30 Accused in This Diocese
- Gallup Independent 08.03.05
- Gallup Independent 05.27.11
- John Doe 75 Complaint 07.21.11
- KION 08.02.11
- Monterey County Herald 08.02.11
- Sacramento Bee 08.03.11
- KION 08.04.11
- Monterey County Herald 04.11.12
- Gallup Independent 06.20.13
- Sacramento Bee 06.24.13
- New Mexican 06.25.13
- Daily Times 09.05.13
- Gallup Independent 11.11.13
- ABQ Journal 12.14.13
- Albuquerque Journal 12.16.14
- Arizona Journal 11.21.15
- Gallup Independent 04.09.18
- Diocese of Gallup List 04.28.18
- KSBW TV 01.02.19
- Diocese of Monterey List 01.02.19
- Diocese of Alexandria List 02.06.19
- Avoyelles Today 02.10.19
- KTAL 07.15.20
- Shreveport Times 07.19.20
- Associated Press 12.16.20
- Shreveport Times via Daily Advertiser 12.16.20
- The Sun-Gazette 08.11.21
- Diocese of Fresno List accessed 01.17.22
- Associated Press 04.17.02
- Advocate 04.19.02
- Daily Town Talk 04.20.02
- Daily Advertiser 05.10.02
- Daily Advertiser 05.23.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- Daily Town Talk 01.16.03
- Lafayette Daily Advertiser 05.03.03
- Daily Town Talk 05.03.03
- Advocate 05.21.03
- Daily Town Talk 11.21.03
- Daily Town Talk 02.12.04
- Daily Comet 03.30.10
- KATC 01.13.19
- Diocese of Alexandria List 02.06.19
- Avoyelles Today 02.10.19
Fr. Edward Terry Allen
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Allegation of abuse of a male minor in 1973 was brought to the Review Board in 2005. Deemed credible. Resigned from active ministry in 2005. Settlement with victim in 2012. Allen died in 2018.
Fr. William G. Allison
Ordained for Diocese of Alexandria LA. Also worked in AZ and CA. Was in treatment at the Paraclete center and working in Gallup NM. There were allegations against him in Flagstaff in 1963 and a civil suit in Fresno. Died in 1987. A CA civil suit filed in 7/11 claimed abuse in 1966. It may have been dismissed due to a 2012 CA Supreme Court ruling. Accused of abuse in Gallup, deemed credible in 2005. Suit filed in AZ in 6/13 against the Gallup Diocese. On the Gallup diocese's list 4/28/17. On the Monterey diocese's list 1/2/19. It notes a report in 2003 of abuse there 1964, 1966 and '69. On the Diocese of Alexandria's list 2/6/19; allegation found in file in 2019 of abuse of a boy in 1961, deemed credible. Suit in 7/20 alleged abuse by Allison and a male college student named Henry of a young altar boy in a Monroe LA parish in the 1970s. The college student lived in the rectory. All 9 judges in the Second Circuit recused themselves from the lawsuit in 12/20. Case reassigned to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Included in 8/21 on the Fresno diocese's list of credibly accused.
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Fr. John Wesley Andries
Suspended after accused of fondling a boy in 1998. Sent to treatment. Returned to ministry. Accused of sexual contact with 16-year-old boy at the home of boy's family in 4/01. Pled innocent 5/02. Pled guilty 5/03 to charge of sexual battery in plea bargain. Sentenced to five years in prison with all but two years suspended. Suit filed 1/03; settled in 2012. Laicized 2007. On sex offender registry as of 6/10. Died 12/31/13. On diocese's list 2/6/!9.
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Fr. Gielse Boyer
Named publicly as accused by the diocese when added to its list 7/6/20. It notes that a report was received 2/6/19 that Boyer sexually abused a boy in the mid-1970s. The Review Board deemed the allegation credible. Boyer died 5/29/88.
Fr. Paul Conway
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. In 2004 the Review Board deemed credible allegations that Conway sexually abused female minors dating back to 1956. Victims received settlements in 2005 and 2017. Conway died in 1996.
Fr. Francis O. Couvillion
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. After a review of Couvillion's file in 2019, the Review Board deemed credible allegations of sexual abuse of male minors dating back to the 1950s. Couvillion died in 1978.
Fr. Charles Dekeukelare
Named publicly as accused by the Alexandria diocese on its list 2/6/19. Assigned to 1955-82 of Our Lady of Lourdes in Fifth Ward. Removed, pled guilty to indecent behavior with a juvenile in Avoyelles Parish in 1982.
Fr. Francis Patrick Donohoe
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Former Capuchin friar. Incardinated into the Diocese of Alexandria in 1942. Removed from active ministry in 1966. Died in 1983. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Review by diocese of file in 2019 showed credible evidence of multiple allegations of sexual abuse of male minors dating from the 1960s.
Fr. Harvey J. Fortier
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Allegation in 1994 of sexual abuse of a male minor in 1954. Deemed credible. Settlement with victim in 1995. Fortier died in 1999.
Fr. Robert Friend
Status: Settled
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Monsignor. Died in 1977. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Allegation deemed credible by Review Board in 2004, of sexual abuse of a male minor in 1954. Settlement with victim in 2005.
Fr. Edmond L. Gagne
Named publicly as accused by the Alexandria diocese on its list 2/6/19. Assigned to a Marksville parish for two months in 1974. Transferred to Houston, TX. Removed from public ministry in 1986. Died in 1990. Diocese reviewed file in 2019, and found multiple credible allegations of sexual abuse of male minors in the 1980s.
Fr. Moise Richard Gremillion
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Retired from active ministry in 1969. Died in 1973. In a 2019 review of Gremillion's file, the diocese found and deemed credible multiple allegations of sexual abuse of male minors dating from the 1960s.
