misdemeanor. Not prosecuted. Left Phoenix in 1994.

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Arizona Republic 09.10.03
Diocese of Phoenix List 12.23.19

Fr. Karl LeClaire

Order: SDS
Ordained: 1986
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Assigned to Queen of Peace parish and principal the parish school when removed in 2001 after a young man reported that LeClaire sexually abused him for 7 years, beginning when he was age 13 and a Queen of Peace student in 1993. LeClaire would lavish the boy with gifts and take him on trips, including cruises to Alaska and the Mediterranean. The man filed suit in 8/2002. LeClaire was indicted in 5/2003 and pleaded guilty in a plea agreement in 10/2004. Sentenced in 1/2005 to a year in jail, three years probation and to register as a sex offender. A claim of abuse, reportedly in a separate 1993 case, settled for $40K in 2006. LeClaire was laicized in 2017.

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Fr. Mark Allen Lehman

Ordained: 1988
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Placed on leave in 1990. Sentenced in 1992 to 10 years in prison without parole for fondling a young girl. Sentenced to life time parole for abuse of three additional girls and one boy. Released from prison in 2002. The Diocese provided financial support to Lehman while he was in prison and gave him $1000 and other benefits when released. A 1/2005 civil suit alleging abuse of a youth in 1985 was settled in 12/2006 for $100K. Laicized 4/12/2006. Listed on the AZ sex offender registry. Died in 2018.

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Fr. Joseph Marcel Lessard

Ordained: 1980
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Admitted in 1986 to sexually abusing a 13-year-old Phoenix boy. Two felony charges were reduced to misdemeanors in a plea bargain after Bishop O'Brien wrote to the judge requesting leniency because Lessard was remorseful. Sentence was three years probation and a $100 fine. Continued to work as priest, including time as a hospital chaplain in the Rockford IL diocese while residing and helping out at a nearby parish. Removed from ministry by the hospital and Rockford diocese in 2/2001. Removed from ministry by the Phoenix diocese 2002. Phoenix settled the civil case in 2006 for $50K. Living in Thailand per 11/2006 article. On Rockford diocese's list 11/14/2018. Added to the Phoenix diocese's list 10/29/2019. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Mark A. Liening

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1941
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

"Marcellus." Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans' Santa Barbara Province on its list 5/31/2019. It notes an allegation reported in 2007 of the sexual abuse of a minor 1943-1944. Assigned at the time to St. Mary's in Phoenix, AZ. Died in 1985. First assignment was in San Diego in 1941. Included on the Oakland diocese's list in 2019. On the Las Cruces diocese's list (misspelled Leining) 6/24/2019, where he worked 1951-1953, 1962-1964, 1979-1985 Included in 8/2021 on the Diocese of Fresno's list, where he was assigned in 1970. Was in Ensenada, Mexico 1968-1969. Also on the Diocese of Tucson's list of credibly accused.

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Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 05.31.19

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Fr. Jorge Ortiz Lopez

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1975
Status: Settled

Died: 02/25/2004
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

A man filed suit in 1994 alleging that Lopez molested him in the rectory of Sacred Heart in Prescott when he was an altar boy in 1975. Police report at the time indicated that the victim was intoxicated when he entered Lopez's room, and that Lopez admitted full responsibility for the abuse. He promised to pay for victim's counseling but did not. The suit settled in 1996. Also worked in the Oakland and Fresno dioceses. Included on the Franciscans' Santa Barbara Province's list 5/31/2018. It notes an allegation reported in 1992 of the sexual abuse of a minor 1975-1976. Lopez died in 2004. Noted in the Necrology section of the Official Catholic Directory to have been a Chiapas, Mexico Franciscan. Chiapas is in the Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas. On the Oakland diocese's list in 2019; noted to have moved in 1997 to Mexico. Included in 8/2021 on the Diocese of Fresno's list of credibly accused, where he was assigned 1988-1993.

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Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 05.31.19

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Fr. Saul Madrid

Ordained: 1985
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Raised in Chihuahua, Mexico. Arrived in the U.S. at age 18. Ordained for the Diocese of Phoenix, AZ. A man filed suit in 6/2003 alleging that Madrid drugged and sexually assaulted him in 1987 when he was a minor. The suit says officials of the archdiocese used spiritual arguments and the victim's devout faith to keep him from filing a lawsuit or reporting the abuse when it occurred. Madrid was sent to the Servants of the Paraclete in Jemez Sprints, NM for treatment in 1988, then reassigned. Resigned in 2002. Civil suit settled in 2005.

