Servants of the Paraclete – sP

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Terry McKiernan February 27, 2021

5 Accused in This Religious Order

Fr. Charles J. Charron

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Order: sP
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Santa Fe NM

From Canada. First identified publicly as accused on Santa Fe archdiocese's list 9/12/2017. Worked at St. Peter's church in Gentilly MN in the Crookston diocese in 1960; Madre de Dios Novitiate in Santa Fe 1960-1961; the order's house in Santa Cruz, Bolivia 1961-1963; Jemez Springs NM 1963-1965; the order's minor seminary and novitiate in the Burlington VT diocese 1965-1971; the order's Canton retreat house in the Youngstown OH diocese 1971-1973. Retired in 1973. Last listed in the 1978 Directory.

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Archdiocese of Santa Fe List 03.08.19

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Fr. John B. Feit

Order: sP
Ordained: 1959
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Brownsville TX

Ordained for Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Pleaded no contest 1962 to reduced charge of aggravated assault for grabbing a young woman in church in 1960. Shortly after the 1960 assault, he became prime suspect in rape/murder of another young woman in McAllen, TX. Feit worked at Servants of the Paraclete treatment facility for clergy in NM for several years and joined the order. Becamed Superior; placed many abusers in outside positions. Left order in 1972, married and raised a family. Worked many yrs for St. Vincent de Paul Society in Phoenix. In 2002 a former priest told police Feit confessed the murder to him in 1963. Grand jury investigation in 2004. Not indicted. Arrested 2/9/16 on charges related to the 1960 murder. Waived extradition. Convicted at trial 12/7/17. Sentenced to life in prison. Was to be transferred to state prison, the Byrd Unit in Huntsville. Died in prison 2/11/20.

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Fr. Armando Martinez

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Order: sP
Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Died: 05/4/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Santa Fe NM

Sent to Servants of the Paraclete for treatment in 1988. Removed from ministry in 1993 after an allegation that he sexually abused a minor in 1992. Retired in 1994 after he was accused of sexual misconduct with a boy 20 years prior. Civil suit filed. In 5/1997 Martinez was found murdered on the road to the Paraclete retreat. Police arrested a man who claimed Martinez fondled him after they had both been drinking. The man was later sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder. A lawsuit filed in 8/2015 alleged rape by Martinez over 2-year period of an altar boy at Sacred Heart in Española, NM in the late 1980s. Included on the Santa Fe archdiocese's 9/12/2017 list of accused.

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Archdiocese of Santa Fe List 03.08.19

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Fr. Peter McCormick

Order: sP
Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of San Bernardino CA

First named publicly as accused on the diocese's list 10/18. Assigned to Sacred Heart parish 1984-2000. Admitted to "sexual acts" with a juvenile while at Sacred Heart. Per diocesan records, McCormick abused a boy at a church near L.A. in 1990, starting when the boy was age 13 and into the boy's adulthood. The diocese received the allegations in 2000 and removed McCormick from ministry. Diocesan officials contacted law enforcement two years later.

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Fr. George W. Pausch

Order: sP
Ordained: 1931
Status: Accused

Died: 01/27/1971
Diocese: Archdiocese of Santa Fe NM

Included on Santa Fe archdiocese's list of accused on 9/12/2017. Ordained for the Los Angeles CA archdiocese, where he was Archdiocesan Director for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Sent to Servants of the Paraclete in Jemez Springs NM "On Sick Leave" in 1955. Remained there until his death 1/27/1971.

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Archdiocese of Santa Fe List 03.08.19

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