22 Accused in This Diocese
- Diocese of Salina List 03.29.19
- Diocese of Salina List 03.29.19
- BA.org Assignment Record
- Fort Worth Star Telegram 05.08.01
- Kansas City Star 05.12.01
- Fort Worth Star Telegram 08.03.01
- Associated Press 08.05.01
- Associated Press 12.05.01
- Wichita Eagle (AP) 12.05.01
- St Louis Post Dispatch 03.03.02
- Hutchinson News 02.27.04
- Lawrence Journal-World 06.25.10
- Missouri Sex Offenders List website 11.16.17
- Capuchin Province of Mid-America List 03.01.19
- Denver Post 03.28.19
- The Register 03.29.19
- Hays Post 04.05.19
- Diocese of Salina List 03.29.19
- Diocese of Salina List 03.29.19
Fr. Louis Bachand
Named publicly as accused by the Salina diocese on its list 3/29/19. A single allegation of abuse in the late 1950s-early 1960s reported in 2011. Bachand died in 1991.
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Fr. Gregory Beyer
Named publicly as accused by the Capuchin Province of Mid-America on its list 3/1/19. One known credible allegation of abuse occurring in the 1970s. Died in 12/10.
Fr. Maurice Bruno Dion
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 3/2/9/19. Allegatons of abuse 1960s-1970s reported to the diocese in 2002. Dion died in 2004.
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Fr. Christian Dreiling
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 3/29/19. Allegations of abuse in the 1930s reported to the diocese in 1939. Diocese investigated and in 1940 Dreiling was placed on diocesan and court-ordered leave. Received five years of treatment. Returned to ministry in 1948. Died in 1960.
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Fr. Ronald Sam Gilardi
Arrested and charged in 2000 with 14 counts of indecent solicitation of a child and other crimes, including sodomy, of a 14-year-old boy at Thomas More Prep-Marian High School 1993-94. Pled guilty in 2001 to 3 counts; sentenced to at least 32 months in treatment at Vianney Center in MO and 5 years probation. Suit filed in 2001 in TX. Dismissed and refiled in KS. Settlement announced 12/01. School paid $30K. Family also settled with insurance co. and Diocese in confidential settlement. Living with Order in St. Louis 12/06. Registered as MO sex offender. Last known address per 11/17 internet search is RECON/Wounded Brothers Project in Robertsville, MO. On Capuchin Province of Mid-America list 3/1/19.
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Fr. David Gottschalk
Named publicly as accused by the Kansas City archdiocese on its list 1/25/19. On the Capuchin Province of Mid-America list 3/1/19. More than one credible allegation of abuse, occurring in the 1970s. Removed from ministry/under supervision.
Fr. Julian Haas
Named publicly as accused by the Capuchin Province of Mid-America on its list 3/1/19. Removed from ministry/under supervision, per Salina diocese. More than one credible allegation of abuse, alleged to have occurred 1970s-80s.
Fr. Roger William Hough
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 3/29/19. An allegation of abuse 2001-02 reported to the diocese in 2002. Removed from ministry in 2005, ordered to a life of prayer and penance. Died in 2018.
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Br. David Jones
Named publicly as accused by the Capuchin Province of Mid-America on its list 3/1/19. Abuse reportedly occurred around 1986. More than one credible allegation, per the Salina diocese. Dismissed from Order in 1987.
Fr. Louis Mattas
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 3/29/19. Allegations of abuse in the mid 1960s and early 1980s reported to the diocese in 2005 and 2007. Only the 2007 allegation was substantiated. Ordered by the Vatican to a life of prayer and penance. Died in 2011.
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Fr. William H. Merchant
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 3/19. It notes abuse 1960s-1970s, reported 1968, 1999, 2000-2004. Merchant died in 1975. Superintendet of Seven Dolors Grade School and Luckey High School in the 1950s and 1960s. Allegedly abused boys there.
Fr. John Moeder
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 3/2919. An allegation of abuse in the late 1970s was reported to the diocese in 2018. Moeder died in 2012.
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Fr. Thomas O’Donohoe
From Ireland. Named publicly as accused by the Salina diocese on its list 3/29/2019. An allegation of abuse occurring 1943-1945 was reported to the diocese in 2004. O'Donohoe died in 1951. Included on the Wichita diocese's list 9/20/19, name misspelled "O'Donohue." Worked in the diocese 1911-1913.
Fr. Robert J. Reif
In 1986, 2002 and 2005 Diocese received reports of abuse. Accused of abusing two brothers 1975-86. Sent to treatment 1986-87. He denied claims but wrote apologetic letter to boys' parents in 1988. Left priesthood in 1989. Suit filed in 1995. Dismissed on SOL. Appealed to KS Supreme Court which reversed 7/96 and sent back down for trial. Case settled in mid-1990s. Laicized in 2006. On diocese's list 3/29/19.
Br. Benignus Scarry
Named publicly as accused by the Capuchin Province of Mid-America on its list 3/1/19. Per the Salina diocese, there is one known credible allegation against Scarry, occurring in the 1980s. He left the Order in 2016.
Fr. Daniel Schartz
Named publicly as accused by the Capuchin Province of Mid-America on its list 3/1/19. More than one credible allegation, of abuse occurring in the 1970s. Left the order in 1980.
Fr. Allen Kent Scheer
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 3/29/19. Abuse reported in 2012 by Scheer of a vulnerable adult/person with disabilities. Convicted of abuse. Laicized 2012.
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Fr. Robert Schleiter
Named publicly as accused by the Salina Diocese on its list 3/29/2019. Allegations of abuse occurring in the 1950s were reported in 1957, 1980 and 2003. The Diocese noted it did not respond to the 1980 allegation, but did so when the alleged victim again came forward in 2003. In 1957 Schleiter was dismissed by Salina after an investigation and moved to the Diocese of Wichita. Included on the Wichita Diocese's 9/20/2019 list of clerics with substantiated allegations. It notes "ministry ended" in 1969. Died in 1995.
Fr. Eugene Senecal
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 3/29/19. Allegations reported to the diocese in 1994 and 2002 of abuse 1960s-1970s. Senecal died in 1975.
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Br. Felix Shinsky
Capuchin brother. Named publicly as accused by the Capuchin Province of Mid-America on its list 3/1/19. Removed from ministry/under supervision, per the Salina diocese. One known credible allegation of abuse, which occurred in 1977.
Fr. Arthur Van Speybroeck
Named publicly as accused by the Salina diocese on its list 3/29/2019. Multiple allegations. Report to the diocese in 1907 of abuse the same year. Van Speybroeck left the Salina diocese sometime after 1908. On the Diocese of Wichita's list 9/20/2019; worked in the diocese in 1902, "Out of Diocese" 1902-1943. Three Wichita assignments in 1943. Retired in
1943. Died in 1948. Included in the FL Attorney General's report 11/6/2020 (name spelled "Speybroek").
Fr. John E. Walsh
Named publicly as accused by the Salina diocese on its list 3/29/2019, noting a single allegation of abuse occurring 1972-1978, reported to the diocese in 2002. Diocese investigated. Walsh retired in 2002. Died in 2009. On the Wichita diocese's list of clerics with substantiated allegations 9/20/2019. Worked in the diocese 1955-1958.