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62 Accused in This Religious Order

Fr. Sebastian (Joseph) Angers

Order: OP
Ordained: 1944
Status: Accused

Died: 06/14/1978
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis, MN

Named added in 6/2022 to the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese's list of credibly accused. Assigned to St. Albert the Great in Minneapolis 1963-1965 and was Extraordinary Confessor to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Paul 1964-1965. Angers died in 1978. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, with at least one "reported survivor."

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Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Assignments

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The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA) 06.07.69
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis 06.01.22
IL Attorney General’s Report 05.23.23

Fr. Richard Raphael Archer

Order: OP
Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA

Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Became part of the Province of St. Martin de Porres when it was formed in 1979. Removed from public ministry in 2002. No indication as to when or where alleged abuse occurred. (We're placing him in the New Orleans archdiocese, where the province is based.) Per the website of St. Dominic in New Orleans, Archer was in residence; the parish has a K-7 school. Archer's 65-year anniversary as a priest was celebrated by the archdiocese in 2017. On 3/28/19, the day after SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) publicly complained of Archer's presence at the parish, the archdiocese asked the Dominicans to move him. Name added in 1/29/20 to the Baton Rouge diocese's list.

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Br. Joseph Giles Bisaillon

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Order: OP
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Religious Brother. Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Profession 1958. Dispensation from vows 1959. Died in 1989. No indication as to when or where alleged abuse occurred. (We're placing him in the New York archdiocese, where the province is based.)

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Dominicans St Joseph Province List 12.21.18

Fr. Daniel Patrick Brady

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA

First named publicly as accused by the New Orleans archdiocese on its list 11/2/2018. Allegation received in 2002 of abuse in the 1960s and 1970s. On Baton Rouge diocese's list in 2019. One known allegation, received in 2/1994, of abuse 1961-1963 while at Holy Ghost in Hammond. Left Baton Rouge in 1964. Died in 1999. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least four "reported survivors."

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Archdiocese of New Orleans list 11.02.18

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Fr. Roberto Bravo

Order: OP
Ordained: 1998
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of San Francisco CA

Accused of abuse of six teenage girls in 1999 in Antioch. He was reported to police but the girls refused to testify and the charges were dropped. He was transferred to Utah and had "similar problems" there. Transferred to San Francisco and then to St. Albert's Seminary in Oakland in 2002, to live with several other admitted sex offenders. Bravo was allowed to come and go freely. He left St. Albert's in 2/2005 when restrictions were placed on him. Included on the Oakland diocese's list in 2019. On the Holy Name Province Domincans' list in 10/2021; noted to have died in 2014.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Vincent W. Bryce

Order: OP
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Grand Rapids MI

A man accused Bryce in 4/2002 of abusing him as a boy in about 1977. The complaint was made to the Chicago office of the Dominican Order who notified the Diocese of Grand Rapids, where Bryce was working. Bryce was immediately removed from his assignment and returned to the Order's headquarters. Apparently Bryce admitted to the abuse, which occurred in another (unspecified) state. Reported to be living at St. Louis U's Jesuit Hall, but the the Catholic Directories show him to be living at St. Dominic Priory in St. Louis 2003 through at least 2017. Included on the Chicago archdiocese's list in 10/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. It notes one "reported survivor," of abuse in the early 1970s at St. Vincent Ferrer in River Forest, IL.

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Br. Louis Anthony Bucci

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Order: OP
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Religious Brother. Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Profession 1948. Died in 1965. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (We're placing Bucci in the NY archdiocese, where the province is based.)

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Dominicans St Joseph Province List 12.21.18

Br. John Fabian Butler

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Order: OP
Status: Accused

Died: 02/9/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of Washington DC and MD

Religious Brother, professed vows 1941. Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Per Order's bio, assigned mainly as Sacristan at St. Mary's in New Haven, CT 1948-59; St. Dominic's Washington, DC: Sacristan and Part-time Class 6 Boiler Operator at St. Dominic Priory in DC. Died 2/9/03. Allegation established in 2012. No indication as to when or where abuse is said to have occurred.

