4 Accused in This Religious Order
Fr. Charles Dekeukelaere
Also known as Irenee Charles De Keukelaere or DeKeukelaere. From Belgium. Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Avoyelles Parish community of Fifth Ward 1955-1982. Removed in 1982, pleaded guilty to indecent behavior with a 14-year-old boy in the church rectory. Placed on probation and fined $1,000. Transferred to the East Coast. The Official Catholic Directories show Dekeukelaere at Church of the Nativity in Arlington VA in 1983, St. Charles Borromeo in Philadelphia in 1984-1987, no listing for 1987-1988, then at the order's retreat center, Missionhurst, in Arlington VA 1988-1992. He died 3/3/1992. Named publicly as accused by the Alexandria diocese on its list 2/6/2019 (last name spelled Dekeukelare).
Fr. William Lievens
Named publicly as accused by the San Antonio archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Worked in the archdiocese 1957-72. Died in 1972. Allegation in 2018 that Lievens sexually abused a child in the 1950s.
Fr. Albert Storme
Named publicly as accused by the San Antonio archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Worked in the archdiocese 1955-64 and 1976-85. Died in 1990. Two people alleged in 2004 that Storme sexually abused them as children, one in 1949 and the other in the 1950s.
Fr. Paul Van Houtteghem
Named publicly as accused by the San Antonio archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Worked in the archdiocese 1949-88. Accused in 1988 of sexually abusing a girl in the 1950s. Removed, sent to treatment. Died in 2001 in Belgium.