22 Accused in This Diocese
- Boston Globe 03.18.02
- Springfield News Leader 03.18.02
- Associated Press 03.19.02
- Springfield News Leader 03.19.02
- Springfield News Leader 03.20.02
- Batesville Daily Guard 03.20.02
- Deposition of Cardinal Bernard Law 06.05.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- The Mirror 03.22.03
- Springfield News Leader 01.01.08
- Joplin Globe 05.01.17
- Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau List 11.19.18
- Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau List updated 04.13.21
- Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau 10.08.18
- Springfield News-Leader 10.08.18
- Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau 10.08.18
- BolivarMoNews 10.10.18
- Buffalo Reflex 10.10.18
- Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau List 11.19.18
- Associated Press 02.19.20
- KFVS 02.19.20
- KFVS 12 02.20.20
- Riverfront Times 02.21.20
- Springfield News-Leader 02.25.20
- The Post Dispatch 02.25.20
- Associated Press 03.19.02
- Springfield News Leader 03.19.02
- Batesville Daily Guard 03.20.02
- Springfield News Leader 03.20.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- Sikeston Standard Democrat 09.16.02
- Southeast Missourian 09.17.02
- The Mirror 03.22.03
- News Leader 01.01.08
- Joplin Globe 05.01.17
- Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau List 11.19.18
Fr. Wayne J. Barron

Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused
Died: 05/29/2011
Diocese: Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau MO
Fr. John A. Brath

First named publicly as accused by diocese in 10/18. Parish priest. In Air Force 1971-74. Retired in 2007. Died 6/25/14. Allegedly sexually abused a minor in the 1970s.
Fr. Gary M. Carr

Fr. Leonard R. Chambers

Bernard Law, then Bishop of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese, responded to a 1981 allegation against Chambers by sending him for extended treatment and then reassigning him to two other parishes. Chambers was placed on restrictions in the mid-1990s by Bishop Leibrecht. Permanently removed from ministry in 1998 after violating the order forbidding him to be alone with any child. He had worked in a total of 22 parishes. Not indexed in the Official Catholic Directory after 2002, and is last known to have been living in Joplin. Per the diocese's list in 11/18, Chambers was laicized in 2006. Its updated list in 4/21 shows his laicization to have been on 12/9/05.
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Fr. Walter G J Craig
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Fr. Eugene Deragowski

Fr. William E. Donovan

Fr. Wallace G. Ellinger
Fr. Mark C. Ernstmann

Fr. Lawrence E. Gregovich

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Fr. Stephen A. Juda

Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused
Died: 10/10/2006
Diocese: Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau MO
Fr. Frederick J. Lutz

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Fr. Ernest Marquart
Fr. Paul McHugh
Fr. Edgar Probstfield

Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused
Died: 02/11/2007
Diocese: Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau MO
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Fr. John J. Rynish

Fr. Mark Santo

Fr. Stephen A. Schneider

Fr. Amel A. Shibley
Allegations in 1993 and 1995 that Shibley abused two boys in the 1980s. There was reportedly an investigation in the 1980s. Allowed in 1997 to return to ministry part-time as administrator at another parish, with restrictions. Placed on leave again in 3/02, faculties permanently removed. Died 9/13/02. Included on the diocese's list 11/19/18.
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Fr. Bernard Vedder
Fr. John Wells

Fr. Louis J. Wyrsch