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Fr. Harry R. Morgan

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Ordained: 1953
Status: Convicted

Died: 11/18/1995
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Ordained for the Gallup diocese. Became a priest of the Phoenix diocese when it was created in 1969. Arrested 2/17/1975 on charges he abused a 9-year-old boy at Church of the Ascension in Fountain Hills AZ. The boy told Morgan that his boy scout leader, Don Davis, sexually abused him; Morgan told the boy to show him what happened. Morgan pled no contest 8/1975. Sentenced to 10 years probation 10/1975. He was returned reassigned to a parish in Dayton OH, in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Died in 1995. Newly named on Phoenix diocese's list released 10/15/2012. Added to Gallup diocese's list 12/10/2018.

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Diocese of Gallup List 12.10.18

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Fr. Alexander Nanko

Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Died: 03/16/1994
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Monsignor. Assigned to St. Stephen, the Byzantine Catholic Church in Phoenix, when removed from active ministry in 1993 after seven credible allegations of abuse were received against him. He had been at St. Stephen since 1977. His accusers received counseling and other assistance. No civil charges or criminal charges were filed. Nanko died in 1994 in Johnstown, PA.

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Arizona Republic 03.04.04

Bishop Thomas J. O’Brien

Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Died: 08/26/2018
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Phoenix bishop 1982-2003. In 6/2003, to avoid indictment on a charge of obstructing justice, admitted to covering up child sex abuse by priests, a felony. Arrested days later, charged in a fatal hit-and-run car accident. Resigned. Convicted in 2/2004, received probation and community service. Accused in a 1/2016 lawsuit of repeated sexual abuse of a boy, grades 2-5, at St. Aquinas in Litchfield and St. Vincent de Paul in Phoenix, 1977-1982. The abuse allegedly including oral sex. O'Brien denied the allegations. The Diocese was notified in 9/2016. Died 8/26/2018.

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Deacon Maxwell Rollin Pelton

Status: Sued

Died: 11/11/2010
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Worked as deacon 11/1991-10/2000 at Immaculate Conception Parish in Cottonwood. Retired in 2000. Arrested in 10/2009 and charged with molesting a 10-year-old boy for several months. Faculties revoked. Named in a civil suit filed in 5/2010. Died 11/11/2010 before final charges were filed.

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Fr. Henry Perez

Ordained: 1973
Status: Indicted

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Priest of the Diocese of Phoenix 1976-1984. Incardinated into the Diocese of Orange in 1989. Placed on leave in 1991 after the diocese learned of allegations in AZ. Sued twice in Phoenix in 1993. Accused of taking boys on trips from AZ to CA, giving them drugs and forcing them into orgies with other priests. Appears in both the Los Angeles archdiocese report errata and on the Orange report of abusive priests. Two civil suits were filed in 2003. Perez left the priesthood to marry. Indicted in Phoenix in 2003 for abuse of two in the 1970s-early 1980s. Working in 2002 with children as a "self described Anglican Catholic priest." Died of a heart attack at age 63 in 2003.

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Bishop James S. Rausch

Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 05/18/1981
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Former Secretary General of the NCCB. Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix from 1977 until his death in 1981. In 11/2001 a man gave a deposition in a case involving the Tucson diocese and Msgr. Robert Trupia, in which he stated that he was 17 when he began a sexual relationship with Rausch and over 18 when he was involved with Trupia and William T. Byrne. Trupia attempted to blackmail the diocese in 1992 by saying that he would release information on Bishop Rausch and the young man.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Jude (Charles)Ruetten

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 12/27/2015
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Given name Charles. Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/2019. It notes an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor in 1963 received in 1993. Ruetten was assigned to St. John's in Komatke, AZ 1960-1963, then to Pueblo, CO in 1964. Added to the Stockton diocese's list 11/12/2020, where he worked 1956-1959. Ruetten left the order in 1967 and married in 1971, settling in Phoenix, AZ. He died 12/27/2015.

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Fr. Marcel Salinas

Order: CMF
Ordained: 1954
Status: Sued

Died: 03/26/1997
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

In 1976 Salinas was the Phoenix diocese's director of Cursillos. He was accused in a lawsuit in 2006 of sexually abusing a 9-year-old boy in 1988 at St. Timothy Parish. A lawsuit filed in 12/2021 claims that Salinas sexually abused a 10-year-old girl in 1976 at Queen of Peace Parish in Mesa. He died 3/26/1997.