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Dominican Friars Foundation Bio accessed 05.02.19

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Fr. Richard Edmund Butler

Order: OP
Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused

Died: 03/18/1988
Diocese: Diocese of Tucson AZ

Assigned to St. Thomas More Newman Center in Tucson 1968-1974. Chaplain-director of Los Changuitos Feos de Tucson, a Mexican mariachi band of boys between the ages of 13-17. Travelled with them on tour throughout the United States and Mexico. Died in 1988. In 3/2003 the diocese reviewed personnel files and announced that Butler and others had been subjects of credible allegations of sexual misconduct involving minors. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Diocese of Tucson list of Accused Priests

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Fr. Charles Cavalconte

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. It notes he was dismissed in 1997 and laicized in 1998. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (We are placing him in the NY archdiocese, where the province is based.)

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Fr. Vincent V. Cavalli

Order: OP
Ordained: 1948
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse occurring 1966-68. Per L.A. archdiocese in 2004, there was one accuser. Named in at least one civil suit.

Assignments:

LA Archdiocesan Report Addendum 11.15.05
LA Times Database 04.20.06

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LA Archdiocesan Report 02.17.04

Br. John L. Malachy Cosgrove

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Order: OP
Status: Accused

Died: 02/25/2011
Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA

Religious brother. Professed solemn vows 1959. Named publicly by the Dominicans St Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. It notes an allegation was established in 2018, but not where or when abuse was said to have occurred. Cosgrove became a part of the Province of St. Martin de Porres when it was formed in 1979. (We're placing him in the New Orleans archdiocese, where Province is based.) Per his obit, worked in Somerset, OH, Philadelphia, PA, Chimbote, Peru, New Haven, CT, New York, NY, St. Dominic Priory New Orleans (1980), Dallas, TX, Houston, TX, Humble, TX and Providence, RI. Died 2/25/11 in New Orleans, where he had lived since 2000.

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Fr. Aaron Joseph Cote

Order: OP
Ordained: 1986
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Washington DC and MD

An 18-year old male filed suit in 11/05 alleging abuse in 2001-02 while attending Mother Seton parish in Germantown MD. Suit said abuse occurred in both MD and DC. Cote transferred to RI. Alleged to have abused a second youth in OH in the 1980s. Case settled 8/07 for $1.2M paid by Order. Also worked in Springfield MA. Woman filed suit 4/08 claiming abuse of her children. First criminal charges filed 7/08 claiming 2003 abuse. Found guilty 7/09. Received 10 years probation 11/09. Died in 2012. On Archdiocese of Washington DC list 10/15/18. On Columbus diocese's list 3/1/19. On Dominicans St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. On Springfield MA list 6/2/21.

Fr. Dominic De Domenico

Order: OP
Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau AK

Reportedly in 2005, De Domenico was accused of a "manipulative" relationship with a girl in Anchorage, with the crossing of sexual boundaries when she was age 15 in the mid-1970s, then kissing and fondling beginning when she was age 16 and continuing into adulthood. De Domenico was in the archdiocese 1976-81. The archdiocese knew in at least 1987. The Dominicans' Sexual Misconduct Committee recommended his return to ministry. In 2005 he was not in public ministry and was living at a Dominican seminary in Oakland, CA. He also worked in the Oakland diocese. Included on the Holy Name Province Dominicans list in 10/21. Noted to be living a live of prayer and penance under supervision with a safety plan.

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Fr. Richard de Ranitz

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused

Died: 12/12/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis, MN

Name added to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis list of credibly accused on 6/1/2022. Per his Order, de Ranitz was removed from public ministry in 1990 after self-reporting that he had sexually abused minors beginning in the 1980s. He died in 2018.

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Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Assignment Record

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Fr. Martin Mark Donnelly

Order: OP
Ordained: 1950
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR

Aka Mark M. and Martin William Donnelly. Accused of molesting two young sisters in Portland in the early 1950s. Status in 11/06 is unknown. Both plaintiffs filed a civil suit in Multnomah County Circuit Court.

Assignments:

BA.org Assignment Record

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Oregonian Table 11.12.06

Fr. Dominique Doyon

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1933
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Portland ME

In 2002 and 2003, two men each accused Doyon of molesting them in Lewiston in the 1960s and '70s. Doyon was living at the SS Peter and Paul monastery at the time of the alleged abuse. He was still living there per 1989 Official Catholic Directory. Reported in 2005 to be deceased.

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Fr. Guy Bernard Dupont

Order: OP
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Youngstown OH

First named publicly as accused on the Youngstown diocese's list 10/29/2018. On the Dominicans' St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. Removed from public ministry in 2018 due to credible allegation of abuse occurring in 1982 or 1983.

