Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA - BishopAccountability.org

362 Accused in This Diocese

Fr. Rubin Abaya

Ordained: 1977
Status: Sued

One of seven priests named as defendants in 1984 civil suits filed by a 16-year-old girl sexually abused by Santiago (Henry) Tamayo and then by six other Filipino priests in Los Angeles. All fled the country (with support from Archdiocese) after suits filed. Others include Henry Caboang, Valentine Tugade, Sylvio Lacar, Victor Balbin, and Angelo Cruces. One of the priests (revealed in 2007 to have been Tugade) fathered the girl's child. Archdiocese contributed to support of child after dismissal of one suit. Survivor received $500K as part of the large 2007 Los Angeles settlement.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Milla v Tamayo, 187 Cal App 3d 1453 03.04.87
LA Times 12.05.07
Daily Breeze 12.05.07
SNAP Statement 08.09.13
SNAP Statement 09.06.13

Fr. Nicolas Aguilar-Rivera

Ordained: 1970
Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained in Mexico. Extern priest in L.A. 1987 after accused in Tehuacan, Mexico. Warrant issued 1988 for abuse of at least two. L.A. archdiocesan officials didn't contact police until after confronting Aguilar. Fled to Mexico. Reportedly abused at least 26 boys in 10 months. In 9/06, some survivors filed suit in L.A. accusing a Cardinal from Mexico of covering up Aguilar's past and helping him transfer to U.S. before abuse. Laicization announced 7/09. New suits 6/09, 8/10, 12/10 and 3/13. Personnel files released 1/13. Settlement of 11 claims 2/18/14. Suit filed 6/14 by two brothers claiming Aguilar sexually abused them at St. Agatha's in L.A. in 1987, when they were ages 9-11; settled 12/15.

Deacon Arturo Federico Ahumada

Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Deacon. Pleaded no contest in 3/02 of providing pornographic material to two boys and to misdemeanor sexual battery on one of them between 1999-2000 at Epiphany Church in South El Monte. Taken into custody in 5/02 pending sentencing. Sentenced 6/02 to one year in county jail, a 44-month suspended state prison term and five years felony probation. Required to register as sex offender. Per the Los Angeles archdiocese's list in 12/18, Ahumada is deceased.

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Fr. Pierre Albalaa

Ordained: 1995
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Maronite Rite priest with authority to practice within Maronite and Latin Rite churches. Suspended from ministry at a Columbus OH parish in 5/18 due to an investigation in Los Angeles of a credible allegation that he has sexually abused a minor in 2004. On the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18; noted to have left the archdiocese in 2007. On Columbus diocese's list 3/1/19. Removed from ministry.

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Fr. Sebastian Altamirano Torres

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Ordained: 1979
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Nayarit, Mexico. Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. It notes a report made in 2018 of incidents 1986-92, and that he left the archdiocese in 1990.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Joseph F. Alzugaray

Ordained: 1967
Status: Sued

Died: 01/31/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained for Los Angeles, incardinated into Diocese of Santa Rosa 6/17/96. Sued 2004. Accused of abuse of girl, age 8. He sued her for defamation of character (also sued SNAP and woman's attorney); his suit dismissed 4/06. Diocese said he was absolved of wrongdoing in 1995 and again in 2005. SNAP sued him for malicious prosecution and settled. Diocese reopened the investigation 2/08. Bishop ignored Review Board's advice; he was still active as of 4/10. Retired 10/31/11. Died 01/31/14. On Santa Rosa diocese's list 1/12/19. Noted to have been accused in 1993 of abuse 1967-93 in L.A.

Fr. David E. Anderson

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Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Report to archdiocese in 2015 of incidents alleged to have occurred 1987-92. Died in 2013.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Roger Anderson

Order: OFM Cap
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse from 1981-83 at Old Mission Santa Ines. In its 2004 report, L.A. archdiocese counts two accusers. Named in at least one civil suit. Per the archdiocese's list in 12/21, Anderson is deceased.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Br. Aloysius Antlitz

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Order: OFM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/19. No indication whether he was a priest or brother. Not indexed in 1958 or 1940 Directories, so may have been a brother. List notes sexual abuse of minors 1934-50s, reported in 1934 [?]. Left the order in 1966.

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Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 05.31.19

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Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 05.31.19

Fr. Andreas Arias

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Ordained: 1936
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a civil lawsuit of abuse in 1936 in Lompoc.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

Bishop Juan Arzube

Ordained: 1954
Status: Settled

Died: 12/25/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Ecuador. Ordained for Archdiocese of Los Angeles. In 2003 allegations arose of abuse of an 11-year-old boy 1975-76, while pastor at St. Alphonsus parish in East Los Angeles. L.A. archdiocese listed one accuser. Arzube denied the allegations. Retired in 1993. Named in a civil suit which was included in $660M settlement with archdiocese in summer 2007. Died 12/25/07. Limited personnel file released 1/13.

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Fr. Edmund Austin

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Order: OFM
Ordained: 1927
Status: Sued

Died: 05/23/1975
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

One of several religious assigned to Santa Barbara who were named as abusers in civil suit filed in 8/08 which alleged that the Franciscans constituted "an ongoing public nuisance as a result of their practice of shuttling pedophile priests among communities without warning members of the public that a sexual predator might be in their midst." Abuse allegedly took place in the 1970s.

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Fr. Delfin Babilonia

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Lucena City, Philippines. Named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. Noted to have received a report in 2010 of incident(s) in 1962, and that Babilonia left the archdiocese in 1963.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Michael Stephen Baker

Ordained: 1974
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

As many as 23 accusers. Two brothers settled in 2000 for $1.3M. Laicized 12/00. Criminal charges dropped due to CA Sup Court ruling. Arrested again 1/06. Included in 12/06 $60M settlement involving 22 priests. Also included in 7/07 massive $660M settlement. Pled guilty 12/07 to abuse of two boys. Sentenced to 10 years 4 months in prison. New suit 6/10. Released on parole 10/11. Arrested for probation violations 11/11 and 9/12. Some personnel files released 1/13. Settlement with 4 in 3/13 for $9.9M. Suit filed in 2/20 v the archdiocese and Cardinal Mahony related to Baker's abuse of a boy, ages 6-10, in 1993-97 at St. Columbkille in South Los Angeles.

Fr. Frederick R. Balak

Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named as accused in the 2005 Addendum to Archdiocese Report. Allegation of abuse of one minor 1967-68, while assigned to St. Augustine's in Culver City. The 2016 Official Catholic Directory shows a Fred Balak as director of the Mausoleum at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05

Fr. Victor Balbin

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a teenage girl. L.A. archdiocese counted one accuser in its 2004 report. Extern priest from the Philippines.

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Fr. Felipe Baldonado

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1938
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/19. Allegation received in 2003 of abuse in 1959. On the Las Cruces diocese's list 6/24/19, where he worked at Holy Cross Retreat Center in 1969. Died in 2003. Added to Stockton list in 11/20, where he had faculties 1953-64 as a mission preacher.

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Fr. Kevin P. Barmasse

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Ordained: 1982
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued in 2003. Accused of abuse 1982-1988. (Also allegations in Tucson, AZ). The L.A. archdiocese counted eight accusers. Settlement in AZ in 2005/2006 under bankruptcy plan for five claiming abuse by Barmasse. These individuals also sued the L.A. archdiocese and were included in massive $660M settlement in 7/07. Criminal investigation reopened in AZ in 7/07. Laicized 5/2/06 per L.A. personnel file released in 1/13.

Fr. John Bauer

Ordained: 1963
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Worked as priest in MT. Left active priesthood in 1970. Opened sex shop/adult book store in Bozeman, MT in 1981. Referred to as "Priest of Porn." On the run for 8 months after drug-related arrest in 1988.Sold store prior to his 12/89 arrest. Pled no contest in 1990 in Los Angeles to charges of making child porn videos and films in Mexico and California. Sentenced to 8 yrs prison. Died of a heart attack in federal prison in 1992. Believe he was removed from priesthood after he opened the book store. Included on the Helena diocese's list posted to its website 4/29/15 in compliance with the non monetary terms of the 3/5/15 bankruptcy settlement.

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Fr. Gaspar Bautista

Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Huejutla, Mexico. Incardinated into the Diocese of Fresno in 2004. Placed on leave in 3/16 due to allegations of inappropriate behavior with a minor when he was assigned to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Allegations not made public until 10/18. On the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18, which noted receipt of a report in 2016 of incidents in 1999 or 2000. Case closed by the Vatican's CDF after it deemed the allegations not proven. Per the Los Angeles archdiocese's list in 12/21, the Fresno diocese expected to restore Bautista's faculties.

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Fr. Christopher Berbena

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1980
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse in 1980. One accuser, per the L.A. archdiocese on its list of accused priests in 2004. Working in Oakland when placed on leave. Returned to active ministry within a month after the archdiocese could not supply information on the accuser. Named in a civil suit as one of ten accused Franciscans. Settlement announced 8/10/06. Placed on leave again in 2006. Reinstated in 2/08 after archdiocese could not substantiate the accusation.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Matthias A. Berumen

Ordained: 1986
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse from 1985-1988. Per L.A. archdiocese in 2004, there was one accuser claiming abuse in 1990. Also named in a civil suit. Per the archdiocese's list in 12/21L, Berumen was laicized.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Honesto Bayranta Bismonte

Ordained: 1954
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From the Philippines. Arrived in CA 1981. Removed from ministry in 4/02 due to allegations of abuse of two sisters, ages 12 and 8, 1997-2003 at St. Joseph's in Pomona. Arrested. Pled guilty to misdemeanor battery in 2003. Received two years probation. Accused in a lawsuit 11/19 of sexually abusing a girl, ages 8-12, beginning in 1993. The abuse allegedly occurred at the girl's aunt's home while Bismonte was assigned to St. Anthony's in Gardena.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Robert Boley

Order: OCarm
Ordained: 1975
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Worked in IL, NJ, Ontario CA, KY, CA, WDC, WI, PA and MA. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2006 in L.A. of "accosting" a young girl at a parish in the early 1980s. At the time the suit was filed, Boley was working as parochial vicar in Darien, IL. He left the assignment in 10/06 and moved to a Carmelite house in Joliet under a "safety plan." Case included in massive 7/07 $660M settlement by L.A. Archdiocese with 508 plaintiffs. Accused in a case settled in 6/22 of repeatedly sexually abusing a girl in the 1980s at a parochial school in Chicago. Included on the Chicago archdiocese's list in 10/22.

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Fr. Robert Bond

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly by the archdiocese as accused on it's list updated 12/6/18. Allegations of abuse in the 1970s reported to the archdiocese in 2010. Noted to have died in 2007.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Jerome Bouska

Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 01/31/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Parish priest, high school chaplain. Held chancery positions 1963-2009. Died 11/20/10. Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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BishopAccountability Assignment Record

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Fr. Leland Boyer

Ordained: 1949
Status: Sued

Died: 01/14/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued in 2003, accused of abusing 1973-82. L.A. archdiocese in 2004 counted two accusers. Retired 1/15/94. Died 1/14/03. Personnel file released in 1/13 revealed three complaints 1990-2002. Placed on restricted ministry in 1995 after a man alleged that Boyer molested him in the rectory at least twice at age 13 in 1982-83. File revealed another complaint from the early 1980s involving open-mouth kissing of a young man. Three more complainants known.

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Fr. John Lawrence Brennan

Ordained: 1932
Status: Sued

Died: 01/27/1983
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Accused of abuse occurring1954-56. Died in 1983. One accuser, per L.A. archdiocese in 2004.

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Brother Mark

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Order: SDB
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued 2003. Accused of abuse 1979-83. Alleged victim died by suicide.

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Pasadena Star-News 04.23.03

Br. Lawrence Brown

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Order: OCarm
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse between 1955-1956 by 1 accuser. Also named in lawsuit. At least one claim included in 11/06 $10M settlement with Order, L.A. Archdiocese and 7 people alleging abuse by 5 priests and religious. Per the L.A. archdiocese's list in 12/21, Brown is deceased.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Michael Daniel Buckley

Ordained: 1955
Status: Sued

Died: 05/1/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse occurring 1965-75. Per L.A. archdiocese in 2004 there were eight accusers. Lawsuit filed. As part of 2007 $660M settlement with 508 plaintiffs, archdiocese was to release personnel files. Buckley's files released 1/13. Complaints about his morals were received from parents in the mid-1960s. Died 5/1/07.

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Fr. Ronald Francis Burt

Order: CSP
Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused

Died: 10/24/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Paulist order on its list 3/8/19. It notes allegations reported in in 1986 and 2018 of abuse at Good Shepherd Parish in New York 1973-79. Burt died 10/24/94.

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Paulist Fathers List 03.08.19

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Paulist Fathers List 03.08.19

Seminarian Ed Byrom

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Order: OFM
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Pre-novitiate candidate, left the program in 1988. Accused in a 2004 civil suit of abusing at least one minor at Saint Anthony Seminary. Included on the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/19. It notes his name may have been Ed "Byron" rather than "Byrom," and that an allegation of sex abuse of minors in the 1980s was received in 1993.

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Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 05.31.19

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Fr. Honorato Cabaong

Ordained: 1960
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Extern priest from the Philippines. Sued in 1984. Cabaong and six other priests were accused of abuse of a girl. L.A. archdiocese report in 2004 shows one accuser. Claims against Cabaong and the other priests resolved for $500K as part of $660M settlement in 2007.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Br. Samuel Charles Cabot

Order: OFM
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse occurring 1980-85. Removed from public ministry in 2002. L.A. archdiocese noted two accusers. Two female cousins filed a civil suit in 2003. Claim settlement announced 8/06. Cabot "may be" the perpetrator in 8/08 civil suit. Plaintiffs uncertain. (See additional information in two suits filed Fall 2009.) Personnel file released 5/12. On Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/19. On the Las Cruces diocese's list 6/24/19, where he worked 1956-57. Died in 2019. Included in 8/21 on the Fresno diocese's list of credibly accused.

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Fr. Lynn Richard Caffoe

Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled

Died: 11/23/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Archdiocese received notice on 1/21/75 that Caffoe sexually abused altar boys at his first parish. Faculty had been concerned during his seminary training at St. John's in Camarillo. File summaries indicate at least 15 victims. Accused in every parish, including St. Callistus in what later became the Orange diocese. Removed after his therapist reported to authorities on 5/8/91. Treated at St. Luke's Institute 1991-92. Laicized 1/06. Settlement 7/14/07. Died in 2009. Personnel files released 1/13.

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Fr. James Cairns

Order: CM
Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse occurring 1971-1973. In 2004 the L.A. archdiocese counted one accuser. Added to the Stockton diocese's list in 11/20. It notes that he was assigned to Sacred Heart in Patterson 1980-82, Catholic Charities 1982-86 and Central Catholic High School 1981-86. Left his order in 2001.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06
Diocese of Stockton Revised List 11.12.20
VIncentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Felix Calonge

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Order: OFM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

A/k/a Raymond. Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/19. Allegation received in 2018 of the sexual abuse of a minor in 1965. On the Las Cruces diocese's list 6/24/19. First assignment was in 1965 in NM. Left the order in 1966. Included in 8/21 on the Fresno diocese's list of credibly accused.

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Fr. Juan Cano

Ordained: 2015
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Chihuahua, Mexico. Associate pastor of Our Lady of Grace in Encino. Placed on leave in 1/18 pending an investigation by the archdiocese and City Attorney after reports that Cano engaged in "inappropriate contact" with several women, including a minor, at his parish. On archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Incidents alleged to have occurred 2014-17. Removed from ministry. Reportedly six accusers. Per the Los Angeles Archdiocese's list in 12/21, Cano was on administrative leave.

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Fr. Cleve W. Carey

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Ordained: 1960
Status: Sued

Died: 05/31/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse between 1963-66. L.A. archdiocese counts two accusers ion its 2004 report. Named in at least one civil suit. Retired in 1976; died 5/31/88. His "personnel file" proffer was released in 1/13.

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Fr. David Carriere

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1963
Status: Settled

Died: 08/4/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse occurring 1978-79. Two accusers, per the L.A. archdiocese in 2004. Its errata says only one accuser. At least one civil suit filed. Named in 8/06 settlement. Personnel file released 5/12. On the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 7/231/9. It notes the sexual abuse of a minor 1977-79, reported in 2004 and 2006. Carrier died in 2000. Added to Stockton diocese's list, where he worked 1982-85 at St. Mary of the Assumption.

