Archdiocese of Baltimore MD - BishopAccountability.org

148 Accused in This Diocese

Deacon William Steven Albaugh

Ordained: 1996
Status: Arrested

Died: 08/2/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Deacon of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Nottingham since 1996. Arrested 3/1/2013 and released on bail for possession of child abuse images which he stored on thumb drives and on his Verizon Online cloud storage system. Verizon Online reported the presence of the images. Albaugh admitted he stored the images but said he would never harm a child. Suspended from his duties. Died 8/1/2016.

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Br. James Avant

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Order: OFM Cap
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

In 1993 a woman alleged that Avant abused her son and other boys in the early 1970s at St. Martin's rectory. Her son was an 8th-grader at the time in question. Allegations reported to the Capuchins. Avant had left the order in 1990. He was assigned to Morgan State University starting in 1972, St. Martin (Baltimore) 1972-1978 and Charles Lwanga Center 1979-1984. Requested dispensation from religious life in 1995. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's 2002 list of accused religious priests and brothers. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Michael Lowell Barnes

Ordained: 1975
Status: Convicted

Died: 05/20/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

A 6/2009 lawsuit against the Baltimore Archdiocese filed in DE alleged Barnes molested a boy 1977-1982 while at St. Clare School in Essex. The abuse occurred in the rectory and on out of state trips, and involved alcohol. Baltimore contacted plaintiff in 2002 after a review of files; he denied abuse. He contacted them in 2003 but refused counseling/mediation. Barnes left the priesthood in 1988. Arrested in NC in 10/2009 on charges of abuse of the same boy. Extradited to MD in 2/2010. Pleaded no contest in 6/2010. Sentenced to six months in jail. Civil case settled in 8/2010 for $50K. Laicized in 2013. Died in 2017. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It reveals indications of issues with Barnes during seminary, as well as treatment and several leaves of absence during his priesthood. At one point a woman reported to the Archdiocese that Barnes was having young men and boys sleep over in the rectory. The woman's husband told the A.G. in 2021 that the Archdiocese sent a "monk" to speak to his wife, who told her "it would cost the Archdiocese money." A note in Barnes' file said the woman "could be dangerous." After leaving the priesthood, Barnes volunteered at a Jessup parish until 2002, and was employed at a D.C. parish until 2009.

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Fr. Thomas J. Bauernfeind

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Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Died: 01/1/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Parish priest, Vice Chancellor and Chancellor. Report to the Archdiocese in 1987 of sexual abuse of a girl, age 16, in the mid-1970s. The alleged victim said she reported the abuse at least twice prior to 1987, but no action. Bauernfeind was sent to House of Affirmation in MA for treatment and kept in ministry as a parish pastor. Medical leave of absence 1991-1992 after a car accident. Retired in 1998. Faculties removed in 4/2002. Included on the Archdiocese's in list in 10/2002 of priests accused of molesting children. A second woman reported in 10/2002 that Bauernfeind sexually abused her when she was age 17 in about 1974. She also reported her abuse several times before 2002, to no avail. Both women reported attempted rape. Bauernfeind died 1/01/2003.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 9.26.02

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Fr. W. Vincent Bechtel

Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused

Died: 09/19/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. The Diocese of Harrisburg told Baltimore in 2018 of a claim of sex abuse against Bechtel, occurring while assigned to Mt. St. Joseph High School. Bechtel worked at the school 1979-1989. More allegations of abuse while at Mt. St. Joseph followed. Bechtel died in 1994. Included in the MD Attorney General's Report 4/5/23, which shows two separate reports in 1986 by teen boys (both former St. Joseph's students) to their counselors of 'solicitation by Bechtel. No action. The 2018 reports were from a mother who said her two boys were abused by Bechtel while Mt. St. Joseph's students, and from a former student who said Bechtel fondled him in 1987 or 1988 when he was age 15 or 16.

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Fr. Ronald Belschner

Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

The Archdiocese announced in 8/2019 that it had received an allegation that Belschner sexually abused a child in the mid-1970s, while assigned to St. Gregory the Great. He denied the allegations. Belschner went on leave of absence in 1991 and his faculties were permanently removed. Included in the MD Attorney General's 4/5/23 report. It shows a report in 12/2017 to the Archdiocese that Belschner abused a boy, age 14 or 15, in 1975-1976. Another man told the Archdiocese in 10/2020 the priest sexually abused him, including rape, 1976-1979. Belschner adopted a 17-year-old boy in the mid-1980s. Parishioners and staff voiced concerns about Bechtel's behavior to the Archdiocese in 1990. In 1991 Bishop Murphy told Belschner to have the young man living with him move out. Belschner defied this and was placed on leave. He agreed to treatment, but did not follow through.

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Fr. Thomas R. Bevan

Ordained: 1963
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Monsignor. Held prominent Chancery positions and roles in the Boy Scouts. Executive Director 1992-1997 of the Secretariat for Priestly Life and Ministry for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Formed the Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse. Allegation in 2005 dated back to 1974; review board found "insufficient evidence." Kept in ministry. Removed in 8/2009 after allegations that he sexually abused a boy several times at St. John's School in Frederick 1974-1979. Denied the allegations. Archdiocese learned of allegations in 6/2009 and notified police. Four allegations found credible in 11/2009. Permanently removed from active ministry in 11/2009. Criminal charges filed in 2/2010. Plea agreement in 9/2010. Received a 10-year suspended sentence and 18 months home detention. Laicized in 2016. One settlement in 7/2017. Included on the Archdiocese's list of accused. Included in the MD Attorney General's 4/5/2023 report. It shows that Bevan had boys stay at his cabin, gave them alcohol and watched them streak naked. Sometimes other adults were present, including priests, also naked and drinking alcohol.

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Fr. Maurice J. Blackwell

Ordained: 1974
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Pastor of St. Edward's in Baltimore 1979-2003. Placed on leave in 1993 after complaints of abuse of a minor 1989-1992. Law enforcement investigated; closed case despite evidence of abuse; discovered several teenage boys had lived at Blackwell's rectory over the years. Sent to treatment then reinstated. Permanently placed on leave in 1998 after admitting to a "sexual relationship" with another minor which ended in the 1970s. Settlement for $90K with this victim. The 1993 accuser shot and injured Blackwell in 2002. Archbishop acknowledged abuse. In 2002 multiple others alleged sexual abuse by Blackwell 1960s-1970s. Included on the archdiocese's list of accused. Laicization announced in 12/2004. Found guilty during a 2/2005 criminal trial for the 1993 abuse, which included rape. Settlement for $70K with this victim in 2008. Also in 2008, $35K and $75K settlements with two more victims. Three more men came forward, in 2/2017, 5/2018 and 4/2020, reporting abuse ages 13-17, at age 8 or 9, and in third grade. Blackwell's case is included in the MD Attorney General's 4/5/2023 report.

Fr. Louis A. Bonacci

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Allegation received in 4/2011 that Bonacci improperly touched a minor in a family home 1978-1982 when he was assistant director of campus ministry at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD. During the investigation a second accuser was located. Removed in 4/2011 from assignment in Scranton and, in 6/2011, was permanently removed from active ministry by his order. Left the Jesuits in 2014. On the Scranton diocese's list in 8/2018; assigned there 2003-2011. On Wheeling-Charleston diocese's list in late 2018, where he was Wheeling Jesuit University campus minister 6/1999-2003. On the MD Province Jesuits' and the Baltimore archdiocese's lists in 12/2018. On the Charlotte diocese's list 12/29/2019. On Cincinnati's list in 1/2020. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Br. Eugene Morgan

Order: FSC
Status: Accused

Died: 02/4/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Joined his Order in 1952. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Accused in 8/2018 of sexually abusing a male Calvert Hall College High Student in the late 1970s. Morgan was Dean of Discipline at the school and later taught typing. The boy was a swim team member and said Morgan would make the boys swim naked, and that Morgan grabbed and fondled his genitals. Another former student said in 2019 that Morgan would watch the students strip down for swim class. A former teacher said Morgan would swim naked with the boys, and that he would throw typewriters at students during typing class.

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Fr. William A. Braun

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Order: SS
Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused

Died: 10/8/1964
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Ordained for the archdiocese in 1942, joined the Sulpician order in 1949. Allegation in 2002 that Braun sexually abused a boy 1947-1949. The abuse reportedly began the summer after the boy's 7th grade at St. Dominic's School and went on for two years. The alleged victim said Braun was very controlling, gave him special attention and urged him to join the priesthood, which he did. Braun was assigned to St. Dominic's 1942-1949. He died in 1964. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Frederick C. Brinkmann

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Order: CSsR
Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Name included on the 9/26/2002 list of priests affiliated with Archdiocese of Baltimore who were accused of child sexual abuse. In 1996 a man reported sexual abuse at age 16 by Brinkmann 1976-1977. The Archdiocese told the Redemptorists. Brinkmann was assigned to St. Michael's in Baltimore 1977-1978. Per his accuser, Brinkmann paid special attention to him and bought him alcohol and marijuana. This was after his father left the family and they were destitute. Brinkmann allegedly orally raped the boy on one occasion in St. Michael's rectory. Included in the 4/5/23 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Gerard Bugge

Order: CSsR
Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Died: 11/18/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Also known as Gerard Serafin. Attended seminary in Esopus NY. Assigned to parishes in Baltimore and Annapolis MD, Washington DC and Lancaster PA. Named by the Baltimore archdiocese on its 09/2002 list of accused. Admitted in 1985 to inappropriate sexual activities with a minor. He had picked up a teenage boy who was hitchhiking, sexually abused the boy, then was pulled over by police. He was arrested for driving drunk; convicted for that, but child sex abuse charges were dropped. Faculties were removed after the allegations were reported to his Order. Died in 11/2004. Report in 2018 to the Archdiocese that Bugge raped a boy, about age 8 in 1975. The alleged victim said that Bugge was his Sunday school teacher and that the priest took him out of class and raped him in a closet. He also allegedly told the boy he would go to hell if he told. Bugge's name is on Harrisburg diocese's list 8/1/2018, no known allegations there. Included in the 4/5/23 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Robert C. Callahan

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Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 11/22/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Sued in 1978 for an affair with a neighbor's wife. Went on leave of absence, never returned to ministry. Married. Report in 1988 to the Archdiocese that Callahan sexually abused a boy, ages 11-18, from 1967-1974. The abuse was said to have included rape and involved alcohol. It occurred in many places, including during overnights at the rectories of St. Rita's in Baltimore and Christ the King in Edgemere. The alleged victim said he was sure others knew about it. A priest assigned to St. Rita's with Callahan 1970-1972 said "Callahan was close to many young people, including the victim and his family" and that he knew Callahan "had kids in his room." Callahan was laicized in 2017. He died 11/22/2019.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Fr. John J. Carney

Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Died: 10/30/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Name included on the Baltimore archdiocese's 9/2002 list of priests who had been accused of child sexual abuse. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Parish priest, teacher at Archbishop Keough High School early in career. Assigned from 1972 forward as chaplain at various nursing homes and hospitals. In 1991 a woman reported that on numerous occasions Carney fondled and kissed her when she was age 10, in 1970 or 1971, when he was assigned to Our Lady of Victory. Also at the parish was later credibly accused priest Fr. John Peacock, who was told of an incident. He told the parish only that Carney was going on retreat. The woman said that when she was between 18-20 she reported the abuse to Baltimore County Police and that Carney admitted the abuse on a phone call. No prosecution. She said she met with the Archdiocese but they wouldn't discuss the abuse. They settled with her for $50K. In 1991 Carney admitted kissing the girl, but denied inappropriate behavior. His faculties were removed in 1995 after the woman again contacted the Archdiocese and he admitted to having engaged in 'inappropriate conduct.' Discovered in 2014 to be wearing a Roman collar and presented himself as a priest; Archdiocesan officials were to tell him to stop. Accused in 2017 of physically abusing a 6th grade boy in the 1960s. Carney was friends with accused priest Joseph Maskell; one Maskell victim told the A.G. that Carney was present during her abuse. The man physically abused by Carney stated that he was sexually abused by Maskell. Carney died 10/30/2020.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02

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Fr. Douglas Carroll

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Order: SAC
Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Removed from ministry in 1990 after his Order told the archdiocese that he had admitted soliciting a minor in another state. Laicized in 1998. Included in 2002 on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. John J. Corbett

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Status: Accused

Died: 03/12/1957
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

From England. Ordained for Baltimore in 1909. Monsignor. Assigned to St. Brigid's 1909-1922, St. Peter's in Washington DC 1922-1924, St. Margaret's in DC 1924-1943, and St. Mary Star of the Sea in Baltimore 1943-1957. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Accused in 1993 of abuse of two girls at St. Mary Star of the Sea, one as a third grader in 1949-1950, the other in 1952 or 1953. In 2002 a woman reported abuse by the priest as a first grader, also at St. Mary's. Another 2002 report of abuse of a girl in 1946; she told her mother who told the principal. No action. Further similar allegations received in 2002, 2010, 2018 and 2020. One victim said Corbett "molested all the little girls at the school [St. Mary's]. Died in 1957. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Brian M. Cox

Order: SSJ
Ordained: 1968
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Ordained for the Josephites in 1968. Joined the Baltimore archdiocese in 1981. Parish priest; chaplain 1975-1978 at Archbishop Keough High School. Admitted in 1994 to a church secretary to touching the genitals of a 13-year-old boy. The secretary told others in authority, who did nothing. Another person she told in 1995 did tell the Archdiocese, who reported it to the State's Attorney's Office. No charges. In 1995 a complaint was made to the Archdiocese of sexual abuse of a boy, age 16, in 1981. Cox admitted only to "sexual talk" with the boy, and said he had made a sexual suggestion to another boy. All occurred during 1979-1985. Placed on permanent leave without privileges. Sent to St. Louis for treatment. Although the Archdiocese recommended he stay there to avoid charges, Cox returned to MD. Report in 2002 of abuse of a fifth-grade altar boy over six months in 1980. Arrested, charged with the abuse of two boys (the third and fourth reported victims), one of whom said he went to the Archdiocese in 1984 to no avail. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to 15 months in jail and 5 years probation. Served 9 months. Included on the archdiocese's list in 2002. Laicized in 2003. Registered as a sex offender. Report in 2017 of abuse of an altar boy, age 10 or 11, in 1987-1988. Cox said he told a Church official sometime 1985-1990 about his "struggles" with pedophilia, whose response was "You're a fine priest. Don't worry about it." Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 9.26.02