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Fr. Juan Carlos Duran

Order: OP
Ordained: 1996
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Memphis TN

Extern priest from Colombia. Removed from Franciscan order 1985 for sexual abuse of a boy in Bolivia. Accepted by Dominicans, who were aware of his history. Sued 2004. Accused of abuse of a boy. Also charged in 2004 with sexually abusing a 10-year-old boy in 1999 and continuing until 2002 in St. Louis and Chicago. Believed to have returned to Colombia. Dismissed from Dominicans in 2001. Laicized in 2017. Some reports state he was transferred to St. Louis after abuse in Memphis. Others state that he came from St. Louis. Civil suit settled 2/09 for $2M from diocese and order. Included in the Memphis diocese's report 2/28/20.

Fr. Bernardine George Dyer

Order: OP
Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA

Known as Fr. George Dyer. Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Became part of the Province of St. Martin de Porres when it was formed in 1979. Returned to the Dominicans in 1984. Dismissed from the Order in 2010. Died in 2013. Worked in the Archdioceses of Washington DC, San Francisco, and New Orleans and the Dioceses of Providence, Montreal, Charleston, St. Petersburg, Brownsville, Galveston, Oakland, San Diego, Knoxville, Birmingham, and in Belgium. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (We're placing him in the New Orleans archdiocese, where the province is based.) On the Brownsville diocese's list 1/31/2019 as George B. Dyer, O.P. On Richmond diocese's list 2/13/2019. Noted to have been "dismissed." Included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jeff Anderson and Associates Assignment Record

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Fr. Christopher T. Eggleton

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1988
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Miami FL

Removed in 8/02 from assignment in the Baton Rouge, LA diocese after a civil suit was filed in Miami, alleging sexual abuse by Eggleton 1990-91 in FL. Also worked in New Orleans in 1993. The archdiocese announced in 7/04 that Eggleton was found "innocent of all charges by a Miami court" and was to begin work as prior for the Dominican House in Raleigh, NC.

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Fr. William Patrick Farrell

Order: OP
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 02/8/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Taught high school in Chicago and in Dallas TX, assigned in 1971 to a parish in Edina MN. Accusations surfaced in 2017 that Farrell sexually abused a 16-year-old Chicago boy in 1970, when Farrell was a Fenwick High faculty member and the boy was a student. Farrell's accuser wrote the Dominicans in 11/17 and received an apology. He said he knew of at least one other student who had been molested by Farrell. In 2016 a man alleged that Farrell molested him when he was a vulnerable 21 year-old. The man said he met Farrell via a Catholic charismatic organization in MN in the 1970s. When Farrell was assigned to a chaplaincy at Southwestern U. in LA in 1973, he asked the young man to help him move. His accuser said that during stops at hotels on two nights, Farrell awakened him, naked, wanting sex. Farrell died 2/8/89.

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Fr. Louis Philippe Fiset

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Order: OP
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Portland ME

Originally from Canada. Named in the 2005 Portland AG report as having abused one youth, ages 14-18, between 1968-1978 in Lewiston. Report was made in 2003. Shown as deceased.

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Maine AG Document Production 05.27.05

Fr. Kenneth France-Kelly

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1981
Status: Accused

Died: 06/21/2015
Diocese: Diocese of Columbus OH

Named publicly as accused by the Columbus diocese on its list 3/1/2019. Abuse allegedly occurred elsewhere. Prior to ordination taught at Eastern Senior High School in the DC public school system 1968-1975. Worked in Youngstown OH, Nairobi, Kenya, New York City, Columbus OH, Washington DC, Jersey City NJ, Louisville KY. Died 6/21/2015 in Columbus. On the Dominicans St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. It notes removal from public ministry in 2008 due to a credible allegation in 1975, before ordination.

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Br. Edmund Frost

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Order: OP
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis, MN

Worked at St. Albert the Great in Minneapolis 1964-75. Left archdiocese in 1975. Sued in 2005. Accused of abuse and giving plaintiff alcohol and marijuana. Case settled for $450K plus past therapy just before trial. Also named as abuser of one or two other youths 1972-73 in a lawsuit in 2000; by Minnesota Court of Appeals due to statute of limitations. Frost died prior to 3/05. Name appears on list released by St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese in 2014.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Cristobal Garcia

Order: OP
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Arrived in Los Angeles in 1983 and left in 11/85. Sued in 1988 for abuse of two boys between 1983-86. Accused of abuse and boundary violations. Suspended by his order in 1985 and later expelled. Fled to the Philippines. Became part of the Archdiocese of Cebu. A second allegation in a civil suit in 2003. Removed without privileges in 6/12 by Cebu Archbishop on CA allegations. Also linked to ivory smuggling. Personnel files were to be released in Fall 2012. Included in 10/21 on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list. Laicized in 2017. Died in 2021.

