Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

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Terry McKiernan February 26, 2021

16 Accused in This Diocese

Fr. Charles Arnold Bartles

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 07/28/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

One pending claim against Bartles shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for Fairbanks diocese 1/25/10. Died 7/28/93. On the Jesuits Central and Southern Province list 12/7/18. It notes multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1970s or 1980s. Removed from ministry. On Jesuit West Province's list 12/7/18, noting allegations reported in 2009 0f abuse 1973-74 and 1978. Location of alleged abuse not indicated. Assigned 1972-78 to Marist School in Atlanta, GA, then to Our Lady of the Snows church in Nulato, AK 1978-82.

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Fr. Clarence Biggers

Order: SM
Ordained: 1950
Status: Settled

Died: 03/3/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

In 2002 several women accused Biggers of molesting them as children in Marietta, GA in the early 1960s. Transferred to Baton Rouge diocese in 1964. In 2000 a woman told the Baton Rouge diocese he sexually abused her as a girl 1965-67. Biggers was transferred back to Atlanta in 1967. Began living in a monastery in 1969. In 2003 ten women settled for $25K each. Personnel file had a letter from the early 1960s showing that parents of some of the girls had complained to the Marists. Biggers died in 2009. On Atlanta archdiocese's list 11/6/18. On Baton Rouge diocese's list in 2019.

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Fr. Jacob A. Bollmer

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Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Died: 08/18/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's list 11/6/18. Assignments included Catholic Social Services 1969-87 while living at Village of St. Joseph, and Cathedral of Christ the King 1968-69. An alleged victim said in an 11/18 news interview that when he was age 15 in the 1970s, Bollmer asked him to pull his pants down at his St. Joseph Village residence. The man said he reported the incident to the archdiocese after the clergy abuse crisis in Boston was revealed in 2002. Bollmer was removed from ministry in 1987, and died in 2000.

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Archdiocese of Atlanta List 11.06.18

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Fr. Richard Roy Boucher

Order: MS
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Died: 05/1/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Priest of the Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette. Named publicly as accused on the Atlanta archdiocese's list 11/6/18. Worked in the archdiocese at Our Lady of LaSalette. Removed from ministry in 1992. Died in 2020.

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Archdiocese of Atlanta List 11.06.18

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Fr. Sergio Calle Perez

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Ordained: 1998
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Colombian. Named as accused on the archdiocese's list 11/6/18. Assigned to St. John Neumann 1998-99, St. Marguerite d'Youville 1998-99 and Prince of Peace in 1999. Laicized in 2004.

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Archdiocese of Atlanta List 11.06.18

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Seminarian Kenneth Joseph Cassity

Order: MS
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Seminarian of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette. Arrested in 4/02 in Lake Wales, FL, where he had been working since 11/01/01 as director of youth ministry at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Charges related to accusations of abuse of three boys in 7/99-12/00 while working at St. Ann's in East Cobb, GA. Pled guilty in 7/03 to molesting twelve-year-old twin boys. The third boy was age 16 when allegedly abuse. Sentenced to six years in prison and nine years' probation The family sued; settled in 12/03 for $10M. Cassity died in 2006. Included on the archdiocese's list 11/6/18. Also reportedly worked 1994-99 in Silver Spring MD as youth ministry at St. John the Baptist, and briefly at Sacred Heart in Glyndon, MD between his assignments in GA and FL.

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Fr. Jorge Cristancho

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Ordained: 1978
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's list 11/6/18. Assigned to seven parishes over his career. On leave of absence 1987-88. On the diocesan Hispanic Liaison Personnel Board 1991-97. Laicized 2003.

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Archdiocese of Atlanta List 11.06.18

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Fr. John Douglas Edwards

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Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Named publicly on the archdiocese's list 11/6/18. Assignments included fourteen parishes over the years, often for only a year or two. Leaves of absences 1973-74 and 1986-87. Last assignment was 1987-89. Died in 1997. Lawsuit filed in 12/18 by a man alleging abuse 1976-78 when he was an altar boy, ages 12-15.

