4 Accused in This Religious Order
- Times-Tribune (Scranton PA) 04.22.93
- Tulsa World 09.02.95
- WPRI 10.31.21
- National Catholic Register 11.01.21
- WJAR 11.01.21
- National Catholic Reporter 11.05.21
- National Catholic Register 11.08.21
- WLNE 11.15.21
- Catholic News Agency 11.15.21
- National Catholic Register 12.23.21
- Catholic World Report 01.25.22
- Catholic News Agency 10.03.22
- Catholic News Agency 10.04.22
- The Pillar 10.06.22
- Catholic News Agency 10.06.22
- The Pillar 10.06.22
- Providence Journal 10.11.22
- Providence Journal 06.08.23
- Catholic News Agency 12.11.23
- The Pillar 12.11.23
- WLNE 12.13.23
- Kansas City Star 02.02.24
- Diocese of Scranton List accessed 03.01.24
- Diocese of Providence List accessed 02.02.26
- RI A.G. Report 03.04.26
Fr. Denis G. Bouchard
Fr. Eric Flood
Chaplain of the St. John Vianney Latin Mass Community in Maple Hill, KS in 7/2026 when the Archdiocese of Kansas City announced that the Archdiocese of Omaha had received an allegation that Flood had engaged in "misconduct" with a minor over twenty years prior. Flood was placed on administrative leave.
Fr. Benoit Guichard
From Besancon, France. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 11/2021 of repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl, ages 12-14, in 2006-2008, at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel in Pequannock, NJ. Guichard reportedly was working in 11/2021 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, NE. Per the seminary's website in 5/2026, Guichard remained there, as Dean of Men for Philosophers.
Fr. James W. Jackson
Ordained in 1985 for the Diocese of Wichita. Parish priest, teacher, school and Navy chaplain. Involved with the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter. Assigned in 1993 to St. Gregory's Academy, a boy's school in Elmhurst PA, in the Diocese of Scranton. Also worked in the Diocese of Tulsa OK and the Archdiocese of Denver CO. Assigned 8/2021-10/2021 to St. Mary's Parish in Providence RI. Arrested 10/30/2021 after RI State Police discovered that an internet connection from St. Mary's rectory was connected to child pornography sharing. Police discovered a large amount of child sexual abuse material they determined belonged to Jackson, including images and videos of prepubescent girls, infants and toddlers engaging in sex acts. Jackson had been the parish pastor since 8/2021. He was previously pastor of a parish in Littleton CO. He pleaded not guilty 12/21/2021 to federal charges related to distributing, possessing and accessing child pornography. Jackson was allowed to go live with a relative in Kansas, with electronic monitoring, while awaiting adjudication of the charges. Arrested in 6/2022 in Leawood KS for child porn possession due to activity on his computer detected 5/2022-6/2022. In 10/2022 he was in custody of the U.S. Marshals at a detention facility in RI. In a 10/3/2022 hearing Jackson admitted the government could prove he accessed child pornography while on pretrial release. Pleaded guilty in 6/2023 to receiving child pornography, in exchange for the dismissal of the possession charge. Sentenced in 12/2023 to six years in prison, five years of federal supervised release, and funds to victims of child pornography and trafficking. Included on the Scranton diocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 3/20/2026 RI Attorney General's Report. Jackson was laicized 1/13/2025.