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Fr. Michael J. Carroll

Ordained: 1967
Status: Sued

Died: 05/27/2011
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Ireland, ordained in Los Angeles. Assignments included St. Anselm's, St. Michael High School, St. Brendan, St. John the Baptist de la Salle, St. Luke the Evangelist, St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, then pastor of at St. Lorenzo Luis in Walnut. Also St. Mary Magdalen Blessed Junipero Serra, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and St. Julie Billiart. Sued in 2003. Accused in 1995 of abuse of teen girl 1968-71 while he was at St. Anselm's. Allegations deemed unfounded and Carroll remained in ministry. Died 5/27/11.

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Fr. Raul Carvajal Hernandez

Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Report received 2009 of incident(s) in 1976. Carvajal Hernandez noted to have left the archdiocese in 1982. Name on Monterey diocese's list 1/2/19 (under the category of those not previously in the public domain.) Diocese received a report in 2005 of abuse by Carvajal 1984-85. Faculties removed.

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Fr. Edward J. Casey

Order: SSCC
Ordained: 1960
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abusing three minors 1974-79, while assigned to Damien Boys High School in LaVerne. In 2004 the L.A. archdiocese counted three accusers. Named in at least one civil suit. Laicized, per the L.A. archdiocese's list in 12/21.

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Fr. John Joseph Casey

Order: CM
Ordained: 1932
Status: Sued

Died: 12/7/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse 1944-45 in at least one civil suit. L.A. archdiocese counts one accuser in its 2004 report. Died in 2000, age 96.

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Fr. Michael Joseph Casey

Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Died: 03/24/1978
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. Allegations noted to have been received in 2010 of abuse in the 1960s. Casey died 3/24/78.

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Fr. Gildardo Castellanos-Morfin

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Extern priest from Mexico. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on its list in 12/22. Noted to be deceased. Appears to have been assigned to the archdiocese approximately 1982-86.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles List 12.21.21

Fr. Willebaldo Castro

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Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Extern priest from Mexico working in the L.A. archdiocese as of 1956. Accused of abuse between 1973-1978. Per the archdiocese in 2005, there were 4 accusers. Named in at least 1 civil suit. Arrested for approaching a security guard in a store bathroom, apparently for sex. Reportedly returned to Mexico in 1980. Personnel file released in 1/13.

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Fr. Camillus Charles Cavagnaro

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1946
Status: Accused

Died: 03/14/2011
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/19. Allegation received in 2004 of the sexual abuse of a minor 1962-65. On the Las Cruces diocese's list 6/24/19 (misspelled Cavagaro), where he worked 1971-73 and 1989-90. Died 3/14/11. On Phoenix diocese's list, where he worked in 1985. Added to the Gallup diocese's list in 8/19; assigned there 9/1/78-5/84.

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Fr. Vincent V. Cavalli

Order: OP
Ordained: 1948
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse occurring 1966-68. Per L.A. archdiocese in 2004, there was one accuser. Named in at least one civil suit.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. David Paul Chandler

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Order: CSP
Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese in its "Final Addendum to the Report to the People of God" in 10/08. Included on the Paulists' list 3/8/19. It notes allegations received 1986 and 2004 of abuse in 1982 at St. Paul the Apostle in Los Angeles. Chandler went on leave of absence 1981-82, then left the Paulists.

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Paulist Fathers List 03.08.19

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles October 2008
Paulist Fathers List 03.08.19

Br. Damien Chong

Order: OCarm
Status: Settled

Died: 10/21/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Accused in lawsuit settled 3/15 of abuse of boy at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino CA, 1984-86. Plaintiff said Chong would sexually abuse him after football practice in Chong's living quarters, sometimes plying him with alcohol. Also worked in dioceses and archdioceses of Cleveland, Washington DC, Chicago, and Boston. Died 10/21/14.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Br. Gerald T. Chumik

Order: OFM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of forcing a boy at ages 12 and 15 to perform oral sex during the 1970s in Canada. Criminal charges filed in 1990. Lived in a Franciscan retirement home in Santa Barbara CA for many years. Retired. Reportedly in 2005, was living at Wounded Brothers (RECON), a Franklin County, MO home for troubled priests. On the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans' list 5/31/19. It notes sexual abuse of a minor in 1973 reported in 1990, and that he was living in an 'elder care facility' in MO since 2004. Included in 8/21 on the Fresno diocese's list of credibly accused.

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Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 05.31.19

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Fr. Mario Cimmarrusti

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled

Died: 11/23/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Treated at Servants of the Paraclete center 1981-82. Known to have abused minor boys prior to that time. Accused in 1994 of abuse at St. Anthony seminary. Named in a 2003 civil suit. Also civil settlements in 3/06. L.A. archdiocese counts 12 accusers with accusations 1962-69. Last known address was San Damiano Retreat House in Danville. (See further accusations in attached petition filed 11/09.) Personnel files released 5/12. Died 11/23/13. On Oakland diocese's list in 2019. On the Santa Barabara Province Franciscans list 5/31/19. It notes allegations of the sexual abuse of minors 1962-69 reported in 1993 and 2004. On Stockton's 12/20 list, where he worked 1982-85.

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Fr. John V. Coffield

Ordained: 1941
Status: Sued

Died: 02/2/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 5/02 of abusing a boy at Dolores Mission in Los Angeles 1960-62. Named in a civil suit filed in 12/03. Per archdiocese in 2004, there was one accuser. L.A. report says that he molested in the Orange diocese but he is not on diocesan list of abusers. A second accuser alleged abuse, also at Dolores Mission, after civil suit filed. Died 2/2/05 in California.

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Fr. Eugene J. Colosimo

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 04/26/2006
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits West Province on its list 12/7/18. It notes sexual abuse of a minor 1957-59, reported in 1993. On Los Angeles archdiocese list 12/18/18. Report in 2016 of incident in 1978. Taught at Jesuit high schools in San Jose CA, Phoenix AZ, Santa Barbara CA, and Los Angeles. Some parish work as well, including many years at St. Leander in San Leandro, per his obituary. Lived at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos 1994 until his death 4/26/06.

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Fr. Ozias Bailey Cook

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Ordained: 1940
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly by the Los Angeles archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. Allegations reported in 2010 of incidents in 1974 or 1975. Cook died in 1984.

Sources:

Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Candido Corcoles

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Extern priest.

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Fr. Andres S. Corral

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse in 1981. The L.A. archdiocese counted one accuser in its 2004 report. Extern priest from Philippines working in Archdiocese.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. John V. Cosgrove

Ordained: 1955
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse occurring 1979-80. Died in 1989. In 2004 the L.A. archdiocese counted one accuser. Named in at least one civil suit.

Assignments:

LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Patrick J. Cotter

Ordained: 1957
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued in 2003. Accused of abuse occurring 1963-64. In 2004 the L.A. archdiocese counted two accusers.

Assignments:

LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Times 08.18.02
LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. R. David Cousineau

Ordained: 1972
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse occurring 1970-73. In 2004 L.A. archdiocese counted one accuser. Named in at least one civil suit. Suspended from ministry in 1994 after he married.

Assignments:

LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
City of Angels 12.07.07

Fr. Daniel J. Cremins

Ordained: 1947
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse occurring 1965-71. Deceased. In 2004 the L.A .archdiocese counted one accuser.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Sean Cronin

Ordained: 1973
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Ireland. Arrived in L.A. archdiocese in 1972. Sued in 2003, accused of abuse between 1972-80. In 2004 the archdiocese counted two accusers. Personnel file released in 1/13 reveals he provided liquor to an underage teen he was counseling, asked the boy sexual questions and took him to see a movie with homosexual sex scenes. On administrative leave 2004-11. Laicized 1/26/11.

Assignments:

LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Angel Cruces

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Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued in 1983. Accused of abuse of 1 girl. L.A. archdiocese counts 1 accuser. Extern priest from Philippines working in Archdiocese since 1978. Died in 1996. As part of 2007 $660M settlement with 508 plaintiffs, Archdiocese was to release personnel files. Personnel files released 1/13.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Jose Luis Cuevas

Ordained: 1974
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Former Combonian Missionary. Incardinated into the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 2006. Arrested 7/12 after two women and a 17-year-old girl complained that he had sexually assaulted them. Arrest took place in Mexico; he was immediately extradited to Los Angeles. Charged with 8 misdemeanors plus one felony count involving lewd acts with a child. Removed from St. Athanasius parish. Archdiocese said allegations appeared credible. Pled no contest. Sentenced 1/13 to 5 years probation and to register as sex offender. Ordered by Vatican in 2018 to a life of prayer and penance. On archdiocese's list updated 12/6/18.

Fr. Christopher John Cunningham

Ordained: 1989
Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Removed from parish 3/04, no explanation. Sent to another by Cardinal Mahoney. Had been outspoken critic of Mahoney's handling of sex abuse cases. Removed 2006 from active ministry. Included on list quietly posted on archdiocese website 1/13 of credibly accused. Per 5/7/15 lawsuit, abuse in 2001-02 of a 12-13 year-old boy. Per suit, Cunningham often had boys with him in his living quarters. Settled 1/19. Accused in 2017 suit of abuse of 4 boys, ages 10-15, mid-1990s-early 2000s at 3 parishes; suit claims reports made to superiors in each case, to no avail. Cunningham denied all allegations. In 11/17 was found to be psychologist with youth counseling specialty in RI. Arrested in 4/21 in RI, charged with sex assault in '90s-early 2000s of 4 L.A. children. Pled not guilty 4/30/21.

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BIshopAccountability 01.31.13

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Fr. Wallace J. Daley

Ordained: 1955
Status: Settled

Died: 04/8/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 2002 of abuse of a boy 1957-63. Excardinated from L.A. Archdiocese in 1976. Apparently remained active in the Diocese of Orange as well as in Baja and other remote places. Named in at least one civil suit which settled in 2006. Died 4/8/2000, per personnel file released by L.A. archdiocese 1/13. Many sporatic assignments and leaves.

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Fr. John H. Dawson

Ordained: 1967
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Placed on sick leave in 1993 after allegations. Sent to Paracletes for treatment. On inactive leave in 1995. Accused of abuse of at least 10 in 1970s-80s. Supported by Archdiocese for many years; never reported to police. Named in at least one lawsuit. As part of 2007 $660M settlement with 508 plaintiffs, archdiocese was to release personnel files. Personnel file released 1/13.

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Fr. John P. Deady

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Ordained: 1939
Status: Sued

Died: 03/7/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused 4/23/02 of sexually abusing one person 1956-57. Complainant filed suit. Deady had served as Navy chaplain 1943-46. Died 3/7/89.

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Br. Donald DeFore

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Order: CSC
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Per the L.A. archdiocese's report in 2004, DeFore was accused of abusing a minor 1977-78.

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Harold J. DeJonghe

Ordained: 1957
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued in 2003. Accused of abusing a minor 1980-82. Died in 1998. Archdiocese said it investigated and deemed allegations unfounded.

Assignments:

LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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La Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Harold F. DeLisle

Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Assigned briefly after ordination to St. Genevieve's in Van Nuys, then to St. Andrew's in Pasadena 1960-65, and to Ss. Peter and Paul in Wilmington 1965-68. DeLisle was Absent on Leave 1968-69, then reassigned. Per the Official Catholic Directory he was at St. Linus in Norwalk 1969-70, St. Athanasius in Long Beach 1970-75, St. Didacus in Sylmar 1975-78 and Our Lady of Grace in Encino 1978-79. He was Absent on Leave again beginning in 1979. Accused of abuse of two minors between 1967 and 1977. Deceased, per 2004 Archdiocese list. However, in 6/10 a reader notified BishopAccountability that DeLisle was alive and living in Twentynine Palms, CA.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. James Devaney

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Order: ST
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a lawsuit of abusing a minor 1968-70. Per the Los Angeles archdiocese's list in 12/21, Devaney is deceased.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Joseph B. Di Peri

Order: SM
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of student at Chaminade High School in Canoga Park in 1977-78. He was a priest from Newark NJ working in LA archdiocese. He reportedly removed himself from active priesthood and was living under supervision in a retirement home for priests in NJ. Died in 3/07. Marianist personnel file released 7/13 as part of 2007 L.A. settlement. Included on the Newark archdiocese's list 2/13/19.

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Fr. William L. Diamond

Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Publicly named as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Allegations received in 2016 of incidents 1965-74. Diamond died 9/11/82.

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Fr. Arwyn N. Diesta

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Ordained: 1978
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Extern priest from Philippines working in Archdiocese 1978-88. Returned to Philippines. Accused in 1992 of abuse of several students 1982-88. Cardinal Mahony wrote in 1993 to Diesta's Bishop in Philippines and to the Vatican. In 2001, Mahony found him working as a U.S. Navy chaplain and at a seminary in the Philippines. Mahony wrote again to Vatican and also informed US Military, LA Police and authorities in Philippines. Still active priest there as of 2013. L.A. personnel file released 1/13.

Assignments:

LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
LA Times 02.16.13

Fr. Frederick Dittmar

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Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued. Accused of abuse.

Fr. Michael Son Trong Doan

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Order: CSsR
Ordained: 2000
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Alleged to have abused a minor 1999. The 2002 Catholic Directory lists name as Doan Trong Son (with Son as last name) and shows him assigned to the Vietnamese Redemptorist Mission, but does not show that he is a member of the Redemptorist Order.

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Br. Dan Dobbins

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Order: CSC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named in 2006 L.A. Times Database of abuse 1979-80 at Rancho San Antonio in Chatsworth. Included in at least one civl suit.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

Fr. Edward J. Dober

Ordained: 1976
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a 5/21/02 letter to the archdiocese of improperly hugging a boy in 1990-91. Dober denied the charge and the archdiocesan review board deemed the accusation unfounded on 10/9/02. The complainant filed suit in 2003 and was included in the global $60M settlement in 12/06 with 44 others. Beginning in 1976, Dober was a reserve chaplain in the U.S. Air Force. Pastor of St. John of God in Norwalk, CA 2007 until his retirement in 2016.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. John B. Doherty

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Ordained: 1939
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abusing a minor 1967-69. Suit filed in 12/03. (Name in suit is spelled Dougherty.) Retired in 1987, died in 2002.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
City of Angels 12.07.07

Fr. Roger J. Doherty

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Order: SSCC
Status: Accused

Died: 10/14/1970
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (SS.CC.). Named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. It notes a report received in 2014 of an incident in 1962. Doherty died in 1970.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. James E. Dolan

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Ordained: 1925
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1962. Died in 1974. Named in a civil suit.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Thomas J. Dove

Order: CSP
Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Died: 10/2/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. It notes an allegation received in 2014 of incidents 1972-77. Accusations were reportedly of the sexual abuse of a minor female at the Catholic Information Center in L.A. He worked in L.A. 1965-74. Assigned to the Paulist Center in Boston 1961-62. Removed from ministry in 2014, living at a Paulist residence in San Francisco; still there in 2019. On the Paulists' list 3/8/19. Included in the Memphis diocese's report 2/28/20. Dove died in 10/20. Included in 10/22 on the Chicago archdiocese's list, where he was assigned 1985-92.

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Fr. Francis Leo Dowd

Order: CSsR
Ordained: 1934
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a 12/03 civil suit of abuse of a girl 1963-64. Not indexed in the Official Catholic Directory after 1982. Deceased.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Br. Donald J. DuFour

Order: CSC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Per the Los Angeles diocese in 2005, DuFour was accused by one person of abuse occurring 1977-79, while assigned to Rancho San Antonio Boys Home in Chatsworth, CA. Named in a civil suit. Per social media in 2022, a Don Dufour, CSC was living in New York and in 2018 was pictured with children while visiting his alma mater, Holy Cross School, in New Orleans.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Albert Joseph Duggan

Ordained: 1932
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Report to L.A. police in 2001 that Duggan sexually abused a boy, age 12, in 1969 at St. Frances in Azusa, CA. Accused in 11/21/03 suit of abusing a boy 1963-67 at same parish. L.A. archdiocesan report on 2/17/04 counted 3 alleging abuse 1963-71, presumably the 2001 and 2003 complainants and one other. The 2001 complainant was included in $660M LA settlement on 7/14/07. Retired 1976; died 9/79. Personnel file "proffer" released 1/13.

