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Priests Suspected of Abuse


[Wilmington DE] News Journal
November 16, 2006

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[Note from BishopAccountability.org: The following lists of assignments were posted by the News Journal as a "gallery" accompanying an article. The News Journal reproduced the information from lists provided in the Wilmington diocese's newspaper. The photographs were added by the News Journal. BA.org has formatted the assignments in tables on a single web page for easier reference.]

[Paul Calamari | Edward B. Carley | Eugene F. Clarahan | Francis P. Cornely | Francis G. DeLuca | Douglas W. Dempster | Henry J. Dreyer | Edward F. Dudzinski | Richard F. Gardiner | William E. Irwin | John A. Lind | Leonard J. Mackiewicz | Kenneth J. Martin | Joseph A. McGovern | Walter D. Power | Francis J. Rogers | John A. Sarro | Gerard C. Smit | Carmen D. Vignola | Charles W. Wiggins ]


Edward B. Carley

Born     1917
Ordained     1948
St. Mary Refuge of Sinners Cambridge MD 1948
St. Ann Wilmington DE 1954
St. Paul Wilmington DE 1962
St. Peter’s Cathedral Wilmington DE 1964
Church of the Good Shepherd Perryville MD 1967
St. Peter’s Cathedral Wilmington DE 1970
Our Mother of Sorrows Centreville MD 1972
St. Dennis Galena MD 1982
Retired     1993
Died     1998

 


 
Eugene F. Clarahan

Born     1925
Ordained     1952
Corpus Christi Elsmere DE 1952
Delaware state institutions (chaplain)   DE 1960
Holy Spirit (residence) New Castle DE 1967
St. Peter New Castle DE 1968
Holy Cross Dover DE 1978
Church of the Good Shepherd Perryville MD 1983
St. Benedict Ridgely MD 1987
Removed from ministry     1993
Died     1999

 


 

Francis P. Cornely

Born     1924
Ordained     1949
St. Francis de Sales Salisbury MD 1949
St. John the Baptist Newark DE 1950
St. Edmond Rehoboth Beach DE 1958
University of Delaware (chaplain) Newark DE 1962
St. Mary Refuge of Sinners Cambridge MD 1964
Christ Our King Wilmington DE 1969
St. Edmond Rehoboth Beach DE 1974
Died     1975

 


 

Francis G. DeLuca

Born     1929
Ordained     1958
St. Francis de Sales Salisbury MD 1958
St. John the Beloved Wilmington DE 1961
St. Elizabeth Wilmington DE 1966
Holy Spirit New Castle DE 1969
St. Matthew Wilmington DE 1976
St. Joseph on the Brandywine Greenville DE 1989
Removed from ministry     1993
Resides in Syracuse NY  

 

 

 

 


 

Douglas W. Dempster

Born     1937
Ordained     1962
St. Michael the Archangel Georgetown DE 1962
St. John the Beloved Wilmington DE 1962
Immaculate Conception Elkton MD 1966
St. Mary Refuge of Sinners Cambridge MD 1967
St. John / Holy Angels Newark DE 1969
Church of the Good Shepherd Perryville MD 1970
Boy and Girl Scouts (diocesan chaplain) Wilmington Diocese DE & MD 1971
Church of the Holy Child Wilmington DE 1978
Immaculate Conception Marydel MD 1979
Our Lady of Good Counsel Secretary MD 1992
Removed from ministry     1993
Resides in Marydel MD  

 


 

Henry J. Dreyer

Born     1903
Ordained     1930
St. Paul Wilmington DE 1930
St. Teresa Port Deposit MD 1931
St. Ann Wilmington DE 1933
St. Charles Cape Charles VA 1937
St. Teresa Port Deposit MD 1941
St. Joseph on the Brandywine Greenville DE 1950
Retired     1966
St. Ann (residence) Wilmington DE 1967
Died     1969

 


 