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Fr. Charles G. Coyle

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1965
Status: Sued

Died: 07/1/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Worked in LA, MD, MA, TX, AL, GA. Accused in a 2002 lawsuit of abuse of a boy in the 1970s at Newton South High School in Boston, where Coyle was a guidance counselor. Reportedly, a second boy who was living with Coyle later died by suicide. Coyle was working in New Orleans in 2002 when the allegation was made public and was placed on leave. A second suit, filed in 2003, alleged abuse of two brothers while Coyle was a seminarian in Baltimore in the 1960s. The older of the two brothers was abused after he was sent to Coyle for counseling at age 16 in 1965. The younger brother was abused at ages 11-13. Coyle died 7/1/2015. Included on the New Orleans archdiocese's list 11/2/2018, where he taught at Jesuit High 1958-1961, when he was a scholastic. On MD Province's list 12/7/2018. On Baltimore archdiocese's list in 2018. On the Atlanta archdiocese's list, where he was assigned to Ignatius House 1992-1995. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

Fr. Fernando Cristancho

Ordained: 1985
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

From the Diocese of Istmina-Tado, Colombia. Worked in in the Diocese of Arlington VA 1994 until 1997, when removed for sexual misconduct with a young woman. Cristancho arranged in vitro fertilization of a woman in Colombia using his sperm. Triplets were born in 11/2001 (2 boys, 1 girl). He was assigned to the Archdiocese of Baltimore 1999-2002, at St. Ignatius in Forest Hill. The archdiocese revoked Cristancho's faculties in 7/2002, reportedly because he refused a new assignment, later learning that he had fathered triplets. In 2006 DSS found that he had sexually abused of both of the boys, including oral sex. Their mother reported a possible third victim. Maryland appeals court gave custody to the mother in 10/2008. Cristancho denied abuse. Included in 4/2016 on the archdiocese's list of accused. Arrested in 9/2017 and charged with making and possessing child pornography. Detectives found photos of little boys on Cristancho's electronic devices in his home, and on a memory card in a safe. He pleaded guilty 10/4/2021 to "coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity" and admitted to creating nude images of four other children. His victim was ages 11-13 when abused 2002 through at least Fall 2003. Cristancho met the boy at St. Ignatius parish. Sentenced in 5/2011 to 22 years in federal prison. Laicized in 2022. Included in the 4/5/23 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Robert B. Cullen

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Died: 02/5/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused on 3/1/2007 in testimony before the Maryland legislature of sexually abusing a grade-school girl, between ages 8 and 14, and others in the 1960s. The girl's mother allegedly reported the abuse repeatedly to a Jesuit in the late 1960s and to another sometime after 1982. No action. Cullen remained in ministry. The victim reported her abuse in 2005, and the Jesuits made the mandated report. Cullen died 2/5/2005. He had worked in many dioceses. Name included Jesuits Maryland Province list 12/17/2019, which notes allegations of abuse late 1960s-1980s in Maryland. Added to Baltimore archdiocese's list in 2/2019. On the Charlotte diocese's list 12/29/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. John Danilak

Ordained: 1961
Status: Indicted

Died: 04/16/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Byzantine Catholic priest. Indicted in 2002. Accused of abuse of a youth in 1978. Charge dropped when Danilak died in 4/2003, just prior to trial. At least two other men have made similar complaints.

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Fr. Joseph A. Davies

Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 02/4/1992
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Monsignor. Parish priest, prep school chaplain, prison chaplain, archdiocesan Director of Catholic Boy Scouts, active in Volunteers for America, where he worked at two facilities for children. Died 2/3/1992. In 1993 the archdiocese received multiple allegations of child sexual abuse against Davies. Resigned in 1990 due to about his use of funds at St. Joseph Parish. One man alleged abuse in the 1960s at St. Joseph's in Hagerstown. The allegations were not announced publicly until 8/13/2015 in an archdiocesan press release, which stated a man alleged abuse by Davies as a child in the 1950s. The statement acknowledged there were other allegations, without elaborating. On archdiocese's 12/14/2018 list; it notes numerous allegations of child sex abuse received against Davies. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It notes that Davies sexually abused, including rape, at least eight boys in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Deacon John Justice

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Status: Accused

Died: 05/27/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Ordained for the diaconate in 1974. Assigned to St. Louis in Clarksville 1975-1989 and as a substitute chaplain at Bon Secours Hospital 1989-1990. Died in 2015. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Admitted in 1989 to to sexually abusing a girl, age 13, in 1985. The family did not want to prosecute. Faculties removed. Request for reinstatement denied in 1995.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Deacon Leo O’Hara

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Status: Charged

Died: 01/14/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Entered the Novitiate of the Third Order of St. Francis in 1957. Candidate for the permanent diaconate 1977-1980. Worked in two parishes and as an assistant hospital chaplain. Resigned in 1980. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. In 1981 the Archdiocese received a report that O'Hara had took a preteen boy to a movie and touched his upper leg. O'Hara "abruptly" left MD, after which five boys from St. Rose Elementary School alleged they had had "sexual experiences" with O'Hara. Charged in 1987 with 16 count of sexual offenses and 16 counts of child abuse in Ocean City MD. Also investigated for sexually assaulting minors in 1987 in Anne Arundel County. Admitted to molesting over 100 children since 1953. No charges. Allegation in 1995 of abuse of a boy, age 11, over a year in 1978. The two met when the boy was a hospital patient and O'Hara was a chaplain. Accused in 2002 of sexually assaulting another boy beginning in 1976, when the boy was ages 9-14, and 16. O'Hara began grooming the boy as a hospital chaplain, referred to as "Brother Pius," and the boy was a patient. The boy's younger brother was also abused. O'Hara died in 1/2004.

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Fr. Richard Deakin

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Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1985
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Convicted in 1990 of sexual abuse, including rape, of a 13-year-old girl 1986-1988. Given a 20-year suspended sentence and a 15-year suspended sentence, to run concurrently, and 5 years probation. Civil suit filed in 1/1992; settled out of court in 9/1993. Archdiocese knew of his history of deviant sexual behavior. In 1987 (after he yelled obscenities and exposed himself to a woman), the Capuchins transferred him to Pittsburgh. Seminary officials knew of use of church money for x-rated movies and porn before ordination. Left priesthood in 1988 and married. Dismissed from the clerical state 12/29/1992. Became a licensed social worker, began work with the V.A. in 1996. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's 2002 list of accused religious priests and brothers. Included in the PA Grand Jury Report 8/14/18. Included in the MD Attorney General's 4/5/2023 Report.

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PA Grand Jury Report Profile 08.14.18

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Fr. Alfred A. Dean

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Order: SSJ
Ordained: 1989
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

From the Bahamas. Assigned to St. Veronica in South Baltimore and then in 2000 to St. Francis Xavier in East Baltimore. Suspended in 2002 after allegations that he molested a 13-year-old boy in 4/2002 at St. Francis Xavier. Archdiocese said in 9/2002 that the allegation did not "appear...credible" but investigation revealed "significant issues of concern about...fitness for ministry with minors." He resigned and was placed on leave by his Order. One young man said in 8/2002 that Dean would "ride around Mount Vernon and pick up little boys" every Monday night. Indicted on criminal charges in 5/2003; charges dismissed by judge "at the request of the victim's family" in 12/2003. Settlement in 2004. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Martin H. Demek

Ordained: 1975
Status: Unsubstantiated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Pastor since 2010 of Corpus Christi in Baltimore when suspended in 4/2021 due to an allegation that he sexually abused a child during 1989-1994, beginning when the child was age 11. Demek was pastor of St. Bartholomew's in Manchester, MD during the time of the alleged abuse. The allegation had been received in 1/2021. Demek denied the charges. Returned to ministry in 4/2022 after the Archdiocese deemed the allegations unsubstantiated.

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Catholic Review 04.19.21

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Br. Donald Dimitroff

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Order: FSC
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Name appears on Baltimore archdiocese's 9/2002 list of religious priests and brothers accused of sexual abuse. Had been with his order about 26 years. Order told the Archdiocese in 1997 that a man alleged sexual abuse beginning in the early 1980s, when Dimitroff was a Bishop Walsh High School teacher and the man was a student. The abuse lasted until 1997. Dimitroff admitted to the 'relationship' and said he thought the boy was 18. Dimitroff lived at the Christian Brothers residence at Calvert Hall High School 1992-2002. Faculty member at Loyola College 2002- until at least 2008 and at the University of Maryland Baltimore County as of 2010. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Br. Francis E. Dolan

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Bro. Fabian. Joined the Xaverians in 1939. Died in 1975. Named publicly as accused by the order on its list 7/12/2019. Allegation reported in 1995 of abuse in Baltimore in 1945. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It notes that the 1995 report was from a man who said Fabian several other Xaverian Brothers at St. Mary's Industrial School sexually abused him, including rape, when he was age 13-16, beginning in 1945. He said a Passionist priest also sexually abused him at the school.

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

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Fr. James H. Dowdy

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Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused in 1993 of sexual abuse in the late 1970s - early 1980s. Dowdy admitted to sexually abusing two minors. One man said he was age 16 when the abuse began, and that it continued for eight years. Dowdy was removed from ministry and his faculties were removed. Sent to St. Luke's 1/1994-7/1994, where he admitted to sexually abusing boys. In 5/2023 a man said his abuse by Dowdy began when he was a 10-year-old altar boy and continued over four years. His name appeared on the Baltimore archdiocese's 9/2002 list of priests and brothers accused of sexually abusing minors. Included in the MD Attorney General's 4/5/23 report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 9.26.02

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Fr. Robert W. Duerr

Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Died: 08/11/1982
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Parish priest, longtime teacher and principal of Mount De Sales Academy in Catonsville. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Report to archdiocese in 2002 of abuse in the early 1950s. Allegation in 2012 of abuse early 1950s-early 1960s. Duerr died in 1982. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It notes that a former nun reported in 2002 that when she was working at St. Rita's 1952-1953, she witnessed Duerr fondling altar boys, who were third graders at the parish school. She said she tried to report the abuse to the Archdiocese six years prior, and was told nothing could be done because Duerr was deceased. In 2012 a woman told the Archdiocese she was sexually abused by Duerr beginning when she was age 7 at St. Rita's and continuing until she went away to college. She said she was was first raped before her first communion. Further, she told a nun about the abuse, and she believed that another priest at the parish, Fr. Charles Muth, knew about it.

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Fr. John H. Duggan

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 01/10/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

After training in Boston MA and then Albany NY, Duggan was in the Scranton diocese, Archdioceses of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, Nigeria, Diocese of Camden, then back to Scranton. Worked in high schools and parishes. Allegation in 2002 to the Archdiocese of Baltimore of sex abuse of a teenage boy in the late 1960s - early 1970s, while assigned to Loyola Blakefied School. The boy died in 1975. The boy's father met in 1993 with a Jesuit official, who said Duggan admitted to the abuse and was being sent to Canada for treatment. Per the 2018 PA Grand Jury Report, Duggan admitted to sexually abusing young children early in his priesthood. Another report to the Jesuits in 1995 of abuse in Africa while there 1981-1983. Allegation to the Archdiocese in 2002 of abuse of a boy, age 11, at Scranton Prep in 1951. Victim reported the abuse in 1996 to the Jesuit Provincial and civil authorities. Restricted after 1996 by Scranton Bishop Timlin to convent and prison ministry, yet allowed to assist at parishes. Included on the Archdiocese's 9/2002 list. Included in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report as John M. Duggan. Died 1/10/2004. On the Scranton diocese's list 8/19/2018. On the MD Province Jesuits list 12/17/2018. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Frederick H. Duke

Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused

Died: 02/17/1992
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Monsignor. In 1988, the Archdiocese received an allegation against Duke of sexual abuse of a boy during 7th and 8th grades in 1953-1954. This victim received a $25K settlement from Duke. Duke admitted in 1988 to sexually abusing 26 children 1944 -1961, seven of whom later came forward. The abuse included oral and anal rape. Many victims told other priests and/or church authorities, to no avail. In one case, Fr. John Tierney did speak to Duke in the early 1950s, and the abuse of that victim stopped. One man said in 1993 that he was abused over two years in the 1940s, beginning at age 10; he told another priest in confession, who swore him to secrecy. (The priest, Joseph Kenney, was later credibly accused of child sexual abuse.) Duke also sent other victims to confession. The Archdiocese knew Duke was sexually abusing boys as early as 1953 and was sent for 'spiritual direction.' He died in 1992. His name appeared on the 9/2002 list of priests and religious brothers in the Baltimore archdiocese who had been accused of child sexual abuse. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02

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Fr. Francis P. Ernst

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 04/17/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Worked in PA, MD and VA. Parish priest, teacher, campus minister. Report to the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 2011 that Ernst sexually abused and raped a boy, ages 12-14, at St. Augustine in Elkridge MD, where he was assigned 1998-2004. The person reporting believed that other children were abused as well. In 9/2022 a family member of the alleged victim told the MD Attorney General's office that the abuse began when the boy was age 6-7, and that Ernst kept a book of photos of naked boys. Ernst died in 2004.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Fr. Luigi Esposito

Order: CM
Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Died: 01/28/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Ordained in Italy. Assigned to Our Lady of Pompei in Highlandtown 1964-2018, named pastor in 1987. Taught, coached and was Athletic Director of the parish school 1964-1987. Incardinated into the Archdiocese in 2000. Suspended from ministry in 5/2018 after the diocese received an allegation that he had sexually abused a girl, beginning when she was about 14 in 1973 and continuing through her high school years. He was said to have begun grooming the girl when she was about ages 5-7. Admitted to having a "crush" on her and to some hugging and kissing, but denied abusing her. Baltimore police were investigating. Included on archdiocese's list 12/14/2018. It notes another allegation of abuse of a a girl, age 16, in 1972-1973. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Terence J. Evans

Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused

Died: 04/13/1984
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. In 2018 a man reported that Evans sexually abused him as a boy, about age 14, in the late 1950s, when pastor at St. Margaret's. The boy was on the CYO softball team. Evans had fallen during a game while walking on the field, and the boy helped him get up. Later, Evans asked to see the boy in the rectory to thank him. Per the report, Evans grabbed the boy's hand and forced it onto his [Evans'] crotch, rubbing the boy's hand against it. The boy left as soon as Evans released his hand, and never returned to CYO. Evans died in 1984.