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Fr. Joseph Dunne

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Per archdiocese in 2004, accused of abuse of one person in 1993. Extern priest from the Glasgow, Scotland diocese. Archdiocese confirmed in 1/19 that Dunne's alleged victim was a girl and that the abuse was reported in 1/93. He had been working without permission since summer 1992 at OLPH parish in Newhall. Law enforcement did not press charges. Archdiocese contacted Glasgow diocese, which revealed that there were previous allegations against Dunne. He may have returned to Scotland.

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
KHTS Radio 01.14.19

Fr. Donald M. Duplessis

Order: OSM
Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Per the L.A. archdiocese's report in 2005, Duplessis (at times spelled Duplessius) was accused by one person of abuse occurring 1968-70, while assigned to Servite High School in Anaheim. Lawsuit filed. Reportedly died in 2018.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05

Fr. Sebastian C. Elanjimannil

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1983
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Report noted in 2018 of an incident in 2018. Also noted to have left the archdiocese in 2007.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Andrew Gabriel Encinas

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Ordained: 1990
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. It noted that a report was made in 2009 regarding alleged incidents in 1993-94. Encinas went on inactive leave in 1998.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Thomas Patrick English

Ordained: 1927
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Sued in 2003, accused of abuse in 1969. Died 1975. The archdiocese concluded the allegations were unfounded.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
Tribune 02.07.10

Br. Mark Epperson

Order: SDB
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued. Accused of abuse of a minor between 1980-82 while assigned to Don Bosco Tech High School in San Gabriel. Named in Addendum to L.A. Archdiocese report in 2005. Per the L.A. archdiocese's list in 12/21, Epperson left his order.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Br. Joseph Eslava

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Order: CMF
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Noted on the archdiocese's list in 12/21 to be deceased.

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Fr. Mark A. Falvey

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1928
Status: Settled

Died: 05/13/1975
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 2002 and 2003 by three people of abuse in 1950s-60s. Named in multiple civil suits. Worked in CA, China, Philippines. Accused of abusing at least 10 children 1959-75. Died 5/13/75. Tentative settlement of $16M reached between 9 plaintiffs and Jesuit order in 5/07. Philippines presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said in 12/15 Falvey abused him when he was a freshman at Ateneo de Davao High School, and that he molested other students as well. Brother of Fr. Arthur Falvey who also was accused of abuse in a 2009 settlement of a separate case. The same man later received settlements from the Jesuits, the Sacramento diocese and Los Angeles archdiocese for claims of abuse in Sacramento by both Frs. Mark and Arthur Falvey 1955-61. The abuse allegedly occurred during Mark Falvey's visits with Arthur in Sacramento.

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Fr. Clint Farabaugh

Order: CPPS
Ordained: 1955
Status: Sued

Died: 05/13/1990
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese in its 2004 report. One accuser noted, of abuse occurring 1973-75. Assigned 1970-90 to St. Agnes parish in L.A. One civil lawsuit known. Died 5/13/90.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Donald G. Farmer

Ordained: 1963
Status: Arrested

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Left priesthood in the late 1960s. Laicized in 1972. Working as marriage and family counselor in 2003 when arrested for the abuse in 1966 of four preteens. Charged with 14 felony counts. Charges dismissed in 2003 when CA law was overruled by Supreme Court. Named in at least three civil suits.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. John V. Farris

Order: CM
Ordained: 1949
Status: Sued

Died: 07/6/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Attended St. John Seminary in Kansas City and worked in nine Missouri parishes. Major issues with alcoholism throughout career. Spent seven years at St. John's and/or Queen of Angels Seminary in CA. Sued in 2003 in CA, accused of abuse of a youth 1951-1954. Died in 2003. Personnel file released 09/09/13. Also worked in Denver CO and Cape Girardeau and Perryville, MO. On Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese's list updated 4/1/19. Included on the Vincentians list in 2020.

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Br. Charles George Fatooh

Order: SM
Ordained: 1985
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a 2006 lawsuit of abuse of a student 1973-74 at Chaminade College Prep in Canoga Park, where he was later principal. Left the Marianists and was ordained a priest on 8/24/85 for the Monterey diocese, where he became monsignor, Chancellor, and Moderator of the Curia. Still listed as an active priest at St. Joseph church in Cayucos in the 2010 Monterey Directory. Marianist personnel file released 7/13 as part of 2007 LA settlement.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Gerald Faue

Order: OSB
Ordained: 1951
Status: Sued

Died: 01/30/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Also known as Fr. Mathias. Accused of abuse in 1965-67 at St. Benedict in Montebello CA. Named in at least two civil suits. Died 1/30/88. Some of his personnel files released in 7/13 reference "his problem" or "difficulty." Buried at Saint Gregory Abbey Cemetery in Shawnee, OK. Included on the Archiocese of Oklahoma's list in 10/19 of those credibly accused of abuse of a minor in the archdiocese.

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Fr. John J.C. Feeney

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Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Died: 01/16/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Died 1/16/04. Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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BishopAccountability Assignment Record

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Fr. Arthur N. Fernando

Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of sexually abusing a minor 1973-75 at St. Pius V in Buena Park. Named in at least one civil suit.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Walter Fernando

Ordained: 1973
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained in 1973 in Sri Lanka. Visiting priest in Los Angeles in 1981. Incardinated into the archdiocese in 1986. Sued in 2003, accused of abusing of girl, age 17, in 1980-81 while assigned to St. Hilary's in Pico Rivera. Placed on leave in 2004.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Gerald B. Fessard

Ordained: 1972
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 1987 to sexually abusing children. Sent to Servants of the Paraclete for treatment. Pled no contest to battery and assault of students at San Fernando Mission minor seminary. Sentenced to three years probation. May have had conviction expunged after probation ended. Worked at Tribunal 1987 until his removal by the archdiocese in 2002. In 1994 sent to St. Luke's institute for treatment after parishioners complaint he would show up at youth group meetings, at times drunk. Accused in 1997 by a man of abusing him as a boy, age 8 or 9. Accused of abuse by at least eight people. Reportedly abused more than twenty. Fessard was one of six accused priests assigned to Santa Clara Parish in Oxnard 1962-96. Personnel file released 1/13. Laicized 12/19/07.

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Fr. William Finn

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Order: OCarm
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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Fr. James J. Fitzpatrick

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Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 01/31/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained for the Dallas-Ft. Worth diocese. Accused of abusing in Los Angeles 1967-68. Described in L.A. archdiocesan report as extern priest from TX. Worked 1969-73 at a parish in the Ft. Worth diocese. Died 8/6/73. On Dallas diocese's list 1/31/19.

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Fr. Thomas Q. Fitzpatrick

Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a child in 1987, while assigned to Daniel Murphy Catholic High School for Boys. Included in the archdiocese's 2004 report of accused priests.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Patrick Flannery

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Allegations reported to the archdiocese in 2010 of incidents 1955-1960. Flannery died in 1973.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Vincent Stephen Flynn

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Allegations reported in 2016 of incidents in 1961. Flynn died in 1969.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. George Foley

Order: SSCC
Ordained: 1963
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained in Ireland. Accused in 2002 of abuse of a girl 1971-74 while he was sexually involved with her mother. Archdiocese knew in 1974 of allegations against Foley of involvement with women. Left the Order and Archdiocese in 1974. Named in a civil suit in 2003.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. James Michael Ford

Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Died: 05/22/2011
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a lawsuit in L.A. of abuse of a boy 1968-71 at Mater Dei High School and Holy Family Cathedral, beginning when the boy was age 14. Archdiocese investigated and found no basis for the allegation. Accuser received $225K from the Orange diocese (established in 1976) and more from L.A. He told Archbishop Mahony of many other victims. Ford was sent to Santa Barbara in 1971 even after his accuser told two priests (both accused) that he was abused. Retired 6/05. Faculties removed 2006 and restored in 2008. Died 5/22/11. Personnel file released 1/13.

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Fr. Brian Cavanagh

Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list in 12/21. Retired, no faculties.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles List 12.21.21

Fr. Dominic T. Gaioni

Order: SVD
Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1977, per LA Archdiocese report in 2004. Included on San Bernardino diocese's list 10/9/18, where he worked 1986-92 at St. Catherine of Siena in Rialto.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
Diocese of San Bernardino list 10.09.18

Fr. George Michael Gallagher

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Ordained: 1928
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of two minors, per L.A. Report. One woman alleged abuse 1953-62 in a 2003 civil suit. Retired in 1979. Died in 1983. Personnel file released in 1/13.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
New Times 03.28.13

Fr. Miguel Gameros

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on its list in 12/21. Appears to have worked in the archdiocese approximately 1982-84. Extern priest from Mexico. Deceased.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles List 12.21.21

Fr. Jesus Garay

Ordained: 1991
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Extern priest from Argentina. Accused in a 2004 lawsuit of raping a 17-year-old girl in 1997. The girl worked as a part-time secretary at Holy Family Church in Wilmington, CA, where Garay was assigned. She said she became pregnant in 12/97, the abuse continued until about 4/98, and Garay pressured her to have an abortion. She gave birth to the child and, per the lawsuit, the archdiocese did not inform authorities of the abuse, nor did they provide medical coverage during the pregnancy or support after the baby was born. He was returned to Argentina when the girl became visibly pregnant and was allowed parish ministry in the Diocese of Concordia. Garay was named in the 2005 Los Angeles archdiocesan report addendum. He reportedly left ministry in 2008 and married.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Associated Press via San Diego Tribune 10.05.04
LA Archdiocesean Report Addendum 11.15.05
Revista Analisis de la Actualidad 07.30.10

Fr. Carmelo Garcia

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Order: OFM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Spain. Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/19. It notes allegations of the sexual abuse of a minor 1988-91, reported in 1998. Left the Province in 1989, returned to Spain.

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Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 05.31.19

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Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 05.31.19

Fr. Cristobal Garcia

Order: OP
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Arrived in Los Angeles in 1983 and left in 11/85. Sued in 1988 for abuse of two boys between 1983-86. Accused of abuse and boundary violations. Suspended by his order in 1985 and later expelled. Fled to the Philippines. Became part of the Archdiocese of Cebu. A second allegation in a civil suit in 2003. Removed without privileges in 6/12 by Cebu Archbishop on CA allegations. Also linked to ivory smuggling. Personnel files were to be released in Fall 2012. Included in 10/21 on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list. Laicized in 2017. Died in 2021.

Fr. Peter E. Garcia

Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

On leave 1984-2006. Laicized 1/3/06. Died 7/29/09. Archdiocese knew of past abuse by at least 1988. Sued in 2003. Accused of abusing at least 12 minors 1961-83. At least one claim settled as part of 2007 $660M settlement with 508 plaintiffs. Personnel files released 1/13 reveal that Garcia often targeted boys who were illegal immigrants, He would threaten to have them deported if they told. He admitted abusing boys from ordination. Received treatment in NM in the mid-1980s; also worked there.

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Fr. Ramon D. Garcia

Status: Sued

Died: 11/29/1972
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Named in a civil suit and in the 2005 addendum to the L.A. Archdiocesan report. His accuser claimed abuse 1950-52. Died 11/29/72.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05

Fr. Richard Francis Garcia

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Ordained: 1958
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Complaint received in 2002 that Garcia abused a male between 1961-1963. Left the priesthood in 1967.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05

Fr. Sergio E. Garcia

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Ordained: 1994
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's list updated 12/6/18. Per the Official Catholic Directories, Garcia was a member of the Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception (C.R.I.C.). Reports to the archdiocese in 2013 and 2015, of incidents alleged to have occurred in 1995 and in 2013. Faculties removed 2013.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Martin Gates

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Died: 07/7/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

"Marty." Initially took the name "Marius." Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Franciscans on its list 5/31/19. It notes allegations of the sexual abuse of minors 1970-79, reported in 1993 and 1995. Gates was assigned in 1970 to a Phoenix parish, then worked in Mexico 1971-99. He died in 2000. On the Phoenix diocese's list, with no known allegations there. On the Stockton diocese's list 11/12/20, where he worked 1964-65.

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Fr. Denis Ginty

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Ordained: 1927
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained in Ireland. Arrived in Los Angeles in 1928. Died in 1985. Allegations in 1993 of abuse in 1932. Allegations in 1997 of abuse 1978-80. Civil suit filed in 2003 claimed abuse in 1932. Archdiocese counted four accusers in its 2004 report. Accused in a lawsuit that settled in 2020 in the low five figures of sexually abusing a girl, age 10, in 1968. The girl was a CCD student at Church of the Nativity in El Monte, where Ginty was assigned.

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Garabedian Law Offices Assignment Record
LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. David F. Granadino

Ordained: 1981
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Multiple allegations. Placed on leave in 2002 due to an accusation of abuse of a boy in the 1980s. The abuse allegedly began when the boy was age 13 and continued for almost eight years. Granadino denied the allegation. Included in the Archdiocese's 2004 report. Per the archdiocese's updated report in 12/21, Granadino had been laicized.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Donald Grasha

Ordained: 1984
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Per WeddingPriest.org, a website accessed in 2/20, Grasha was presenting himself as a priest, available to perform weddings. The site's bio also stated he was an addiction counselor in Southern CA, and had a wife.

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BishopAccountability Assignment Record

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Final Addendum 01.31.13
Digital Journal 02.14.13
Wedding Priest website accessed 02.19.20

Fr. Philip L. Grill

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Ordained: 1943
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Retired in 1989. Entered retirement home in 1998. Accused of abuse in from 1965-1966. At least 1 civil suit.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. James Grimes

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Ordained: 1942
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of 1 person 1958-59. Retired in 1974. Died 1978. At least four instances of "sick leave."

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Br. Mateo Guerrero

Order: OFM
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

One of several religious assigned to Santa Barbara who were named as abusers in a civil suit filed 8/08, which alleged that the Franciscans constituted "an ongoing public nuisance as a result of their practice of shuttling pedophile priests among communities without warning members of the public that a sexual predator might be in their midst." Abuse allegedly took place in 1970s, 1990s-2000s. (See information in two petitions filed fall 2009.) On the Santa Barbara Province Franciscan's list 5/31/19. It notes an allegation in 2006, but the "purported victim" was not forthcoming with information despite numerous attempts. Credibility and details "unconfirmned."

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Fr. Roderic M. Guerrini

Ordained: 1963
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained in Ireland for the Jesuits. Arrived in L.A. archdiocese 1975, incardinated 1988. In 1992 a woman told archdiocese Guerrini sexually abused her at age 15 at Santa Clara in Oxnard. Her two sisters also alleged he abused them. Police investigated. Referred to a therapist, allowed to remain in ministry. Retired 6/02 after allegations public. Named in massive suit filed 2003. Claims settled in 7/07 when archdiocese agreed to $660M settlement with over 500 plaintiffs. Named in 10/18 lawsuit. On Jesuits West list 12/7/18.

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Fr. George A. Gunst

Ordained: 1950
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a 2003 lawsuit of sexually abusing a girl in 1955 while assigned to Our Lady of Guadalupe and Nativity parishes in El Monte. Was on sick leave in 1974 and military leave on two occasions. Died in 1995.

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Fr. Vicente M. Guzman

Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Extern priest from Mexico. Named in a 2003 civil suit. Accused of abuse of a minor 1931-1941. Died in 1951.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. John Joseph Hackett

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Status: Sued

Died: 12/7/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Died 12/7/88. Accused in a civil suit of abuse of one person in 1969.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report Errata Notice # 1

Fr. Clinton Vincent Hagenbach

Ordained: 1961
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Multiple allegations. Civil suit settled in 2002 for $1.5M. Died in 1987. Allegedly abused 1960s-1980s. Reportedly molested more than a dozen children at two parishes late 1960s-early 1970s. There were 16 plaintiffs in trial set for mid-2007. Massive LA archdiocese settlement for $660M for 500+ cases 7/14/07 just prior to this trial.

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Fr. Bernard Brian Hanley

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Ordained: 1958
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained in Ireland and arrived in L.A. in 1958. Returned to Ireland in 1965 and continued as an active priest through at least the early 2000s. In 2002 or 2003 a woman alleged abuse by Hanley when she was age 4. Accused in a 2004 suit of abusing two minors in 1965. Church did not believe allegations. Personnel file released in 1/13.

