16 Accused in This Diocese
Fr. Vijaya Bhaskar Godugunuru
Diocese: Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee FL
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Fr. James K. Bluett
Fr. Richard Castillo
Fr. Michael A. Cherup, Jr.
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Fr. Thomas Anthony Crandall
Fr. James J. Flaherty
Monsignor. Parish priest, Judicial Vicar, Director of the Office of the Tribunal, Director of lay formation and priestly formation. Asked to "step down" for "non-specific concerns" in 2018. Report to police and the Diocese in 2023 that Flaherty sexually abused a boy, age 12 or 13 to 14, beginning in 2011. Flaherty was pastor at the time at St. John the Evangelist and the boy was a student at the parish school. No criminal prosecution due to the statute of limitations.
Deacon Tom Gordon
Diocese: Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee FL
Deacon at Little Flower Catholic Church in Pensacola. On 2/2/2023 the diocese received complaints about Gordon by three Little Flower Catholic School students. Gordon was suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. In 3/2023 the Diocese announced that there was no evidence that the alleged touching was lewd or lascivious. Gordon was returned to ministry.
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Fr. Philip E. Halstead
Fr. Todd O. Hevia
Fr. Edward T. Jones
Fr. David McCreanor
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Fr. Sebastian C. Naslund
Fr. Timothy Pathe
Fr. Louis J. Reczek
Fr. Arthur Terminello
Diocese: Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee FL