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Fr. Alfred Ewanowski

Order: OFM Conv
Ordained: 1967
Status: Settled

Died: 10/18/1990
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Name also spelled Evanowski or Evanoski. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused 4/24/2019, noting an allegation reported to the archdiocese in 2003 of abuse in 1967 of an Archbishop Curley High School student. Additional allegations followed of abuse while Ewanowski was a Curley High faculty member, where he was assigned 1968-1976. He died in 1990. Included in the 4/6/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that the man who had come forward in 2003 initially reported his abuse in 1999 in a letter to the former Curly High president, and said that he had told a faculty member at the time period of the abuse. The Archdiocese and High School settled with the man in 2009. A second former student reported abuse by Ewanowski in 1969, and a settlement record in 12/2015 indicates another allegation of abuse by the priest in about 1972 at Curley High.

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Fr. Kenneth Farabaugh

Ordained: 1963
Status: Settled

Died: 12/12/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

The archdiocese learned of allegations from a Catholic Charities counselor in 1993 that Farabaugh sexually abused a girl, age 15, in 1985. The girl was a John Carroll High School student and Farabaugh was a teacher. The alleged victim denied making the allegations and Farabaugh denied abuse, so the matter was dropped. In 2000 the alleged victim met with the archdiocese and provided detailed allegations of sexual abuse. Farabaugh was under investigation by police and the archdiocese when he drove his car into a tree and died 12/12/2000, 10 minutes prior to a scheduled polygraph test. His name appeared on Baltimore's 9/26/2002 list of abusers. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, which shows further allegations: In 2002 two more women came forward with allegations of abuse as children by Farabaugh, one in 1964 when she was in grades 6 to 8, and the other when she was 16 in about 1970. Both said they told other priests, who did nothing. In 2010 a man reported sexual abuse as a second grader in 1963, every weekend for about a year. He received a settlement of $5K in 2011. Another man reported in 2019 that Farabaugh sexually abused him when he was a John Carroll student.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 9.26.02

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Deacon Joseph P. Firlie

Status: Accused

Died: 10/20/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Assigned to St. Peter and Paul School in Cumberland MD in the 1980s and 1990s. Long-time probation officer for the MD Department of Juvenile Services (DJS). Made permanent deacon in the mid-1970s. Allegation reported to Bishop Murphy in 1991 that Firlie had made sexual advances at DJS toward a 17-year-old boy. A police detective said that Firlie had been seen in an area of Cumberland where men pick up young men. Firlie admitted "his problems" to the State's Attorney and was sent to the Johns Hopkins Sex Clinic. He died in 10/2000. In 2010 a man reported to the Archdiocese that he was sexually abused by Firlie at St. Peter and Paul Catholic School at ages 10-14, during 1979-1983.

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Bishop Carl A. Fisher

Order: SSJ
Ordained: 1973
Status: Settled

Died: 09/2/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. It notes multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1970s. Appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1987. Died in 1993. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's report, which shows reports of abuse of boys and girls, the youngest a 7-year-old boy and the oldest a 16-year-old girl. The abuse included rape, and sometimes payment to the children. The Baltimore Archdiocese knew in 1990 of Fisher's sexual involvement with young men. In 2003 Cardinal Keeler told Cardinal Mahony that he was aware in about 1995 that Fisher was accused of sexually abusing a minor. Two of the victims are known to have received settlements.

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Br. Robert Flaherty

Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Joined the Xaverian Brothers in 9/1979, took vows in the 1980s. Suspended from ministry in 8/2018 during an investigation by the state's attorney of allegations Flaherty sexually abused a minor in the mid-1980s. Investigation initiated by Baltimore Police in 4/2018. Taught at Mount St. Joseph School 1972-1993 and 2008-2010. Taught in KY 1994-1999. Was teaching at St. John's Prep in Danvers MA when suspended; was there 1999-2007, returning in 2010.

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Fr. Sylvan Fondriest

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1932
Status: Accused

Died: 04/29/1976
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Assigned to Ss. Peter and Paul in Cumberland 1956-1976. The archdiocese received an allegation in 2007 of abuse in the late 1950s-early 1960s. A second allegation was received in 2008 of abuse in the late 1950s. Died in 1976. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Alphonsus Figlewski

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Order: OFM Conv
Status: Settled

Died: 12/5/1948
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Also known as Alphonse. Ordained in 1905. Worked in Shamokin PA, Milwaukee WI, Chelsea MA, Bridgeport CT, Baltimore MD, Ellicott City MD, Loretto Italy, and Hamburg NY. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Assigned to St. Stanislaus in Fells Point, Baltimore 1924-1939. Died in 1948. In 1997 and again in 2002 a man reported to the Archdiocese that he was sexually abused as a boy in the 1930s by Figlewski. The man said Figlewski would take altar boys one at a time on trips on the streetcars, instructing them to wear short pants for the trips. The priest provided the shorts from a "sizable wardrob[e] he maintained for this purpose." Figlewski would reach into the boys' pants and fondle them during the streetcar rides. The man eventually received a settlement from the Archdiocese.

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Fr. Edward Heilman

Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused

Died: 08/17/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list in 6/2022. Died in 1988. Accused in 2014 of abuse of an altar boy, ages 8-13, in the 1970s at Shrine of the Little Flower in Baltimore. Heilman was a deacon at the time in question. In 2022 a man reported abuse by Heilman, the first time at St. Mary's Seminary, when he was age 13 or 14 in 1978 or 1979. The second incident was reported to have been when Heilman was assigned to St. Mark's, sometime between 1979-1981. The man said that Fr. Ronald Mardaga participated in the abuse. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report

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Fr. Gerard J. Koob

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused by two women of having repeatedly raped them in the early 1970s, when they were Keough High School students. One of them said she reported her allegations multiple times, beginning in 2014, to county and city police and the city state's attorney's office. She also said three other women alleged Koob behaved inappropriately around them when they were girls. The second woman came forward to police, the Archdiocese and the Jesuits in 2023. Both were interviewed by the MD Attorney General's office; its 4/5/2023 report referred to Koob not by name, but as "the Jesuit intern." Both women also said they were repeatedly sexually assaulted by Frs. Joseph Maskell and Neil Magnus. Koob denied the allegations. Koob was dating Sr. Cathy Cesnik in 1969 when she disappeared and was later found murdered. In 7/2023 the case is unsolved. Koob left the priesthood around 1979. He married, became a Methodist minister and raised a family in NJ.

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Fr. Joseph G. Fiorentino

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Appears in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report as # 148. Assigned in the 1960s and 1970s to Our Lady of Pompei in Highlandtown. In 2018 a woman reported to the Archdiocese that Fiorentino pressed himself against her breasts and buttocks multiple times during 1973-1977, when she was in elementary and middle school. Another woman said that when she was a student in 1975 or 1976, she confronted Fiorentino for grabbing students' butts; she was suspended and the priest was sent away. Fiorentino is not listed in the Official Catholic Directory after 1976.

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Fr. Louis John Affrica

Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Died: 06/5/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named as a perpetrator of abuse of minors in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's report. Prior to his 1975 ordination, Affrica was a Holy Cross Brother for eleven years. Taught high school in MA and in Forrestville MD as a Holy Cross Brother. Accused in 2005 of abuse of a boy, ages 15-18 during 1973-1976. Abuse allegedly occurred at the parish rectory and on a weekend retreat, and involved alcohol and marijuana. Accused in 2007 of abusing a girl, age 15 or 16, in the late 1970s, also involving alcohol. Both alleged victims said that many kids would hang out with Affrica at the rectories. Went on leave in 1981, married, and became a licensed social worker. Requested laicization in 2016.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Fr. Roger K. Wooden

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Ordained: 1927
Status: Accused

Died: 11/18/1976
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. A woman reported to the Archdiocese in 2002 that Wooden sexually assaulted her in the rectory of Blessed Sacrament in Baltimore when she was working there as a teenager in the 1970s. He had pinned her against a wall and rubbed his exposed penis against her. Two seminarians entered the room and helped her get out. In 1995 and 2000 anonymous ads appeared in the Baltimore Sun asking,"Were you ever disciplined by the Monsignor at Blessed Sacrament in Baltimore 1950s-70?" and "Were you ever in Monsignor Wooden's class at Blessed Sacrament during the 1950s-60s or 1970s?" Wooden died in 1976.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Fr. Thomas Hudson

Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Referred to in the report as #150. Was a Catholic seminarian and deacon, later ordained for the Episcopal Church. Report to the Archdiocese in 2009 that Hudson attempted to sexually abuse a boy, age 15, in 1976 when Hudson was a deacon and high school teacher. Hudson allegedly took the boy on a camping trip, plied him with alcohol and and tried to take the boy's pants off by pulling his belt buckle, saying "Let me help you." Placed on leave in 5/2023 by the Episcopal Diocese of MD when the allegations came to light. Resigned from his parish.

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Fr. Daniel Free

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Order: CP
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Died: 06/11/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Allegations to the archdiocese in 1998 and 2012, reported to law enforcement and the Passionists. Removed from ministry in 2000. Died 6/11/2016. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, which shows that both victims were girls and both reported that the abuse involved torture and other men who were wearing masks, and that Free was not wearing a mask. One said she was abused in the mid-1950s at about age 5, and the other at age 13-14 in the mid-1960s.

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Fr. Joseph J. Gallagher

Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Also referred to as J. Joseph Gallagher. Former editor of The Catholic Review. Retired in 1985. Name on archdiocese list of accused priests 9/2002, which notes an allegation in 1986 of abuse of a 14-year-old boy in 1980. Accuser met with officials in 1993. "Gallagher admitted inappropriate conduct and his faculties to perform ministry were removed." Gallagher objected to his inclusion on the list, saying the "incident involved only a massage of a 14-year-old boy that occurred 21 years ago but involved no genital touching." He died in 2015. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 9.26.02

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Fr. Joseph U. Gerg

Order: OSB
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

In 1997 the Baltimore archdiocese received an allegation that Gerg sexually abused a minor in the late 1960s to early 1970s, while assigned to St. Benedict's in Baltimore. Removed from active ministry in 2002, after the U.S. Bishops' Dallas Charter. Included on Baltimore's list of accused priests in 9/2002. Included in 8/2018 on the St. Vincent Archabbey of Latrobe PA Benedictines' list of credibly accused. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that Gerg's victim was a girl, and the abuse took place 1967-1972, when the girl was ages 13-17. She said she reported the abuse at the time to later known perpetrator priests Neil Magnus and Joseph Maskell.

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Fr. Steven P. Girard

Ordained: 1974
Status: Settled

Died: 01/18/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

In 1991 a parishioner reported that teenagers - including one of Girard's two foster sons - were allowed to drink whiskey in the rectory, and there were reports that year of Girard's "increasingly erratic and problematic behavior." Received one year probation in 2002 after falsely telling police he was the victim of a car jacking - he had picked up a male prostitute and the man stole his car. The man said they smoked crack cocaine and drank alcohol in St. Clement's rectory. Girard was sent to St. Luke Institute. In 4/2004 a young man alleged abuse, including rape, by Girard when he was a St. Clement third-grader in the early 1990s, the first time during confession. He said Girard threatened him with castration if he told. Police were notified; the Archdiocese investigated. Girard denied the allegation. The accuser by suicide in 2005; his parents sued in 12/2007, later receiving a $200K settlement. Girard died in 2018. His name was included on the Archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Mark A. Haight

Ordained: 1976
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

The Albany Diocese knew of allegations of child sexual abuse against Haight from early in his priesthood. On leave of absence 1980-1985; instead of going to treatment in 1980 after allegations, got a job teaching children, with a letter of recommendation from Bishop Hubbard. Sent to treatment at the House of Affirmation in CA in 1985, and in 1989 to the Servants of the Paraclete in NM. Diocese reportedly settled with at least two men, in 1989 and 1997, who alleged they were abused by Haight years prior. Reassigned as hospital chaplain in 1990. Removed from position in 1996 after hospital learned of his history. Accused of abusing a 14-year-old boy in Baltimore while a seminarian in 1974. Included on the Baltimore Archdiocese's list in 9/2002. Civil suit filed in Boston in 10/2004 claiming abuse by Haight and another priest at church in Colonie, NY and during trips to MA. Possibly at least six more victims. Suit filed in 1/2018 in VT by a man alleging Haight sexually abused him there as a boy. On the Albany Diocese's list 11/30/2018. Settlement of $750K in 6/2022 with a man claiming abuse as a boy by Haight in NY beginning in 1988 and continuing for over ten years. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. In 6/2023 the family of a man who came forward in 2002 sued the Archdiocese, St. Mary's Seminary and University and the Sulpice Foundation for wrongful death. The man died in 2022 from a drug overdose. His father was the founder in 1961 of the law firm that has since represented the Archdiocese. After his father died at age 43, the man, then age 14, took a night receptionist job at St. Mary's, where he met and was abused by Haight in 1974. The family said he began using drugs due to the emotional devastation from the abuse in 1974 and the Archdiocese's response after he came forward in the 2000s.

Fr. Marion Francis Helowicz

Ordained: 1974
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Arrested in 1984 for attempting to solicit a police officer. Charges dropped, sent to treatment. Police report filed in 3/1988 that Helowicz sexually abused a learning-disabled teenage boy 7/1982 to early 1985. Admitted in 1988 to also abusing a second boy. Sent in 6/1988 to House of Affirmation in MO for treatment. Indicted in 10/1988. Pleaded guilty in 12/1988. Sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for two years, and 200 hours community service. The first victim received a settlement in 2/1990. In 4/1990 a young man reported abuse 1982-1984 at age 14 or 15. This was the boy Helowicz had admitted in 1988 to abusing; the Archdiocese didn't report this to law enforcement until 2002. The victim received a settlement in 10/1990. In 3/1993 another man came forward to allege abuse as an 8th-grader in the early 1980s. Again, not reported by the Archdiocese to law enforcement until 2002. Named on Baltimore's 9/26/2002 list. Laicized in 2017. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02

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Fr. Joseph J. Hill

Order: CM
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 07/18/1990
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Worked in NY, China, AL, MD, PA. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Accused in 2003 of sexually abusing a girl, age 16 or 17, at Our Lady of Lourdes in Baltimore where he was assigned 1964-1971. Hill's victim died by suicide in 2002.

