9 Accused in This Religious Order
- Chicago Tribune Obituary 07.12.72
- San Diego Union Tribune 11.16.93
- San Bernardino Sun 05.07.02
- San Bernardino Sun 12.06.02
- San Diego Union Tribune 12.07.02
- San Diego Union Tribune 01.01.03
- New York Times 03.10.03
- Diocese of San Diego List 03.30.07
- Lompoc Record 03.30.07
- San Diego Union Tribune 03.31.07
- Documents Released by San Diego Diocese 10.25.10
- Archdiocese of Chicago List 10.14.22
- Detailed BA.org Assignment Record
- Brantford Expositor 09.05.03
Fr. Stephen A. Juda
Order: CR
Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused
Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused
Died: 10/10/2006
Diocese: Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau MO
Named publicly as accused by the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese on its list updated 4/1/19. It notes an incident in 1972, reported in 2004. Died in 2006, age 91. Included in 10/22 on the Chicago archdiocese's list of credibly accused.
Fr. Timothy F. Keppel
On 1/12/13, the Order announced Keppel had been removed after it had received (in summer 2012) an allegation of sexual misconduct involving a teenage boy in the diocese in the late 1970s. The boy was not a member of either Our Lady of the Lake or St. Anne's in the Mountains where Keppel was assigned for many years. Diocese investigated and both diocese and order found reasonable cause to believe that the behavior did occur. Was to be referred to Vatican. On diocese's list 10/9/18. On Mobile archdiocese's list 12/6/18. It notes "misconduct" occurred 1977-81, doesn't say where. Worked at some point at Resurrection parish in Montgomery. On the Stockton diocese's 11/12/20 list, noting he was a visiting priest at Mammoth Lakes during Lent 2012. Sentenced in 2012 by the Vatican to a life of prayer and penance.
Fr. Adalbert J. Kowalczyk
Sued in 2002. Accused of abuse of at least one girl in suit first filed in 1993 and dismissed on statute of limitations. Worked in Chicago early in priesthood. Died in 7/72. Included on list of priests with credible allegations released by the San Diego diocese 3/30/07. Personnel file released 10/25/10. Included on the Chicago archdiocese's list in 10/22.
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Fr. Lawrence Kuntz
Per news in 6/04, a man said that he was molested at age 7 in 1928 by a "Father Lawrence" at St. Cecilia's. Archdiocese confirmed that a Fr. Lawrence Kuntz worked at the parish 1928-35. He died in 1952. This plaintiff did not file suit against the Archdiocese but is one of three plaintiffs in a class action suit filed against the Vatican. Suit does not include allegations against specific priests. Case against Vatican dropped in 8/10.
Fr. Lawrence Kurlandski
Accused by a woman in a 2003 lawsuit of molesting her at St. Joseph's in Fontana 1947-49. Kurlandski died in 1990.
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Fr. Patrick Mackan
Accused in a 2002 suit of sexually abusing a 17-year-old Canadian girl after she had been raped and impregnated by another man. The abuse is alleged to have continued 1972-75 and to have included oral sex and sexual intercourse. Some of the abuse occurred during trips to the US, where Mackan supervised other priests of his order in the Louisville archdiocese. His later career involved the education of children with special needs. Mackan died in 1990.
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Fr. Theodore Meisner
Accused in a 7/02 lawsuit of fondling a 13-year-old youth during a counseling session in 1981. Meisner had assignments in various other states and in Canada before leaving the priesthood in 1989. As of 2002 he was living in Georgia and working part-time for the state. On the Louisville archdiocese's list in 2/19.
Fr. Charles A. Mrowinski
Accused in 2013 of abuse occurring in 1984 in the Archdiocese of Chicago, where he was pastor 1982-1986 of St. Hedwig's. His order deemed the allegations credible. Included in 4/21 on the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese's list of accused, where he was pastor 1964-1971 of Sacred Heart in Salem, MO. Mrowinski died in 2008. Included in 10/22 on the Chicago archdiocese's list (name misspelled Mrowisnki).
Fr. Leonard Prusinski
Name also spelled Pruszynski. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Chicago archdiocese on its list in 10/22. Per news accounts in 1961, Prusinski was arrested in Florida, along with 19 other men, for molesting children. Prusinski was pastor of St. John's in Panama City at the time. He was evidently kept in ministry. Prusinski died in 1995.