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Archdiocese of Atlanta List 11.06.18

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Fr. Philip S. Gage

Order: SM
Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Officials of the Marist School announced in 1995 that Gage had been removed in 1993 after allegations that he molested a 17-year-old student in 1989. During investigation, officials learned of another possible victim who was 18 at the time of the alleged abuse. Gage was sent to his Order's headquarters in Washington D.C. He was active in Baltimore in 2003 per unrelated news article. Possibly living in Atlanta area as of 2009. Per Marist website accessed 10/17, Gage was a Council of the Province member. On Wheeling-Charleston diocese's list in late 2018. Worked there at St. Vincent de Paul 1979-81. Included on the Atlanta diocese's list in 11/20 which notes "Supervised by Order."

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Fr. Raymond F. Horan

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Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's list 11/6/18. Moved through eleven parishes during career, assigned to a high school 1969-71. Sabbatical 1987. Removed from ministry 1992. Died in 2017.

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Archdiocese of Atlanta List 11.06.18

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Fr. Leonard Francis Mayhew

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Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's list 11/6/18. Assigned to parishes in Decatur, Atlanta, Athens, Monroe and LaGrange. Removed fro ministry in 1966. Died in 2012.

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Archdiocese of Atlanta List 11.06.18

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Archdiocese of Atlanta List 11.06.18
WSB TV 11.07.18

Fr. John Molloy

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Ordained: 1984
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Per the Atlanta archdiocese on its list 11/05/20, Molloy went to Ireland on leave of absence in 1985. He was was removed from ministry in Ireland in 1995, laicized in 1998 and convicted in 2003.

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Archdiocese of Atlanta List 11.05.20

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Archdiocese of Atlanta List 11.05.20

Fr. Anton Mowat

Ordained: 1967
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

English. Removed from ministry in 1987. Charged in 1988 with abuse of four altar boys in Stone Mt., GA. Prior to charges, he fled the U.S. Extradited from England in 1990 and convicted. Sentenced to 6 years jail and 9 years probation. Served 15 months; released and deported to England. Atlanta archdiocese paid at least $358K to families of three of the boys. In 1997 Mowat was again extradited on charges of violating his probation by inappropriately touching an 11-year-old boy in 1994. Ordered ordered back to prison in 11/97 for four years. On Atlanta archdiocese's list 11/6/18.

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Archdiocese of Atlanta LIst 11.06.18

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Fr. Joseph W. Paulantonio

Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 10/29/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Named publicly as accused on the Atlanta archdiocese's list 11/6/18. Assigned there for a few years in the 1970s in to St. Jude the Apostle. Died in 1997.

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Fr. Alberto Rodriguez

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

In a 2005 civil suit filed in Miami, a man accused Rodriguez of abusing him as a minor at Holy Cross in Atlanta. Plaintiff alleged that Rodriguez kept him locked in the basement of the rectory, drugged him and abused him over a 30-day period. The plaintiff also alleged abuse by multiple other priests in Miami. He fled to Atlanta to escape the abuse. Supposedly Rodriguez admitted abuse to Fr. Hector Gonzales Abreu. Suit settled 2007.

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Fr. Louis P. Rogge

Order: OCarm
Ordained: 1954
Status: Convicted

Died: 08/8/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Pled guilty in 1974 to child molestation charges in Athens GA. Sentenced to six years probation. Returned to active ministry in 1976. Abused two brothers in Joliet diocese 1996 and 1999. Removed from public ministry in 2002. Indicted on criminal charges in 12/06, pled guilty in 4/07. Was expected to receive 60 day sentence and probation. Died 8/07 before sentencing. On Atlanta archdiocese's list 11/6/18. Added in 2/21 to the Joliet diocese's list.

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