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Fr. Robert E. Hiltz

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Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused

Died: 12/14/1985
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Accused in 2003 of sexually abusing a girl he was related to in the 1970s, when she was ages 11-15. Said to have made "inappropriate physical gestures toward the victim and her sister" and a sexual encounter or kiss. In 2018 a man reported abuse by Hiltz at age 10 in 1968 at St. Martin School, where Hiltz was pastor. The abuse included oral rape.

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Evening Sun Obituary 12.17.85
MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Fr. George L. Hopkins

Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Died: 09/12/1980
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the Baltimore Archdiocese's revised list 4/24/2019. Allegation to Archdiocese in 2002 of abuse in the early 1950s (Hopkins was promoted from Assistant Chancellor to Vice Chancellor in 1952). The Los Angeles Archdiocese informed Baltimore in 2007 that Hopkins was also accused of sexually assaulting an adult in the early 1950s. Hopkins was Chancellor 1954-1965, was given the title monsignor in 1956, and was also an Archdiocesan Consultor, and Rural Dean 1965-1968. According to the Archdiocese's list, 'Hopkins left the priesthood in 1969 and later died.' Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that Hopkins was moved in 1965 to Western MD and was sent to treatment in IA after the Archdiocese learned he was involved with a woman he counseled through her divorce. Left his parish, then spent a year at a church in TN. Married. Laicized in 1974. The 2002 allegation was of abuse of a girl when she was in grades 1-3 at Cathedral School. The 2007 allegation was of rape of a 25-year-old nun. Hopkins died in 1980.

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Fr. Joseph H. Hopkins

Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused

Died: 08/19/1961
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Assigned to St. Ambrose Church 1936-1943 and St. Cecilia's 1943-1949. Transferred to Wheeling WV in 1949, when Francis P. Keough was archbishop of Baltimore (1947-1961) and John J. Swint was bishop of Wheeling-Charleston (1922-1962). Later incardinated into the Wheeling-Charleston diocese, where he worked at St. Peter's in Wheeling and St. Xavier in Moundsville. Died 8/19/1961, while absent on leave. Allegation in 1995 of abuse in 1948. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, which shows that the allegation was of abuse of an 8th grade boy over several months in 1948 at St. Cecilia's. Hopkins' file indicates that he was sent away in 1949 due to "some bad action....with legal ramifications." Baltimore Chancellor John Duggan told Hopkins in 1950 to keep his whereabouts secret because his case was "still active in the courts" and it would be "very detrimental" if authorities knew where he was.

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Fr. Robert F. Hopkins

Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Died: 12/12/2006
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

In 1995 two men alleged sexual abuse as boys by Hopkins in the 1970s. Sent to St. Luke Institute for treatment. At least eight other victims later came forward. Hopkins admitted to sexual misconduct with about 14 boys from the 1950s to the early 1980s at five different parishes. The abuse included rape. In 8/1995 a man alleged abuse by Hopkins in 1948 and gave the name of another victim. Faculties removed. Named on Baltimore's 9/26/2002 list of abusive priests. Died in 12/2006. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 9.26.02

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Fr. William H. Jameson

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Ordained: 1933
Status: Accused

Died: 08/19/1973
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Name also spelled Jamison. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Report to the Archdiocese in 2007 from a woman that she was sexually abused by Jameson at age 13 in 1942, at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Baltimore. Jameson moved in the mid-1940s to the Archdiocese of Washington DC and then to the Diocese of Joliet IL. The Official Catholic Directory shows Jameson as Absent on Leave from the Joliet diocese 1962-1972, then as retired for one year. Newspaper notices 1966-1969 show him as assigned to St. Anthony in Questa, NM in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, although he is not listed as there in the Directory. He died in 1973.

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Fr. Albert J. Julian

Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Died: 06/22/2006
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Report to the Archdiocese in 1968 that Julian had sexually abused a girl, by then in college. Admitted to the abuse. Sent to treatment. Requested and granted laicization in 1970 so he could marry. In 2002 a woman reported to the Archdiocese that she was abused by Julian in the early 1960s, beginning when she was in 8th or 9th grade and throughout her high school years. She said a girl a year behind her in school was also abused; it was that girl's father who had contacted the diocese in 1968. Julian died in 2006.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Br. Thomas F. Kelly

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Died: 08/9/1976
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Bro. Benedict Joseph. Joined the Xaverians in 1933. Died in 1976. Named publicly as accused by the Order on its list 7/12/2019. Allegation reported in 1995 of abuse in Baltimore in 1945. The alleged victim said he was abused by Kelly, including rape, at St. Mary's Industrial School from ages 13-16, beginning in about 1945. This accuser said he was also sexually abused at the school by Xaverian Bros. Luanus/Lawrence Meegan and Fabian/Francis Donal, and by Passionist priest Timothy McGrath. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list in 7/2019 and in the MD Attorney General's Report 4/5/23 .

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

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Fr. Thomas M. Kelly

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Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Died: 03/4/1987
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. A woman reported in 2006 that when she was age 8 in 1971, Kelly sexually abused by digitally penetrating her vagina while she sat in his lap. Made to retire in late 1971 after complaints of Kelly's extreme drunkenness, conduct with women and girls and other erratic behavior. Sent to treatment for three weeks then moved into Stella Maris Hospice, where he ministered to residents. Caused a car accident in 1982, which killed another priest. Died in 1987.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Fr. Joseph A. Kenney

Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 01/16/2001
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 12/14/2018. Accused in 2002 by two people of abuse in the late 1940s - early 1950s. Died in 2001. The Archdiocese stated it realized in 2018 that it knew in 1985 of allegations of abuse in the early 1950s. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that the 1985 allegation was of a girl, ages 4-8, and that the victim knew that others were also abused. Kenney was kept in ministry and retired in 1987. The 2002 allegations were of abuse a girl, age 12 or 13, in the late 1940s, and of a 14-year-old girl in 1952-1953. In 2019 a man, who was related to Kenney, reported that the priest abused his sister and cousin as children in the 1960s, and another man said Kenney sexually abused him at age 5 in the 1960s. In 2021 a woman told the A.G. that Kenney abused her when she was age 4-5 in the late 1940s - early 1950s, and that it went on into her teenage years. She said he also abused her cousin.

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Fr. Simon E. Kenny

Ordained: 1938
Status: Accused

Died: 07/2/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Allegation received in 2017 of sex abuse in the early 1980s. Army chaplain 1941-1967, parish priest. Pastor of St. Mary's in Pylesville 1968-1985. Retired in 1985. Died in 1999. Included in the MD Attorney General's Report 4/5/2023. It notes that the Diocese was informed in 1982 Kenny French kissed an adult woman without her consent, then did the same thing with her 16-year-old daughter, greatly upsetting the daughter.

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Fr. Paul Knapp

Order: CSsR
Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Knapp's name appeared on Baltimore's 9/2002 list of priests, religious priests and brothers accused of sexual misconduct. The Archdiocese learned from the Redemptorists in early 1993 that an individual alleged sexual abuse by Knapp about 20 years prior. Knapp was associate pastor at St. Mary in Annapolis 1973 -1981. Assigned 1981-1983 to a parish in the Toledo diocese and to a Saratoga Springs NY parish 1983-1993. He left the priesthood in 1995 and was laicized in 2006. Added to the Toledo diocese's list in 2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It notes that the 1993 allegation was that Knapp sexually abused a girl, age 13, in 1975, and that other girls were also abused. Removed in 5/1993 from his Saratoga Springs NY parish after allegations of sexual misconduct with two women. Sent to his order in MD and was to undergo treatment. Alleged in 4/2002 to have sexually a teenage girl in the late 1970s during a service project trip with high-schoolers.

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Diocese of Toledo Assignment Record

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Fr. Michael Kolodziej

Order: OFM Conv
Ordained: 1970
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Ordained for the Buffalo diocese before joining Order of Friars Conventual in 1978. Former Minister Provincial of the Order. Worked in MD, NY, MA and GA as teacher, including in the Springfield MA diocese. Principal of Cardinal O'Hara High in Buffalo diocese 1982-1988, and assistant principal at St. Francis High in Athol Springs 1979-1982. Head of the Order's St. Anthony of Padua Province 2001-2010, responsible for creating a system to prevent child sexual abuse in the Province and for addressing allegations against member of the Order. In 11/2013 a former student at Archbishop Curley High in Baltimore alleged that Kolodziej sexually abused him on several occasions 1975-1979 while "wrestling." Suspended by Order from public ministry; archdiocese removed his faculties. Police were investigating. On the Atlanta archdiocese's list 11/6/2018. On Buffalo diocese's list updated 11/5/2018. On Baltimore's list 9/5/2019. Accused in two lawsuits filed in 2019 under the NY Child Victims Act of molesting boys at Cardinal O'Hara High School in Tonawanda NY, both in 1982-1983. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It details allegations of abuse by Kolodziej of six former students of Cardinal O'Hara High School in Buffalo NY, St. Francis High School in Athol Springs NY and Curley High School in Baltimore MD. A Curley High victim received a $50K settlement. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report.

Fr. Joseph W. Krach

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Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 01/19/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Two priest complained to Cardinal Shehan in 1968 about Krach's behavior with boys. Treated at Seton Psychiatric Institute in 3/1968. Arrested in 10/1981 for soliciting an undercover policeman. Committed to psychiatric hospitalization for 6 months. Personnel file notes in 1989 indicate an "affair" with a teenage boy and that Krach should be closely supervised with no youth ministry or contact with altar boys. Notes in 1990 show "questionable activities and relationships with teenagers or young adults" in each assignment. Sent for evaluation at Downington PA, then treatment at St. John Viannney in 1/1991 and Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. Retired early in 12/1991. Allowed to help out with masses at Stella Maris Nursing Home.

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Fr. William Earl Krouse

Ordained: 1973
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

"Jay." Pastor and teacher at MD School for the Deaf and St. Francis Catholic Deaf Center in Prince George Co., MD in the 1970s. Voluntarily left active ministry in about 1986. Arrested in FL 3/1996 after a former student accused him of abuse 1968-1972. He admitted the abuse and was jailed in FL while awaiting extradition. Sentenced 11/1996 to six 10-year prison terms for abusing six deaf boys 1970-1978. His victims were ages 10-14, three of them brothers. A woman reported in 2018 that Krouse abused her husband when he was a child at the Catholic Deaf Center in Landover in the 1970s. Included on the Archdiocese of Washington DC's 10/15/2018 list of accused. Added to the Baltimore archdiocese's list in 2/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Joseph J. Kruse

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Ordained: 1983
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Name included on Baltimore's 9/2002 list of abusive priests. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that in 9/1987 Kruse confessed to a diocesan official that he had sexually assaulted two teenage boys, one who had recently turned 18 whom he violated the previous night, the other at age 16 in 1985. Kruse had known the 18-year-old since he was 12. The boy's mother went to someone whose name is redacted in the report about the abuse and was told, "Who are you to judge?" and said he would pray for her. This person did not report the abuse to his superiors. There were also "incidents" with hitchhikers he had picked up, some minors. Kruse was sent to Institute of Living in CT for treatment 10/1987-1/1988. Allowed hospital ministry in Hartford while in residence at a parish rectory. In 6/1988 Baltimore Archbishop Borders assigned Kruse to a hospital chaplaincy in the archdiocese with a parish residency, restricted from youth ministry except for Penance. Suit filed in 1988 by the 18-year-old victim; settled for $2,899.50. Kruse voluntarily left ministry in 1989. In 2012 he requested of Archbishop Lori a return to ministry; denied. He was laicized in 2017.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02

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Deacon Thomas G. Kuhl

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Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

"Thom." Ordained for the permanent diaconate in 1988. Taught religion at Our Lady of Pompei High School and Towson Catholic High School. Choir director. Had been arrested in the mid-1980s for the solicitation of an undercover police officer and fired from work at Sacred Heart Parish; hired at Our Lady of Pompei by Fr. Luigi Esposito, who was later credibly accused of abuse of a girl. In 3/2006 a man alleged abuse by Kuhl and another teacher, Eric Price, for two years when he was an Our Lady of Pompei student in the early- to mid-1990s, ages 14 to 15 or 16. The alleged victim believed there may have been other victims. Both teachers were immediately placed on leave. Esposito allowed Kuhl to participate in Holy Saturday and Easter services, which had been forbidden by the Archdiocese. The victim received a settlement of $28K in 2009. Kuhl later became a deacon in the Presbyterian Church. In 2011 a man alleged abuse beginning at age 15 by Kuhl, 1995-2005. Kuhl was laicized in 2015. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, which notes that Kuhl died in 2015.

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Br. Xavier Langan

Order: FSC
Status: Settled

Died: 03/1/1985
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Also known as Br. Geoffrey Xavier. Joined the Christian Brothers in 1935. Taught at schools in PA and MD. Accused in 2003 of sexually abusing a Calvert Hall College High School student (Baltimore) in 1969. In 2004, the school acknowledged the allegation and another by an older alumnus. Added to the Baltimore archdiocese's list 4/24/2019. It notes an allegation in 2002 and other allegations of abuse from additional former Calvert High students. Langan was at the school 1942-1952 and 1960-1985. He died in 1985. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, noting a settlement in 2011 with man who reported in 1/2002 abuse occurring 1967-1968. In later 2002 a man reported abuse as a freshman at Calvert Hall 1948-1949, and that he first reported it in 1990. Another former student reported in 2008 abuse in 1979 or 1980; received a settlement. In 2018 a former Calvert Hall student said Langan would watch students swim naked through the pool's underwater window and at times appeared to be masturbating. The students nicknamed Langan "Brother Squeeze-ums."