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Fr. Michael Joseph Haran

Ordained: 1945
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse. Died 1973. One victim alleged abuse in 1948. A 2003 civil suit alleged abuse of one 1949-57. Archdiocese released only one page from Haran's personnel file in 1/13 when it released those of over 200 accused priests.

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Fr. Paschal Hardy

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Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's list updated 12/6/18. Allegations reported in 2008 of incidents 1958-1961. Hardy died in 1989.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Charles W. Harman

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Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Spelled 'Harmon' in the 1988 Official Catholic Directory. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Allegations reported 2009 of incidents 1967-1974. Harman died in 2006.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Richard A. Hartman

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Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse in 1958-59. At least one civil suit filed. Deceased. On Los Angeles list of abusers and on Orange County diocese list. Personnel file released by L.A. in 1/13.

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Orange County Weekly 03.04.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
New Times 03.28.13

Fr. Thomas E. Havel

Order: SM
Ordained: 1963
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained for the L.A. archdiocese. Joined the Marianists in 1972. Requested laicization. Became a psychiatrist. A 1989 civil suit was dismissed due to the statute of limitations. Accused by a woman in 2002 of abuse as a minor 1968-73. Order settled. Another suit filed 2003. Per L.A., laicized prior to 7/5/02. Personnel file released by Order 7/13.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Benjamin Hawkes

Ordained: 1950
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Served as administrative officer and treasurer for archdiocese until Mahoney became archbishop in 1985. Died 9/85. Accused in 1995 of abuse of two boys 1973-85, while assigned to St. Basil in L.A. Claims settled. As part of 2007 $660M settlement with 508 plaintiffs, archdiocese was to release personnel files. Personnel files on 25 priests, including Hawkes released 1/13.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Br. Gerald Heather

Order: OFM
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused with Rev. Robert Van Handel, OFM in a 2004 suit of abusing two choir boys at St. Anthony's Seminary in Santa Barbara 1989-94. Called a priest in the article we cite but not listed in Directory. Provisionally listed here as a brother. Per the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/19, "No record of this individual being a Friar. No files or complaint information available."

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Fr. Richard Allen Henry

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Ordained: 1972
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Archbishop Mahony warned in writing in 1988 about Henry's behavior around young boys. Removed in 1991. Pled guilty in 12/91 to abuse of four boys 1985-1991. Received treatment. Sentenced in 1993 to eight years in prison. Removed from active ministry in 1993. New accusations in 2002. Civil suit 2003 by three plaintiffs. A total of 13 accusers per archdiocese list. Included in 12/06 $60M settlement involving 22 priests. Personnel file released in 1/13.

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Fr. Alfred Hernandez

Ordained: 1955
Status: Settled

Died: 05/26/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Work included chaplaincies at juvenile detention facilities. Accused in lawsuit filed 10/14 of repeatedly sexually abusing a 6-year-old boy, who was first grader at his parish school, in 1993. Hernandez was pastor of St. Ignatius in Highland Park at the time, having been there for 18 years when he retired in 1996. The suit claimed the boy's teacher would send him to the rectory, where the abuse occurred. Plaintiff said the priest made him read bible passages while sodomizing him. Settled in 3/17. Hernandez died 5/26/14.

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Fr. Stephen C. Hernandez

Ordained: 1982
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Retired in 1997. Placed on leave in 4/02. Multiple victims before 1985. One suit filed in 10/03 alleged abuse of a girl at Santa Clara Parish in the 1970s. Another suit filed in 12/03 claimed abuse1998-2002 at Eastlake Juvenile Hall. Arrested in 6/04. Sentenced to three years probation 1/25/06 for misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

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Fr. John Higson

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Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum, dated 2008, posted on its website 1/31/13. Noted to be in "a lay state." Lawsuit in 10/17 claimed Higson sexually abused a boy, age 10, in 1988, in the bathroom of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Paramount. The boy was a CCD student.

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BishopAccountability Assignment Record

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Fr. Patrick J. Hill

Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor sometime between 1979-81. Archdiocese investigated; allegation deemed unsubstantiated. Included in the archdiocese's 2004 report on accused clergy.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Frank Hollenbach

Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused

Died: 08/3/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Priest of the Diocese of Marquette, WI. Parish priest, high school teacher. Per obituaries, retired 1984, moved to Mesa AZ in 1989. Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Extern in L.A. at some point. Died 8/3/2005 in AZ.

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Fr. William Hollinger

Ordained: 1946
Status: Accused

Died: 10/18/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Reported in 9/18 to have sexually abused a girl, including rape, in Torrance 1954-58, when the girl was ages 6 through 9. Hollinger died 10/18/88.

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BishopAccountability,org

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Fr. Michael A. Hunt

Ordained: 1939
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a girl in 1957-58, while assigned to Epiphany parish in El Monte. The girl was a student at the parish school. Died in 1984. Civil suit filed.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Daniel Hurley

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Status: Accused

Died: 08/22/1982
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Ordained in 1921. Died in 1982.Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's list in 2013.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles List 05.17.13

Fr. John J. Hurley

Ordained: 1928
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Ireland, where he was ordained for the L.A. archdiocese. Accused of abuse in 1949, while assigned to Our Lady of the Valley in Canoga Park. Named in a civil suit filed in 12/03. Died in 1992.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Br. Richard Hurley

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Order: CSC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named in the Los Angeles Archdiocesan Report Addendum with 1 accuser alleging abuse in 1993-1994. Civil suit filed. Remained active in ministry per the archdiocese's list in 12/21.

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LA Times Database 4.20.06

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Fr. Jose Medrano Ilagan

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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Fr. Joseph James

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Order: CMI
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of one person in 1958 per Archdiocesan Report in 2004.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Melvin P. James

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Order: SVD
Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Allegations reported in 2015 of abuse in the 1990s.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Luis Jaramillo

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Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1976
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained in Colombia, South America. Began working in Los Angeles. Accused of abuse of two 1986-88, per Archdiocesan Report. Civil suit filed in 12/03. Left Archdiocese in 1988. Also accused of abuse in Baker OR diocese after leaving L.A. As part of 2007 $660M settlement with 508 plaintiffs, Archdiocese was to release personnel files. Personnel files on 25 priests, including his, to be released fall 2012 after CA Supreme Court rejected appeal by the priests. Named in one civil suit filed in 9/14 against the Baker diocese. Suit alleged abuse of a youth 1988-89 while Jaramillo worked at Our Lady of Angels Parish in Hermiston, OR. Sent for treatment then returned to Mexico because he was not responding to treatment. Worked in Argentina, Philippines, and Mexico after that.

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Fr. Tilak A. Jayawardene

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Ordained: 1972
Status: Indicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Extern priest from Sri Lanka working in Archdiocese of Los Angeles beginning in 1987. Indicted in 1991 for alleged abuse in 1990. Fled to Sri Lanka in 1990 or 1991 before police could arrest him. Still a fugitive as of 2012. The archdiocese's list in 12/21 shows Jayawardene to be deceased.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Emmanuel Jimenez-Pelayo

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Order: SDB
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of 1 person in 1975 per 2004 archdiocesan report.

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. David E. Johnson

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1984
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of two minors 1978-79 at St. Anthony Seminary and another location, per archdiocesan report. Civil suit filed in 2003. Settled in 8/06. Three new suits filed in Fall 2009 alleged that Johnson and Philip Wolfe abused three others when they were students at St. Anthony's beginning in 1979. By 8/21 five civil suits had been filed, all claiming abuse in the years 1978-82. Personnel file released in 5/12. Laicized in 2/2001. Name included on the Seattle archdiocese's list 1/15/16. Worked at St. George in Seattle 1986-88. On the Franciscans' Santa Barbara Province list 5/31/19. It notes reports 1993, 2006, 2007 and 2009 of abuse of minors 1978-82, and that he left the order 2001. On Oakland diocese's list in 2019. Included in 8/21 on the Fresno diocese's list of credibly accused. Possibly living in Hurricane, UT.

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Br. Anthony Juarez

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Order: SDB
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of one person between 1958-1958, per 2004 archdiocesan report.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Robert Jesus Juarez

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Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's list updated 12/6/18. Reports to the archdiocese 1992 and 2009, of incidents alleged to have occurred in 1980-81. 'Lifetime of Prayer and Penance ' imposed in 2017.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Stephen Kain

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1974
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named in a 2004 civil suit as having assaulting at least one student at St. Anthony Seminary. Two suits filed in Fall 2009. On the Franciscans' Santa Barbara Province list 5/31/19. It notes allegations reported in 1993, 2004, 2006 and 2008 of the sexual abuse of minors 1981-87. Removed from ministry in 1993, living under restrictions. On the Oakland diocese's list in 2019. Included on the Diocese of Fresno's 8/21 list of credibly accused, where he was assigned 1974-76.

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Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 05.31.19

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Br. Kumara S. Kambhampati

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Professed vows in 2007. Removed in 12/18 from his assignment at Chaminade College Prep in West Hills after "credible information" that he engaged in recent inappropriate communication of a sexual nature with a student. Kambhampati had been at the school since 2017. He was also removed from the Marianists' West Hills community. Withdrew from the order in 2021, per the Marianists' list in 11/21. The updated lists adds to Kambhampati's status, "Sexually abusive contact of a minor through the use of internet/social media."

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Fr. Philip Kavanaugh

Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 2002 of abuse in about 1973-74, while assigned to Cathedral Chapel. Placed on leave. Police investigation. Named in 2004 archdiocesan report.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Times 08.18.02
LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Christopher Kearney

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1968
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Removed as head of San Lorenzo Seminary in Santa Ynez in 2002 due to accusations of abusing boys 1971-84. At least two civil suits filed. Archdiocesan report shows 11 accusers. Inactive status. Lawsuit filed in 12/19 under the CA Child Victims Act, claiming abuse of a boy, ages 15-17, in 1984-86. The boy was a student at St. Francis High School in La Canada Flintridge, and an altar server. Kearney taught at St. Francis High 1970-95. Removed from the school in 1995 after allegations. Would allegedly sexually abuse boys under the guise of wrestling. Five more suits to be filed naming Kearney, per attorneys in 12/19.

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Fr. John Keeney

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Order: OPraem
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of one 1974-76, per the L.A. archdiocese's report in 2004.

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Matthew H. Kelly

Ordained: 1942
Status: Settled

Died: 04/5/2002
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Parishioners complained of Kelly's behavior as early as 1970. He was transferred to two other parishes before he retired 1989. Named in 2003 and 2004 lawsuits. At least 7 plaintiffs alleged abuse as boys in the 1960s-1970s at a cabin in the Santa Ynez Mountains. Died 4/05/02. Claims included in massive $660M L.A. archdiocese settlement of 7/07.

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Fr. Patrick Kelly

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1950
Status: Convicted

Died: 05/4/2012
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Visiting priest from Ireland. Worked in Zambia in the 1950s. Was studying in Chicago by 1986, then worked in NY and CA. In 1991 returned to Ireland after allegation he abused a girl in Los Angeles. Promised to return to face charges but did not. Pleaded no contest in 1992 to charges. Received three years probation without returning to US. Civil suit filed in 1992. Per Los Angeles archdiocese report, there were four accusers from 1991. Died 5/4/12 in Dublin. Included in 3/21 on the Rockville Centre diocese's list of accused, noting alleged abuse at St. Joseph's in Ronkonkoma, among other places. Assigned 6/-86-6/88 to prison ministry while in residence at Queen of Most Holy Rosary in Roosevelt, NY. The L.A. archdiocese's list in 12/21 notes that this Patrick Kelly is not the Patrick M. Kelly, s.j. still in active ministry.

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Fr. John M. Kenney

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Ordained: 1968
Status: Sued

Died: 07/24/1977
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name sometimes spelled Kenney. Accused of abuse in 1976-77. Appears on both L.A. and Orange dioceses list of accused priests. Subsequently abused in Baker diocese in Oregon. Civil suits filed in L.A. archdiocese and Baker diocese. Died 7/24/77.

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Fr. John F. Killeen

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Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Report in 2011 of incidents in 1960. Killeen died in 1991.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Mary Joseph Killeen

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Order: CSJ
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Took final vows in 1929. Very limited personnel file released 7/13 (12 pages). Worked as nurse in Idaho, Arizona and Washington. No information on abuse allegations but article says the nun and others were accused in civil lawsuits of molesting children while working within the Los Angeles archdiocese. Died in 10/71. The accusation came after her death. Order said it found nothing to substantiate the claims.

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Fr. Thomas F. King

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Ordained: 1964
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued. Accused in 2004 of sodomizing an 11-year-old boy in 1967-68 while associate pastor at St. Louise de Marillac parish in Covina CA. Diocese deemed charges unfounded; remained an active priest.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Pasadena Star-News 12.02.04
LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05

Fr. Bruce J. Klikunas

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Order: OSM
Ordained: 1972
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused by one person of abuse 1976-77, per archdiocese in its 2004 report. Named in at least one civil suit.

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OC Weekly 03.04.05
LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Seminarian Frank Kohlbeck

Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Seminarian. Accused of abusing four minors 1981-83. Named in at least one civil suit. Included in the archdiocese's 2004 report.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. John Kohnke

Order: OPraem
Ordained: 1937
Status: Arrested

Died: 09/2/1987
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Arrested in CA in 1974 for oral copulation of a minor 1973-74. Also two arrests for lewd behavior in restrooms in CA. Worked in multiple parishes in WI, MT, PA, TX and CA even after his arrests. Died 9/2/87. Named in 2003 civil suit. Personnel file released by Order 09/09/13. Included on the Helena diocese's list 4/29/15, in compliance with the non-monetary terms of the 3/5/15 bankruptcy settlement. On St. Norbert Abbey list 7/19/19. It notes multiple allegations.

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Fr. Gustave R. Krumm

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1982
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused as seminarian in 1981 of sexual abuse of boy in 1980 at a minor seminary in LA. Order said not credible. Ordained. Worked in Reno, L.A. and Orange. Same accusation deemed credible in 1993 (not by Order). Settlement 1995. To Portland OR 1998. Accused 2002 of more 1980 abuse. Admitted 'indiscretions' in 1970s-80s. To Sacramento; removed 2003. Settlement 3/06. New suit 6/09. Diocese settled with 2 brothers 8/11. Jury found for Order 10/11. Personnel file released 5/12. Laicized 2/06. On Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/19. On Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/19.

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Fr. Sylvio Lacar

Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Extern priest from the Philippines. Accused of abuse of a teenage girl in the early 1980s. Civil suit filed in 1984.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Milla v Tamayo, 187 Cal App 3d 1453
LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Michael Lalor

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Ordained: 1930
Status: Accused

Died: 04/9/1967
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Ireland. Founding pastor of St. Cyril's parish in Encino 1949. There until his death 4/9/67. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Report in 2012 of incidents 1959-1962.

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Fr. Timothy R. Lane

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Order: SSJ
Ordained: 1995
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old girl in 6/06 just after she graduated from high school. Archdiocese did not tell police until 9/06 after it completed its own investigation. Lane was reportedly transferred to Missouri. No criminal charges filed due to insufficient evidence. Faculties removed. Named as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18.

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Fr. David LaPierre

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1969
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1983-84 while assigned to St. Francis High School in La Canada, CA. Named in the 2004 L.A. archdiocesan report. At least one civil suit filed. Included in 8/21 on the Diocese of Fresno's list of credibly accused, where he worked in hospitals 1991-2002.

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Fr. Fergus Lawless

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1933
Status: Sued

Died: 06/18/1991
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Ireland. Arrived in CA in 1934, assigned to a parish in Burlingame in the SF archdiocese. Later worked in Los Angeles, CA and Hermiston, OR, returning to Our Lady of the Angels in Burlingame, CA in 1961 as pastor, where he remained until his death 6/18/91. Named Capuchin Custos Provincial in 1962. Accused in 2004 or 2005 of abusing a minor 1952-53. Named in a civil suit.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Br. Modesto Leon

Order: CMF
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a boy, ages of 14-16 in 1996-99, per civil suit filed 2008. Archdiocesan report said abuse occurred 1995-96. Leon was the incorporating executive director of Soledad Enrichment Action (SEA). Abuse allegedly took place during retreats at Camp Unity in the Angeles National Forest. Civil case settled at some point between 2006 and 2010. Per the Los Angeles archdiocese's list in 12/21, Leon left his order.