Br. Carlos G. Griego

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Order: OP
Status: Accused

Died: 02/18/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Dominican Friars' Province of St. Albert the Great, USA in 2022. Removed from public ministry in 1992 due to allegation involving a young adult male. Later accused of sexually abusing several teenage boys. Died in 2010. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. No information as to location of abuse. (Placing Griego in the Chicago archdiocese for now.)

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Fr. Henry B. Groover

Order: OP
Ordained: 1992
Status: Sued

Died: 01/17/2017
Diocese: Diocese of Savannah GA

Assigned in GA, FL, LA. Arrested in 2003 for exposing himself to a police officer. Accused in a 1/2017 lawsuit of luring a young boy into sex acts 1983-1986, when Groover was a tugboat captain in GA, prior to ordination. The plaintiff's lawyer said Groover raped, molested and drugged his client, destroying his childhood. He also said Groover bought a house near the now-adult victim and his family and that he observes and approaches his client's children. Groover died by suicide 1/17/17, days after he was served the lawsuit. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report.

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Br. Gilbert Leroy Hensley

Order: OP
Ordained: 1962
Status: Sued

Died: 05/31/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

"Br. Angelus." Accused in a civil suit filed 10/26/2007 of sodomizing a boy, who was in 4th and 5th grade, at least four times in the late 1970s at St. Vincent Ferrer parish in River Forest IL. Hensley was assigned to the parish 1971-1986. His previous assignment was at nearby St. Thomas Aquinas Priory 1962-1971. To show prior notice, the suit alleged Hensley's jaw was broken by a minor male in a gay bar in the mid-1970s. A 3rd boy was allegedly fondled once by Hensley at the parish school in the late 1970s and a 4th minor male was reportedly willing to testify. (Rev. Vincent Bryce, Hensley's pastor at St. Vincent's, admitted abusing a boy there.) In 1986-2005 Hensley lived at Blessed Sacrament priory and parish in the Madison WI diocese while working at Edgewood Elementary School. After the attorney for the man who filed suit contacted the Dominicans in 2005, Hensley was moved to the Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters in Sinsinawa WI, where he lived and worked 2005-2014. Died 5/31/2014. Name appeared on the Order's list of accused 4/21/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Jerome M. Henson

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1977
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Caught in "compromising position" in 1981 in a graveyard at night with 13-year-old boy in Sacramento. Sent to Reno under Bishop McFarland, who sent him to Orange in 1984. (McFarland became bishop of the Diocese of Orange in 1986.) Placed on leave in 2002. Two separate suits filed 2002. Also worked in the Oakland diocese. Claims included in 2005 $35M settlement to 33 victims. Order's insurance company did not want to pay $1.5M to reimburse Diocese for settlement. Status per Orange diocese in 8/16 was "Life of Prayer and Penance". On Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/19. It notes two reports received in 2003 of abuse of boys under age 14, occurring 1978-81. Included on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list in 10/21.

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Fr. Joseph Reginald Herlihy

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Died: 05/21/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Died in 1989. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (We're placing him in the NY archdiocese, where the province is based.)

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Dominicans St Joseph Province List 12.21.18

Fr. A. Leo Hofstee

Order: OP
Ordained: 1935
Status: Accused

Died: 04/26/1986
Diocese: Diocese of Oakland CA

Named publicly by the Dominicans Holy Name Province on its list in 10/2021. It notes, "An allegation of an act of abuse was deemed established by the Provincial after consulation with the Province Review Board in 2018." (The list misspells his name "Hoffstee.") Hofstee first arrived in the Philippines in 1945; from 1947 until his death in 1986 he worked in the Philippines among lepers. He died in 1986.

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Fr. Walter Hubert Maria Horan

Order: OP
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 04/8/1983
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Died in 1983. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese, where the province is based.) Added to the Diocese of Columbus' list 5/23/19. Included in 10/21 on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list.