Edward F. Dudzinski

Born     1950
St. Joseph on the Brandywine (deacon) Greenville DE 1977
Ordained     1978
St. Mary Magdalen Wilmington DE 1978
St. Francis de Sales Salisbury MD 1983
Removed from ministry     1985
Resides in northern Virginia   VA  

 

 

 


 

Richard F. Gardiner

Born     1916
ordained     1968
St. Edmond Rehoboth Beach DE 5/68
Holy Cross Dover DE 11/68
St. Ann Bethany Beach DE 1972
St. Michael Georgetown DE 1972
St. John the Beloved Wilmington DE 1974
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Bear DE 1978
St. Luke / St. Andrew Ocean City MD 1985
Died     1989

 


 

William E. Irwin

Born     1938
Ordained     1964
St. Edmond Rehoboth Beach DE 1964
Immaculate Conception Elkton DE 1964
Holy Cross Dover DE 1966
St. Mary of the Assumption Hockessin DE 1968
Immaculate Heart of Mary (residence) Wilmington DE 1970
Our Lady of Fatima (residence) New Castle DE 1972
St. Francis de Sales Salisbury MD 1976
St. Mary of the Assumption Hockessin DE 1986
Holy Family Newark DE 1990
St. Mary Magdalen Wilmington DE 2001
Removed from ministry     2002
Died     2005

 


 

John A. Lind

Born     1931
Ordained     1960
St. Francis de Sales Salisbury MD 1960
St. Catherine of Siena Wilmington DE 1962
St. Elizabeth Wilmington DE 1965
Removed from ministry     1966
Died     1997

 

 

 


 

Leonard J. Mackiewicz

Born     1931
Ordained     1957
St. Edmond Rehoboth Beach DE 1957
Boy Scouts (chaplain) Wilmington Diocese DE & MD 1957
Immaculate Conception Marydel MD 1958
St. Thomas Wilmington DE 1960
St. Hedwig Wilmington DE 1961
Holy Rosary Claymont DE 1964
St. Thomas Wilmington DE 1967
St. Francis de Sales Salisbury MD 1970
St. Michael the Archangel Georgetown DE 1971
St. Edmond Rehoboth Beach DE 1972
St. Mary Refuge of Sinners Cambridge MD 1972
Holy Cross Dover DE 1975
Delaware Correctional Institution (chaplain)   DE 1976
St. Polycarp Smyrna DE 1985
Removed from ministry     1987
Died     1994

 


 

Kenneth J. Martin

Born     1945
Ordained     1989
Holy Cross Dover DE 1989
Immaculate Heart of Mary Wilmington DE 1990
St. Paul Wilmington DE 1991
St. Mary Magdalen Wilmington DE 1991
Holy Family (residence) Newark DE 1997
Church of the Holy Child (residence) Wilmington DE 1998
Removed from ministry     2001
Resides in   NJ  

 


 

Joseph A. McGovern

Born     1949
St. Francis de Sales     1978
Ordained     1979
St. Mary Refuge of Sinners Cambridge MD 1979
St. Catherine of Siena Wilmington DE 1980
St. John the Baptist / Holy Angels Newark DE 1983
Removed from ministry     1986
Resides in Philadelphia PA  

 


 

Walter D. Power

Born     1918
Ordained     1952
St. Francis de Sales Salisbury DE 1952
St. Helena Bellefonte DE 1954
Boy Scouts (director) Wilmington Diocese DE & MD 1956
St. Mary Refuge of Sinners Cambridge MD 1957
Immaculate Conception Marydel MD 1960
Chaplain, St. Gertrude Convent Ridgely MD 1960
Sacred Heart Chestertown MD 1964
Holy Name of Jesus Pocomoke City MD 1968
St. Mary Refuge of Sinners Cambridge DE 1969
Immaculate Conception Elkton DE 1979
Retired     1983
With residence at Good Shepherd Perryville DE  
Died     1998

 


 

Francis J. Rogers

Born     1954
Corpus Christi (deacon)     1980
Ordained     1981
Immaculate Heart of Mary Wilmington DE 1981
St. Matthew Wilmington DE 1986
Holy Rosary Claymont DE 1989
St. Mary Magdalen Wilmington DE 1992
Corpus Christi Elsmere DE 1995
Removed from ministry     2003
Last known address Wilmington DE  