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Fr. James V. Lannon

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Ordained: 1931
Status: Accused

Died: 03/19/1984
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Assigned to Baltimore parishes 1933-1943. Became priest of Washington DC archdiocese when it was established in the 1940s. Had been with the Sulpician Order 1931-1932. First named publicly as accused on the Archdiocese of Washington DC's list 10/15/2018. Archdiocese first received report of abuse in 1953. Suspended in 1953 and 1954. Returned to ministry after evaluation. Permanently removed from parish ministry in 1958. Per Washington DC archdiocesan documents, Lannon had a history of "sexual impropriety" with teenage boys. He died in 1984. Name included on the Baltimore Archdiocese's list 4/24/2019. It notes a woman alleged in 2002 abuse by Lannon in the mid-1930s, when she was age 9 or 10 and a St. Rose of Lima School student. She said he also abused another student. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Ross A. LaPorta

Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused

Died: 02/8/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

LaPorta was named on the 9/25/2002 Baltimore Archdiocese list as having been credibly accused by one person in 1999 of sexual abuse in the 1960s. Faculties removed. He denied abuse. The list shows LaPorta had recently retired when the allegation was made. The 1999 Official Catholic Directory is first that reports him as retired and also lists him as monsignor. Later Directories show him retired in Little River SC, not a monsignor, and pastor emeritus at St. Mark's in Catonsville; five other priests who worked there are also accused. Still in SC in 2007; not in the 2009 Directory. Died 2/8/2015. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. The 1999 allegation was of abuse in about 1960-1968 of a boy, ages 6 or 8 until about 16. The victim's brother may also have been abused. Faculties were removed in 12/1999. They were reinstated in 2001 so that he could celebrate Mass for his 50th seminary reunion. Accused in 3/2003 of sexually abusing a girl, age 12 and in 6th grade, in 1966 at St. Charles in Pikesville. His accuser said a nun who was her teacher asked her to answer the rectory telephones one day after school. She said that she was on the bed in the rectory with her underwear down with LaPorta touching her vagina, and that the nun was watching from the doorway. In 2013 the Archdiocese received a report that Laporta sexually abused and raped a boy in the early 1970s. The boy, who was training to be an altar server, was introduced to LaPorta by Fr. George Loskarn, who had been abusing the boy. The victim received a settlement of $75K in 2014.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02

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Fr. Regis F. Larkin

Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 06/23/1981
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Worked in archdiocesan parishes 1945-1980. Died 6/23/1981. First named publicly as accused by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/16/2019. The Archdiocese received an allegation in 1992 of abuse by Larkin of a boy, ages 12-15, 1978-1981 when Larkin was pastor at St. Patrick's in Cumberland. The accuser said that Larkin constantly had children stay with him at the rectory and would take groups of boys on trips. Another allegation was received in 2002 of abuse of a 5th grade boy 1955-1956, at Larkin's first assignment, St. Michael's in Frostburg. In 8/2019 a man reported abuse by Larkin as a middle school student in the late 1950s-early 1960s. He said Larkin also abused his brother. Another man told the Archdiocese in 1/2021 that he had been "inappropriately touched" by Larkin. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. David Leary

Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 10/7/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Leary's personnel file shows concerns about him by his superiors as early as 1961, with references to his "violent outbursts" and a "nervous problem," as well as "problems of various kinds since his ordination." Worked in the Diocese of Paranagua, Brazil 1967-1971, whose bishop, Bernard Jose Nolker, offered to have Leary live in his home due to Leary's problems. Returned to parish work, as an associate pastor at Shrine of the Little Flower in Baltimore. In 10/2013 a man reported that Leary sexually abused at the parish when he was a 4th-grader in 1971.

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Fr. Thomas B. Lee

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Priest of the Archdiocese of Seoul, South Korea. Studied 1970-1974 at Johns Hopkins University and resided at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Towson MD. In 1993 an individual alleged sexual abuse by Lee in the early 1970s. Baltimore informed the Archdiocese of Seoul of the allegations. Lee's name appears on the Baltimore archdiocese's 9/2002 list of priests from other dioceses who were accused of abuse in the archdiocese. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Francis J. Lefevre

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Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused of fondling and raping young boys. Some of the abuse was during car trips to Avalon, NJ. Faculties removed in 1987 after an allegation. LeFevre admitted to sexually abusing numerous minors in the 1970s and 1980s. Sent to CT for treatment, allowed to live in a parish rectory in Hartford. Returned to Baltimore after a few months. Worked as a statistics expert for the archdiocese and lived in a parish rectory; allowed to assist with masses there and in other parishes. Faculties restricted in 1989 by new Archbishop Keeler. Accused in a 1995 lawsuit of abusing a boy 1975-1976, when the child was age 11 -12. This abuse was reported to the archdiocese in 1992. Suit was dismissed. Another report in 1995 of abuse of a boy, age 10, in 1975-1976. In 2008 a man reported that LeFevre fondled him in 1974, when he was age 11 or 12, at St. Anthony of Padua. Also allegedly raped a boy, about, ages 11-13, behind the altar at St. Anthony's 1969-1971. Two more report in 2009 of abuse of a boys, age 11-12, in the 1980s at St. Ursula's. In 2012 a man alleged abuse at ages 11-13 in the early 1970s. In 2013 another report, of abuse of a boy, 11-13, 1969-1971. Allegation in 2018 of abuse of a boy, age 13, in 1974. Settlement of $50K to this person in 2014. Lefevre's name was included on the archdiocese's 9/2002 list of accused. Included in the 4/5/20/23 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02

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Fr. Robert F. Lentz

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Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Died: 09/15/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Parish priest; chaplain for juvenile courts; worked with the Catholic Youth Department; worked with National Scouting. In residence 1973-1974 at Cardinal Gibbons High School, CYO 1973-1976, Director of Youth Office 1976-1978. In 1980 given the Cardinal Shehan Award for "outstanding contributions to the total development of youth." Placed on leave in 12/2002 after allegations that he abused two boys in the mid- to late-1960s; one at age 10 or 11 in 1964, the other at age 14-16 in 1967-1968. One received a $35K settlement, the other said he also abused other boys and that he gave them alcohol. Lentz denied the allegations. Sent to St. John Vianney Center for treatment. Two more men came forward in 12/2002 alleging abuse as boys. One received a settlement of $80K. In 2006 a man alleged abuse as an altar boy by Lentz in the 1960s. In 2017 another man said Lentz abused him as a 2nd-grader during 1984-1986. Lentz died 09/15/2007. Included on the archdiocese's list of accused in 2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Phillip J. Linden

Order: SSJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Name added to the Archdiocese's list of credibly accused in 6/2023. An allegation was reported in 8/2020 that Linden sexually abused a boy in the 1970s, while pastor of St. Francis Xavier in East Baltimore. Assigned in the archdiocese 1969-1986. Worked at Xavier University of Louisiana 1991-2018.

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Baltimore Sun 06.30.23

Fr. John L. Lippold

Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 01/27/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Retired in 2009. The Archdiocese learned in 10/2010 of an allegation that Lippold had abused a girl, age 16, over a two-year period in the late 1960s, while assigned to Saints Phillip and James Parish. Lippold allegedly became involved with the girl and her family after her father died, and told her to call him "Daddy" after the first incident. His accuser said she saw Lippold try to lift the shirt of another girl, who slapped his hand. The Archdiocese notified police who told them not to pursue an investigation or contact Lippold during the police investigation. In 4/2011 the investigation stalled; the Archdiocese was allowed to talk with the accuser and with Lippold, who denied the allegations. He was removed at that time. Died 1/27/2016. In 2017 another woman reported abuse by Lippold, in the 1960s when she was age 11 and a student at a Frederick MD parish. Included on the archdiocese's list of accused (which erroneously shows a death year of 2014). Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report (also with a wrong death year).

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Fr. Robert J. Lochner

Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled

Died: 12/9/1967
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Parish priest, Director of Southern Area of the Archdiocesan Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, MD National Guard Chaplain, Co-Moderator of the Catholic Youth Organization. First named publicly as accused by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/16/2019, where it is stated that multiple allegations of abuse were received starting in 2002. That account, however, was revised on the 4/24/2019 list to state that multiple allegations began arriving in 1993. Abuse was alleged to have occurred in the 1950s and 1960s. Died 12/9/1967 in a car accident on a trip to the beach with four boys. One of the boys died. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that in 3/2002 a man told the Archdiocese that Lochner sexually abused him at age 11 or 12 in 1962 or 1963, and that his father reported the abuse at the time to the Archdiocese. Between 2002 and 2018, five more people reported abuse by Lochner, of boys ages 8-18. Two received settlements.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List 04.24.19

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Fr. Anthony Lorento

Order: SAC
Ordained: 1972
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

In 1994 a woman reported to the Archdiocese that Lorento held her and tried to kiss her when she was 16, in about 1981. Lorento was pastor 1980-1982 of St. Leo the Great in Little Italy, Baltimore, MD. The Archdiocese told the Pallotines. No action. Per the Order, Lorento was assigned to a parish in Brooklyn, NY in 1989 and left the priesthood in 1998. Name included on the 9/2002 Archdiocese of Baltimore list of accused. In 7/2017 a man reported that Lorento of sexually abused him when he was an altar boy, age 12, in about 1980. He received a settlement from the Archdiocese in 2018. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. George B. Loskarn

Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 06/19/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused in 2002 of sexual abuse in the late 1960s of a boy, ages 12-16. Admitted the abuse, and to fondling an 18-year-old male in about 1985. Placed on leave. Name included on the Baltimore archdiocese's 9/2002 list of accused. In 7/2013 the Archdiocese received a report that Loskarn sexually abused a 1st to 3rd grade altar boy in the early 1970s at St. Bernard's. His accuser said that Loskarn would stand behind the altar boys during ceremonies and fondle himself under his robe, and that he would play "truth or dare" with the boys, daring them to expose their penises which he would then fondle. The alleged victim said he was later abused at the parish by Rev. Ross LaPorta, and that when he told a nun in 5th or 6th grade she slapped and beat him. Loskarn died in 2014. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 9.26.02

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Fr. Samuel J. Lupico

Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Ordained for the Diocese of Trenton. Transferred in 1972 to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The archdiocese announced on 1/30/2022 that Lupico had been suspended pending the investigation into allegations that he had sexually abused a minor in the mid-1970s, while assigned to St. Ann's in Baltimore. At the time of his suspension Lupico was assisting at St. Mary of the Assumption in Baltimore and St. Pius X in Towson. He denied the allegations. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's report, his name redacted. Referred to as #152. It notes that in 2014 a man reported that in the 1980s, when he was living with Lupico in a rectory as his foster son, the priest gave him alcohol and made sexual advances toward him, and that he molested other boys. Lupico acknowledged that two teenagers lived with him for a few months. In 2021 an allegation surfaced that Lupico groped a 12- or 13-year-old boy in the mid-1970s.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore 01.29.22

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Fr. E. Neil Magnus

Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Died: 11/27/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Parish priest. Teacher/counselor/chaplain at five different high schools. In residence at one, principal of another. Tribunal member. In 2016 a woman received "acknowledgment of crimes" and financial assistance for counseling from the Archdiocese due to her claims of rape by Magnus and another priest, Joseph Maskell. Magnus was Keough High School's Religious Services Director, Maskell was chaplain. Both priests were counselors. Per the woman they raped her at a CYO picnic in 9/1970, when she was age 14 and a new Keough student. She said Magnus showed up in a police car and that the rape occurred after she was given a drink that weakened her. She said Maskell watched, then also raped her, and that his assaults continued through her high school years. She claimed, too, that on one occasion a Baltimore police officer joined Maskell and, after paying the priest, raped her. Magnus and Maskell have been accused by other former students. Both men have been implicated in the unsolved 1969 murder of Sr. Cathy Cesnik, to whom girls had confided abuse. Included on the archdiocese's list 12/14/2018. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that the Archdiocese received a report from a woman in 1992 of sexual abuse by Magnus and Maskell over several years in the late 1960s, when she was a Keough student. The AG Report details abuse of 7 girls by Magnus, one as young as age 11. Several reported the presence of a police officer during some of the abuse, as well as rape by a police officer. One said the abuse by Magnus included rape with a crucifix. Another victim described Magnus as "sadistic and evil." There are indications in Magnus' personnel file that Archdiocesan officials new of problems with Magnus, yet kept him in ministry and appointed him as principal of high schools. Magnus died 11/27/1988.

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Fr. Ronald Mardaga

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Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Faculties removed in 6/1986 after admitting to sexually abusing a boy, age 13 or 14, around 1975-1976. Mardaga was a seminary student at the time and working at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Baltimore City. The abuse went on for two years and included rape and other forms of violence. Archdiocese and State's Attorney's Office agreed to no prosecution if Mardaga underwent a psychological evaluation and any recommended treatment. Sent to three different institutions over several years for evaluation; refused inpatient treatment. The Archdiocese tried to get Mardaga to comply so that his faculties could be restored. Instead, he requested laicization in 1990, which was granted in 1992. His name appeared on the Archdiocese of Baltimore's 9/2002 list of priests credibly accused of abuse. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02

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Fr. A. Joseph Maskell

Ordained: 1965
Status: Settled

Died: 05/7/2001
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Parish priest; Keough High School chaplain and counselor; police chaplain. Per a 1994 lawsuit, Maskell abused and raped girls at Keough in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Dismissed due to the statute of limitations. Fellow Keough teacher and counselor Fr. Neil Magnus, is also reported to have abused and raped Keough girls, at times with Maskell. Both priests were implicated in the 1969 murder of Sr. Catherine Cesnik. A student said she told Sr. Cathy of abuse by Maskell; Sr. Cathy soon went missing, and was later found murdered. The former student said in 1994 that Maskell drove her to a remote area and showed her the body. The Archdiocese settled with her in 1/2017. Another former student said two police officers sexually abused her while Maskell looked on. He is said to have drugged victims and shown a gun. Some victims said he gave them vaginal exams or enemas, in his office or at a gynecologist's office with other men present. Placed on leave in 1992 after an allegation, sent to treatment; reinstated 1993-1994. Removed again in 1994 after new allegations. Fled to Ireland; worked as a psychologist, including with children. Name included on the Archdiocese's list in 9/2002. By 5/2017 the Archdiocese paid $472K to 16 people with allegations against Maskell. One man said Maskell sexually abused him as an 8th grade altar boy and his mother told the archdiocese in 5/1967; Maskell was then moved to Keough. An Irish accuser surfaced in 5/2017. HSE was investigating in 6/2017. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows the Archdiocese knew of concerns about Maskell's behavior toward children as early as 1966. By 2023, at least 39 people, men and women, had reported they or others were abused as children by Maskell. Most of the reported abuse was by former Keough students. One woman said she was abused as a preschooler. He also was said to have sexually harrassed and assaulted adult women. Maskell died in 2001.

