Congregation of the Missionaries of the Holy Family – MSF

4 Accused in This Religious Order

Fr. Russell Gerald Appleby



Order: MSF
Ordained: 1966
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Diocese of St. Petersburg FL


Also known as Gerald Russell Appleby. In 1994 a young man accused Appleby of molestation over a 2-year period. Suit filed in 1996; later dropped. Appleby left St. Petersburg in 1979; Diocese said no knowledge of complaints until 1994. Order paid the accuser $4,800 for therapy in 1995. Removed by Order in 1990 or 1991; laicized in 1995. Arrested in TX on FL abuse charges in 3/2003. Pleaded guilty in 2004; sentenced to 12 years prison and 20 years sex offender probation. Died in prison in 2005. On the Corpus Christi diocese's list 1/31/2019. It notes removal from ministry in the diocese in 1983.

Sources:

• St Petersburg Times 05.24.02
• Tampa Tribune 05.24.02
• St Petersburg Times 12.01.02
• Tampa Tribune 03.28.03
• Letter by Bishop Lynch 12.11.03
• Bradenton Herald (AP) 05.05.04
• St Petersburg Times 05.06.04
• Tampa Tribune 05.06.04
• Diocese of Corpus Christi List 01.31.19

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Fr. Robert J. Bedrosian



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Order: MSF
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 10/1/2014
Diocese: Diocese of Corpus Christi TX


Named publicly as accused by the Corpus Christi diocese on its list 1/31/2019. Left the diocese in 1979. Left his order in 1985. Died 10/1/2014. Added to the Duluth diocese's list of the credibly accused in 11/2019, which notes his ordination to have been in 1966. Pastor of a Hillman parish 10/1/1980 -3/12/1981.

Assignments:

• Diocese of Duluth Assignment Record

Sources:

• Diocese of Corpus Christi List 01.31.19
• Diocese of Duluth List updated 11.26.19

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Fr. Victor Lucien Chateauvert



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Order: MSF
Ordained: 1973
Status: Convicted

Died: 03/3/1999
Diocese: Diocese of Duluth MN


Accused of molesting two boys over a three-year period at a Bull Dog Lake parish. The boys were ages 14 and 19 when Chateauvert was arrested in 12/1992. Immediately removed from ministry and returned to Order. Sentenced to six months in jail in 2/1993. Also worked in Ottawa, Ontario Canada at Our Lady of the Visitation 1974-1978 and again in 1982. Died in 3/1999. Name included on diocese's 12/31/2013 list of 17 clergy who had been credibly accused of the sexual abuse of young persons while serving in the diocese. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Assignments:

• BA.org Assignment Record
• Diocese of Duluth Assignment Record

Sources:

• Star Tribune 01.01.93
• USA Today 02.23.93
• New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung 03.30.99
• Duluth News Tribune 12.31.13
• Diocese of Duluth Statement by Bishop Sirba 12.31.13
• Diocese of Duluth List of Clergy With Credible Claims 12.31.13
• Legal Examiner 12.31.13
• Northlands News Center 12.31.13
• Duluth News Tribune 01.01.14
• Diocese of Duluth Statement 12.07.15
• Dulth News Tribune 12.07.15
• Star Tribune 12.07.15
• Wall Street Journal 12.11.15
• IL Attorney General’s Report 05.23.23

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Fr. Salvador Rangel



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Order: MSF
Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Died: 05/18/2002
Diocese: Diocese of Brownsville TX


Named publicly as accused by the Brownsville diocese on its list 1/31/19. Removed from ministry in 1977, returned to his order. Died 5/18/02.

Sources:

• Diocese of Brownsville List 01.31.19

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