37 Accused in This Diocese
- Post and Courier 06.21.96
- Post and Courier 07.11.96
- Post and Courier 04.10.98
- Post and Courier 04.28.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- Post and Courier 02.28.04
- Post and Courier 01.24.06
- Post and Courier 02.19.06
- Post and Courier 02.07.09
- Renew America 04.19.11
- Post and Courier 04.25.14
- ABC News 4 WCIV 05.30.14
- Post and Courier 05.30.14
- Diocese of Charleston List 03.29.19
- Augusta Chronicle (GA) 05.27.02
- Augusta Chronicle (GA) 05.29.02
- Post and Courier 05.30.02
- Augusta Chronicle (GA) 05.30.02
- Post and Courier 05.31.02
- Augusta Chronicle (GA) 05.31.02
- Augusta Chronicle (GA) 06.18.02
- Augusta Chronicle (GA) 07.19.03
- Catholic Miscellany 07.24.03
- Diocese of Charleston List 03.29.19
- Diocese of Charleston List 08.20.21
- The State [Columbia SC] 01.07.23
- The Post and Courier 01.08.23
- Associated Press 01.08.23
- Catholic News Agency 01.09.23
- The State 01.10.23
- U.S. Attorney’s Office 01.10.23
- The State 03.21.23
- The State 08.10.23
- The Post and Courier 08.10.23
- WCIV 08.10.23
- Laurens County Advertiser 08.16.23
- The Post and Courier 02.09.24
- Associated Press 02.09.24
- SC US Attorney’s Office 02.09.24
- Post and Courier 06.01.95
- Patriot Ledger 12.27.95
- Post and Courier 12.27.95
- Post and Courier 06.21.96
- Post and Courier 04.28.02
- Post and Courier 02.28.04
- Renew America 08.18.06
- Post and Courier 03.11.07
- Post and Courier 09.15.07
- Post and Courier 09.15.07
- Renew America 04.19.11
- Post and Courier 01.26.16
- Diocese of Charleston List 04.05.19
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution 12.30.93
- Post and Courier 06.21.96
- Wanderer 06.18.98
- Charlotte (NC) Observer 03.17.02
- Post & Courier 04.28.02
- Post and Courier 02.28.04
- Renew America 08.18.06
- Renew America 04.19.11
- Post and Courier 04.26.14
- Post and Courier 05.12.17
- Diocese of Charleston List 03.29.19
- WCSC 01.11.21
- Catholic Miscellany 08.18.11
- Fox Carolina 03.10.13
- Greenville Online 03.10.13
- WYFF 03.10.13
- WSPA 03.10.13
- WMBF 03.10.13
- GWD Today 03.10.13
- Simpsonville Patch 03.10.13
- Independent Mail 03.10.13
- Myrtle Beach Online 03.11.13
- West Ashley Patch 03.11.13
- WYFF 04.23.13
- The Item (AP) 04.23.13
- Index-Journal 04.23.13
- Fox Carolina 04.24.13
- Greenville News 02.28.19
- Diocese of Charleston List 04.19.19
Fr. Roy Francis Aiken
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Fr. John F. Bench
Fr. Peter Berberich
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Fr. William Burn
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Fr. Juan Carlos Castano-Mejia
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Fr. Roger Collerett
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Fr. Eugene L. Condon
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Fr. Raymond DuMouchel
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Fr. Thomas A. Evatt
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Fr. Jaime A. Gonzalez-Farias
Visiting priest from the Diocese of San Bernardo in Chile. Arrived in the U.S. in 2001 and in SC in 2015. Worked also in FL and NJ. In 2017 a parishioner sent diocesan officials a photo of Gonzalez-Farias taking a boy to Walmart, and in 2018 a woman told the Diocese she was concerned about the priest's relationship with her young nephews. In 12/2020, while he was visiting Chile, the Diocese received a report that Gonazalez-Farias had recently sexually abused a boy, age 11, including during a trip to FL. He had been placed on leave in late 11/2020 after the boy's family reported inappropriate conduct, but not sexual abuse. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Charleston SC on its list in 8/2021. Gonzalez-Farias was arrested in Miami FL 11/29/2022 by the U.S. Marshall Service. He admitted to showering with the boy, touching his genitals and showing him pornography. Pleaded not guilty in 1/2023. Pleaded guilty in 8/2023. Sentenced in 2/2024 to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison. Ordered to pay the family $14,240 in restitution and to be supervised for the rest of life upon his release from prison.
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Fr. Justin L. Goodwin
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Fr. Frederick J. Hopwood
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Fr. Leon Joseph Hubacz
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Fr. Robert J. Kelly
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Ordained for the Archdiocese of Hartford. Transferred to the Diocese of Charleston in 1958, incardinated in 1959. Parish priest. Bishop England High School faculty member, rector of the school 1964-1990. Superintendent of Catholic Schools. Elevated to monsignor in 1991. Died in 2004. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 11/3/2021 of sexually abusing a young altar boy in the early 1990s, at St. Andrew's in Myrtle Beach. Kelly's accuser said the priest also abused other altar boys. A second man field suit in 1/2024, alleging abuse by Kelly as a St. Andrew's altar boy, also in the early 1990s.
Fr. Ernest Eugene Kennedy
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Fr. Walter Pringle Lee
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Fr. James McElroy
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Fr. Frederick Austin McLean
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Fr. George Frederick Moynihan
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Fr. Daniel Francis Murphy
Fr. Joseph J. Murphy
Fr. James Robert Owens-Howard
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Fr. Cesare Palatore Belfiore
Fr. Anthony Plikunas
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Fr. William Richardson
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Fr. Gerald J. Ryfinski
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Fr. Paul F. Seitz
Fr. James Sharples
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Fr. Charles L. Sheedy
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Fr. Lawrence Sheedy
Diocese: Diocese of Charleston SC
Fr. John Simonin
Fr. Gabriel Smith
Fr. Frederick H. Suggs
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Fr. Creston J. Tawes
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Fr. Hayden Vaverek
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Fr. Freddy Washington
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Fr. Louis Williamson
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