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Fr. Arthur R. Maurer

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Order: SSJ
Ordained: 1947
Status: Convicted

Died: 11/29/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Maurer pleaded guilty in 1993 to federal charges of fondling a 12-year-old boy in 1992 on a cruise ship based in Port Canaveral, FL. Before plea, he was sent to Toronto for treatment. He was apparently retired and living in Baltimore in 1992-1993, but the 1993 Catholic Directory shows he was affiliated with Galveston-Houston Diocese. He died in 1993. Obit was in Houston TX newspaper. Worked in New Orleans 1949-1958. Name included on the 9/2002 list from Archdiocese of Baltimore of religious priests and brothers accused of the sexual abuse of children. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Benedict Mawn

Order: CP
Ordained: 1945
Status: Settled

Died: 07/17/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Worked in the Archdioceses of Baltimore, Boston, Hartford and Dioceses of Buffalo, Scranton, Worcester and Manchester. Died in 1998. Accused in 2002 of abuse of a boy, ages 10-14, in Baltimore in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Mawn's accuser said that two other priests also sexually abused him. Assigned to St. Joseph Passionist Monastery in Baltimore 1955-1957 and 1960-1962. Accused in a 2005 lawsuit of abuse of a boy at St. Gabriel's in Brighton, MA in 1976. The suit involved multiple plaintiffs and named multiple priests as defendants. Attorney Carmen Durso said in 2011 that almost all claims were settled. On the Baltimore archdiocese's list 4/24/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Br. William F. McCarthy

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Died: 03/6/1982
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Bro. Constantine. Joined the Xaverians in 1940. Left in 1947. Become a teacher at the Aquinas Institute in Rochester NY. Died in 1982. Named publicly as accused by the Order on its list 7/12/2019. Allegation reported in 2002 of abuse in the mid-1940s in Baltimore of a boy, age 8 or 9. The alleged victim said two other boys his age told him McCarthy also abused them. Name included on the Baltimore Archdiocese's list of accused 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

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Fr. William T. McCrory

Ordained: 1941
Status: Accused

Died: 05/9/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Monsignor. Report in 4/2019 to the A.G. from a woman that McCrory sexually abused her at ages 7-9, while assigned to St. Francis of Assisi in Brunswick MD. He was assigned to the parish as pastor 1959-1968. McCrory was a frequent dinner guest at the girl's home and would make her sit on his lap then digitally penetrate her. The woman said as she got older her gave her gifts and the privilege of driving his car, and that he likely did so to keep her quiet about the abuse. McCrory died in 1993.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Fr. M. Francis McGrath

Ordained: 1978
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Attended seminary in Baltimore MD 1972-1974 and again 1976-1977. Ordained in 1978 for the Diocese of Trenton NJ. In 1995 a man told the Baltimore archdiocese McGrath sexually abused him as a minor in the 1970s, while McGrath was in seminary. Baltimore informed Trenton; McGrath acknowledged he sexual abused "three or four victims" during his time in Trenton. Was at St. Luke Institute for treatment when the allegation was reported. His status from then was 'leave of absence' as of 6/2002, when a man alleged abuse in 1975 as a Calvert Hall freshman. Allegation in 8/2002 of abuse in the 1970s of a 13-year-old boy; he told his mother who reported it to the Baltimore Archdiocese and Trenton Diocese immediately. In 9/2002 a man reported abuse 1976-1977 as a St. Anthony Middle School student. Name included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused in 9/2002. Report in 2013 of abuse in 1974 of a boy, age 15; settled for $50K. Included on the Trenton diocese's list 2/13/2019, noted to have been removed from ministry. Per news in 6/2020, McGrath was named in two lawsuits, one alleging abuse in 1983 of a boy, age 17, at St. Anthony's in Hamilton NJ, the other claiming abuse of a boy, age 11, in 1978. A 7/29/2020 suit alleged abuse in the early 1980s of a Red Bank Catholic High student. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Eugene Ambrose McGuire

Order: CP
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 11/21/1984
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Allegation received in 1993 of abuse in 1962-1966 of a girl, ages 7-11. The girl's sister later reported that she was also abuse by McGuire. His personnel file shows that other priests and a nun knew of the abuse. Another allegation in 2002 of abuse in the late 1940s or early 1950s of a boy, age 8. Report in 2019 of abuse abuse by McGuire of junior high school boy 1970-1972. McGuire died in 1984. Included in the 5/6/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Br. Lawrence C. Meegan

Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Died: 07/27/1977
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Bro. Luanus. Joined the Xaverians in 1941. Died in 1977. Per his obituary, Meegan taught in Baltimore MD, Lawrence MA, Louisville KY, Bangor ME and Montvale NJ. Named publicly as accused by his Order on its list 7/12/2019. Allegation reported in 1995 of abuse and rape beginning in 1945 of a boy, ages 13-16, at St. Mary's Industrial School in Baltimore. Meegan's accuser said he was sexually abused at the time by several Xaverian Brothers and a Passionist priest. On the Baltimore archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

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Fr. Romuald Meogrossi

Order: OFM Conv
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

On 5/2/2021 the archdiocese announced that it had suspended Meogrossi from ministry due to an allegation that he had sexually abused a minor. The abuse allegedly occurred during a clinical therapy session in 2006; Meogrossi was working as a licensed therapist. He denied the allegation.

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Fr. Joseph V. Messer

Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Died: 07/16/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Accused in 1/2008 of the sexual abuse, including rape, of a 16- or 17-year-old boy in 1975 or 1976. Messer strongly denied the abuse and the Archdiocese deemed the allegation "not credible." Later in 2008 a former schoolmate of the accuser corroborated the story, telling the alleged victim's attorney that he noticed one day that the boy was walking funny, and the boy told him what happened, showed him blood in his underwear and cried. He said the boy was afraid to tell anyone because Messer threatened to beat him and said he would go to hell.

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Fr. Ronald N. Michaud

Ordained: 1973
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

A man reported in 1989 that Michaud sexually abused him as a teenager in the 1974 in MD. The Baltimore Archdiocese informed the Portland ME Diocese, where Michaud was then assigned, and he was placed on leave. Sent to St. Luke Institute for treatment. Michaud worked in MD in 1973-1978, before transferring to the Diocese of Portland, where he was incardinated in 1982. Name released as credibly accused by Portland bishop in 1/2007. The Bishop recommended laicization but matter was still pending with the Vatican. Lawsuit filed in 9/2007 by a man alleging abuse as an altar boy in the early 1980s in Westbrook ME. Judge awarded plaintiff $4.4M judgment against Michaud (who had no assets) in 7/2009. Plaintiff had earlier settled with the diocese. A man told the MD A.G. in 2018 that Michaud abused him at age 13 in the 1970s. In 2019 a woman alleged Michaud tried to kiss her as a child between 1965-1967. A 2021 suit claims abuse of a teenage boy in the 1980s in Biddeford ME. Another suit was filed in 6/2022. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. William J. Migliorini

Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Died: 03/19/1992
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

The archdiocese announced on 11/4/2019 that it was adding Migliorini to its list of accused clergy. A first accuser came forward to the archdiocese in 1995, alleging abuse as a child by Migliorini in the 1960s. In 2019 a second person alleged abuse by the priest while he was assigned to Shrine of the Sacred Heart 1965-1973. Migliorini died in 1992. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that the 1995 report was by a man alleging abuse in the 1960s as a 13-year-old Sacred Heart altar boy. In 2002 the man said that the abuse, including rape, occurred over three or four years, starting when he was 11 or 12, and that it involved Migliorini and three other people, two of them priests. The 2019 report was by a woman who said that when she was a child in the late 1960s, Migliorini pushed himself against her and fondled her breasts.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List updated 11.04.19

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Fr. John Joseph Mike, Jr.

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Ordained: 1975
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

In 1987 the mothers of two teenage boys, who were cousins, reported to the Archdiocese that the boys had recently suffered physical and sexual abuse by Mike. Faculties removed. Criminally charged for whipping a 17-year-old youth, hanging the youth upside down from a basketball backboard and striking him on the buttocks with a table tennis paddle. Mike admitted to Archdiocesan officials and lawyers to abusing the two boys, and to similar abuse of a boy at his previous parish. He said he told later credibly accused priest Joseph Maskell and a doctor, who kept it quiet. Sent to CT for treatment in 5/1987, diagnosed with "sexual sadism." Another parent reported in 6/1987 likely abuse of their son, which the Archdiocese said was not reportable to police. This victim said in 2004 that Mike called him after his arrest and said not to anyone about the abuse because he was already in "big trouble." Pleaded guilty in 9/1987. Sentenced to five years of supervised probation. In 10/1987 allowed parish ministry in CT. The Archdiocese tried to have him assigned in the Diocese of Erie, saying he could return to ministry in Baltimore after three years. The statute of limitations in MD at the time was three years from the age of maturity; Bishop Malooly said "we need to walk on eggshells until the early 1990s." Mike did not end up going to Erie. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, noting that at least seven victims had come forward, all boys ages 13-17 when abused. Almost all reported that Mike perpetrated sadistic physical abuse against them for his own sexual gratification. Archdiocesan files show concern by officials only for the reputation of the church and Fr. Mike's wellbeing, and no concern about child protection. Mike did not return to active ministry.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 9.26.02

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Fr. Jerome A. Moody

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Order: CSsR
Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Died: 01/22/2006
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the Baltimore archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Baltimore City Police informed the archdiocese in 2002 of allegations of abuse of several people. The Archdiocese informed the Redemptorists. Another allegation was reported in 2005 of abuse in the 1970s. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Per the report, the 2005 allegation was of abuse in 1975 of a boy, age 14, continuing for three years. The victim said Moody would have boys in the parish youth group sleep over in the rectory, one at a time. Moody died in 2006.

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Br. William Morgan

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Order: SVD
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Worked in New Guinea 1950-1991. Report in 1986 to the Baltimore Archdiocese from the grandparents of a 4-year-old girl that Morgan sexually abused the girl during a recent visit while on vacation from New Guinea. The family said that ten years earlier Morgan sexually abused another girl in the family and a neighbor's daughter. Order informed. Msgr. G. Michael Schleupner met with Morgan, who said "things are different" in New Guinea and "people are more accepting of adults showing affection to children," describing nudity with children there with fondling and touching. Sent to House of Affirmation in MA for assessment. Spiritual direction recommended, not residential treatment. Allowed continue mission work in New Guinea. Died in 2008 in WI, where he had been since 1998. Included on the Order's Chicago Province list of credibly accused.

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Fr. John A. Mountain

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Ordained: 1928
Status: Accused

Died: 10/27/1979
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Ordained in Philadelphia. Worked in Washington DC, then in MD beginning in 1929 after a one-year leave of absence. Sick leave 1950-1951. Retired to West Palm Beach FL in 1968. Died in 1979. Report in 1995 to the Archdiocese of Baltimore that Mountain sexually abused a boy, ages 11-13, during 1941-1943, and again 1945-1949 when the boy was 15-17. The abuse included rape.

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Fr. Timothy M. Murphy

Order: OSST
Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Died: 05/14/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

In 1999 a man alleged sexual abuse by Murphy at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in around 1970 when he was age 12. The boy had been hired to work at the rectory. He quit the job after about a year and tried to run away from home. Murphy went on "Leave of Absence for Health Reasons" 1972-1978, during which time worked in southern CA, including as a high school teacher, while living in parish rectories and a monastery. During 1988-1991 he was assigned in Victoria, TX, after which he returned to MD. He wrote his victim a letter of apology in 1993. In 1999 the Archdiocese of Baltimore informed the Trinitarians of the allegation; Murphy's faculties were removed. Sent to Southdown Institute in Canada. Limited in Baltimore to work in the Province Offices. His name appeared on Baltimore's 9/2002 list of accused priests. Murphy died in 2004. The Archdiocese and Trinitarians settled with the victim in 2008 for $42,500. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. James Glenn Murray

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1979
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Assigned in Washington DC, Durham NC, Baltimore MD, Cleveland OH. Initial report made in 2005 that Murray had improperly touched a minor in the early 1980s, while assigned to St. Frances-Charles Hall, later known as St. Frances Academy; allegations could not be verified. Permanently removed from active ministry by Jesuits in 6/2011 after a new investigation. Taught at Gonzaga College High School 1974-1976 and had recently been assigned to St. Aloysius Parish. Last known to be living in a monitored residence within the Jesuit Community. On the Raleigh diocese's list in 10/2018. On the MD Province Jesuits' list in 12/2018. On Baltimore's list 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Alan W. Nagle

Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Died: 07/6/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Ordained for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Went on leave in 1978, worked as a priest at a Melkite-Greek Catholic Church in North Hollywood CA until terminated after 18 months in 1980. Left the Catholic Church in 1981. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. In 2009 a man told the Baltimore Archdiocese that Nagle sexually abused him in about 1970, when he was a high school freshman on an overnight retreat in Sparks, MD. Another man told the A.G. in 2018 that when he was an altar boy in 1960 in Towson, Nagle became aggressive and laid in bed with him naked during a visit to PA. Melkite-Greek superiors also expressed issues with Nagle, that he had a drinking problem and didn't mix well with the young people of his church. Nagle died in 1997. Per his obituary, Nagle was Assistant Manager of Lemko Housing and Assistant Pastor of St. Mary's Assumption Greek Catholic Church in Joppa, MD.