 


 

John A. Sarro

Born     1941
ordained     1979
Worked in missions as religious-order priest until     1983
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Bear DE 1983
St. Helena Bellefonte DE 1990
Removed from ministry     1998
Resides in a monitored religious community in   MD  

 

 


 

Carmen D. Vignola

Born     1946
Holy Cross (deacon) Dover DE 1972
Ordained     1972
St. Ann Wilmington DE 1972
St. Elizabeth Wilmington DE 1978
Our Lady of Fatima New Castle DE 1983
St. Joseph Middletown DE 1984
Holy Cross Dover DE 1987
Died     1989

 

 


 

Charles W. Wiggins

Born     1957
Ordained     1985
Our Lady of Fatima New Castle DE 1985
Parish of the Resurrection Wilmington DE 1986
St. Mark’s High School (chaplain) Wilmington DE 1986
St. Francis de Sales Salisbury DE 1987
St. John Milford DE 1991
St. John the Baptist / Holy Angels Newark DE 1992
Our Lady of Good Counsel Secretary MD 1993
Holy Family Newark DE 1994
Holy Spirit New Castle DE 1997
Removed from ministry     2003
Resides in Norwood PA  

 

 

 


 

Paul Calamari

Born     1944
Ordained for Archdiocese of New Orleans   LA 1980
Assignments in Diocese of Wilmington:      
St. Mary of the Assumption Hockessin DE 1997
Holy Cross Dover DE 1999
Chaplain in hospital ministry   DE 2000
St. Peter (residence) New Castle DE 2000
Removed from ministry     2003
Last known address   PA  

 


 

Gerhard Smit

Gerard C. Smit

Note: The photograph to the right was added by BishopAccountability.org,
as were the Louisiana assignments (1957-1986) listed below. Note that in
Delaware, Smit also ministered at Resurrection parish in Wilmington and
elsewhere in Cecil County, where Elkton is located. In Louisiana, Smit began
in the Lafayette diocese, where Maurice Schexnayder (1956-1972) and Gerard
Frey (1972-89) were bishops,and where Gauthe worked and offended (1972-1983).
In 1980, with the erection of the Lake Charles diocese, Smit's assignments were
there, and he reported to Bishop Jude Speyrer (1980-2000), formerly the Vicar
General and Chancellor of the Lafayette diocese. During Smit's last year in
Louisiana, Msgr. Bede Becnel, an advocate in the diocesan tribunal, was
transferred to St. Joseph's in Chloe, shortly before Smits was ordered to leave
by Bishop Speyrer. In the table below, missions are churches "attended" by
priests who live in the rectory of a nearby church. We list missions after their
attending churches. When the church maintained a parochial school, that fact
is noted.

Villa Regia Cistercian Monastery Netherlands
1950
St. Joseph's (& schools) Iota
LA
1957
St. Michael's (mission) Egan
LA
1957
Our Lady Queen of Heaven (& school) Lake Charles
LA
1959
Christ the King (mission) South Lake Charles
LA
1959
St. Ann's Youngsville
LA
1960
St. Joseph's (mission) Milton
LA
1960
St. John of the Cross (mission) Le Blanc
LA
1960
Our Lady Queen of Heaven (& school) Lake Charles
LA
1963
Christ the King South Lake Charles
LA
1963
St. John Berchmans (pastor) Cankton
LA
1966
Our Lady of the Lake (pastor; & Goretti School) Lake Arthur
LA
1975
St. Raphael's (pastor) Iowa LA 1983
St. John the Evangelist (mission) Lacassine LA 1983
St. Joseph's (mission) Chloe
LA
1983

Born  
1924
Ordained for Diocese of Lake Charles  
LA
1950
Assignments in Diocese of Wilmington:  
Immaculate Conception Elkton
DE
1987
Removed from ministry  
1996
Last known address Bear
DE

 
 

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