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LA times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Jerold W. Lindner

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1976
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

A civil suit alleging abuse of two brothers in 1975 settled for $625K in 1998. Named in at least one more civil suit in 2003 with two accusers alleging abuse 1973-83. Article references ten victims; the three youngest were five years old. Also abused nieces and nephews. Living at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center at Los Gatos from 2001. Beaten 5/10 at Los Gatos by one of his accusers. Accuser was acquitted of felony assault and elder abuse at trial 7/5/12. Lindner's testimony stricken. On the Oakland diocese's list 2/17/19. On the Jesuits West list 12/7/18.

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Fr. Theodore Llanos

Ordained: 1974
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Turned himself in to police after arrest warrant in 11/95; faced 38 counts of molesting five boys since 1990. Had been in treatment at St. Luke's in MD. Sued by six in 1996. Cases dismissed due to SOL in 1996. Died by suicide in his Washington DC home in 12/96, age 50. Another civil suit filed in 1997. Two more in 2003. At least 21 victims of abuse, spanning 20 years. All included in massive LA archdiocese $660M settlement in 7/07. A suit claiming abuse 1988-92 of a boy, ages 8-12, settled in 2020 in the low six figures.

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Br. Charles Loofborough

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Order: CSsR
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse between 1978-1981. Named in a 2003 lawsuit by one accuser. The Los Angeles archdiocese's list in 12/21 notes that Loofborough was in the "Lay State."

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Richard A. Loomis

Ordained: 1976
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Prior to ordination, Loomis was known as Brother Beckett. Sued 2003. Accused of abuse of 1 1968-71. Another incident in 1974 alleged in 2004. Placed on leave 2/04 but still shown as pastor of Saints Felicitas and Perpetua Church in San Marino, CA thru 6/30/09. Loomis served as canonical investigator for allegations of abuse beginning 2001. In a 2009 deposition, Loomis revealed how Cardinal Mahoney failed to properly deal with abuser Michael Baker. Personnel file released 1/13. Archdiocese announced in 11/14 that a Vatican Tribunal determined that allegations of sexual misconduct against Loomis had not been proven. The archdiocese lifted its restrictions on Loomis and called him a priest of the archdiocese "in good standing."

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Fr. Joseph Lopez

Order: CMF
Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a girl 1962-66. Archdiocese informed of this in 1992 by the Order. Lopez left the priesthood in 1970. Added to the Diocese of Stockton's list 11/12/20, which notes he was assigned 1961-63 to St. George Parish.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Fernando Lopez Lopez

Ordained: 2000
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Colombia. Sent from Rome, Italy to St. Thomas the Apostle parish in Los Angeles in 2001. Arrested in 2004 for abuse of a minor. Other victims found. Convicted in 2005. Conviction/prison sentence overturned 4/06 by appeals court. In 1/08 the CA Supreme Court overturned the appeals court decision and returned case to the court which upheld conviction 4/08. CA Supreme Court refused to hear appeal. Suit filed by 20-year-old man in 5/09. Lopez was deported, per CA Sex Offender Registry. News reports 6/11 say he was convicted in Rome in 2000. The Los Angeles list of accused in 12/18 shows Lopez to have been laicized.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Larry Lorenzoni

Order: SDB
Ordained: 1951
Status: Sued

Died: 09/5/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Born in Italy 5/12/1923. Joined the Salesians in 1939 in the U.S. Taught 1957-67 at Salesian high schools in the Los Angeles archdiocese in Bellflower, San Gabriel and Los Angeles. Also worked in parishes. Lectured at Southern IL University 1966-71. Worked in Rome 1985-90 as Director of Documentation for Caritas Internationalis, and later at the Salesian Provincial Office. Per 1/06 article, worked at Vatican Press Office for four years in the 1990s. Accused in 2002 of abuse in 1957-58 of a student; his accuser sued the Order. Another former student publicly alleged abuse by Lorenzoni when he was a high school student during 1959-60 in Watsonville CA. Lorenzoni died 9/5/17.

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Fr. Lawrence Joseph Lovell

Order: CMF
Ordained: 1951
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Convicted in 1986 in Los Angeles for abuse of a boy, age 14. Got three years probation. Convicted in 2004 for abuse of several boys in the 1970s-80s in Phoenix. Sentenced to 14 years prison. Placed on leave in 1985. Laicized 1992. Married a woman with three boys in 1995. She knew he had been a priest but not of past allegations until his arrest in 2003. He was a counselor and worked for U. of NM health center. Civil suits filed 1996 and 12/03. Limited personnel files released 1/13. Suit filed under the CA Child Victims Act, settled with LA archdiocese, Lovell and Claretians in 1/20 for $1.9M. Plaintiff alleged abuse as an altar boy, ages 9-11, in 1982-84. He said he told church officials when he was age 15-16. Released from AZ prison in 5/21. Laicized, per the Los Angeles archdiocese's list in 12/21.

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Fr. Denis Lyons

Ordained: 1958
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Removed in 2002 after allegations of abuse in 1979. Arrested in 2003; charged with abuse of teens. Charges dropped in 2003 after Supreme Court ruling on SOL. Sued several times. On both L.A. and Orange diocese lists of accused priests. Suit in 3/08 claimed abuse in 1994/1995; settled 2/09. Prior to this settlement, Orange had already paid $4M plus in settlements. Arrested on new charges 7/09. Plea bargain of guilty 3/23/12. Sentenced 8/24 to 1 year jail, 5 years probation and to register as sex offender. New suit 3/27/12. Status per Orange diocese website 8/12/16 was "Life of Prayer and Penance."

Br. Juan Macias

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Order: OP
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued 1988. Accused with Rev. Cristobal Garcia, O.P. of providing an altar boy with drugs and sexually abusing him in 1983-86.

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LA Times 06.20.88

Fr. Eugene MacSweeney

Ordained: 1927
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Died 3/26/75. Accused of abuse of a minor in about 1959, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Civil suit filed 12/03.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Roger Michael Mahony

Ordained: 1962
Status: Exonerated by diocese

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Twice accused of abuse. Not substantiated, no action taken. Retired in 2011. Shown in 2013 release of documents to have "maneuvered behind the scenes to shield molester priests, provide damage control for the church and keep parishioners in the dark about sexual abuse in their parishes." As of 2/1/13, his successor, Archbishop Gomez, stripped Mahony of all administrative or public duties. Remained bishop in good standing. The archdiocese's list in 12/21 shows that Mahony was "Exonerated/Retired/Full Faculties to Minister."

Fr. Eugene A. Maio

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1960
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a minor at Marymount High School in Los Angeles, while a Loyola University faculty member 1963-67. Trained in the Kansas City, KS archdiocese, then on faculty of St. Louis University in St. Louis for two years. Living in Akron, OH area in 2003. On the Jesuits' Central and Southern Province list 12/7/18. It notes that Maio left the Jesuits in 1970 and the priesthood in 1971. Laicized. On Jesuits West Province list 12/7/18. It notes the abuse in L.A. was in 1963-64 and was reported in 1964 and 2003.

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Fr. Sylvester E. Mancuso

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Order: OFM
Status: Accused

Died: 04/17/1979
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/19. First assignment was in 1942. Died in 1979. Allegations received in 1999 and 2004 of the sexual abuse of minors 1961 and in the 1970s. On the Las Cruces diocese's list 6/24/19, where he worked 1952-55. Added to Gallup diocese's list 8/02/19; assigned there 7/19/64-6/15/71.

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Fr. Thomas Reon Paul Marshall, Jr.

Order: CSP
Ordained: 1959
Status: Indicted

Died: 12/24/2012
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Transferred to Canada in 1966 from Chicago. Charged in 2003 with 20 counts of lewd acts upon child under age 14 1959-1963, while working in Los Angeles. At least three accusers there. D.A. was attempting to extradite as of 2003. Named in 12/03 civil suit. In residence at Paulist Centre for Catholic Evangelization Toronto, ON, Canada, per Paulist website accessed 9/19/09. On Buffalo diocese's list updated 11/5/18. On Paulists list 3/8/19. It notes allegations reported 2002, 2003, 2008, 2018, of abuse in Los Angeles 1959-60, 1960-62, 1961-62; 1956 and 1959 in Lake George NY, and in Buffalo NY 1982. Marshall died 12/24/12. Included in 10/22 on the Chicago archdiocese's list.

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Fr. James Aloysius Martin

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Ordained: 1934
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of one 1934-38, per 2004 Archdiocesan report. Retired in 1954. Deceased.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Br. Ernest Martinez

Order: SDB
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1965-66, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Assigned to St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower at the time of alleged abuse. Named in at least one civil suit. Last known to be at Salesian provincial headquarters in San Francisco.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Ruben D. Martinez

Order: OMI
Ordained: 1968
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of seven minors in 1970-81, per archdiocesan report. At least two civil suits filed 12/03. Working in Oakland diocese in 2003. Eight lawsuits settled in 2007. Personnel files released by Order 7/31/13 show some allegations written in Japanese characters to disguise references to acknowledgement of homosexuality and admitting to relations with boys. Admitted in 2005 to abusing as many as 100 boys. In 2013 possibly living in Catholic center in Missouri or in Oakland. On the Oakland diocese's list in 2019.

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Fr. Richard M. Martini

Ordained: 1980
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a boy 1990-91 at Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary, per archdiocese. Suit filed in 12/03. Archdiocese said it investigated and allegations were unfounded. Suit settled as part of 12/06 $60M settlement involving 22 priests. Transferred to new assignment, parishioners not told of past allegations. Named in suit filed 10/18. Still active parish priest in 10/18.

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Fr. Leonardo G. Mateo

Ordained: 1959
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Extern priest from the Philippines. Arrived in L.A. in 1959. A 2003 lawsuit alleged abuse in CA in 1959. Left L.A. in 1960. In the El Paso diocese 1975-76. Working in the Joliet diocese by 1977 ,where allegations were made in 1983 and 1991. Left Joliet in 1984, worked in Chicago and later returned to the Archdiocese of Cebu. Died in 2004. Name on 4/06 Joliet list of priests with credible allegations. Joliet diocese agreed to release of personnel files 3/13 as part of settlement in Rudofski v Joliet & Bennett. Files released 4/30/14. Also named in a civil suit filed 4/30/14. An additional suit was filed by three men against the Joliet Diocese claiming 1980 abuse 9/18/14. Settled in 8/18 for $1.4M. On the Richmond diocese's list 6/27/19.

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Fr. Francisco Mateos

Order: CM
Ordained: 1958
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained in Spain. Arrived in LA in 1974. Accused of abuse of a minor 1976-79, per archdiocesan report. Sued in 12/03. Archdiocese investigated and said no grounds to remove. Remained active priest.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Charles Patrick Mayer

Ordained: 1996
Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Arrested in 8/18 after sending nude photos of himself online to undercover police, thinking he was sending them to a 14-year-old boy. Pled not guilty. Had been removed from active ministry in 9/00 for "failure to adhere to Archdiocesan policies concerning ...youth and young adults." Mayer was Dean of Students at a Banning middle school when arrested. On L.A. archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18.

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Fr. Joseph McAsey

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 01/3/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles Archdiocese on its Final Addendum to the Report to the People of God in 10/08. On the Jesuits West Province on list 12/7/18. Sexual abuse of a minor in about 1977-82 reported in 2007, while assigned to St. Thomas More in Alhambra. Died 1/3/91.

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Fr. Vincent McCabe

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Ordained: 1946
Status: Sued

Died: 02/15/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. Report in 2018 of incidents in the 1970s. Died 2/15/15. Accused in a 6/22 lawsuit along with Rev. Robert Van Handel of sexually abusing a 5th grade boy in 1989.

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Fr. Kevin J. McCarthy

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Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Died: 12/22/1992
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained for the Diocese of St. John, Newfoundland, Canada. Arrived in Los Angeles in the early 1960s, assigned to a Pico Rivera parish. Went on sick leave in late 1964, then was reassigned as a hospital chaplain in Inglewood. Worked in Fresno 1966-68. Assigned 1971-92 in the Diocese of Little Rock. Died in 1992. Named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese on its list 1/31/13. On the Little Rock diocese's list updated 2/8/19. Included in 2021 on the Diocese of Fresno's list of credibly accused.

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Anderson Advocates Partial Assignment History

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Fr. Angus R. McDonald

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Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 12/18/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

McDonald was the first priest to be ordained for the Diocese of Fairbanks. Worked in Barrow 1966-71. Also worked in Baker and Portland, OR dioceses. Retired in 1986. Died in 12/88 at age 65. Two or more pending claims against McDonald shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for Fairbanks Diocese 1/25/10. Included on the West Province Jesuits' list 12/7/18. It notes an allegation reported in 1957 of sexual abuse of a minor in 1956, while assigned to Loyola High School in Los Angeles, CA. Dismissed in 1957. [May have been a Jesuit seminarian at the time.] On the Anchorage archdiocese's list 1/16/20, where he worked 1972-73. It notes sexual misconduct with a vulnerable adult in 1976. Per the Fairbanks diocese's list in 11/20, there were four reports of abuse.

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Fr. Forrest McDonald

Order: OFM
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

One of several religious assigned to Santa Barbara who were named as abusers in a civil suit filed in 8/08 which alleged that the Franciscans constituted "an ongoing public nuisance as a result of their practice of shuttling pedophile priests among communities without warning members of the public that a sexual predator might be in their midst." Abuse allegedly took place in 1960s-70s. On the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/19. It notes "The Province has received no allegation involving a minor."

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Br. Daniel McDonough

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

One of 10 brothers and two laymen accused by more than 30 men in a 5/13 civil suit claiming abuse at three Chicago schools run by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North American Province. Order agreed in 5/13 to $16.5M settlement with 400 plaintiffs alleging abuse by multiple order priests and brothers.

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Chicago Tribune 05.24.13

Fr. Thomas McElhatton

Order: OP
Ordained: 1938
Status: Settled

Died: 10/10/1965
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1943-45, per L.A. archdiocesan report. One civil suit filed in 11/03 with allegations by one person. Died 10/10/65. Included in 10/21 on the Dominicans Holy Name Province List. One settlement noted and an additional allegation established in 4/21.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Br. James J. McGloin

Order: SM
Status: Sued

Died: 06/13/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1963, per archdiocesan report. Claims in a civil suit of abuse at Junipero Serra High School in Gardena when he was an instructor. Dispensed from Perpetual vows 4/11/70. Working in HI at the time. Married, raised a family, continued as an educator. Died 6/13/13. Personnel files released by Order in 7/13 do not actually specify child abuse, but they do admit that celibacy had always been an issue for him. Included in 11/21 on the Marianists list of "members found to have sexually abused a minor."

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Philip Joseph McGrath

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Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 05/23/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list in 12/21. An allegation was reported to the archdiocese in 2017 of abuse in about 1970. McGrath died in 2008.

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Fr. Seán John McGrath

Order: SSC
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 04/27/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Ireland. Ordained for the Columban Fathers (s.s.c.). Worked in the Philippines after ordination until about 1974, then in London, England until about 1984. Beginning in 1986 he spent ten years in Belize, after which he was sent to the United States. He returned to Ireland in 2014 and died 4/27/18. McGrath was named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18.

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Fr. Patrick J. McHugh

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Ordained: 1943
Status: Settled

Died: 03/24/1979
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Per archdiocesan report, one person alleged abuse 1972-74. Reportedly, at least seven sued in 2003 alleging abuse in the 1960s. Civil suit dismissed by court in 2005. Six plaintiffs settled with the Diocese of Monterey in 9/06 for $1.5M and lifetime counseling. Died 3/24/79. On Monterey diocese's list 1/2/19. It notes report received in 2002 of abuse in the 1960s.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Martin McKeon

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1952
Status: Settled

Died: 02/26/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of two 1962-65, per L.A.archdiocesan report. At St. Anthony's Seminary at the time of alleged abuse. One accuser included in a civil suit filed 12/03. Claims included in $28M settlement by the Franciscans in Santa Barbara. Died in 2/86. (Also see references in two petitions filed Fall, 2009.) Personnel File released 5/12. On the Franciscans' Santa Barbara Province list 5/31/19. It notes allegations reported in 1993 and 2004 of the sexual abuse of minors in the 1960s. On the Oakland diocese's list in 2019.

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Fr. William A. McLean

Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list in 12/21. Noted to be retired with no faculties to minister.