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Fr. Thomas J. Johnston

Order: OP
Ordained: 1986
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Detroit MI

A church secretary in the Detroit Archdiocese sued Johnston in 2000 saying her work contract was not renewed because her teenage son rebuffed the priest's sexual advances in 1999. Johnston admitted inappropriate sexual behavior and language but denied any sexual contact. Removed from the parish and sent to IL. Released in 2006 from the Order. Included on the Detroit archdiocese's list of credibly accused 6/10/2019. Included on the Chicago archdiocese's list in 10/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Carleton Parker Jones

Order: OP
Ordained: 1987
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Accused in a lawsuit filed under the NY Child Victims Act in 8/2019 of molesting an 8-year-old boy about 30 years prior, while assigned to St. Catherine of Siena in NYC. The alleged victim first came forward in 9/2018. The Dominicans' Province of St. Joseph deemed the allegation not credible. Jones was Episcopal priest prior to converting in 1982 to Catholicism. Worked as a Dominican in New York, NY; Columbus, OH; New Haven, CT; Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC.

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Horowitz Law Assignment Record

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Br. Dominic Karow

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Order: OP
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Religious Brother. Personnel file released 12/02. Karow was a Dominican brother when he allegedly molested a boy 1965-68. Became 3rd grade teacher in Boston Public schools, for 31 years. Diocesan officials found out in 1994 where he worked but did not tell school officials. This was just after the victim had come forward to Archdiocese and Order. Claim settled in 1996 for $115K. Karow retired from school in 1997. In 2001 he was living in Brenham ,TX. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database. Died in 2011. On Dominicans St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. It notes he professed in 1962 and was preparing for ordination when not approved for vows in 1965.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. James Louis-Bertrand Kilkenny

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused

Died: 02/15/1985
Diocese: Archdiocese of Louisville KY

Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Included on the Archdiocese of Louisville's list in 2/19, where abuse took place. Added in 12/19 to the Diocese of Columbus' list. Died in Louisville 2/15/85. (Sometimes list as James Kilkenny.)

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Fr. William Ferrer Kopfman

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Named publicly by the St. Joseph Province Dominicans on its list update 6/21/19. Allegations noted to have been established in 2019. Kopfman died in 1988. (We are placing him for now in the New York archdiocese, where the province is based."

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St Joseph Province Dominicans List updated 06.21.19

Juan Macias Lopez

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Order: OP
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Oakland CA

Named publicly as accused by the Holy Name Province Dominicans on its list in 10/21. Noted to have made profession of religious vows in 1981 and to have been removed and dismissed from the Order in 1988.

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Dominicans Holy Name Province List 10.26.21

Fr. Louis Michael O’Halloran

Order: OP
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 12/12/2018
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento in 5/19 on its list of those with credible allegations against them. The abuse is noted to have occurred elsewhere. O'Halloran worked in the diocese 1978-1996. He died in Ireland 12/12/18. Included in 10/21 on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list. Noted to have been removed from public ministry in 2004.

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Diocese of Sacramento Assignments

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O’Halloran Death Notice 12.12.18
Diocese of Sacramento List 05.02.19
Dominicans Holy Name Province List 10.26.21

Br. Juan Macias

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Order: OP
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Sued 1988. Accused with Rev. Cristobal Garcia, O.P. of providing an altar boy with drugs and sexually abusing him in 1983-86.

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LA Times 06.20.88

Br. Julius Martin Mattingly

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Order: OP
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a 2013 letter of repeatedly molesting a girl in 1969-75 beginning when she was age 13 and Mattingly was connected with St. Stephen Priory in Dover, MA. Listed on the website of Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian on 10/31/14 after a settlement had been reached in the year previous. On Dominicans St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. It notes his removal from contact with children in 1984. Died in 1991.

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Fr. Thomas Bertrand McCarthy

Order: OP
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Died: 03/23/1986
Diocese: Diocese of Youngstown OH

First named publicly as accused on the diocese's updated list 11/9/2018. Noted to be deceased. the On Dominicans' St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. It notes McCarthy died in 1986, and allegation established in 2018. Added to the Columbus diocese's list 12/3/2019.

