70 Accused in This Diocese
- Akron Beacon Journal 01.23.04
- Cleveland Plain Dealer 01.23.04
- Akron Beacon Journal 01.26.04
- Akron Beacon Journal 02.05.04
- Akron Beacon Journal 02.11.04
- Cleveland Plain Dealer 04.07.04
- Akron Beacon Journal 08.13.04
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer 10.30.04
- Diocese of Cleveland Notice 07.20.15
- Diocese of Cleveland List 06.21.19
- UPI 07.12.87
- Associated Press 07.17.87
- Plain Dealer 03.10.02
- Plain Dealer 03.11.02
- Newhouse News Service 03.15.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 04.09.02
- Plain Dealer 04.09.02
- Plain Dealer 05.05.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- Plain Dealer 06.16.02
- Amarillo Globe 07.09.02
- Plain Dealer 05.26.07
- Plain Dealer 06.14.07
- Statement by Diocese of Cleveland 06.14.07
- Diocese of Cleveland List 06.21.19
- Plain Dealer 03.12.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 03.29.02
- Plain Dealer 03.30.02
- Newsweek 04.01.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 04.05.02
- Plain Dealer 04.09.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 04.09.02
- Miami Herald 04.14.02
- Plain Dealer 0 06.09.02
- Cleveland Plain Dealer 11.23.02
- Hamptons Independents 03.17.04
- Diocese of Cleveland List 06.21.19
- BA.org Assignment Record
- Plain Dealer 11.28.92
- Plain Dealer 12.06.92
- Plain Dealer 03.06.93
- Plain Dealer 05.23.96
- Plain Dealer 05.17.01
- Plain Dealer 03.10.02
- Plain Dealer 03.12.02
- Plain Dealer 03.29.02
- Cincinnati Enquirer 03.30.02
- Plain Dealer 04.09.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 04.09.02
- CBS 60 Minutes 06.12.02
- Plain Dealer 06.16.02
- Diocese of Cleveland List 06.21.19
- News Herald 03.02.12
- Cleveland Plain Dealer 12.05.19
- WKYC 12.06.19
- WOIO TV 12.09.19
- WJW TV 12.17.19
- WJW TV 12.23.19
- WJW TV 12.31.19
- Clevelandcom 12.31.19
- WJW TV 01.07.20
- WKYC 01.07.20
- News 5 Cleveland 01.17.20
- Cleveland com 01.22.20
- Associated Press 02.21.20
- Cleveland com 07.02.20
- Independent (UK) 07.04.20
- Christian Post 07.04.20
- Catholic News Service/USCCB via NCR 07.07.20
- Highland County Press 07.20.20
- Toledo Blade 09.06.20
- News-Herald 01.03.21
- The Pillar 07.07.21
- WEWS 07.16.21
- WJW 07.16.21
- National Catholic Register 10.06.21
- Associated Press 11.11.21
- WOIO 11.09.21
- America 12.02.21
- Catholic News Service 12.29.21
- WKYC 02.04.22
- WEWS 02.04.22
- WEWS 03.29.22
- Plain Dealer 03.29.22
- Diocese of Cleveland List 08.26.22
- UPI 07.12.87
- Associated Press 07.17.87
- The Plain Dealer 03.10.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 04.09.02
- Plain Dealer 04.09.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 05.20.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 05.25.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 07.05.02
- The Dispatch (Cleveland) 07.19.05
- WCCO 07.20.05
- Plain Dealer 07.21.05
- Akron Beacon Journal 07.26.05
- Plain Dealer 04.15.06
- Diocese of Cleveland List 06.21.19
- BA.org Assignment Record
- Plain Dealer 04.11.02
- Plain Dealer 05.05.02
- Plain Dealer 10.28.03
- Akron Beacon Journal 10.29.03
- Plain Dealer 12.04.07
- Beacon Journal 12.05.07
- Morning Journal 07.08.08
- WKYC 07.08.08
- Plain Dealer 07.08.08
- Beacon Journal 07.09.08
- Morning Journal 07.09.08
- Chronicle-Telegram 08.28.09
- Chronicle-Telegram 09.03.09
- Chronicle-Telegram 09.16.09
- Chronicle-Telegram 12.12.09
- Chronicle-Telegram 12.14.09
- Chronicle-Telegram 12.15.09
- EDGE Boston 12.21.09
- Cleveland Plain Dealer 01.05.10
- Chronicle-Telegram 07.02.11
- Morning Journal 07.02.11
- Chronicle-Telegram 08.03.11
- Diocese of Cleveland List 06.21.19
- WKYC 05.22.21
- Diocese of Cleveland List 06.21.19
- WKYC 05.22.21
Fr. Richard A. Arko

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Fr. George F. Bailey

Deacon Jerry Bals

Fr. Russell J. Banner

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Fr. Raymond B. Bartnikowski

Fr. Kenneth Bogucki
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Br. Paul Botty

Fr. Donald P. Brickman

Fr. Emmanuel Briffa
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Fr. Henry A. Brockman
Fr. Joseph F. Brodnick

