4 Accused in This Religious Order
- The Caller-Times 07.20.16
- SNAP 07.20.16
- The Caller-Times 07.21.16
- Tahira Khan Merrit Law Firm 07.22.16
- Corpus Christi Caller-Times 03.06.17
- Corpus Christi Caller-Times 03.01.18
- Diocese of Corpus Christi List 01.31.19
- Beeville Bee-Picayune 02.28.19
- Beeville Bee-Picayune 10.17.19
- Diocese of Fargo List 01.02.20
- Link to Articles prior to 05.01.12
- Dallas Morning News 05.14.12
- Dallas Morning News 05.16.12
- Dallas Morning News 05.17.12
- My Fox DFW 05.17.12
- NewsWest 9 05.17.12
- Fort Worth Star Telegram 05.17.12
- The Statesman 05.17.12
- Reporter News 05.17.12
- Odessa American 05.17.12
- Daily Mail 05.18.12
- Dallas Morning News 05.18.12
- Wichita Eagle 05.18.12
- Dallas Morning News 05.18.12
- NewsWest9 05.18.12
- MyFoxDFW 05.19.12
- Press TV 05.19.12
- San Antonio Express News 05.20.12
- Digital Journal 05.20.12
- Omaha World Herald 05.26.12
- SNAP Statement 01.10.13
- SNAP Statement 06.05.14
- San Anotonio Express-News 08.23.18
- Omaha World-Herald 12.01.18
- The Catholic Voice 12.03.18
- Omaha World-Herald 12.09.18
- Archdiocese of Kansas City KS List 01.25.19
- Archdiocese of San Antonio List 01.31.19
- Diocese of Corpus Christi List 01.31.19
- Archdiocese of Omaha List updated 06.01.19
- Kansas City Star 06.23.21
- News Channel Nebraska 12.02.21
- NE A.G. Report 11.04.21
Fr. Stephen Tarleton Dougherty
Removed from active ministry in 12/11 after the Corpus Christi diocese received an allegation that Dougherty had engaged in sexual misconduct. His accuser filed a civil lawsuit 7/12/16, claiming Dougherty sexually abused her 2005-2011, beginning when she was age 7. Indicted in 6/16 charges of rape of a 13-year-old girl in 12/11. Pled not guilty. Judge declared a mistrial in 3/17 after jury deadlocked. Convicted at second trial 2/28/18, sentenced to 60 years in prison. Bishop Mulvey testified that a man told him in a letter that Dougherty sexually abused him at age 8. On diocese's list 1/31/19. On Fargo diocese's list 1/2/20, where he worked at some point. No known allegations there.
Assignments:
Sources:
Fr. John M. Fiala
Ordained for Omaha. Joined the SOLT Order 1996. Worked in NE, MO, KS, TX. Privileges removed in 10/08 after allegations of abuse in the San Antonio archdiocese. A 4/10 TX suit alleged Fiala raped a 16-year-old boy at least twice, at gunpoint, in 2007-08. In 4/10, Omaha said it knew in 2002 of his advances toward a minor in the mid-1980s. Indicted in 8/10 in TX. Arrested 9/3/10 in KS; returned to TX. Released on bail. Settlement of lawsuit with San Antonio and Omaha archdioceses, Corpus Christi diocese and Order in 01/2011. Arrested in Dallas 11/18/10 for trying to hire a hit-man to kill accuser. Convicted in Dallas on solicitation of murder 5/17/12. Sentenced to 60 years in prison. Died in 7/17. On Omaha archdiocese's list 11/30/18. It notes two victims. On Kansas City KS list 1/25/19. On Corpus Christi and San Antonio lists 1/31/19. The 11/21 NE A.G. report counts four known victims, one of whom died by suicide.
Assignments:
Sources:
Fr. Edward J. Horan
Named publicly as accused by the Corpus Christi diocese on its list 1/31/9. Retired 1996. Died 1997.
Fr. Eckley Macklin
In Summer 2021 the Diocese of Cheyenne informed parishioners that Macklin,age 85, had been credibly accused of abusing a minor in the Diocese of Corpus Christi and was restricted from public ministry. Macklin worked in the Cheyenne diocese 2004-2015. He was ordained late in life, in 1995. The bio for a book of stories and poems he authored describes Eckley as "an African American folk singer....public radio host...park ranger...priest...college missionary to the American Indians in Wyoming." In 8/2024 Macklin's name appears on the Archdiocese of Hartford's list under "...credibly accused...residing in the Archdiocese of Hartford without permission."