Fr. Michael G. Hannon
Named publicly as accused by the Alexandria diocese on its list 2/6/19. Hannon left the diocese in 1963. He was incardinated into the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1982. Died in 2000. The Alexandria diocese reviewed Hannon's file in 2019 and found evidence of multiple credible allegations of sexual abuse of male minors dating from the 1960s.
Raymond M. Jones
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Deacon. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Suspended in 1986 after allegation he sexually abused a male minor in 1982. Scheduled ordination cancelled and he was encouraged to seek laicization. Allegation deemed credible by the \he Permanent Review Board in 2019.
Fr. Theodore M. Lelieveld
Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese in 9/19 after it received an allegation of sexual abuse of male minors, dating to the mid-1960s. The diocese's review board deemed the allegations credible. Lelieveld was murdered 10/21/76 at age 50.
Fr. Frederick J. Lyons
Retired 1989. Placed on leave without privileges 1/06 after two allegations of sexual misconduct with minors, occurring "decades" prior, were deemed credible by the diocesan review board. Ordered by Vatican to live life of prayer and penance, per 11/13 announcement. Title "Msgr." removed. On diocese's list 2/6/19.
Fr. Kenneth M. Mathews
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Left active ministry in 1998. Died in 2008. Review of file by the diocese in 2019 showed evidence of multiple credible allegations of sexual abuse of male minors dating to the 1980s.
Fr. Donald P. McCarthy
Ordained for the Diocese of Austin where he worked 1959-61. After a leave of absence he was incardinated in 1968 to the Salina, KS diocese. Accused in a 2/1/05 lawsuit of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy, along with Rev. Leger Tremblay, in 1955 in the Alexandria diocese. McCarthy was then a seminarian at Assumption Seminary in San Antonio, TX. Abuse said to have included rape and oral battery. McCarthy knew the boy from Camp Maryhill near Pineville, LA. The case was dismissed 7/31/06 due to the statute of limitations. McCarthy died 11/27/17.
Fr. Jamie Medina-Cruz
Native of Puerto Rico. Removed from assignment at St. Mary's Assumption in Cottonport and St. Joseph's in Marksville 3/12/13 after he was accused of misconduct with a minor. Sheriff's office was conducting an investigation. Found dead in hotel room 6
Fr. Adrian Molenschot
Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese on its list in 6/19. Allegations against Molenschot of "sexual misconduct" and abuse of male minors date back to the 1960s. Died in 12/94.
Fr. William O’Hanlon
Monsignor. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2/22 of sexually abusing a boy, beginning when the boy was age 6 or 7, between 1966 and 1968. O'Hanlon was assigned to St. Theresa's in Shreveport during the time of the alleged abuse. He died in 2001.
Fr. Yves Robitaille
Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese on its list in 6/19. Allegedly sexually abused a male minor in the mid-1950s. Retired in 5/90. Died 7/27/98.
Fr. Donald Rogers
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Removed from active ministry in 1967, laicized 1974. In 2004 an allegation that Rogers sexually abused a male minor in 1962 was brought to the Review Board. The Board reviewed the file in 2019 and noted evidence of multiple credible allegations.
Fr. Louis P. Senesac
Named publicly as accused by the Alexandria diocese on its list 2/6/19. A 2019 review by the diocese of Senesac's file showed a credibl allegation of sexual abuse of a male minor in 1945. Assigned 1941-48 to Church of the Little Flower in Evergreen. Senesac died in 1966.
Fr. Victor Sepsi
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Left the diocese and active ministry in 1967. In 2019 the diocese reviewed Sepsi's file, which showed evidence of multiple allegations of abuse of male minors dating to the 1960s. The Review Board deemed the allegations credible.
Fr. H. Clinton Teacle
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Monsignor. Died in 1969. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Allegations to Review Board in 2009 of abuse of male minors in the 1960s. Review of file in 2019 by diocese showed further evidence of abuse of male minors. Deemed credible by the Review Board.
Fr. Joseph Tisch
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria LA
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. Allegation to Review Board in 2014 of abuse of a male minor in 1967. Tisch left active ministry in 1968. Died in 2007 "publicly separated from the Church." File review in 2019 showed more evidence of sex abuse of male minors; deemed credible by Review Board.
Fr. J.C. Leger Tremblay
Accused 2/1/05 of abusing 14-year-old boy, along with seminarian Donald P. McCarthy, in 1955 . Abuse allegedly included rape and oral battery, and the boy silenced by threats. Complaint states diocese was contacted 1990 and Bishop Friend confirmed in 2004 that Tremblay was a pedophile who abused 'numerous youths.' Per Diocese, Tremblay was removed 1987 for 'attempted, unwanted physical advance toward a minor.' Reportedly defrocked 1989. Trained in Quebec and New Orleans. Died 1/13/02. On diocese's list 2/6/19. Settlements in 2004 and 2005.
Fr. Leo Van Hoorn
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 2/6/19. From Holland. Arrived in the U.S. in 1956. Suspended from active ministry in 1979. Died in 2006. Allegation to Review Board in 2006 of sexual abuse of a male minor in 1967. A 2019 review by the Board of Van Hoorn's file showed evidence of another credible allegation of sex abuse of a male minor. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/20 of abusing a boy in first or second grade at Sacred Heart of Jesus in Pineville, in 1962-63. The suit claims Van Hoorn "raped and sexually assaulted many young boys."
Fr. Nino Viviano
Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese on its list in 6/19. Allegedly sexually abused a female minor in the early 1960s. Retired in 1998. Reportedly living in a nursing home in 6/19, age 91 and with advanced dementia.