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Fr. Patrick H. McNamara

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1962
Status: Sued

Died: 11/6/2001
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Report in 2003 to the archdiocese that McNamara sexually abused a minor in 1961. Dismissed from the Jesuits in 1968. Wrote several books. Died 11/16/2001. Named in a civil suit. On the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/18.

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Fr. Jose Mejia Gonzales

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Reported publicly as accused on the archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Report to the archdiocese in 2015 of incidents alleged to have occurred 1983-85. Noted to have no faculties, and investigation pending in 2015.

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Fr. Jose J. Mendez

Order: OAR
Ordained: 1983
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1985-87, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Left archdiocese in 1993. At least one civil suit filed. Spent time at St. Augustine's Monastery in Kansas City, Kansas Personnel file released 09/09/13. Fathered at least one child and was threatened with a separate paternity suit. Laicized, per the L.A. archdiocese's list in 12/18.

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Fr. William P. Messenger

Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1980, per addendum to archdiocesan report. Was a chaplain at USC when placed on leave in 5/05. The archdiocesan report in 12/21 shows Messenger to have been laicized.

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Fr. Louis L. Meyer

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Order: CSC
Ordained: 1945
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a 2003 civil suit of abuse of a girl in 1968. Named in archdiocesan report addendum. On his order's list 6/12/19. It notes allegation in 2007 of abuse in the 1960s in CA, handled by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Withdrew from order in 1974. Deceased.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Titian Athos Miani

Order: SDB
Ordained: 1955
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Arrested in 2003, charged with abusing two girls. Charges dropped in 2003 due to CA Supreme Court ruling. Per 2004 archdiocesan report, there were four accusers of abuse occurring 1957-67. At least one civil suit filed. Left archdiocese in 1967 for San Francisco, then Stockton. Incardinated into Stockton diocese in 9/74. Also worked in the Oakland diocese. Three siblings filed suit in 1/08 against Salesians alleging 1960s abuse. Personnel file indicates he also abused in Brazil, Italy and Canada. Included in Salesians' $19.5M settlement with 17 in 5/08. Named in 6/10 suit. Included on list of claimed abusers attached to Stockton diocese's 5/9/14 filing in bankruptcy court.

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Fr. George Michael Miller

Order: CM
Ordained: 1963
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Removed from active ministry in 1997. Accused of abuse of a boy in the 1970s and 1980s. Arrested in 2002; charges dropped 2003 due to US Supreme Court ruling. Six accusers, per archdiocese. Named by two in 10/03 civil suit. Some claims settled in 12/06 $60M settlement involving 22 priests. In 7/07, four claims settled for $660M involving 508 priests. Laicized in 5/05. Arrested 7/23/07 for molesting a boy 1988-91. Pled guilty in 12/08. Admitted abuse of three more. Sentenced to three years in 1/09. Personnel file released in 1/13. Claims settled 2/18/14 as part of $13M claim. May have died in 6/18. Named in 10/18 suit. Per the archdiocese's list in 12/21, Miller is deceased.

Fr. John Dennis Mitchell

Order: CSP
Ordained: 1938
Status: Accused

Died: 12/18/1996
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused by one person of abuse in 1968 per Errata to the Los Angeles archdiocesan report. Died 12/18/96. On Diocese of Charleston's list 3/29/29. On the Paulists' list 3/8/19. It notes the one allegation received in 1994 of abuse in Los Angeles in 1968. Included in 11/21 on the Diocese of Nashville's list, where he is noted to have been assigned briefly in 1938 and to have given missions in 1942.

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Fr. John Ralph Moholy

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1944
Status: Accused

Died: 11/15/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits West Province in its list 12/7/18. It notes a report in 2003 of the sexual abuse of a minor in 1960. Assigned 1949-64 to Loyola University in Los Angeles. Died 11/15/97.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

Fr. Vincent L. Molthen

Order: CSsR
Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused

Died: 05/22/1995
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1961-62, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died 5/22/95.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Alfred J. Monte

Order: OSA
Ordained: 1940
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a child in 1947, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1996. Named in at least one lawsuit.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Br. Michael Andre Moody

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Order: BSFC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of two in 1980, per the 2004 Los Angeles archdiocesan report. Named in a 12/03 civil suit. The archdiocese's list in 12/21 shows that Moody had left the order.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Raymond D. Morales

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Ordained: 1981
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Reports to the diocese in 2005 and 2018 of incidents alleged to have occurred in 1968. Faculties removed in 2018.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Kolbe Moreno

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Order: OPraem
Ordained: 1993
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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Br. Ralph Murguia

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Order: SDB
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1957-60 per archdiocesan report 2005 addendum. Named in a civil suit.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
InjuryBoard 01.28.08
City of Angels 03.19.08

Fr. Francis J. Murphy

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Order: CM
Ordained: 1930
Status: Accused

Died: 06/30/1970
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Allegations reported to archdiocese in 2008 of incidents 1964-65. Murphy died in 1970. Included on the Vincentians list 11/12/20.

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Joseph L. Murphy

Order: OMI
Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor at St. Ferdinand's in San Fernando 1957-60, per archdiocesan report addendum of 11/05. Also worked in the Oakland diocese. Died 3/75. Personnel file was released by the order 7/13 but does not include information on alleged abuse.

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Fr. Daniel J. Murray

Ordained: 1973
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued in 2003. Accused of abusing a youth 1973-79. Settlement of $500K in late 2003; kept secret for a year. Placed on leave. Former vocations director of Orange diocese. Also accused of sexual misconduct in 1991, but diocese could not substantiate. Named in Los Angeles archdiocesan report addendum. Laicized, per the Diocese of Orange's list updated 4/2/19.

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Fr. Jeffrey David Newell

Ordained: 1990
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

In 1991 a young man told the archdiocese that he had been abused for years by Newell from age 15 in 1986. The archdiocese promised that Newell would never work in youth ministry again. Newell was removed from ministry "for other reasons" in 1993. Admitted the abuse, sent to treatment. Found in 2010 working with young men as a priest in Tijuana, Mexico. Accuser filed suit in 6/10 accusing L.A. archdiocese of fraud. One of of seven priests of the Tijuana, Mexico archdiocese who were removed without privileges as of 6/20/14. Case sent to Vatican. Found by reporter in 11/19 working as pastor of a Tijuana parish. Suit filed by a second man in 2/20 in CA alleging abuse as a young teen by Newell, beginning in 1993.

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Fr. Michael Stephen Nocita

Ordained: 1977
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of three minors 1975-85, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Named in at least one suit. One allegation of abuse 1980-82 reported to police in 1988. Removed in 1991. Faculties revoked in 2000. Claims included in $660M L.A. settlement in 7/07. Accused in a 9/12 suit of abuse of a girl in 1980 at St. Paul High in Santa Fe Springs. She claimed counseling paid for by the church prevented her from filing suit in 2003 during CA window. Laicized in 2006. Personnel file released 1/13. Claims included in 2/18/14 $13M settlement.

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Fr. Cyril Nwankwo

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Order: SSJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1997, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Left archdiocese in 1997. Added 5/6/20 to the Diocese of La Crosse's list of those with substantiated allegations against them of abuse in another diocese; assigned at some point to St. Matthew's in Wausau.

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Fr. Kenneth R. O’Brien

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Ordained: 1940
Status: Accused

Died: 11/23/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Canon lawyer. Held positions on the archdiocesan tribunal 1949-99. Died 11/22/99. Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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BishopAccountability Assignment Record

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Fr. John F. O’Byrne

Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Died: 01/27/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1965-66, per archdiocesan report addendum. Named in one lawsuit. Pastor at St. Catherine Laboure in Torrance, CA in 2011. Monsignor. Died 1/27/16.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Charles W. O’Carroll

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Ordained: 1922
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained in Ireland; working in L.A. in 1923. Incardinated into L.A. in 1929. Accused of abuse of one 1956-58, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1987. Named in a civil suit.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Donal P. O’Connor

Ordained: 1955
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Ireland. Accused of abuse of three 1959-61, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Placed on leave and then retired in 2002 without faculties. Named in at least one civil suit. Personnel file released in 1/13.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 10.12.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
The Patch 02.03.13

Fr. John J. O’Donnell

Status: Settled

Died: 11/7/1969
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Ireland. Ordained in 1916. Monsignor. Died 11/7/69. Accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, age 10, in 1949, while assigned to Immaculate Heart of Mary. Settled in 4/20 in the mid-five figures.

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Garabedian Law Offices Assignment Record

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Fr. Patrick F. O’Dwyer

Ordained: 1924
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Ireland. Accused of abuse of a minor in 1959, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1971. One civil suit filed.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. James F. O’Grady

Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Investigated by police in 1997 after allegation he abused an altar girl years before. Retired to Ireland in 2001. Died 3/17/13.

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LA Times 08.18.02
Mayo News Obituary 04.16.13

Fr. Mark O’Leary

Order: OP
Ordained: 1985
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Professed religious vows as a Dominican in 1955 and ordained in 1985. Accused by two people of abuse when they were boys in Southern CA 1974-77. Order acknowledged the accusations. Also worked in the Oakland diocese. On Santa Rosa diocese's list 1/12/19. Chaplain 1993-2002 at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. Permanently removed from ministry 3/30/02. Included on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list in 10/21. Noted to have died in 2021.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Martin O’Loghlen

Order: SSCC
Ordained: 1961
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1965-68, per 2004 archdiocese 2004 report. Active in Myanmar and Philippines in 2004. In 2011 removed from from assignment at Holy Name of Mary in San Dimas, where he had been for two years. Archdiocese admitted it "did not fully consult records" that showed he had admitted to a sexual 'relationship' with a high school girl in the 1960s. The vicar of clergy in charge of checking records resigned. HIs victim settled the civil suit with the order and priest in 1999 for $100K.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Thomas E. O’Rourke

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 01/1/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1968 at Loyola High School, per archdiocesan report addendum. Worked in San Francisco and Los Angeles CA, as well as in Phoenix, AZ, where he was assigned to Brophy Prep. from 1975 until his death 1/1/93. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/18. It notes sexual abuse of a minor in 1969, reported in 2003.

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Fr. Javier Ochoa

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Order: MSC
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Allegations reported in 2017 of incidents 1995-2002. Ochoa died in 2014.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Samuel Orellana Mendoza

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Ordained: 1968
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained in El Salvador. Working in L.A. in 1981; incardinated in 1987. Sued in 2003. Accused of abuse of a girl in 1987. Named in archdiocesan report. Archdiocese investigated and found no grounds to remove. At least one claim included in 12/06 $60M settlement involving 22 priests, which covers all of the cases involving molestations that occurred since Mahony was named head of the diocese in 1985. The archdiocese's list in 12/21 shows Orellana as reitred with no faculties to minister.

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Fr. Miguel Angel Ortiz

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits West Province on its list 12/7/18. It notes sexual abuse of a minor in 2005, reported in 2005. Dismissed from the order. Assigned at the time of the alleged abuse to Vrebum Dei High School in Los Angeles.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

Fr. Gary Pacheco

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1974
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Two early suits filed. One settled in 1994. Denied allegations. Removed in 1987. Named in L.A. archdiocesan report as having abused one minor in 1975. Also named by Orange diocese on its list of accused priests. May also have been named in other litigation. Per his personnel file released in 5/12, Pacheco was laicized 3/12/94. On the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/19. It notes allegations of abuse occurring 1975, and 1978-83 received 1988, 1992, 2004 and 2019.

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Fr. Mario Pacheco

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Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's list 12/6/18. Report to the diocese in 2013 of incidents estimated to have allegedly occurred 1993-95. Faculties removed 2013.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Mariano J. Pariante

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Order: SM
Ordained: 1990
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Professed vows as a Marianist in 1974. Ordained in 1990. Worked in CA, NY, HI, TX, OH. Left the Order and was laicized in 2001. Included on the Order's 6/24/20 list of accused. Accusations involved child pornography. Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/22.

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Fr. Michael P. Pecharich

Ordained: 1973
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Removed in 2002. Admitted to molesting a teenage boy 19 years previously. Accused of abusing four minors 1974-84, per L.A. archdiocesan report. Also on list of accused released by Orange diocese. Named in at least one civil suit. Laicized. Accused in a claim settled in 2020 in the low five figures of sexually abusing an altar boy, ages 9-10 in 1977-78, while assigned to St. Edward the Confessor in Dana Point.

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Fr. Daniel P. Peck

Order: OFM Conv
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1996, per 2004 archdiocesan report.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Robert H. Peguero

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Order: OFM
Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of two minors. On the Franciscans' Santa Barbara Province list 5/31/19. It notes allegations reported in 1990 of the sexual abuse of minors 1987-88. Left the Order in 1995. On the Oakland diocese's list in 2019.

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Seminarian Amado Pena

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Order: SchP
Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Seminary student. Not ordained. Charged in CA in 2003 with molesting two 14-year-old boys between 1980-1982 [per 2004 archdiocesan report he abused only one]. Arrested in MA in 2003 on outstanding 1987 warrant from MA for alleged abuse of a 12-year-old boy. CA charges may have been dropped in 2003 after CA Supreme Court ruling.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Antonio Perez Carilla

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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Fr. Francisco Javier Perez

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Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abusing a minor 1985-98, per archdiocesan report addendum. The archdiocese's report in 12/21 shows Perez to be deceased.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05

Fr. James Person

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Ordained: 1979
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Report to the archdiocese noted in 2013 of incidents alleged to have occurred 1984-87. Went on inactive leave in 1989.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Louis V. Pick

Ordained: 1939
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a mnor in 1947, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1969. Named in at least one civil suit.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Joseph D. Pina

Ordained: 1972
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of girl in the 1970s. Police investigation in 2002. Also another female accuser. Sent to Paracletes for treatment. Named in civil suit filed 2003. Placed on permanent inactive leave in 1999. Named on archdiocesan report in 2004. Laicized in 2006. Worked for Los Angeles Unified School District from at least 2002 until 2011-12 and part-time until 2013. Archdiocese knew as early as 2009 that he was working for the school district. Personnel file released 1/13.

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Br. Bernard Thomas Pleimann

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 06/14/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Spent much of his early career teaching in Hawaii. Accused of abuse of a minor in 1963 when he was a teacher at Junipero Serra High School in Gardena, CA. Called Ploughman in 2/17/04 Los Angeles report; name corrected to Pleimann in Errata 1. Personnel file released by Order in 7/13 shows he took perpetual vows in 7/40, was dispensed from vows in 5/73 (while teaching in Japan) and died 6/14/86.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Gerald John Plesetz

Ordained: 1970
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Excardinated to the Diocese of Orange when it was created in 1976. Arrested in 2002. Accused of abuse of a teenage girl 1973-77, and fathering her child. Charges dropped after CA Supreme Court ruling in 2003. An adult woman also accused him of fathering her child. Left priesthood in 1977 to marry. Laicized in 1978. One known civil suit.

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OC Weekly 03.04.05
LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Stanislaus Poon

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Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Report noted in 2013 of incidents estimated to have allegedly occurred in 1977. Poon was incardinated into the Oakland diocese in 1982, and retired in 1996.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Thomas A. Porter

Ordained: 1965
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor from 1966-68, per 2004 archdiocesan report. On inactive leave 1968-73. Laicized in 1973. Named in civil suit.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Vincent Power

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Ordained: 1985
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Extern priest from England. The archdiocese's list in 12/18 shows Power to have been laicized.

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Fr. Josef Prochnow

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

One of several assigned to Santa Barbara who were named as abusers in civil suit filed 8/08, which alleged that the Franciscans constituted "an ongoing public nuisance as a result of their practice of shuttling pedophile priests among communities without warning members of the public that a sexual predator might be in their midst." Abuse allegedly took place 1970s-80s. On the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province list 5/31/19. It notes abuse of a minor 1972-75, reported in 1993. Removed from ministry, put on a safety plan. On the Oakland diocese's list in 2019. On the Stockton diocese's list 11/12/20, noting he was assigned there 1964-65.

