15 Accused in This Diocese
- Washington Post 09.26.02
- AP 02.06.03
- Washington Post 02.07.03
- Savannah Morning News 08.17.07
- WSAV 10.25.07
- Post and Courier 06.26.08
- Savannah Morning News 06.28.08
- Post and Courier 10.08.09
- Savannah Morning News 10.28.09
- WTOC 10.28.09
- Savannah Morning News 10.29.09
- Savannah Morning News 10.30.09
- Post and Courier 11.02.09
- Savannah Morning News 05.01.10
- Post and Courier 12.11.10
- Savannah Morning News 02.25.12
- WSAV 02.27.12
- Law360 07.26.12
- SNAP 01.04.16
- Fox 5 04.04.16
- Savannah Morning News 07.06.16
- SNAP 07.06.16
- WSAV 07.06.16
- WTOC 07.06.16
- Savannah Morning News 07.10.16
- WSAV 08.10.16
- Southern Cross 08.18.16
- WSAV 08.30.16
- WSAV 02.27.17
- WSAV 03.01.17
- ABC Columbia 08.28.17
- Island Packet 08.28.17
- Savannah Morning News 08.28.17
- WSAV 08.28.17
- WSAV 08.28.17
- WSAV 08.30.17
- WSAV 09.01.17
- WSAVi 09.01.17
- WSAV-TV 09.15.17
- Crux 10.24.18
- WCIV TV 10.25.18
- CNN 10.28.18
- Diocese of Savannah List 11.08.18
- Associated Press 06.25.19
- Savannah Morning News 06.25.19
- WSAV TV 06.25.19
- WTOC 09.24.20
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution 09.29.20
- WSAV 09.29.20
- WTOC 11.17.20
- WSAV 12.09.21
- MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23
- GA PAC Report 03.24.23
Fr. Wayland Yoder Brown, Jr.
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Fr. Joseph Dean
Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Savannah on its list 11/08/2018. Worked in the diocese before 1962. Pastored missions including VA, KY, NC, MS, GA, TX, OK. Died 2/14/2007 in Mt. Pleasant, TX. The diocese's list updated 11/16/2018 notes that Dean was investigated by an "independent investigator", Praesidian, and "exonerated" in 2004. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report.
Fr. Adolphe J. Gall
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Fr. Lorenzo Garcia
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Fr. Eugene A. Gavigan
Fr. Henry B. Groover
Assigned in GA, FL, LA. Arrested in 2003 for exposing himself to a police officer. Accused in a 1/2017 lawsuit of luring a young boy into sex acts 1983-1986, when Groover was a tugboat captain in GA, prior to ordination. The plaintiff's lawyer said Groover raped, molested and drugged his client, destroying his childhood. He also said Groover bought a house near the now-adult victim and his family and that he observes and approaches his client's children. Groover died by suicide 1/17/17, days after he was served the lawsuit. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report.
Fr. James A. Harrold
Fr. Bartholomew Keohane
Fr. Austin Martin
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Br. Robert (Hugh) Murphy
Fr. S. John Murray
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Fr. Nicholas Quinlan
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Fr. Joseph R. Smith
Fr. Robert J. Teoli
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Fr. Patrick Tuttle
On 4/4/2004 the Our Lady of Guadalupe Province Franciscans announced that Tuttle had been removed from public ministry, due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Four months prior he was removed from active ministry and as pastor of Holy Spirit in Macon, GA. The order stated that Tuttle was "under the strict supervision of an independent monitor."