Fr. Robert C. Broome

Fr. Allen F. Bruening

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Fr. Thomas R. Burg

Fr. Ignatius M. Burrill

Fr. John Ciolek

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Fr. John Connor
Fr. Neil P. Conway

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Fr. Anselm Deehr
Fr. Joseph Ehrbar

Fr. Leonard A. Ferrante

Fr. Thomas M. Gannon

Fr. Gerald B. Garvey

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Fr. Oscar Gumucio
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Fr. George T. Hovanec

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Fr. Matthew A. Ischay

Fr. John O. Jacoby

Fr. Edward Kickel
Fr. Liam Kitt

Fr. Frank Klamet

Named publicly as accused by the Cleveland diocese on its list 6/21/19. Abuse substantiated. Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 1/20. Parish priest, missionary in El Salvador, family medicine physician. Died 4/19/09 at age 57.
Fr. Joseph P. Labbe

Fr. Victor M. Lambur

Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese in 1/22. Lambur died in 1994.
Fr. Joseph J. Lang

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Fr. Joseph J. Lieberth

Fr. Martin J. Louis

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Fr. Theodore Lucas

Fr. Thomas J. Luckay

Fr. Daniel J. Mangen
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Fr. Daniel R. McBride

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Fr. John William McCool

Named in 2002 among 12 Cleveland priests no longer in active ministry due to past allegations of abuse of minors. McCool left the priesthood in the early 1990s and went on to marry. Died 2/26/17. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused.
Br. Howard J. McDonough
Fr. James McGonegal

Named publicly as credibly accused of child sexual abuse by the diocese on its list 6/21/19. Noted to be on administrative leave pending the Vatican's decision regarding laicization. Per the list in 2022, McGonegal was laicized. In 2014 McGonegal pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a Cleveland park ranger - a felony because he was HIV positive. In a plea agreement he was to participate in a yearlong intervention program and to serve 50 hours of community service. He was also ordered to stay out of Cleveland's Metroparks.
Fr. J. Brendan McNulty
Fr. Robert D. McWilliams

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Fr. Nicholas Francis Monaghan

Fr. John J. Mueller

Fr. Frederick James Mulica

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Fr. Anthony J. Muzic

Fr. Daniel J. Nealon
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Fr. Patrick J. O’Connor

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Fr. Thomas J. Powers

Fr. Anthony Rebol

Fr. John Rebovich

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Fr. Joseph A. Romansky

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Fr. Donald Rooney

Fr. Robert Ruglovsky
Byzantine Rite Catholic. Accused of molesting at least seven boys. First abuse occurred in Ohio and Michigan. Moved to Minnesota where he abused six other boys. Criminal charges were filed in Minnesota in 1987. Sentenced to 15 years probation and 1 year in jail, with participation in a sex offender program. One civil suit was filed in 1994 in California. Two other suits filed in Minnesota in 1988. Per a 1990 news report, Ruglovsky admitted to molesting numerous boys over a 20-year period. Name first appeared on Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis list of accused priests 5/22/14. He died in 2006.
Fr. Edward F. Rupp

Fr. Anthony Schuerger

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Seminarian Paul F. Rodgers
Named publicly as the subject of multiple allegations by the Jesuits Midwest Province in 1/22. Entered the Jesuit order in 1974. Allegedly sexually abused minors 1979-81 while assigned to St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, OH. Dismissed from the order 6/13/82.
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Fr. Joseph J. Seminatore

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Fr. Julius Slapsak

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Fr. Ronald B. Tomicky
Reportedly in 4/02, Tomicky was not in active ministry because of allegations in the past of the abuse of minors. Worked in parishes in Akron, Strongsville and Cleveland. Per the Official Catholic Directory, he was absent on leave 1984-1987 and 1988-1989. His obituary states that in 1980 he became an Air Force chaplain; the Directories show him as a missionary in El Salvador 1980-1983. The obituary also shows that in 3/87 he was a Huron Road and University Hospital chaplain, then assigned as resident chaplain 7/88 at St. John's Hospital. He retired in 1989. Noted on the diocese's list 6/21/19 to be retired with total and permanent disability and no faculties for public ministry; ministry restricted due to an allegation which had not yet been substantiated. Tomicky died in 2/20. The main celebrant at his funeral mass was Auxiliary Bishop Roger Gries.
Fr. Martin Van Trieste

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Fr. James A. Viall

Fr. Jeffrey M. Weaver

Fr. David C. Weber
Weber, a member of Bishop Pilla's "inner circle," was placed on leave in 4/02 because of past allegations that he sexually abused a 16-year-old boy. His name was not released on public list until diocese was pressured by the press. He was one of several priests who asked a judge to block the diocese from turning past medical records over to the prosecutor's office. Charges against Weber were investigated by a grand jury in 2002. Laicization announced 8/19/16. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused in 6/19.
Fr. Carl C. Wernet

Fr. Joseph N. Williams

Fr. Dennis T. Wirks

Fr. John A. Wittreich