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Fr. Patrick Purcell

Order: OP
Ordained: 1928
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Lawsuit in 2003. Settled. Accused of abuse of a boy 1950-51. Included in 10/26 on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list. Noted to have left the Order in 1951 and died in 1964.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Joseph Puthenkandam

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Order: CMI
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Member of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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Fr. John C. Quatannens

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Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. Report in 2009 of incidents 1971-1972. Quatannens died in 1994.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Celestine Quinlan

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1957
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of four St. Francis of Assisi parish altar boys 1957-62, per 2003 civil suit. HIs accusers said he also abused other altar boys, and that he "rushed through mass" so he could molest them. One mother reportedly told authorities, after which Quinlan was transferred to WIllitis CA. (Part of the San Francisco archdiocese until the Santa Rosa diocese was established in 1/62.) Plaintiffs' attorney said that the Church told them that Quinlan had been sent to an Indian reservation in Arizona to pay penance for his sins. Quinlan died in 1970. Listed in L.A. Archdiocesan report. On Santa Rosa diocese's list 1/12/19. Assigned there 1962-68.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Eleuterio V. Ramos

Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Died: 03/24/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Admitted to abuse of at least 25 boys. Los Angeles CA archdiocesan priest, later Diocese of Orange. In and out of treatment, kept in ministry. Placed on leave 1985. Sent to a Tijuana Mexico parish in 1985 and put in charge of a children's ministry. Removed 1991. Died 2004. Personnel file released 1/13. Wrongful death suit 3/17 vs Orange and L.A. dioceses by widow of alleged victim who died by suicide in 2015. Abuse said to have been at St. Joseph's in Placentia, 1975-78, and victim was altar boy who met Ramos at age 10.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Br. Joseph Franklin Reagan

Order: CSC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a 2003 civil suit against the Los Angeles archdiocese of abuse of a minor. Abuse alleged to have occurred in 1965 when he was working at Rancho San Antonio in Chatsworth, CA. Died in about 1989. Joined the order at age 18 and left in 1966 at age 22 to pursue a career in baseball. Included on the archdiocese's Addendum to the Report to the People of God in 2005. (Reagan's name is spelled "Regan" in the report, but is "Reagan" in his personnel file.)

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Br. James P. Reilly

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Professed vows as a Marianist brother, Province of the Pacific, in 1958. Assigned to Chaminade College Prep in West Hills, CA. Left the Order in 1968. Included on the Marianists' list of accused 6/24/20.

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Marianists US Province list 06.24.20

Fr. Patrick Reilly

Ordained: 1958
Status: Sued

Died: 04/4/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Accused in a 2003 lawsuit of abuse of a minor 1980-84. In late 2004 the archdiocese deemed the allegations unfounded; Reilly was allowed to continue in active ministry as a retired priest. Died 4/4/18.

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Fr. Terence John Reilly

Order: OP
Ordained: 1959
Status: Sued

Died: 08/30/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 2002 of abuse in 1976. Civil suit filed 12/03. Per LA archdiocesan report, there were 4 accusers claiming abuse 1959-76. Reilly was reportedly in residence for several years at St. Dominic's in San Francisco, which had a school. Also worked in Oakland diocese. On San Bernardino diocese's list 10/9/18. Worked there at Notre Dame High School in Riverside 1988-93. SB diocese list notes abuse took place in Eugene OR in 1983, that it was made aware in 5/93 and that Reilly left the diocese 5/93. Died in 2016. On Dominicans St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. It notes transfer in 1974 to the Province of the Holy Name. On the Holy Name Province list in 10/21.

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Fr. Nicholas Reina

Order: SDB
Ordained: 1978
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Report to archdiocese in 2018 of incident(s) in 2000. Removed from ministry in 2018. The Salesians reportedly had received an allegation in 2000 that Reina molested a child in 1975, prior to ordination. In 2012 an adult told the order Reina made an "improper advance" toward him in 2000. In 2013 Reina was awarded Salesian High School in Richmond's Educator of the Year.

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Fr. Loren Riebe

Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused

Died: 08/4/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

After ordination, Riebe spent four years at St. Anne's Parish in Santa Monica. Moved to Mexico in 1974 and spent next 21 years ministering to Indians. Expelled by the Mexican government in 1995. L.A. archdiocese began notifying dioceses throughout the country in early 2008 that it had several credible allegations against him of sexual misconduct with minors dating from the early 1970s. Worked in Diocese of Phoenix in 1996-97 (on its list as "Lawrence" Riebe). As of 2008, incardinated in the Diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Died in 2018.

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Fr. James Richard Robinson

Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Multiple alleged victims in the UK, beginning when Robinson was in seminary. The first complaint was reportedly made in 1973. Transferred suddenly in 1986 from archdiocese of Birmingham (UK) to L.A. archdiocese. Reportedly worked in five LA parishes 1986-93.

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Br. Ernest Rodie

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Order: CSC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1964-65. Named in 2005 Archdiocesan Report Addendum. Named in a civil suit.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05

Fr. Carlos Rene Rodriguez

Order: CM
Ordained: 1986
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

First abuse report in 1987. Placed on leave in 1993. Convicted in 2004 of abuse of 2 teen boys 1988-93. Sentenced to 8 years' prison. Accused of abuse prior to 1994 in civil litigation. Laicized 1993 (or 1998 per L.A. Archdiocese). Included in 12/06 $60M settlement involving 22 priests, which covered all of the cases that occurred since Mahony was named head of the diocese in 1985. Laicized in 5/98. Released from prison 1/08. Personnel file released 1/13. Order file released 9/9/13. Found in 10/16 ministering at an L.A. church not affiliated with the archdiocese, using the name Carlos Ramirez. Removed after publicity. Lawsuit filed 10/18 by 2 brothers alleging abuse in the 1990s in Riverside, when they were ages 12 and 7. Settled in 10/21. Warning in 6/19 from archdiocese that Rodriguez was reported to be saying mass in homes, that he is not a priest and is convicted abuser. Included on the San Bernardino diocese's list in 2/19. On the Vincentians' list in 2020.

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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Fr. Saul Rodriguez Macal

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Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From El Salvador. Assigned to L.A. parishes 1982-91, then on Sick Leave 1991-93. Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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BishopAccountability Assignment Record

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Final Addendum 01.31.13
Digital Journal 02.14.13

Fr. Michael M. Roebert

Ordained: 1966
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a boy 1969-70. Sued in 11/2003. Named in 2004 archdiocesan report. Archdiocese investigated in 2004 and decided allegations were unfounded.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 08.17.05

Fr. Donald Patrick Roemer

Ordained: 1970
Status: Convicted

Died: 09/22/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Convicted in 1981. Privileges removed. Sentenced to two years in a state mental hospital and ten years probation. Abused boys and accused of abuse of at least one girl. Suits filed 1984, 2003, 2004. Admitted to at least 30 victims. Still on CA Sex Offender Register as of 1/2/10 and shown to be living in Anaheim. Personnel file released 1/13. Laicized 5/9/06. Died 9/22/19.

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Fr. William C. Roper

Order: CMF
Ordained: 1960
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 2002 of abuse of a girl 1968-69. Named in a civil suit and in archdiocesan report. Worked in the Gallup diocese 1964-65. Requested leave of absence then laicization in 6/73. Married and raised a family. Last known to be living in Seattle WA. His accuser said she met with him in the late 1980s and he admitted abusing her and two others. Also, she said he told her he had been sent to AZ for treatment. Included on Gallup 12/14 list of clerics credibly accused of abuse of minor(s). Deceased.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles from Settlement Agreement 2013

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Fr. Fidel Rosas Flores

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Report noted to have been received in 2008 of incidents 2001-05, and "no record of priest serving in archdiocese."

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Dorian G. Rowe

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Ordained: 1964
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a 2003 civil suit of abuse of a youth 1967-68. Archdiocese reportin 2004 notes two accusers, with incidents 1967-79. Died in 1991.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Efrain Rozo Rincon

Ordained: 1953
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Confessed under oath in 2/06 to sexually abusing nephew and showing him porn in 1967-69 while working in L.A. parish and studying at Loyola Marymount. Also confessed to fondling a 14-year-old seminarian in Colombia previously. When the taped confession was broadcast on 9/28/06 in Bogota, the seminarian claimed that Rozo had raped him, and that other priests and a bishop had abused him too. Colombian church tribunal cleared Rozo on canonical SOL grounds on 7/23/07, commending his youth apostolate.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. George Neville Rucker

Ordained: 1946
Status: Settled

Died: 05/16/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Record of abuse began shortly after ordination. First investigated by police in 1967. First civil suit filed in 1994. Arrested in 2002 on charges involving 12 girls. Criminal charges dropped in 2003 due to Supreme Court ruling. Named as #1 on list of top 10 abusive priests in the L.A. archdiocese with 38-41 known accusers. Some claims settled in 12/06 $60M settlement involving 22 priests. Other claims settled in 7/07 $660M settlement. Laicized 2/8/08. Personnel file released 1/13. Died 5/16/14, age 93.

Fr. Joseph Francis Ryan

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Ordained: 1936
Status: Sued

Died: 12/3/1976
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Ireland. Placed on leave numerous times 1945 -60. Excardinated to Philadelphia archdiocese in 1965. Died 12/3/76. Accused in 2002 of abuse of a brother and sister in 1945-46. Named in a civil suit. Personnel file released 1/13.

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Fr. Thomas Ryan

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Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Report to diocese of incidents in 1957. Ryan died in 1988.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Bishop Alexander Salazar

Ordained: 1984
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Elevated to Auxiliary Bishop in 2004. Per news in 12/18, investigated by law enforcement in 2002 for an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1990s, when he was a parish priest. Salazar denied wrongdoing. The archdiocese said it didn't learn of the allegation until 2005. Vatican investigated and reportedly imposed precautionary measures. Archdiocesan oversight board reviewed the case and deemed the allegation credible. Pope Francis accepted Salazar's resignation 12/19/18.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles 12.06.19

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Fr. Armando Salazar

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Report to archdiocese in 2016 of incidents in about 1967. Salazar died in 1972.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. John Anthony Salazar-Jimenez

Order: SchP
Ordained: 1984
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued 1986. Convicted 1987of molesting two boys in Los Angeles. Sentenced to six years; served four. Banned for life from L.A. Moved to Amarillo diocese in 1991. Two 2002 CA criminal charges dropped in 2003. Charged in 2003 with assault of 18-year-old in Dallas. Convicted 7/1/05. Life sentence. Laicization announced 2/05. New trial ordered 9/11. Accepted plea bargain 2013; released for time served. Claims settled in CA and TX 2007-08. CA personnel files released 1/13. Pled guilty 12/30/13 to more charges in TX; 10-year sentence. On Amarillo diocese's list 1/31/19; worked in diocese 7/91-7/02.

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Fr. Gabriel Salinas

Order: OAR
Ordained: 1916
Status: Accused

Died: 11/18/1972
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Spain. First Augustinian Father to come to the U.S. Worked in Nebraska 1917-48. Accused of abuse of a minor 1958-60 at Cristo Rey in Los Angeles archdiocese. Died 11/18/72. Personnel file released 09/09/13.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Jose G. Sanchez

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Ordained: 1983
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Per the archdiocese's updated list in 12/21, Sanchez had been laicized and excommunicated.

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BishopAccountability Assignment Record

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Fr. Jose L. Sanchez

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Order: CMF
Ordained: 1996
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Report to archdiocese in 2014 of incident(s) in the 1990s. Noted to have left the archdiocese in 2009. Per the archdiocese's list in 12/21, Sanchez was reinstated in 2015 after the order's review board deemed the allegation not credible.

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Fr. Juan Francisco Sanchez

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Order: SDB
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1992, per 2004 Los Angeles archdiocesan report. In 12/21 the archdiocese's list shows Sanchez to be deceased.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Manuel Ontiveros Sanchez

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Ordained: 1954
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Ordained in Spain. Working in the L.A. archdiocese in 1971; incardinated 1976. Sued in 2003. Accused of abuse of a minor 1978-81, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Archdiocese investigated, determined evidence did not support the charges. Sanchez consistently denied the allegations. Retired and returned to Spain in 2000. Claim included in 7/07 massive $660M settlement by L.A. archdiocese.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Br. Lawrence Sandstrom

Order: CSC
Status: Settled

Died: 03/28/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Left order in 1997. Accused of abuse of five boys 1955-69, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Two filed civil suit in 12/03 alleging abuse 1967-69. Accusations involved children at Maryvale, which was a Catholic orphanage in Rosemead. Later went on to work at La Salle High in Pasadena and other Catholic schools in Hayward and New Orleans. Accused in 2003 of abuse at Rancho San Antonio in Chatsworth in the 1960s. Settlement with two men in 2007. Personnel file released in 2013. Died in 3/21.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. John C. Santillan Hernandez

Order: SchP
Ordained: 1969
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Civil suit filed in 1998; dismissed. Removed in 2002. Accused of abuse of a boy, ages 12-17, in the 1970s. Police investigated in 2002. Per the Los Angeles archdiocese's 2004 report, there were two accusers 1977-85. In active ministry in Bolivia from 1998. Deceased, per the archdiocese's list in 12/21.

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Sr. Agnes Santomassimo

Order: MSC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Worked in hospitals in Chicago, New York, and Montreal Canada 1950-69. Served as her order's provincial office secretary treasurer 1969 - 2001. Retired in 2001 or 2002. Died 9/7/05. Very limited personnel file released 7/13 (2 pages). Reportedly she and others were accused in civil lawsuits of molesting children while working within the Los Angeles archdiocese.

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Br. Richard Satterthwaite

Order: CFC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1961-62 at Cantwell High School in Montebello, per the archdiocesan report addendum in 2005. Named in one civil suit.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05

Fr. Arulappan Savarianandam

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Removed in 2002. Accused of abuse of a girl. Left for India.

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LA Times 08.18.02

Fr. Emmett Gilroy Schaller

Order: OMI
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of one person 1979-80 per 2004 archdiocesan report. May have left priesthood. Accused in one civil suit of abusing a boy at St. Ferdinand's parish. Admitted during treatment that he had been in trouble due to his sexual behavior. Order released his personnel file 7/13.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
Contra Costa Times 07.31.13

Fr. Maurice Scheier

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1927
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of one in 1948, per L.A. archdiocesan report in 2004. Died in 1991. Added to Buffalo diocese's list 11/5/18. Worked at St. Bonaventure University 1928-86, including as math department head and dean of science. Pastor of Sacred Heart in Knapp Creek 1961-88. Per the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/19, they had no information on Scheier, and the order's Holy Name Province in NY "handled the 2004 allegation."

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Fr. George M. Scott

Ordained: 1925
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Accused of abusing both a boy and a girl, ages 7 or 8, during 1947-58. Named by two plaintiffs in a civil suit filed in 12/03. Died in 1986. Claims included in massive $660M settlement by L.A. archdiocese of over 500 claims 7/14/07.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Louis Selmo

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Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained for the Congration of St. Joseph (c.s.j.). Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Report to archdiocese in 2014 of incident(s) around 1982. Died in 2005.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Avdon Serratos

Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Priest visiting from Colima diocese in Mexico. Sexually abused a 15-year-old girl on 8/10/03 during confession, was arrested, pled no contest, and in 2004 was sentenced to a year in jail. Archdiocese could not determine whether Serratos had been granted

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Br. Joe Sharkey

Order: OSM
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1967-68, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Named in a civil suit. Included on the Diocese of Orange list of accused clergy.

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OC Weekly 03.04.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
OC Weekly 03.04.05

Fr. Joseph F. Sharpe

Ordained: 1943
Status: Sued

Died: 11/2/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued in 2003. Accused in 1971 of abuse of a high school boy 1958-64, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Sharpe was the boy's confessor. Also on the Diocese of Orange's list of accused clergy. Died 11/2/99. Personnel file released in 1/13.

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Fr. Charles Shelton

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Order: OFM
Ordained: 1981
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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Fr. John R. Shepherd

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused

Died: 10/23/1991
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. Report to the archdiocese of incident(s) in the 1970s or 1980s. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/18. It notes sexual abuse of a minor in 1978 and the 1980s, reported in 2007 and 2015. Assigned to Jesuit high schools in CA and AZ until 1958. Assigned 1959-91 to Manresa Retreat House in Azusa, CA. Died 10/23/91. Included in 8/21 on the Diocese of Fresno's list of credibly accused (name misspelled "Shephard"), where he worked 1954-1955.

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Fr. Edward E. Shimmaly

Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Died: 05/2/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1961-63, per Los Angeles archdiocesan report addendum (name misspelled Schimmaly). Assigned 1961-67 to Immaculate Conception in Monrovia, CA. Named in at least one civil suit. Military chaplain late 1960s-early 1970s, then absent on sick leave. Retired and still absent on sick leave in 1984. Appears to have moved to the Boise diocese by 1985. The Official Catholic Directory begins to index Shimmaly as Edward E. in L.A. (absent on leave) and Edward G. in Boise in 1985. The 1988 Directory continues to index both, and each ordained in 1961. Died 5/2/99. (The 2000 Directory shows the same death date for both Edward E. in L.A. and Edward with no middle initial in Boise.)