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Arizona Republic 10.12.06

Fr. Wilputte Alanson Sherwood

Ordained: 1975
Status: Convicted

Died: 12/29/2017
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Nickname "Lan." Arrested in 1984 and 1986 for public indecency. Arrested and convicted in 1993 of sexual contact and attempted sexual contact with a 14-year-old boy in 1987 at St. Benedict's in Chandler. Sentenced to 10 years in prison. Wrote in his diary of over 1800 male partners, of whom 22 were minors. Released from jail in 11/2003 and placed at Arizona State Hospital for evaluation as a sex offender. On lifetime probation. Disappeared in 2005 until arrested in 11/2008. On AZ sex offender registry 2/4/2012. Died 12/29/2017.

Fr. James A. Sinnerud

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1972
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Suspended in 11/2018 from Creighton Prep in Omaha NE after an allegation of sexual misconduct occurring prior to his time as a teacher there 1987-2008. He remained involved in the school beyond his 2008 retirement. Accused in a lawsuit filed by a man in 9/2020 under the AZ Child Victims Act of sexually abusing him as a Brophy Prep student in the 1980s. Sinnerud was a Brophy Prep teacher and coach 1980-1987.

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Fr. John D. Spaulding

Order: SC
Ordained: 1971
Status: Indicted

Died: 02/25/2020
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

"Jack." Removed without faculties 6/2011 when accused of sexual misconduct with a minor in the mid-1980s at St. Maria Goretti in Scottsdale. Review board found allegation credible. County Attorney did not investigate because alleged victim was deceased. A second man filed a complaint 8/2011; no prosecution due to the statute of limitations. Two more accusers came forward. The father of the original victim filed suit in 6/2012; dismissed. Special Tribunal in Rome 1/2014 recommended laicization. In 6/2019 a man alleged Spaulding abused him as a boy. Indicted in 1/2020 related to accusations he abused two boys under age 15 in 2003-2007, while assigned to St. Gabriel's in Phoenix and St. Timothy's in Mesa. Per Spaulding's attorney in 2/2020, the priest was too ill to appear in court for his arraignment. Rescheduled for 3/6/2020, but Spaulding died 2/25/2020.

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Diocese of Phoenix Community Notification Statements 10.15.12

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Br. Richard Allen Suttle

Order: CMF
Status: Accused

Died: 08/19/2021
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Accused in 2008 of sexual abuse 1982-1983 at Sacred Heart grade school in Prescott AZ, where he was a teacher and coach. The Phoenix diocese investigated; referred the case to the Claretians whose review board found the allegations credible, i.e. possible. Suttle denied the allegations. Assigned to Bourgade Catholic High School in Phoenix 1988-1998; Vietnam missionary in 2002; principal of Sacred Heart 2006-2008. In residence at IHM parish in San Antonio TX in summer 2008. Assigned in 2010 to direct a High School in East Nigeria. As of 6/2013 Sutte was in Buenos Aires Argentina with a Claretian UN team. He died 8/19/2021 in Dili, Timor-Leste.

Fr. Donald R. Verhagen

Order: SDS
Ordained: 1945
Status: Sued

Died: 09/20/2001
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Accused in a 2/2011 lawsuit of sexually abusing a girl in the late 1970s or early 1980s while assigned to St. Mark's in Phoenix. His accuser also claimed she was abused by Rev. James Bretl. Verhagen died 9/20/2001.

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Fr. John William Vovko

Ordained: 1968
Status: Convicted

Died: 12/22/2010
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Ordained for the Diocese of Cleveland. Transferred to AZ in about 1986. Mesa High School teacher. Convicted in 1990 and sentenced to one year in jail for trying to molest a two-year-old boy. Lifetime probation. Teaching certificate was to have been revoked. Shown as "absent on leave" from Cleveland in the 1988 Catholic Directory. Died in 12/2010. Included on the Cleveland diocese's list of credibly accused 6/21/2019.

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Br. Douglas Zlatis

Order: CFC
Status: Sued

Died: 12/2/2009
Diocese: Diocese of Phoenix AZ

Member of the Edmund Rice, or Irish, Christian Brothers. Entered the order in 1959. Named publicly as accused by the Phoenix diocese on its list 10/29/2019. Assigned 2001-2008 to St. Matthew's in Phoenix, where he was the school's vice-principal. Previously worked in Chicago IL, Peru, Staten Island NY, Burbank, IL, Honolulu HI, and Seattle WA. Accused in a 2014 lawsuit of sexually abusing a student at Damien Memorial High School in HI. Also accused in a 2016 lawsuit in HI of abusing a Damien Memorial student in 1982. Died 12/02/2009.

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Anderson and Associates Assignment Record

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