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Fr. Thomas McElhatton

Order: OP
Ordained: 1938
Status: Settled

Died: 10/10/1965
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor 1943-45, per L.A. archdiocesan report. One civil suit filed in 11/03 with allegations by one person. Died 10/10/65. Included in 10/21 on the Dominicans Holy Name Province List. One settlement noted and an additional allegation established in 4/21.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Joseph Ignatius McGuiness

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese, which is where the province is based.) Died in 1994. Added to Columbus diocese's list 12/3/19.

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Br. Thomas Philip McSherry

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Order: OP
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Religious Brother, professed 1957. Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Priory on its list in late 2018. Allegation established in 2017; no indication as to where or when alleged abuse occurred. (Placing this entry in the archdiocese of New York, where the Province is based.) McSherry received a dispensation from his vows in 1979. Died 2009.

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Dominicans St Joseph Province List 12.21.18

Fr. Mark O’Leary

Order: OP
Ordained: 1985
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Professed religious vows as a Dominican in 1955 and ordained in 1985. Accused by two people of abuse when they were boys in Southern CA 1974-77. Order acknowledged the accusations. Also worked in the Oakland diocese. On Santa Rosa diocese's list 1/12/19. Chaplain 1993-2002 at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. Permanently removed from ministry 3/30/02. Included on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list in 10/21. Noted to have died in 2021.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Dana Harold Ostdiek

Order: OP
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Died: 05/26/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Chicago archdiocese on its list in 10/2022. Ostdiek died in 2009. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Robert Leo Pelkington

Order: OP
Ordained: 1968
Status: Convicted

Died: 05/5/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Hartford CT

Surrendered to police in 2000 after being charged with abusing two brothers 12/98-4/99. Had been removed and in treatment at St. Luke's prior to surrendering. Assigned to parish in NY state 1995-99; apparently was visiting in CT at time of assaults. Convicted. Got three years suspended sentence and 10 years probation. Listed on sex offender registry in Washington, D.C. as of 8/09. On Dominicans St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. On Hartford archdiocese's list 1/22/19. On Norwich diocese's list 2/22/19. Laicized in 2011. Died in 2015. Added to Columbus diocese's list 12/3/19.

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Archdiocese of Hartford Assignment Record

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Br. Albert Pellerin

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Order: OP
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Portland ME

Per documents released 5/27/05 by the Maine A.G., a man reported in 2002 that Pellerin groped him as a boy in the 1960s in Lewiston. Pellerin was deceased when the report was made.

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Maine AG Document Production 05.27.05

Fr. John Aquinas Powers

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Died: 10/19/2010
Diocese: Diocese of Raleigh NC

Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans' St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. It notes Powers became a part of the Province of St. Martin de Porres when it was formed in 1979. Allegation established in 2009. Died 10/19/10. Per his obituary, Powers was a Marine chaplain in China, Japan and Pacific Islands 1955-59. Worked in variety of parish and special assignments 1960-96, including Ohio, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, North and South Carolina and New Orleans. On the Raleigh diocese's list in 10/18, for allegations around 2002 of abuse in 1966 in the Raleigh diocese. On the Providence diocese's list 7/1/19. On Columbus diocese's list 12/13/19. On the Fall River diocese's list in 1/21 of credibly accused.

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Fr. Patrick Purcell

Order: OP
Ordained: 1928
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Lawsuit in 2003. Settled. Accused of abuse of a boy 1950-51. Included in 10/26 on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list. Noted to have left the Order in 1951 and died in 1964.

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Terence John Reilly

Order: OP
Ordained: 1959
Status: Sued

Died: 08/30/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 2002 of abuse in 1976. Civil suit filed 12/03. Per LA archdiocesan report, there were 4 accusers claiming abuse 1959-76. Reilly was reportedly in residence for several years at St. Dominic's in San Francisco, which had a school. Also worked in Oakland diocese. On San Bernardino diocese's list 10/9/18. Worked there at Notre Dame High School in Riverside 1988-93. SB diocese list notes abuse took place in Eugene OR in 1983, that it was made aware in 5/93 and that Reilly left the diocese 5/93. Died in 2016. On Dominicans St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. It notes transfer in 1974 to the Province of the Holy Name. On the Holy Name Province list in 10/21.