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Fidencio Simon Silva-Flores

Order: MSpS
Ordained: 1978
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Mexico. Left the Los Angeles archdiocese without privileges 5/1/95. Sued by many in 2002. Accused of abuse of as many as 28 boys 1979-1985. Criminal charges dropped due to Supreme Court ruling. Likely returned to Mexico. L.A. archdiocese referred to him as Fidencio Flores Silva. As part of a 2007 $660M settlement with 508 plaintiffs, the archdiocese released Silva's personnel file 1/31/13. One alleged victim filed suit in 10/18 against the Vatican. Included on San Bernardino diocese's list 10/9/18. Assigned in 1998 to St. Philip Neri in Lynwood. Removed in 11/98. Reported in 5/19 to be working at a church in Mexico. Included in 8/21 on the Diocese of Fresno's list of credibly accused, where he was assigned 1987-1992.

Fr. Francis R. Simon

Order: OSB
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 12/18/1995
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accusations against Fr. Francis (Raymond E.) Simon were discovered in the personnel file of Fr. Mathias Faue released in 7/13. In 2002 a man alleged he was abused by Faue and Fr. Simon 1963-67 at St. Benedict's Church in Montebello, CA. Simon died 12/18/95.

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Fr. Michael Sintef

Ordained: 1981
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Included on archdiocese's list 1/31/13. Assigned 1981-85 to St. John the Baptist in Baldwin Park, 1985-1988 to St. Genevieve's in Van Nuys. 'Involved' sexually with a teen girl when he was age 30 and she was 17. He acknowledged in a 2018 interview that when she was 15 she "caught his eye." The girl disclosed the situation to her therapist, who called police. No criminal charges. Police informed the archdiocese which gave Sintef a warning. The 'relationship' continued for several more years. Sintef was sent to treatment in MD, then left the priesthood. He went on to practice hypnotherapy in Marin County. He is married and has a daughter.

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LA list Final Addendum 01.31.13
KGO TV 10.31.18

Fr. Robert William Spader

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Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Died: 08/3/1982
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese's list 12/6/18. Reports 2007-2008 to archdiocese of incidents 1972-1973. Spader died 8/3/82.

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Fr. Stephen Emmett Speciale

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1985
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse 1985-86. Settled in 1993 for $60K. Another suit filed 2003. Named in 2004 L.A. archdiocesan report. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/18. It notes a report in 1991 of sexual abuse of a minor, occurring "TBD." Dismissed from the order in 12/89.

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Fr. Matthew Michael Sprouffske

Order: OCarm
Ordained: 1954
Status: Arrested

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 1986 of abuse in the 1950s of a female relative under age 14. Arrested in 12/02. Criminal charges dropped in 7/03 due to CA Supreme Court ruling. Died in 1/05. At least one claim included in 11/06 $10M settlement with Order, L.A. archdiocese and 7 people alleging abuse by 5 priests. Archdiocese was to release personnel files as part of 2007 $660M settlement with 508 plaintiffs. Personnel files on 25 priests (including his) was to be released in Fall 2012 after CA Supreme Court rejected appeal by the priests. Added in 2/21 to the Joliet diocese's list, where he was assigned in 2002 to Carmelite Carefree Village.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Br. William Stadtfeld

Order: CP
Status: Settled

Died: 08/23/2001
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of two sisters between 1958 and 1966. Temporary profession 7/9/44; perpetual profession 7/9/47; died 8/23/01. Last name spelled as per personnel file. His L.A. archdiocesan obit misspelled name. The 2/17/04 archdiocesan report states one civil suit filed. Both sisters settled as part of $660M settlement in 7/07.

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Fr. Louis G. Stallkamp

Ordained: 1967
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of two minors 1974-79. Died in 1994. Named in the 2004 archdiocesan report. Civil suit filed in 12/03. Also worked in the Diocese of Orange.

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OC Weekly 03.04.05
LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Raymond Stiechen

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Order: SDB
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Per the archdiocese's list in 12/18, Stiechen had been laicized.

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Fr. Stanislaus Su

Order: CSJB
Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Member of the Congregation of St. John the Baptist (CSJB). Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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Fr. Thomas J. Sullivan

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1944
Status: Sued

Died: 02/2/1992
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Abuse in 1953 alleged in 2002. Sued in 2003 by a man who claimed abuse 1956-58, while he was a student at Loyola High School and Sullivan was attached to Jesuit faculty residence. Per L.A. archdiocesan report, three accusers reported incidents 1952-58. Worked in San Francisco, Santa Clara, Azusa and Los Angeles. At the Jesuit Curia in Rome 1968-69, then assigned to the Univ. of Hawaii Newman Center 1969-78. Died 2/2/92. On the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/18. It notes sexual abuse of a minor 1956-58, reported in 2009.

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Fr. Carl Maurice Sutphin

Ordained: 1958
Status: Arrested

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accusation in 1991 that he abused one boy and possibly two 1964-1970. Report in 1994 that he abused two brothers, ages 10-11, years prior. Retired and faculties removed in 2/02. Arrested in 2003. Charges dropped in 7/03 due to CA Supreme Court ruling. Accused of abuse of 17 during 1958-78, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Ranked # 6 on archdiocesan list of 10 most prolific abusers, with 23 accusers. Named in several civil suits. Laicized 12/16/05, per personnel file released in 1/13.

Fr. Joseph Tacderas

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Ordained: 1979
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1983, per 2004 archdiocesan report.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Santiago L. Tamayo

Ordained: 1959
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained in the Philippines. Began work in the L.A. archdiocese in 1968; incardinated in 1978. Accused along with six other priests in a 1984 civil suit of abuse of a girl in 1984. Girl gave birth to a daughter in 1982. He fled to the Philippines. Died in 1996 or 1999. Per 2004 archdiocesan report, Tamayo was accused of abuse of a minor 1978-84. Claims against all 7 priests settled for $500K in $660M settlement in Fall, 2007. Personnel files released in 1/13 show he was also alleged to have abused a boy.

Fr. Lukas Bao Teluma

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Order: SVD
Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1995, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Remained an active priest in 2004.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Raymond Jose Tepe

Ordained: 1931
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of two minors between 1958-1968 per archdiocesan report. Died in 1969.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Michael Terra

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Ordained: 1978
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 2002 of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old girl 1979-80. Left ministry and was placed on inactive leave in 1991. Named in 2004 archdiocesan report. Named in a civil suit. Laicized, per the archdiocese's list in 12/21.

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Br. Tom Thing

Order: OFM
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Pre-novitiate candidate, later a religious brother. Accused in 2004 CA civil suit of abusing at least one student at Saint Anthony Seminary. One of several named in 1995 suit; settled. New suit filed 3/11 in NV alleged abuse of a 7th-grade boy at St. Christopher Elementary School in North Las Vegas. Suit settled 6/12. Personnel file released by Order. Officially released from Order in 2004. On Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/19. On Province's list 5/31/19. It notes reports 1993, 2004 and 2014 of abuse of minors 1982-84. On the Oakland diocese's list in 2019.

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Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 05.31.19

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Fr. Vance Zebulon Thorne

Order: SVD
Ordained: 1954
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of one person in early 1970s per LA archdiocesan report in 2004. Also worked in dioceses of Austin TX (1961-1971), Jackson MS (1980-1987), and Trenton NJ. At least 3 civil suits and 2 criminal indictments filed 1986-87 in MS. One plaintiff claimed abuse by Thorne 1980-86 beginning when he was age 14 in at Holy Ghost church in the Jackson diocese. Another alleged abuse at the same parish as a 9-year-old boy. Thorne died 11/04. On Jackson diocese's list 3/19/19. It notes alleged abuse in 1986 reported same year, removed from diocese 1987.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Carl D. Tresler

Ordained: 1991
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Removed in 1998. Accused of abuse of a boy. Reportedly active in Peru in 3/05. Named in the 2004 in L.A. archdiocesan report.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Valentine Tugade

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Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Extern priest from the Philippines. Sued in 1984. Accused, along with 6 other priests, of abusing a girl 1978-84. Returned to the Philippines. Named in L.A.'s 2004 archdiocesan report. Located in Fremont, CA in 2002; in 2003 was proved to be the father of child born of the abuse. Claims against Tugade and the other 6 were settled for $500K as part of $660M settlement in 2007.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Jerome Turba

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Report noted to have been received in 2011, of incidents alleged to have occurred in the 1960-1970s. Turba went on inactive leave in 1973.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Fr. Jose I. Ugarte

Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

From Spain. Ordained for the L.A. archdiocese. Accusations revealed for first time in personnel files released by Archdiocese 1/31/13. In the early 1990s a doctor reported to the archdiocese that Ugarte drugged and raped a boy in Ensenada. On inactive leave with no ministry as of 11/1/93. Also accused abusing a 17-year old in 1983. Sexually involved with three other young men. Ordered to return to Spain and not to return to L.A. without permission for 7 years, not to celebrate Mass in public and to find a secular job.

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Fr. Chrisian Van Liefde

Ordained: 1973
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

In 1992 a woman reported inappropriate sexual conduct toward her by Van Liefde when she was a minor 1973-74. Placed on leave in 2002. Another allegation in 2003. Sued in 2003. Per LA archdiocese's 2004 report, there were two accusers, alleging abuse 1971-75.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Vincent Van ter Toolen

Order: OCarm
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse 1962-64. Left the L.A. archdiocese in 1970. Accuser came forward in 2002 to allege abuse in about 1961, when he was ages 3-5. Named in archdiocesan report. Named in a civil suit. At least one claim included in 11/06 $10M settlement with order, LA archdiocese and 7 people alleging abuse by five priests and religious. Deceased.

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
Catholic Key 11.10.06

Br. Pedro Vasquez

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Order: OFM
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

One of several religious assigned to Santa Barbara who were named as abusers in a civil suit filed in 8/08, which alleged that the Franciscans constituted "an ongoing public nuisance as a result of their practice of shuttling pedophile priests among communities without warning members of the public that a sexual predator might be in their midst." Abuse allegedly took place in the 2000s. On the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/19. It notes "The Province has received no allegation involving a minor."

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Br. John Verhart

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Order: SDB
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1957-58, per archdiocesan report. Named in at least one civil suit.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Henry Xavier Vetter

Order: CP
Ordained: 1938
Status: Sued

Died: 05/24/1977
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 1993 of abuse in the early 1960s. Several other accusations later received of abuse in the 1960s and early 1970s. May have worked in Mexico after leaving the L.A. archdiocese. Died in 1977. Per the 2004 archdiocesan report, there were seven accusers, of abuse occurring 1953-73. Named in at least one suit in 2003. Added to the KC-St Joseph list; one substantiated allegation of abuse in the diocese noted. Included on the Springfield-Cape Girardeau list of accused 4/13/21.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Gillmero Nemoria Villa Gomez

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Ordained: 1957
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a mninor 1964-65, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Name is also spelled "Gillmero Nemorio Villagomez" at times in the Official Catholic Directories. Retired. Named in a civil suit. Decease, per the archdiocese's list updated in 12/21.

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Fr. Ernesto Corral Villaroya

Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Monsignor. Extern priest from Philippines working in the L.A. archdiocese in the early 1990s, without permission. The archdiocese repeatedly told him to cease, and to return to the Philippines. Moved to Dallas diocese in 1996 where he was allowed ministry. Civil suit filed in 2002; dismissed. Accused of abuse 1981-83 in the Philippines. Allegedly raped a nun in the Philippines, who gave birth to a son ion 1983. Dallas Bishop reassigned him to parish after suit dismissed, but parishioners forced him to quit in 2003. The 2010 Catholic Directory showed him to be retired in the Dallas Diocese.

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Fr. Luis Villoria

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Order: CMF
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese's Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13.

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Fr. William S. Vita

Ordained: 1941
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1947-53, per archdiocesan report addendum. Named in a civil suit. Died in 1964.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05

Fr. Rudolph T. Vorisek

Order: CSP
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 05/18/2011
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/2018. Report in 2013 of incidents 1966-1970. Per his obituary, Vorisek was a campus minister at U.C. Santa Barbara (Isla Vista) 1968-1976. He died 5/18/2011. On Baltimore archdiocese's list 4/24/2019, where he was assigned to St. Peter's Minor Seminary 1957-1968. On the Paulists' list 3/8/2019. It notes the report in Los Angeles in 2013 of abuse in 1970.

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Paulist Fathers List 03.08.19

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Fr. John H. Wadeson

Order: SVD
Ordained: 1969
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of two 1973-77, per 2004 L.A. archdiocesan report. Also worked in New York and/or Brooklyn, Trenton NJ and Portland OR dioceses. Banned from working in L.A. archdiocese; in 2014 was found working as priest in Guam, apparently since at least 2000. Idenitified himself as an "Australian priest of the Archdiocese of Agana in Guam, Micronesia." Guam Archdiocese Directory indicated he was incardinated there but assigned to Neocatechumenal Center in San Francisco, CA. Removed from active ministry 07/22/14; archdiocese admitted it knew of past allegations in 2000 when he was incardinated. As of 7/23/14, left Guam, possibly to San Francisco. Denied all allegations. SF archdiocese withdrew privileges as of 07/21/14. Reinstatement to Agana archdiocese announced 4/15/15 after L.A. archdiocese reviewed case and said, since there appeared to have been no settlement and Wadeson was not convicted, Wadeson was "a priest in good standing."

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. James Joseph Walsh

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Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named in a lawsuit by one person alleging abuse in 1967-68. Died in 1984. Named in archdiocesan report, Errata notice # 1.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report Errata Notice # 1

Fr. A. Thomas Warren

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Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of five minors in 1991, per 2004 L.A. archdiocesan report. Reportedly in 2004, name added to list of accused priests affiliated with the Diocese of Tucson. Warren died in 2001. Tucson says no known victims there.

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Diocese of Tucson List of Accused Priests from Website
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
Arizona Daily Star 07.10.04

Fr. Francis J. Weber

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Ordained: 1941
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of two minors in 1959, per the 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1989.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Fr. Wilfred Weitz

Order: OSB
Ordained: 1936
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of one 1959-61, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1991. Named in at least one lawsuit.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04
LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05

Fr. Michael Edwin Wempe

Ordained: 1966
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of 13 during 1972-95, per archdiocese. Sued several times in 2002-03. Original criminal charges dropped due to 2003 CA Supreme Court ruling. Re-arrested in 2003. Convicted on one count in 2006. Sentenced to three years in prison in 5/06. Included in 12/06 $60M settlement. Laicized in 2006. Settlement in 2020 in the low six figures of a claim of abuse of a boy, ages 14-15, in 1974-75 while assigned to St. Jude's in Westlake Village. The archdiocese's list in 12/21 shows Wempe to be deceased.

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Fr. Gerald Wertz

Order: SDB
Ordained: 1988
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Civil suit filed 2/24/11 accuses Wertz of abuse of a 15-year-old boy at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower 1993-94. Wertz was a teacher and counselor at the school at the time of the alleged abuse. The boy reported the abuse at the time; Wertz was not disciplined. Said to be to be living in 2011 at the Salesian Provincial Residence in San Francisco (1 block away from Cathedral school). On Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/18. It notes report to the archdiocese in 2018 of incident(s) 1993-94.

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Fr. John W. Wishard

Ordained: 1962
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Pleaded no contest in 1980 to 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 2004 L.A. archdiocesan report. The archdiocese's list updated in 12/21 shows Wishard to be deceased.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Philip Mark Wolfe

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1980
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Convicted in 1989 of abuse of a boy. Sentenced to a year in jail and five years probation. Died by suicide in 1994. Named in Los Angeles archdiocesan report with three accusers and incidents 1975-89. A 1991 civil suit settled 1992. He was at St. Anthony Seminary. A man sued Franciscans of CA in 2001 alleging that he was abused as a minor by Wolfe in 1982 in Portland, OR when Wolfe visited his family. Suit was settled 5/02 for $10K. Named as abuser in two suits filed fall 2009. On the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/19. It notes allegations of the sex abuse of minors 1978-86 received 1988, 1993 and 2009, and that he left the order in 1991.