30 Accused in This Diocese
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- Assignment Record Released by Crosier Order 03.08.14
- Diocese of Gallup list downloaded 02.28.15
- Diocese of Duluth Assignment Record
- Gallup Independent 01.29.14
- SNAP Statement 01.29.14
- Inforum 01.30.14
- ABQ Journal 01.30.14
- SNAP Statement 01.30.14
- Arizona Republic 01.31.14
- Cibola Beacon 01.31.14
- Crosier List 03.08.14
- St. Cloud Times 03.09.14
- Diocese of Gallup list downloaded 02.28.15
- Gallup Independent 06.06.17
- Diocese of Phoenix List 10.29.19
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- Crosier List 12.06.23
- Diocese of Duluth List 03.28.24
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- BA.org Assignment Record
- History of Hope ND 1882-1982
- Polish Footprints 06.30.96
- Grand Forks Herald 05.06.09
- WDAY 05.07.09
- KVUE News 05.12.09
- Times of Trenton 10.29.09
- InForum 12.16.09
- Steele County Press 01.28.10
- SNAP Statement 04.08.13
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- KFYR 04.06.21
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- Associated Press 08.19.98
- Grand Forks Herald 02.19.02
- Associated Press 03.12.02
- Grand Forks Herald 03.23.02
- Associated Press 06.25.03
- Bismark Tribune 09.13.03
- Dallas Morning News 12.05.04
- Dallas Morning News 12.05.04
- Grand Forks Herald 12.09.04
- Associated Press 12.01.05
- Grand Forks Herald 12.03.05
- Manilla Times 12.04.05
- Chicago Tribune 03.11.12
- ABS-CBN 04.03.12
- Grand Forks Herald 04.03.12
- Jambo Times 04.03.12
- GMA News 04.03.12
- Inquirer 04.03.12
- Valley News Live 11.19.14
- Agence France-Presse 11.22.17
- Bemidji Pioneer 11.22.17
- Associated Press 11.22.17
- Bismarck Tribune 12.16.17
- KVRR 12.16.17
- Valley News 12.16.17
- SunStar 12.17.17
- Associated Press via Pacific Daily News 12.20.17
- MENAFN 12.22.17
- Jamestown Sun 02.14.18
- Associated Press 02.15.18
- KVRR 04.18.18
- Cache Valley Daily 05.17.18
- In Forum 10.01.18
- Fargo List 01.02.20
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
Fr. William K. Amiott
Parish priest, hospital chaplain, spiritual director and dean of Cardinal Muench minor seminary. By 1970 Amiott no longer carried the title Rev. News of the era shows him as an assistant professor at ND State University and seen as an expert in guidance counseling. He married in 5/1970. At some point he is said to have divorced. He moved to VA where he worked as a clinical psychologist and, in 1985, he became an Episcopalian priest. Per his obituary, Amiott returned to MA, where he was born and raised, in 1996. He died 6/15/2014. Named publicly as accused by the Fargo Diocese on its 1/2/2020 list of those with substantiated allegations against them. Per the list, Amiott was removed from ministry and laicized.
Fr. Abraham Anthony
From the Diocese of Simla-Chandigarh, India. Also known as Anthony Abraham. Charged in 4/00 with gross sexual imposition, sexual assault, and disorderly conduct for allegedly having sexual contact with two boys and harassing a third. Fled the country before he could be questioned. Worked as parish priest in Australia for a time and then returned to India for more parish work. By 1/04, the DA had decided not to pursue the charges. Died in 2010. On the Fargo diocese's list which notes allegations substantiated.
Fr. Jules Belleau
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/2020. Allegations substantiated. Per a 1975 St. Francis Xavier in Anamoose ND parish history, Belleau arrived there in 1947, resigned in 1956 due to 'ill health,' and retired to Montreal. He died in 1973.
Fr. Julius Binder
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Died in 1991.
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Fr. Lucien Burque
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Died in 1976.
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Fr. Timothy C. Conlon
Removed from two AZ parishes by the Gallup Diocese 1/27/2014 after two credible allegations were received from the Fargo ND diocese regarding abuse prior to ordination. Conlon was a Crosier brother at the time in question. Had been working in the Gallup diocese since 11/2011 and was in the process of becoming incardinated. Also worked in MN, NY, NE and Phoenix, AZ. Name included on the 3/8/2014 Crosier list. Included on the Gallup diocese's list of credibly accused. On Fargo's list 1/2/2020. On the Phoenix diocese's list. On the Duluth diocese's list in 3/2024, where he was assigned to a parish for a Deacon internship 1978-1979. Per the Crosiers' list in 12/2023, Conlon may be deceased.
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Fr. Martin Cullen
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry in 1992. Cullen told a reporter in 3/20 that he sexually abused two children, and that he regretted the "emotional abuse his victims may feel" and he said he wasn't sorry.
Fr. Robert E. Feeney
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Faculties permanently removed 4/17/02. Died 4/3/06.
Fr. Thomas Feltman
Suspended in 5/2017 after complaints of 'inappropriate activities' with youth in Wyndmere. Was at the of his suspension pastor of parishes in Wyndmere and Milnor. Feltman reportedly would hug girls, his hand touching their breasts or buttocks. Law enforcement investigated, no charges brought. Suspended pending the Diocese's investigation. Feltman denied wrongdoing. State's attorney investigated, saying in 8/2017 that Feltman's behavior was inappropriate but not a sex offense, so he would not be charged. Assigned in 2/2018 as chaplain to Sacred Heart Convent in Fargo. In 5/2023 was working as a fill-in priest at Blessed Sacrament in West Fargo and was a housemate of the parish pastor. The diocesan website in 6/2025 shows Feltman as a chaplain, without specifying.