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Fr. Joseph James Rocha

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1966
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Providence RI

Worked in dioceses/archdioceses of Washington DC, Boston, Nashville, Providence. Left priesthood 1986, laicized 1988. Per 9/01 article, pled guilty to 1999 sexual assault of a 21-year-old mentally disabled man; sentenced to 10 years probation, counseling. Ordered to register as sex offender. Died in 2009. Included on Attorney Garabedian's list 3/28/16 of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards. Settlement with Order 11/15 re alleged abuse of minor 1968-69 at St. Stephen's Priory in Dover MA. On Dominican Province of St. Joseph's list in late 2018. On Providence diocese's list 7/1/19.

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Fr. Alberto Rodriguez

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

In a 2005 civil suit filed in Miami, a man accused Rodriguez of abusing him as a minor at Holy Cross in Atlanta. Plaintiff alleged that Rodriguez kept him locked in the basement of the rectory, drugged him and abused him over a 30-day period. The plaintiff also alleged abuse by multiple other priests in Miami. He fled to Atlanta to escape the abuse. Supposedly Rodriguez admitted abuse to Fr. Hector Gonzales Abreu. Suit settled 2007.

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Fr. Edmund K. Ryan

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR

Accused of abusing in Eugene, OR. In 2005 the Order acknowledged a single credible allegation that Ryan had touched a high school boy over his clothing 22 prior. Removed from public ministry. Also worked in the Oakland CA diocese. Last known location was St. Albert's Priory in Oakland. Included in 10/21 on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list. Noted to have been removed from public ministry in 2003. Died in 2020.

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Fr. Timothy O. Ryan

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Reno NV

Named publicly as accused by the Reno diocese on its list 4/5/19. From the Diocese of Juneau. Worked in the Reno diocese 1953-59. Died 8/13/60. On Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/19.

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Fr. Joseph Tu Ngoc Nguyen

Order: OP
Ordained: 1964
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Fort Worth TX

Accused of abuse of at least three girls and three young women in the Fort Worth diocese at various times. Sent for treatment in 1993. Diagnosis was "a very underdeveloped psycho-sexual personality," Transferred to the Galveston-Houston diocese where he was working when placed on leave in 2006. Personnel files released by the Fort Worth diocese 11/28/06 under court order. One allegation was reported to police in 12/06. Seven original accusers filed suit in 12/09. One dropped; six others settled suit 10/6/11.

Fr. Leo Donald Tubbs

Order: OP
Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of San Francisco CA

Accused of non-genital touching over clothing of a 14- to 17-year-old boy in the mid-1980s in Oregon. In 2005, because of some other instances of boundary violations with adults and because of disobedience issues since that time not relating to sexual misconduct, he was reportedly not permitted to leave the Dominican residence unattended or without permission. He had no public ministry, nor was he allowed contact with minors. Included on the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' updated list 12/6/2018; report in 2014 of incident(s) in 1983. On the Dominicans Holy Name Province in 10/2021. Noted to have been removed from public ministry in 1992, and to have died in 2021.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Emmerich Vogt

Order: OP
Ordained: 1978
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR

Western Province Domincan. Former provincial. Prior of St. Albert's Priory, Chapel and Seminary in Oakland CA; Director Shrine of St. Jude in San Francisco. Taught high school in OR and in Los Angeles CA. Former pastor and prior of Holy Rosary parish in Portland OR. Accused in a 2/16 lawsuit of the sexual abuse of a 10-year-old altar boy in 1987. Plaintiff said he told other priests who told him he must obey Vogt. Vogt denied the abuse. The plaintiff dropped the suit in 5/17 after his brothers testified that they were altar boys with him, and that there was no abuse. Per the Domincans' list in 10/21, Vogt was falsely accused. He was returned to ministry in late 5/17.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Michael Winkels

Order: OP
Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly by the Dominicans on 4/21/2022 as credibly accused of the sexual abuse of a minor. The allegation was received in 2021, of abuse in 1978. Removed from public ministry 8/10/2021. Dispensed from vows 4/18/2023. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. (No information as to where the abuse occurred; placing Winkels for now in the Chicago Archdiocese, where the Province is base.)

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Br. Peter J. Yost

Order: OP
Status: Settled

Died: 10/13/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of San Francisco CA

Accused in 2005 of inappropriate physical contact on one occasion with a boy, about age 12, in the early 1960s. The alleged victim received a settlement. No other victims were found by a private investigator. Yost, who in 2005 was elderly, in poor health, and unable to drive, was judged not to be a danger to children by a clinical professor of psychiatry. Included on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list in 10/2021. Noted to have been removed from public ministry in 2003, and to have died in 2018.