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Fr. Robert Victor Newman

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Order: SC
Ordained: 1981
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

In 1987 the Archdiocese learned that Newman had admitted to sexually abusing minors in the 1970s-1980s. He told his superiors he had abused at least 12 boys, ages 9-15, over at least 15 years, and that his victims were "neighbors, people he's known for years, never anyone connected with church." Order removed him from his assignment, which he had had since 1982. Police investigated in 1987; no charges filed. The police report shows "only one instance of fondling one boy." Sent to Johns Hopkins and then Hartford CT for treatment. Allowed active ministry as a parish pastor in the Archdiocese of Hartford beginning in 1990. Placed on leave in 2002 after notes regarding his abuse history were found during a review of Baltimore priest files. Included on the Baltimore Archdiocese's list in 9/2002 of accused religious priests and brothers. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Br. Ronald N. Nicholls

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused publicly in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Appears in the report as #153. The archdiocese received a report in 7/2003 that Nicholls sexually assaulted a boy, ages 10-12, in the 1970s. Nicholls was a teacher at the time at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Southwest Baltimore, and a friend of the family. He would take the boy on outings, including overnight trips. Nicholls allegedly fondled the boy's genitals while they shared a bed. He left the Marianists in 1980.

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Fr. Henry J. O’Toole

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Order: CSsR
Ordained: 1944
Status: Accused

Died: 03/12/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Assigned 1962-1983 in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Accused in 3/1992 of sexually abusing a girl, age 12 or 13, in the early 1970s at Our Lady of Fatima in East Baltimore. The Archdiocese informed the Redemptorists in 10/93. Name appears on Baltimore Diocese's 9/2002 list of accused religious priests and brothers. Shown in the Venice diocese per 1988 Catholic Directory, in Miami per 1990 edition, and in Orlando per 1995 and 2002 editions. Died in 2003. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, which shows O'Toole also spent time in Toledo OH and Richmond VA.

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Fr. Joseph F. O’Brien

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Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused publicly in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Appears in the report as #154. The Archdiocese received a report in 9/2002 that O'Brien sexually abused a girl, age 15 or 16 in the mid-1970s. She also reported abuse by Fr. Roger Wooden and a lay teacher. O'Brien's accuser said that he told her he could help her get over her abusive teacher, she could help him get over a woman he had fallen in love with and that he would show her "how real love between a man and a woman could be." She reported the abuse to a parish priest. The girl never saw O'Brien again. There was apparently no other action. O'Brien went on Leave of Absence in 1976, requested laicization in 1977 and was laicized in 1978.

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Seminarian Brian Keith Olkowski

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Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Olkowski, a 22-year-old seminarian in Scranton PA, was dismissed from seminary in 1/1995 when he pleaded guilty to charges that in 1994 he plied a 14-year-old boy in the Baltimore area with beer then molested him. Olkowski had been working for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Sentenced in 1995 to five years in jail (all but one suspended), counseling, 500 hours community service, and five years probation after release from prison.

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Fr. Joseph O’Meara

Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Referred to as #155. Allegedly would kiss girls and mothers on their mouths, among other behaviors. One woman said that when she was age 7, O'Meara would try to slide his hand up her leg toward her genitals under the table while having dinner with her family. Further, she said two of her friends said he did the same thing to them. Removed from active ministry in 12/2019 after three woman reported that he touched them inappropriately. O'Meara was retired at the time and living at St. Agnes/St. William of York. Sent to St. John Vianney Center in PA for treatment, but left against advice.

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Fr. John B. Peacock

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Ordained: 1934
Status: Accused

Died: 05/27/1995
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Allegation in 2005 of abuse in the mid-1960s. Another allegation received in 2015 of abuse in the late 1950s. Retired in 1973. Died in 1995. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. It shows that the 2005 allegation was from a woman who said that Peacock sexually abused her in the rectory when she was in 4th grade in the 1960s at Our Lady of Victory. She had been sent there as a punishment. She also remembered being in other's priests' bedrooms and thinks they may have been involved; one of them was admitted abuser John Carney. The 2015 report was by a woman who said Peacock abused her as a second or third grader at Our Lady of Victory in the 1950s. The same woman also alleged abused as a Keough High School student by Joseph Maskell.

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Fr. Dennis A. Pecore

Order: SDS
Ordained: 1982
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Worked in MD, AZ, WI. Convicted in Milwaukee WI in 1987 of sex assault of a teenage boy 1984-1985. Placed on probation and ordered to serve year in jail on work-release program. Settlement with the victim for $595K in 1988. Some teachers had told Archbishop Weakland of the abuse, who did nothing. The teachers were fired. Convicted in 1994 in WI of molesting a second boy, 1989-1992 (his nephew) during work-release. (Pecore worked at a care center for elderly priests). The boy was age 8 when the abuse started. Pecore introduced the boy to Fr. Simon Palathingal, who was convicted in 2004 of abusing him 1990-1991. Pecore was sentenced to 12 years prison and probation. On sex offender registry. Laicized in 1995. Released from prison in 2/2002. Accused in 3/2002 of abuse in MD in about 1973 of a boy, age 10. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused in 9/2002. New lawsuit filed 10/6/2016 v Phoenix diocese, Salvatorians and St. Mark's in Phoenix AZ, claiming abuse of a boy in the early 1980s. In 2018 another suit was filed, claiming abuse of another child in Phoenix.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Adrian Poletti

Order: CP
Ordained: 1934
Status: Accused

Died: 12/24/1980
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the Baltimore Archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019. Allegation to the Archdiocese in 2006 of sexual abuse of a boy, about age 11 or 12, at Camp Gabriel in about 1956. The same accuser said he was also abused Sr. Theonella Flood, at St. Joseph Passionist Monastery School. The victim received a $38K settlement. In 1/2007 a woman reported sexual abuse by Poletti in the mid-1940s when she was age 14 or 15. Poletti died in 1980. Assigned to St. Joseph Monastery Church 1937-1942 and 1951-1959. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Blair Raum

Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Died: 05/31/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list in 6/2022. The list notes that Raum was accused in 2004 of abusing of a minor in the 1960s, and was the subject of two more allegations in 2022. Per the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, a woman reported in 2004 that in the early 1970s, when she was age 16 or 17, Raum put his hands down her shirt and pants, and years later, on the day before her wedding, tried to grope her. In 2022 a man said Raum fondled him as a boy in 1971 on multiple occasions. Raum is also said to have groomed teenage girls with whom he began sexual relationships when they reached adulthood. He died in 2003.

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Br. Thomas Rochacewicz

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Order: CSsR
Status: Settled

Died: 05/10/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Professed final vows in 1968. Worked in CT, MD NY, NJ, FL, DC. Per Baltimore archdiocesan files, where he was assigned 1975 -1986, in 1987 a woman reported that Rochacewicz sexually abused her when she was age 14 in the early 1980s. The archdiocese informed the Redemptorists. By 2010 at least 10 women had come forward, alleging sexual abuse as children by Rochacewicz from 1968 to the mid-1980s. One said he abused her 1973-1980, when she was in kindergarten through 6th grade; her attorney later said the abuse included rape. She received a $90K settlement. Name included on the Baltimore archdiocese's 9/2002 list of accused religious priests and brothers. Died 5/10/2015 at St. John Neumann Residence/Stella Maris in Timonium, MD. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Charles O. Rouse

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Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Admitted during treatment for alcoholism at Guest House in MN in 1995 that he sexually abused two boys in 1981. Attorney General notified, privileges removed. Reports by 5/1995 of abuse of three boys. Sent to St. Louis for evaluation and treatment. Allowed graduate work at Washington University in St. Louis. In 2002 a man reported abuse by Rouse as a boy 1968-1972; he said he reported it to the Archdiocese in 1995 and was told others had already come forward so his information wasn't needed. In 2014 a man reported sexual abuse by Rouse 1985-1989, at ages 9-13. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused in 2002. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.25.02

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Fr. Thomas A. Rydzewski

Ordained: 1998
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Arrested for possession of child pornography and internet child pornography in 12/01. Sent to St. Luke's Institute for treatment. Pleaded guilty in 7/2002. Sentenced to 27 months in prison in 11/2002. Released 11/15/2004. Caught in "Operation Candyman" sting. Name appeared on Baltimore archdiocese's 9/2002 list of priests accused of abuse. On MD sex offender registry as of 1/2012.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 9.26.02

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Seminarian Michael V. Scriber

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Publicly accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Appears in the report as #156. Attended seminary, left for academic reasons. Lived at St. Ann's Parish in East Baltimore while a seminarian in the 1970s, stayed in church housing for many years after leaving seminary. Ran the Youth Program at St. Ann's, including Cub and Boy Scouts, 1972-1982. In 2003 the Archdiocese received a report that Scriber sexually abused a boy scout, age 11 or 12, in 1976 or 1977. Scriber allegedly made boys take off their clothes, spanked their bottoms and grabbed their penises. In 2003 an unnamed religious order told the Archdiocese that Scriber was interested in joining the order, but would discontinue the process due to the report of abuse. Report in 2021 by a man who said that during a scouting trip in the 1970s Scriber made a boy sleep in his tent; the boy was crying in the morning and his mother had to come get him. In 2022 another man reported that Scriber sexually abused him on a scouting trip when he was age 15 in the 1970s. The man said Scriber would call boys to come to his tent; when it was his turn, Scriber would touch his genital's and orally rape him. Scriber is referred to in news reports by one alleged victim as "Brother Mike."

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Fr. William Q. Simms

Ordained: 1962
Status: Charged

Died: 09/30/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Banned from St. Mark's Summer Camp as a seminarian in the 1950s for "some form of sexual problem." Ordained in 1962. Removed from parish work in 1985 after complaints of inappropriate behavior with altar boys. Two separate civil suits filed in 1988 accused Simms of forcing altar boys to dress in skimpy, sexually provocative briefs, act out religious fantasies and wrestle with him. One suit claimed abuse in 1982, the other in 1984-1985. Both cases settled in 1989 or 1990. Police investigated in 1985 but agreed not to press charges if Simms received counseling and was removed from contact with minors. Received treatment at St. Luke Institute. Assigned in 4/1986 to a hospital chaplaincy. Allowed to serve on the Archdiocesan Tribunal and to assist with weekend parish ministry. Parishioners were not informed of Simms' abuse history. In 1988 the Archdiocese acknowledged that Simms molested boys, saying there were "only two" victims. Report in 1994 of abuse of a 10-year-old altar boy in the 1970s at St. Ursula in Parkville. Report in 1997 of abuse of a boy at St. Joseph's in Cockeysville, where Simms was assigned 1966-1971. Criminally charged in 1997 by the State's Attorney's Office; the case was "stetted" in 1998. Report in 4/2002 of abuse of a 4th grade boy at St. Ursula's in the 1970s. In 5/2002 Cardinal Keeler asked Simms to retire from the Tribunal. In 11/2002 four brothers reported inappropriate behavior toward them by Simms when they were children in the 1980s, and that Simms sexually abused at least two of them. Report in 2016 of abuse of a boy in 1985, and that two priests sent in 1985 to interview the boy deemed the allegations unfounded because the boy was afraid and ran away, refusing the interview. By 2021 three more men reported abuse as children by Simms. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Died in 9/2005.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02

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Fr. David G. Smith

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Ordained: 1973
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Treated at St. Luke Institute for treatment in the 1990s. In 7/2002 Smith was charged with perverted practice after a man claimed in 3/2002 that Smith abused him beginning at age 15 at a parish rectory, 1973-1976. In 10/2002 Smith pleaded guilty to engaging in sex acts with the boy. Received probation. Settlement of $41,300. Smith had taken an unrelated leave of absence in 2000 and had no faculties to perform ministry. His name was included in 9/2002 on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused. In 5/2017 Smith disclosed to mental health professionals that he had been abused as a young boy by multiple proctors as a student at a Passionist minor seminary in NY. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.2002

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Fr. Richard E. Smith

Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Died: 10/25/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Monsignor. Removed from active ministry in 3/2007 after allegations by two women that he sexually abused them when they were teens between 1966-1967, at the former Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Woodlawn. One of the women alleged rape. Smith confirmed some of the allegations. Sent to St. Luke Institute for evaluation and treatment. Claims reported to State Attorney's office. Allegations of abuse, including rape, in 1980 of an altar boy, age 7-8, were made in 5/2006, but not publicized by the Archdiocese. The victim received a settlement of $37, 500. In 12/2007 a man reported abuse by Smith as a 10-year-old altar boy and St. Jane Francis School student. The man later said Smith abused him many times, including rape, over two years when he was a seventh and eighth-grader. Settlement of $40,000. Three different women came forward, in 2009, 2018 and 2022 alleging abuse by Smith as girls, two in the 1960s, one in 1989. Smith died 10/25/2008. On the archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Catholic Review 3.27.07

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Fr. Thomas W. Smith

Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused

Died: 08/20/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused in 1988 of the sexual abuse of a boy. Admitted the abuse to Archdiocesan officials and said that he had sexually abused multiple boys in the 1960s. Sought counseling in the mid-1960s from another priest for his "sexuality issue." Kept in ministry in 1988, parishioners not informed of the allegation. No report to law enforcement. Sent for a psych evaluation. Accused in 6/1993 of molesting an 8th grade boy in 1980, while Smith was pastor at St. Stephen's in Bradshaw. The victim also alleged abuse by Fr. Marion Helowicz, who was associate pastor at the parish. (Helowicz pleaded guilty in 12/1988 to abuse of a boy 1982-1984.) Smith denied the allegations. He was scheduled to leave his parish and go for evaluation and treatment but killed himself with shotgun the day before. He left a note referring to depression from his mother's death. Bishop Newman told a reporter there were "no allegations of sexual impropriety or other wrongdoing" against Smith. After his death five men came forward accusing Smith of molesting them when they were in 7th-8th grades. By 4/2023 40 people had come forward alleging abuse and rape by Smith. Their ages when abused range from 6 to 16, and occurred at every one of Smith's assignments. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02

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Fr. Michael J. Spillane

Ordained: 1968
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused in 12/1991 of sexually abusing an altar boy, age 13, in 1975-1976. Admitted to the Archdiocese in 1/1992 to having sexually abused six teenage boys 1975-1983. Faculties removed. Had worked since 1986 for the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commission, which advised the USCCB. Was allowed to continue in this role until forced to resign in 2002. The victim who had come forward received of settlement of $22K. In 3/2002 another man reported sexual abuse by Spillane, at age 13 in 1968. Included in 2002 on the Archdiocese's list of accused. A man in 11/2005 reported abuse as a teenager 1986-1989. By 2021 there were allegation of abuse by Spillane of four more boys. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02

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Sr. Joan Agnes Hasson

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Order: OSF
Status: Accused

Died: 07/27/1991
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Given name was Catherine A. Hasson. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report; name redacted, referred to as #149. Member of the Third Order of the Sisters of St. Francis, Philadelphia. Left the Order in 1945, went on to marry. Married name was Catherine A. Salmons. Died in 1991. In 2004 a woman reported to the Archdiocese that when she was in first grade in 1944, Hasson, who was her teacher, orally raped her repeatedly throughout the year. The abuse was said to have occurred in the classroom cloakroom and, on the first day of school, in a closet beneath a stairwell, where Hasson had locked the girl because she was scared and crying. Hasson allegedly told the girl the principal assigned the abuse as punishment for misbehavior. Hasson also reportedly physically abused the girl and other students.

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Sr. Theonilla Flood

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Order: SSND
Status: Settled

Died: 12/1/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Given name Mary Margaret Flood. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.(Name misspelled Theonella.) In 2006 a man reported to the Archdiocese that Flood sexually abused him when he was age 11-12 in about 1956-1957 at St. Joseph Passionist Monastery School. He also alleged abuse at the school by Fr. Adrian Poletti. Flood died in 1988. The man received a settlement in 2012 of $38K from the Archdiocese, the Passionists and the School Sisters of Notre Dame.

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Fr. Albert T. Stallings

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Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused

Died: 11/18/1990
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

"Pete." Monsignor. Accused in 5/2002 of sexually abusing a boy, ages 8-10, between 1978-1980. The abuse allegedly occurred in the St. Clare rectory and church, and once near a bridge on Eastern Ave.

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Fr. Edmund F. Stroup

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Ordained: 1949
Status: Extradited

Died: 03/12/2001
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Report to the Archdiocese in 1975 from a woman who said her son, age 16, was attacked by Stroup the previous night in Ocean City. Allowed a short sabbatical, required to join Alcoholics Anonymous. Arrested in 1981 in Cape May NJ, charged with fondling a minor. Sent to treatment, returned to ministry. Hospital chaplain 1982-1990. Retired in 1990. Accused in 1992 of sexually abusing a young boy on a trip to FL in the early 1960s. Faculties removed. Died in 2001. Accused in 5/2002 of abuse of a boy, about age 7 or 8 in 1976 or 1977. In 6/2002 accused of abuse of a boy, about age 16 or 17 in 1968 or 1969. IN 9/2002 another man reported abuse by Stroup as a child, at St. Vincent DePaul Parish, where he was assigned 1961-1973. Two more men came forward in 2012 and 2013 with allegations of abuse by Stroup as boys, one at Holy Family in 1977 and the other at St. Rita's in Dundalk in the mid-1970s. Name appeared on Archdiocese's 9/2002 list. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 9.26.02

Fr. Cuthbert Sullivan

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Order: CP
Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused

Died: 05/15/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Report to the Archdiocese in 2002 that Cuthbert sexually abused a boy, age 13, in 1952 at St. Joseph's Monastery Parish in Baltimore. Sullivan was assigned at the time to the Monastery and Church of St. Michael's in Union City, NJ. Sullivan's accuser also said he was abused at St. Joseph's by Frs. Eugene Ambrose and Benedict Mawn. Sullivan died in 1999.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Fr. Francis Michael Sweeney

Order: CSP
Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Died: 08/31/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Assigned in MA, MN, CA, DC, OH, NY. The Baltimore archdiocese announced in 12/1993 that it had removed Sweeney from the chaplaincy of Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville because of 'inappropriate sexual contact with minors.' The Community was informed on 12/5/1993. Cardinal Keeler's 9/25/2002 list stated that in 1993 Sweeney had 'disclosed that he had sexually abused two individuals during the late 1970s and early 1980s.' Keeler provides a partial assignment history for Sweeney, failing to include his position as adjunct faculty 1986-1994 at St. Mary Seminary, where Keeler was Chancellor. Sweeney underwent evaluation and treatment in 1993, then was transferred to Boston, where the Directory lists him as working at the Paulist Center 1997-2002. In the 2003-2004 Directories, after Keeler released his list, Sweeney's name is adjusted from Francis M. to Frank M., and he is listed as residing at the Paulist Generalate in the NY archdiocese. He died in the NY archdiocese on 8/31/2013. Included on the Archdiocese of Los Angeles list in 1/2013. Per the Paulists in 12/2018, Sweeney was accused of abuse while at the University of MD Base Community of Relay. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. In 4/2019 a man told the A.G.'s Office that Sweeney anally raped him at age 6 in 1991.

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Fr. Alcuin W. Tasch

Order: OSB
Ordained: 2018
Status: Accused

Died: 04/17/1982
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Died in 1982. Named publicly as credibly accused by the St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe PA in 8/2018. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list 4/24/2019. Accused in 1994 of abuse in the late 1950s of an altar boy and student at Fourteen Holy Martyrs in Baltimore, when the boy was in 3rd to 5th grades. In 2003 a man reported abuse by Tasch 1955-1956 when he was a Holy Martyrs altar boy, and that Tasch was often seen with young boys by his side. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Br. Thomas Tomasunas

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Order: OFM Cap
Status: Accused

Died: 06/15/2001
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Professed vows as a Capuchin brother 2/28/1955. Worked in MD and PA. Died in 2001. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Accused in 2008 of sexually abusing an altar boy, age 12 or 13, in 1959 while assigned to St. Peter and St. Paul in Cumberland, MD. The alleged victim received a $50K settlement with the Archdiocese in 2004.

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Fr. Jerome Toohey

Ordained: 1977
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

"Jeff." Accused in 12/1993 of sexually abusing a male Calvert Hall High school student he was counseling, from 1985-1989. Denied the allegations, refused to go to treatment. On leave without faculties from 1993. Suit filed in 1994, dismissed in 1996. Accused in 2004 of sexually abusing another Calvert Hall student, from 1987-1990. Criminally charged in 5/2005. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to five years in prison, all but 18 months suspended, and 18 months of supervised probation. Released after 10 months. Laicization announced in 5/2008. On sex offender registry. Settlement for $30K in 2014 with another victim. Allegation in 2015 of abuse 1980-1987. Two more settlements, for $85K and $100K. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

Fr. James J. Toulas

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Order: CSsR
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 05/3/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused in 1993 of repeatedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in the 1960s-early 1970s. After one occasion at the rectory of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, the boy told the parish janitor, who told a priest. The priest told the boy that Toulas was gone and it would never happen again. Removed in 1993 after his victim came forward, sent to St. Luke Institute for treatment. Toulas admitted the abuse, which occurred while he was visiting Baltimore during a break from missionary work in Brazil. He died in 2000. His name was included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused released in 9/2002. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Gerard Trageser

Ordained: 1955
Status: Convicted

Died: 09/26/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused in 1958 of abuse beginning in 1956 of a girl, age 13. Criminally charged. Trial was kept private in a judge's chambers. In exchange for no jail time, Archbishop Keough promised the judge that Trageser would never return to MD. Sent to Via Coeli in NM for treatment. The girl was sent to a "school of correction." The girl's mother had gone to a newspaper; Keough told Via Coeli's director that "prolonged and extremely careful negotiations and the happy influence of a highly placed newspaper man prevented the entire scandal from becoming public knowledge." Keough arranged for Trageser to be accepted into the Diocese of Salt Lake City. The Official Catholic Directory shows him beginning in 1959 as assigned to an Ogden UT parish. By 1969 he was a rural dean, with the title "Very Rev.", and pastor of a parish in Price UT. In 1970 he was administrator of a high school and grade school in Price. He is last shown in the 1971 Directory. Name appeared on Baltimore's 9/2002 list of accused priests and religious (as "Gerald Tragesser.") He was "released from the priesthood" in 1976. Died in 2013. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02

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Fr. Jorge Antonio Velez-Lopez

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1989
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Tertiary Capuchin. Colombian. Arrived in the U.S. in 2001. Suspended from ministry in the Diocese of Alexandria in 2/2016 pending the investigation of allegations of sexual misconduct with a female minor during an 8-year period, while assigned in the Baltimore archdiocese. Report in 2009 from a man who said he walked in on Velez and a teenage girl naked in bed. Velez was dog-sitting at the man's house while he was away. The man said Velez threatened harm to his family in Colombia if he told. Velez and the girl denied the allegations. Faculties removed in Baltimore in 3/2010. The girl became pregnant with Velez' child. He was transferred to the Diocese of Alexandria. In 2016 the girl told her parish priest in Baltimore that Velez was her child's father, and the investigation was reopened. Velez admitted the allegations. Criminally charged. Convicted in 2020 of sex abuse of a minor, sentenced to 25 years with all but 9 years suspended. On the Alexandria diocese's list 2/6/2019 (name spelled "Valez-Lopez.") Case sent to the Vatican. On Baltimore's list updated 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Francis P. Wagner

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Ordained: 1940
Status: Settled

Died: 01/17/1984
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Report in 1995 to the Archdiocese that Wagner sexually abused a girl, age 11 or 12, in the late 1960s. The girl was a student at St. Joan of Arc Parish School in Aberdeen, where Wagner was pastor. The abuse allegedly occurred when the girl slept in the rectory on the night before a field trip. Wagner's accuser said he threatened her with eternal damnation if she told. She received a $37, 500 settlement in 2017. Wagner died in 1983.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Fr. William C. Wehrle

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused

Died: 08/25/1995
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Worked in the Archdioceses of Baltimore MD, Washington DC and Omaha NE, and the Diocese of Albany NY, Pittsburgh PA and Denver CO. Baltimore files show multiple allegations and subsequent transfers of Wehrle. Removed from his DC parish where he worked 1966-1971. Worked in Denver 1974-1981; removed and sent to Baltimore, with a reference to "photography of little girls." Sent to treatment in NC. Worked in Baltimore 1981 or 1982-1985. Accused of sexual abuse of young girls in the mid-1980s at his parish in Woodstock MD. Removed. Again reassigned, to a parish in Pittsburgh PA. Died 8/25/1995. Included on Baltimore's 9/2002 list of accused priests and religious. On the Jesuits Maryland Province list in 12/2018, noting multiple allegations of abuse in Denver and Washington DC. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Thomas A. Whelan

Ordained: 1941
Status: Accused

Died: 04/21/1987
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's report. Report to the Archdiocese in 2002 that Whelan sexually abused a girl, age 6, in the 1950s. The abuse allegedly occurred during a gathering at the girl's home, whereby he tickled her stomach, then reached into her underwear and tickled her there. Whelan was a known alcoholic for which he was sent to treatment a number of times. In 1973 he was driving drunk, resulting in the death of an 82-year-old woman. He died in 1987.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Fr. John T. Wielebski

Ordained: 1978
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Ordained for the Trinitarians. Incardinated into the Baltimore archdiocese in 1988. Removed 12/18/2009 from his assignment at Resurrection of Our Lord in Laurel after separate reports by three men that he sexually abused them as teenagers in the mid- to late- 1980s. All three were "troubled" and were seeing Wielebski for counseling. The Archdiocese delayed its announcement about the allegations until 1/10/2010 to allow police to complete an investigation. Wielebski moved to Las Vegas after in 6/2010. Archdiocesan files indicate that the Archdiocese knew of issues with Wielebski with boys, and that there were more than three victims. The Vatican determined he was not to be laicized because canon law states that a minor is under the age of 16. The victims were ages 16-18 when first abused. On Baltimore's list of credibly accused 7/23/2019. On the Belleville diocese's list 9/20/2022. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Br. John F. Wilson-Shine

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Bro. Marius. Joined the Xaverians in 1919. Worked in MD, MA, WI, KY, MI. Named publicly as accused by the Order on its list 7/12/2019. Allegation reported in 2003 that Shine sexually abused a boy at St. Mary's Industrial School in Baltimore in the late 1940s. Shine was in charge of the youngest boys' dorm, and would take a different boy into his room each night. The boy told his parents, who reported the abuse to the head of school and to the Archdiocese. No action. The boy's parents took him out of the school. Shine's accuser said he wasn't the only Xaverian at the school abusing children. Shine died in 1974. On the Baltimore Archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

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Fr. Howard F. Yeakle

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Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused

Died: 02/16/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese on its list 4/24/2019, which notes two allegations of abuse of minors by Yeakle in the 1960s. Another allegation was received in 2018. Worked in archdiocesan parishes 1951-1971. Left the priesthood in 1972. Married. Died in 1988. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Files show that a woman reported in 1997 that Yeakle sexually abused her three brothers while assigned to St. Brigid sometime during 1961-1969. No apparent action. She again called in 2002 and said that after their father died, Yeakle became a father figure to the family. Another man told the Archdiocese in 2002 that Yeakle sexually abused him in the early 1960s, having become a father figure because his own father was "distant." The 2018 report was of abuse of a boy in 1970 or 1971; the accuser said Yeakle touched his penis once in a locker room.

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Sr. Francis Marie Yocum

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Order: OSF
Status: Accused

Died: 03/25/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Taught voice lessons, directed the glee club and a cappella choir at Catholic High School in Baltimore in the 1950s. Died in 1994. Allegation received by the Archdiocese in 2/2012 that Yocum sexually abused a girl, age 16 or 17, in 1954. Yocum's accuser said the abuse occurred during weekly private voice lessons.

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Fr. Henry Francis Zerhusen

Ordained: 1953
Status: Settled

Died: 08/9/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Allegation to the Archdiocese in 2013 that Zerhusen sexually abused a boy, age 8 or 9, in 1982 or 1983 at St. Ambrose in Baltimore. The boy's grandmother worked at the parish and would take him with her to work. Zerhusen's accuser said the priest would take him to his room, pull down his pants and touch his penis, saying he was giving the boy an exam. On one occasion Zerhusen allegedly made the boy touch his penis. Zerhusen was made monsignor in 1990. The man received a settlement of $32,500.

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Fr. Raynor Ziemski

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Order: OFM Conv
Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Died: 06/21/1981
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese of Baltimore on its list updated 6/8/2020. Two people alleged sexual abuse by Ziemski in the 1960s and 1970s. He died in 1981. (First name also spelled Rayner.) Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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