Fr. Charles Fischer, Jr.
Admitted in 2/02 to sexual misconduct with children. At the time he was being treated in a hospital for a "serious illness" of an unknown nature and had attempted suicide twice within four days. He named names of families. Bishop suspended his faculties and police investigated. By 5/02 he recanted his confession. No victims came forward, Prosecutor said no charges filed. May have admitted to and recanted a similar story 10 years before. Priest in residence at cathedral per diocese website 3/12.
Fr. Eugene Fish
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Included on the Diocese of Lansing's list in 11/20; noted to have credible allegations of abuse elsewhere and residing in the diocese.
Fr. Kenneth Gallagher
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Removed from ministry. Laicized. Died in 2010.
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Fr. Theophane Gonnelly
Named publicly as accused by the Fargo diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Died 1/26/05. Per his obituary, was assigned in 1952 to Indian missions St. Michael's and St. Ann's. Musician, seminary teacher. Magician, performed for youth at summer camp and missions. Chief Judge and Director the Marriage Tribunal for the Sioux Falls diocese beginning 1979. Recalled to Blue Cloud Abbey in 1988. For several years prior to his death lived with the Servants of the Paraclete in Jemez Springs, NM, then with same order in St. Louis.
Fr. Patrick Hagarty
From the Omaha archdiocese. Named publicly as accused by the Fargo diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Deceased.
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Fr. John B. Herron
Accused publicly in 6/19 by a woman of sexually abusing her over a three-month period when she was a teenager in the 1970s, at St. Anthony of Padua parish. She said she told the diocese in the spring of 2018. Per the diocese, Herron was retired and working as a hospital chaplain outside the diocese when the allegation was received. He was suspended pending civil and canonical investigations. On 6/18/20 the diocese announced that Herron would be banned from public ministry.
Fr. Alex Jene
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Died in 1971.
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Fr. Wenceslaus Katanga
From Tanzania. Attended the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, OH. Assigned to three Fargo diocese parishes when placed leave in 4/19 during an investigation of an "interaction" with a minor while assigned to Sts. Anne and Joachim in Fargo. Investigators said an incident occurred when Katanga lived in Towner, in McHenry County, and involved a 6-year-old girl; as of 8/19 McHenry County prosecution possible. Two incidents involving the girl allegedly occurred in Fargo, but the Cass County Attorney's Office determined in 8/19 that there would be no criminal charges there due to lack of evidence and no witnesses. The diocese was to investigate after the completion of the McHenry County investigation. The state A.G. announced in 11/19 that there would be no charges, due to insufficient evidence.
Fr. Luke Odor
From the Diocese of Aba, Nigeria. Removed in 11/12 from chaplaincy at the V.A. hospital in Bedford, MA due to allegations of abuse occurring in the early 1990s while working in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Fargo. Assigned to the V.A. and residing in a Stowe, MA parish from 2007. Faculties suspended by the Archdiocese of the Military and the Archdiocese of Boston. Included on the Fargo diocese's list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Also added to the Diocese of Crookston's list, where he was assigned in 1995 and 1996.
Fr. Gregory Patejko
From Poland, where he was ordained. Worked in the Netherlands before moving to the US in 1968. Moved in 1972 from the Diocese of Trenton NJ to the Diocese of Bismarck ND. In 1984 a young man told a priest that he had been sexually molested by Patejko in 1976 in ND. Patejko had been moved in 1981 to the Diocese of Austin TX. In 1994 Fargo quietly settled with the alleged victim. Patejko returned to Poland in 1993 and died in 1996. His accuser said he knew of at least two other victims. Included on the Fargo diocese's list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated.
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Fr. Laurent Picard
From the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan, Canada. Named publicly as accused by the Fargo diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Died in 1989.
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Deacon Cletus Rausch
Deacon. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry.
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Fr. John Roth
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Died in 1992.
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Fr. Fernando Sayasaya
Educated overseas. Ordained for the Fargo diocese. Removed in 8/1998 after a complaint of sex abuse. Reportedly admitted to abusing 3 boys. Fled to the Philippines in 12/1998. Charged in 12/2002 in U.S. with sexually abusing of a boy 1995-1997 and another 1995-1998. Efforts to extradite him to the U.S. for prosecution were initially unsuccessful. Laicization announced 12/2005. A Philippine Court of Appeals ordered him extradited to the U.S. in 4/2012. Arrested in Calamba City, Laguna province 11/19/2017; extradited in 12/2017. Pleaded not guilty 2/16/2018. Pleaded guilty to 2 counts 5/17/2018. Sentenced 10/1/2018 to 20 years in prison and required to register as a sex offender. Given credit for 360 days already spent. Included on the Fargo diocese's 1/2/2020 list of those with substantiated allegations against them.
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Fr. Peter Schwartz
Named publicly as accused by the Fargo diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Died in 2003.
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Fr. Richard Sinner
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry in 1998. Died 1/28/2004.
Deacon Allan Storey
Deacon. Worked in Walhalla. Barred from ministry in 2003 due to allegations of child sexual abuse. Allegations substantiated. Laicized. Included on the diocese's list 1/2/20.
Fr. John Tuohy
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Died in 1960.
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Fr. George Vasques
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Removed from ministry. Allegations substantiated. Died in 1989.
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Fr. John Wanzek
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Died in 1991.
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Fr. David D. Wild
Removed from ministry in 1992. A man filed civil suit same year which alleged that Wild fondled him in the rectory at St. Bernard's Church in Oriska in 1966. Two more men had filed suits by 11/94. All three suits settled in 12/94. Both 1993 and 2002 Catholic Directories refer to Wild as "retired." Died 10/26/08. Included on the diocese's list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated.