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East Bay, CA, priest charged with sexually abusing child facing nearly five years in prison

Hector David Mendoza-Vela served as priest in Fremont,

San Lorenzo churches

By JOSEPH GEHA | Bay Area News Group

An East Bay priest who repeatedly sexually assaulted a child is facing nearly five years in state prison, officials said.

Hector David Mendoza-Vela on Friday pleaded no contest to five counts of lewd or lascivious acts on a child age 14 or 15, court documents show.

Last month, he pleaded not guilty to 30 criminal counts filed against him in April by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.

Mendoza-Vela is facing four years and eight months in prison under a plea agreement with the district attorney’s office, according to Teresa Drenick, a spokeswoman for the office.

He will also be required to register as a sex offender for life, and must stay away from the victim for 10 years, Drenick said.

As part of the agreement, the remaining 25 charges against him were dismissed, court records show. He will be sentenced on Sept. 27 at the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin.

Mendoza-Vela, also known as Father David Mendoza-Vela, had served as a priest in Alameda County since 2013, working at St. John’s Catholic Church in San Lorenzo and more recently at Corpus Christi Church in Fremont.

Prosecutors said previously that in an interview with authorities, Mendoza-Vela, “confessed to inappropriately touching” the genitals of a 14- or 15-year-old boy over his pants “at least 20 times” from June 2016 through December 2017, while he was a priest at St. John’s.

He was arrested on March 28 after officers from the Alameda County Sheriff’s special victims unit recorded him on a phone call apologizing to the victim for touching his genitals while knowing he was 14 when the abuse began, authorities said.

Prosecutors said that in the 18-month span, Vela inappropriately touched the boy “a minimum of 30 times in his genital area,” and during one of the incidents, “Vela inserted one of his bare hands inside (the boy’s) pants and touched his bare penis.”

Authorities said Vela wrote the victim’s family an apology letter after his interview with investigators.

After the priest’s arrest in March, Bishop Michael Barber of Oakland said he placed Mendoza-Vela on administrative leave, according to a letter to parishioners posted on Corpus Christi’s website.

On Wednesday, the Barber said they were aware of the latest legal developments, and released the following statement: “We will begin the canonical (church) process regarding his status in the church…I pray all can understand how seriously we are addressing this scourge of clergy sexual abuse, not just by our words, but by our actions.”

Mendoza-Vela was born Feb. 21, 1977, in El Salvador, according to the Diocese. He came to the United States in 2008, and is a legal resident of the U.S. He was ordained May 18, 2013, for the Diocese.

A 2008 article in The Catholic Voice, an online publication of the Oakland Diocese, said Mendoza-Vela considered “his vocation as ‘a call to serve the people of God, even in small things.’”

He is still being held without bail in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, county inmate records show.

The district attorney’s office had set up a confidential hotline telephone number so anyone who may have been victimized by Vela or has additional information about him can leave a confidential message. The number for the hotline is 510-272-6395, the office said.

Here is the list of 40 Vermont priests credibly accused of child sex abuse

Elizabeth Murray, Burlington Free Press 

Bishop Christopher Coyne, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, release priest sex abuse report on Thursday, August 22, 2019. Ryan Mercer, Free Press Staff Writer

A list of 40 priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse was issued by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington this week. 

A seven-member lay committee appointed by Bishop Christopher Coyne read through more than 50 priest personnel files over nine months and compiled the list of priests against whom allegations were credible and substantiated. 

The committee — comprised of three women and four men — included one priest abuse survivor and one non-Catholic.

According to the report, the committee adopted a standard used by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, New York, to guide decisions on what allegations were considered credible. They agreed that "credible" was defined as an allegation that meets one or more of the following thresholds based on the facts of the case:

"We determined there must be at least — a "fair probability" — based on the information we were given access to, that a particular priest had either sexually abused a child under the age of 18 or created a 'substantial risk' that the child would be sexually abused," the report states.

The Review Committee considered complaints from 1950 to present, and looked through more than 50 files of priests who had been identified as having some kind of claim made against them. The report states that within the time period of interest, 419 priests had been assigned in the Diocese of Burlington. 

That's pretty close to 10%, and those are only the ones we know about.

None of the priests named in the report are still in ministry, Coyne said.

Coyne and members of the lay committee acknowledged that there is still work to be done and encouraged others who had been abused to come forward. Coyne said there may be more information out there that he and the committee were not aware of during the review.

The list of priests that follows has been condensed for length and clarity. To view the entire report, visit vermontcatholic.org/promise. 

Robert J. Baffa — Served in Vermont 1966-2002; deceased
Donald A. Bean — Served in Vermont 1970-1994; deceased
James E. Beauregard — Served in Vermont 1970-1999; deceased
Conrad A. Bessette — Served in Vermont 1973-1990; living
Paul M. Bresnahan — Served in Vermont 1954-2002; deceased
Donald A. Bruneau — Served in Vermont 1954-1994; deceased
James J. Campbell — Served in Vermont 1962-1965; presumed dead
Leo J. Courcy Jr. — Served in Vermont 1962-February 1965, February to December 1966, and January to May 1971; living
Robert E Devoy — Served in Vermont 1903-1955; deceased
Joseph H. Dussault — Served in Vermont 1934-1978; deceased
John F. Eastman — Served in Vermont 1946-1953; presumed dead
James F. Foley — Served in Vermont 1949-1979; deceased 
Edward C. Foster — Served in Vermont 1951-1967 and 1990-1991; deceased
William P. Gallagher — Served in Vermont 1965-2002; deceased 
Edward J. Gelineau — Served in Vermont 1942-1990; deceased 
John A. Guischard — Served in Vermont 1968-1991; deceased 
John B. "Jack" Kenney — Served in Vermont 1957-1966 and 1994-1997; living
Dennis J. LaRoche — Served in Vermont 1987-1992; living
Michael K. Madden — Served in Vermont 1970-1988; deceased 
Charles G. Many — Served in Vermont ministry 1981-1986,  Edmundite Generalate 1986-1994; living
James J. McShane Jr. — Served in Vermont 1966-2002; living
Brian E. Mead — Served in Vermont 1969-2002; living 
Walter D. Miller — Served in Vermont 1961-1966 and 1974-2004; deceased
Joseph Maxime Mooney — Served in Vermont 1917-1956; deceased
George O. Murtagh — Served in Vermont 1950-1958 and 1963-1987; deceased 
Stephen J. Nichols — Served in Vermont 1986-2007; living
Edward O. Paquette — Served in Vermont 1972-1978; living 
George A. Paulin — Served in Vermont 1970 -2003; living 
Raymond C. Provost — Served in Vermont 1936-1975, but continued to help in Winooski parishes until 1995; deceased 
Daniel F. Roberts — Served in Vermont 1946-1980; deceased 
Forest W. Rouelle — Served in Vermont 1956-1998; deceased 
Emile W. Savary — Served in Vermont 1954-1966; deceased 
Ronald A. Soutiere — Served in Vermont 1974-1983 and 1999-2002; living 
Richard E. Thompson — Served in Vermont 1968-1984; deceased 
Charles A. Towne — Served in Vermont 1931-1972; deceased 
Raymond D. Walsh — Served in Vermont 1954-1998; deceased 
Donal D. Ward — Served in Vermont 1963-1967 and 1976-2002; deceased 
Alfred Willis — Served in Vermont 1976-1981; living 
Benjamin D. Wysolmerski — Served in Vermont 1950-1993; deceased 
Mark L. Quillen (also known as Andrew Quillen) — Served in Vermont 1990-1994; credibly accused of abuse in Diocese in Davenport, Iowa, but no allegations in Vermont; living

Diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas, church and suicided priest cited in child sex-abuse suit

by Ron Wood 
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

FAYETTEVILLE -- An unidentified person has sued the Diocese of Little Rock and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Tontitown, claiming they were negligent for allowing a priest to sexually abuse him.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of "John Doe 201" and says the priest involved was Joseph Correnti, who committed suicide in 2002.

The Washington County Circuit Court lawsuit claims "Doe 201" was sexually battered by Correnti when "Doe" was 14 to 15 years old. The suit says Correnti served at St. Joseph from 1995 to 2002.

"Doe 201" discovered the effects within the past three years of the sexual abuse perpetrated by Correnti, according to the lawsuit.

Rick Woods filed the lawsuit, which contends that there are at least five known victims of Correnti's sexual abuse.

The diocese knew, or should have known, of Correnti's "sexual misconduct, impulses, and behavior," according to the lawsuit. But, it allowed Correnti to have unlimited contact with children, including "Doe 201," the suit claims.

"Defendants had the duty to protect the moral purity of plaintiff and other Roman Catholic children within the Diocese of Little Rock and at St. Joseph's Catholic Church," according to the lawsuit. "Defendants breached their duties by exposing plaintiff to a known pedophile."

The church and diocese failed to follow policies and procedures designed to prevent child sex abuse or failed to implement sufficient policies, and didn't warn parents there was a risk of child sex abuse, according to the lawsuit.

The suit alleges that the church failed to report Correnti's actions to police.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for severe and permanent psychological, emotional and physical injuries, shock, emotional distress, physical manifestations of emotional distress, embarrassment, loss of self-esteem, disgrace, humiliation and loss of enjoyment of life.

"Doe 201" also continues to incur expenses for medical and psychological treatment, therapy, and counseling, and cannot lead a normal life, according to the lawsuit.

Correnti committed suicide April 3, 2002, according to Fayetteville police and the Washington County coroner. He left a note alluding to the sexual misconduct scandal within the Catholic Church at the time.

"Especially in circumstances in the church today, I am sure that some may feel this has a connection, but it rather has to do with my long term depression," Correnti wrote.

A spokesman for the Diocese of Little Rock said in the days after Correnti's death, to his knowledge, there had never been a complaint of sexual misconduct linked to Correnti. But, Bishop Anthony Taylor included Correnti on a list of 12 priests against whom credible allegations had been received. The listing, published in September 2018, said Correnti had five known victims.

"Despite our best efforts to ensure that this information is accurate and complete, we know that this list may include errors or be incomplete," the bishop wrote. "It was compiled through an initial preliminary internal review of personnel files of clergy whom we already knew or whom we suspected had been credibly accused of child sexual abuse."

Taylor noted that an allegation being determined or considered as credible isn't the equivalent of a finding of guilt by a jury or judge in a legal proceeding nor does it mean the allegation is able to be proved.


In June, the diocese settled sex abuse claims made by five men against a different priest for $790,000. The men claimed that they were abused in the 1970s while they were teens at Holy Souls school in Little Rock.

Milwaukee Franciscan leader paid off Mississippi men

in friar's sex abuse

Michael Rezendes, Associated Press 

La Jarvis D. Love is photographed in his home in Senatobia, Miss., Sunday, June 9, 2019.

Love says he was sexually abused by a Franciscan friar at a Catholic grade school in Greenwood. 

(Photo: Wong Maye-E / Associated Press)

The IHOP in Southhaven, Mississippi, was an unlikely place to settle a sex abuse claim against a Catholic priest. But in January, the leader of the Franciscan community in suburban Milwaukee slid into a booth across from a 35-year-old victim and offered to pay $15,000 in exchange for silence about years of alleged abuse by another friar.

Father James G. Gannon, provincial minister for the Franciscan friars based in Franklin, arrived at the crowded pancake house with copies of a legal settlement for La Jarvis D. Love, who had arrived with his wife and three young children.

As La Jarvis skimmed the four-page agreement, his thoughts flickered back more than two decades to the physical and sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of an Appleton native who taught at a Catholic grade school in Greenwood, Mississippi. He told Gannon he wasn't sure $15,000 was enough.

"He said if I wanted more, I would have to get a lawyer and have my lawyer call his lawyer," La Jarvis told the Associated Press. "Well, we don't have lawyers. We felt like we had to take what we could."

La Jarvis considered his mounting bills and his young family, and signed the agreement, dating it Jan. 11, 2019.

Then Gannon announced it was time to eat. "He was all smiles then," La Jarvis said.

At the time, La Jarvis didn't understand that the agreement he signed is stunning in several respects. It includes a confidentiality requirement, even though American Catholic leaders have barred them in sex abuse settlements.

In addition, the amount of money Gannon and the Franciscans offered was considerably less than what many other sex abuse victims have received through legal settlements with the Catholic Church.

La Jarvis and two of his cousins, who have also reported that they were abused at Greenwood's St. Francis of Assisi School, differ from most victims with sex abuse claims against the church because they are black, desperately poor and, until recently, never had a lawyer to argue their case.

The abuse they say they endured at the hands of two Franciscans, Brother Paul West and Brother Donald Lucas, included beatings, rape and other sexual violations beginning when they were 9 and 10 years old.

The site of St. Francis of Assisi church and school in Greenwood, Miss. Three men say they were sexually abused by Franciscan friars when they were students at the school. (Photo: Wong Maye-E/Associated Press)

The Franciscans tried to settle with one of La Jarvis' cousins, Joshua K. Love, by offering to pay him up to $10,000 to cover the cost of a used car, maintenance and insurance. Joshua, who has limited reading and writing skills, rejected the offer but later signed a confidential agreement for $15,000 — something he now regrets.

"They felt they could treat us that way because we're poor and we're black," Joshua said of the settlements he and La Jarvis received.

Catholic officials have been promising to end the cover-up of clergy abuse for nearly two decades. In 2002, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops approved the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, pledging to respond to abuse allegations in an "open and transparent" manner. And earlier this year, Pope Francis issued a new church law requiring Catholic officials worldwide to report sexual abuse — and the cover-up of abuse — to their superiors.

Gannon, during interviews with the AP, said he believes that both La Jarvis and Joshua were abused and acknowledged that the settlements are less than generous. "We've hurt them tremendously and no amount of money would ever account for what happened to them," he said.

Asked if the Loves' race or poverty had anything to do with the size of the settlements they were offered, Gannon said: "Absolutely not."

Gannon also said the Franciscans have no intention of enforcing the confidentiality clauses. As for why the nondisclosure agreements were included, in violation of the American bishops' 2002 charter, he said, "The lawyers put it in there. I can't give you a good answer on that."

West declined to answer questions for this story, and Lucas died in 1999. The Jackson diocese, for its part, has found the allegations against West and Lucas "credible" and has notified the local district attorney.


A perfect opportunity for a predator

The Franciscan order was established in the early 13th century by St. Francis of Assisi to evangelize and work among the poor. Franciscan Friars based in Wisconsin have been traveling to Mississippi in their trademark brown robes and sandals to fulfill that mission since the early 1950s.

Greenwood, a small city of 15,000, is haunted today by racism, unemployment, despair, and drugs. La Jarvis, Joshua and Joshua's brother Raphael grew up in a neighborhood known as Baptist Town, a collection of humble, single-story houses. Often, more than 10 people in their extended family were crowded into their three-bedroom home.

Times were especially hard when La Jarvis and Joshua were fourth and fifth graders. At the time, Joshua's mother was addicted to drugs, and his father had drifted away from home. The family's hardships presented a perfect opportunity for a sexual predator.

When Brother Paul West or Brother Donald Lucas offered to pay La Jarvis or Joshua pocket money to work weekends at the Franciscans' Greenwood compound —doing yard work or cleaning up the church and school — it seemed like an act of generosity.

The boys would alternate weekends, so they were never working together. Often, West ended the day with a meal at McDonald's or Pizza Hut. And he sometimes drove one of the boys home with a stack of pizzas for the entire family. Raphael, five years younger than his brother, Joshua, would cry because he couldn't work, too.

West, then his fourth-grade teacher and later the school principal, encouraged Joshua by telling him he was a good student with a bright future. But this classic grooming soon led to sexual assaults, Joshua said.

As a matter of routine, Joshua said, West would take him to the empty school cafeteria, where he would order him to drop his pants and bend over a railing while he "whupped" him. On some occasions, Joshua said, West asked whether he preferred to be beaten or molested. "He gave me the option to whup me or play with my penis," he said.

La Jarvis recalls similar experiences. Once, he said, West took him into the men's room at the school, took out his penis and told La Jarvis to hold it while he urinated.

The cousins say the abuse by West continued during summer excursions to Wisconsin, where the Greenwood Franciscans were based, and to Centerport, New York, the site of a summer camp established by the Franciscans in the late 1800s.

During one of those trips, Joshua said, West was teaching him to float on his back in a motel swimming pool when he suddenly pushed his head underwater. After he came up gasping, Joshua said, West threatened to drown him if he ever told anyone he was being sexually assaulted.

There is more on this story at the Journal Sentinel.

Cardinal Pell to appeal sex abuse conviction to

Australia’s supreme court

CANBERRA, Australia, (LifeSiteNews) ― Australian Cardinal George Pell has one last chance of acquittal from a conviction of five counts of child sexual abuse. 

The prelate will appeal his convictions for historic child sexual abuse to the Australian High Court in Canberra, CNA reported today.  Although not guaranteed, it is believed that the High Court will agree to hear the appeal.

This follows the decision of the state of Victoria’s Court of Appeal last week to uphold Pell’s convictions. The decision was split 2:1 against the cardinal; Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne Ferguson and Justice Chris Maxwell, the president of the Victoria Court of Appeal, declared that Pell was guilty of the five charges.

Justice Mark Weinberg, dissenting, believed that Pell should have been acquitted.   

The conviction of Pell on no other evidence than two uncorroborated stories by a single complaint has some Catholics believing that an anti-Catholic, anti-Pell animus is involved, both in the police force and in the courts. 

Gosh, I wonder why? But I suspect he is right and one victim's testimony is pretty weak when most paedophile priests had several victims, if not dozens. Mind you, another of Pell's accusers has since died.

An Australian source told LifeSiteNews that the composition of the High Court “is not heartening,” saying that at least one of the justices is an LGBT activist and that all but two were appointed by left-wing governments.   

The Justices of the Australian High Court are Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, Virginia Bell AC, Stephen Gageler AC, Patrick Keane AC, Geoffrey Nettle AC, Michelle Gordon AC, and James Edelman.

AC indicates that the bearer is a Companion of the Order of Australia. Pell is also a Companion of this Order.

Virginia Bell AC, who has a female partner, is the first lesbian to serve on the High Court and was a marcher at Australia’s watershed 1978 Mardi Gras LGBT rights parade in Sydney. She assisted with the legal defense of those arrested during the march and continued to advocate for LGBT causes. 

The High Court is the last court of appeal in Australia.

On December 11, 2018, Cardinal George Pell was found guilty of two counts of child sex assault by a jury after only four days of deliberation. A second planned trial was dropped in February 2019, due to a lack of evidence and because one of Pell’s principal accusers had died. In March 2019, Justice Peter Kidd sentenced Pell to six years in prison, with no chance of parole for three years, eight months. 

Pell has always maintained that he is innocent of all accusations of child sexual abuse.

Pell's Appeal Refused; More Lists of Pedophile Priests on This Week's Catholic PnP List

Australia's Cardinal Pell loses appeal of

child sex abuse conviction

Al Jazeera

NEWS/AUSTRALIA

Former top aide of Pope Francis is the world's most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse.

Pell will continue his six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s

[File: William West/AFP] 

Disgraced Catholic Cardinal George Pell was sent back to jail on Wednesday after an Australian court rejected his landmark appeal against convictions for child sex abuse.

Once the Vatican's third-ranking official, 78-year-old Pell will continue his six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys at a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s.

Pell wore a dark suit and occasionally bowed his head as Chief Justice Anne Ferguson read the ruling and cheers rippled into the court from a large crowd gathered outside.

Ferguson said that Pell would be eligible for parole in three years and eight months, although the cardinal could yet ask Australia's High Court to hear a further appeal.

Pell is the world's most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse, making his case and Wednesday's ruling a touchstone moment for believers and victims groups around the world.

He previously helped elect popes, ran the Vatican finances and was involved in the Australian church's response to child sex abuse claims.

"For many survivors, a conviction being upheld against a high-profile, once-powerful perpetrator underlines faith in the justice process and the possibility of speaking out," said Pam Stavropoulos of Australia's Blue Knot Foundation, a child victims' group.

Pell's lawyers had raised 13 objections to his convictions, casting doubt on everything from the physical possibility of Pell removing his robes to orally rape a boy, to the credibility of the main witness.

The case was unusual in that it relied heavily on the closed-door testimony of the sole surviving victim.

Two of the three judges described the victim as a "very compelling witness" who "was clearly not a liar, was not a fantasist and was a witness of truth".

'Weight lifted'

A lawyer for the father of the second victim - who died of a drug overdose in 2014 - said he felt "a weight had been lifted".

"He feels that justice has been delivered today. He has a real sense of relief that George Pell is behind bars tonight," Lisa Flynn told AFP news agency.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Clare Leaney, CEO of In Good Faith Foundation, a charity and support service for religious institutional abuse survivors, said the court decision gives victims assurance that "justice is a possibility".

She said that one of Pell's victims is now hoping that the Vatican will remove Pell from his priestly duties.

She also urged all priests to "do whatever they can" and report to authorities any form of sex abuse. "Many survivors are looking to the church to actively engage in child protection," Leaney said. 

The three judges also unanimously dismissed two so-called "fallback" arguments for Pell related to alleged procedural errors during his trial.

His lawyers argued they should have been allowed to show an animated reconstruction of peoples' movements in the cathedral on the days of the assaults.

They also took issue with the fact that Pell was not arraigned in the presence of the jury. The process was completed via video link so the large pool of potential jurors was able to watch.

Pell had already faced two juries, after his first trial in 2018 ended in a hung jury.

Following Wednesday's ruling Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed sympathy for the victims. He said the "courts had done their job" and indicated Pell would be stripped of his Order of Australia honour.

During Pell's trial under the court-ordered veil of secrecy, the Vatican gradually removed him from top Church bodies with little explanation.

Shortly after his conviction, Pell was removed from the so-called C9 Council of Cardinals that are effectively the pope's cabinet and inner circle of advisers.

The Vatican dropped him as the Church's finance chief and opened its own investigation into his actions after his conviction was made public in February.

Aussie victims of child sex abuse fight
to wipe Fiscalini Drive from map

ABC South West Vic By Emma Nobel

Kate says she was ignored when she told Monsignor Leo Fiscalini about her abuse. (Unsplash: Twinsfisch)

Since March last year, Kate (not her real name) has been fighting to see one man's name wiped from the map in Warrnambool, south-west Victoria.

In 1972, then aged 16, she attended the confessional of her local priest to report being abused by her father. "I explained to him what was happening to me and asked him for help," she said.

But Kate was ignored.

"He pulled the curtain aside and he looked at me, so he could recognise me, and he said 'I know your father, he wouldn't do that', and he gave me three decades of the rosary for penance," Kate said.

The priest was Monsignor Leo Fiscalini, who the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found had failed to act on numerous occasions when told of the actions of notorious paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale in the 1970s.

Similarly, Kate was left in the care of her abuser. She was so devastated by the experience that she did not go to the authorities for 44 years. Her abuser was later jailed.

Monsignor Leo Fiscalini died years before the royal commission, but he has a street named after him: Fiscalini Drive in suburban Warrnambool. Fiscalini Drive even overlooks a playground.

Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale, who was jailed on paedophile charges in 1994. (AAP: Ballarat Courier)

This hidden truth

Kate, who requested anonymity, remembered when Gail Furness QC cross-examined disgraced Catholic cleric, Cardinal George Pell, and Monsignor Leo Fiscalini was named as part of the College of Consultors, the group responsible for moving Ridsdale to different appointments.

"I just broke down and cried because it dawned on me, no wonder that Monsignor didn't believe me, or shut me down, because he was very aware of this sort of thing going on and just chose not to help me," she said.

Nor anyone else being victimized by paedophile priests. He protected the criminal priests and even enabled them to move about so as to acquire fresh meat. Such a 'man of God' was he.

Kate is one of the people who wrote to Warrnambool City councillors to request Fiscalini Drive be renamed.

"For me, there's this hidden truth about him that people didn't know about, that he was party to a group of consulters who had meetings in the Ballarat parish, in the Ballarat diocese, and they knowingly moved around paedophile priests," she said.

"This is another truth about him and it needs to be brought to the fore."

Fiscalini Drive overlooks a playground. (ABC South West Victoria: Emma Nobel)

Councillor Peter Hulin said the question of changing the name of Fiscalini Drive had first been raised after the royal commission.

"One chap came to me and he said he was driving around that area and just happened to come across it and just really freaked out, in light of his experience with the monsignor," he said.

Fiscalini Drive is part of the Toohey Estate, which is on land formerly owned by the Catholic Church — a purchase instigated by Monsignor Leo Fiscalini in the 1970s.

Janet Macdonald, President of the Warrnambool & District Historical Society, said it was not uncommon for street names to be changed in Warrnambool, although usually it was for practical reasons, such as rationalising the sound of the name to avoid confusion with another street.

Although it would inconvenience residents, she could see the reason behind the push for the change. "Generally, I'm not a big fan of historical revisionism, I don't think you can paint over things as easily as that," she said. "But I can understand the necessity, why people feel like this is a change that needs to happen."

Warrnambool City Council has voted unanimously to begin the process to change the name of Fiscalini Drive, starting with contacting residents.

For Kate, renaming the street would be a step in the right direction. "I think it would be a relief for the people, particularly who live in Warrnambool, who are victims," she said.

And, no doubt, there are many!

Brooklyn Diocese: 2 Retired Priests

Credibly Accused Of Sex Abuse

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — The Diocese of Brooklyn says sexual abuse allegations made against two retired priests have been deemed credible.

In a news release Tuesday, the diocese announced the complaints against retired Father Charles White, 79, and retired Father Hugh Byrne, 89, were brought forward to a review board, considered and believed to be true.

White is accused of sexually abusing a minor between 1974 and 1978 while serving at American Martyrs Church in Queens. The allegations were made in March 2018 and while investigating the claim, the review board reopened a complaint made against him, dating back to 1999, was also deemed credible.

Byrne is also accused of sexually abusing a minor between 1971 and 1973, when he was serving at Holy Ghost Parish in Brooklyn – which has since been renamed Holy Spirit Parish.

The allegation was brought against him in 2017 and while investigating, the review board found another accusation made in 2006 that accused him of sexual abuse in 1996 that was believed to be true.

As a result of the investigations, White, who was ordained on May 29, 1965, and Byrne, who was ordained on June 2, 1962, have been removed from public ministry.

The two are not permitted to celebrate mass publicly, cannot exercise any public ministry and cannot live in a parish residence.

Their names will also be added to the list of credibly accused priests, which the diocese has published online.

The names of the accusers were not released to the public.

The announcement came one day before the Child Victims Act is set to take effect in New York State. The Catholic Church is among the organizations anticipating a flood of lawsuits as victims are given a one-year period to file civil suits against their abusers and the organizations that protected them, regardless of when the abuse took place.

Lawsuits name 11 more priests, nuns accused of

child sex abuse in Buffalo, NY, Diocese

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The former director of youth ministry for the Diocese of Buffalo is among a group of clergy named publicly for the first time in lawsuits filed on behalf of sexual abuse victims.

The law firms of Jeff Anderson and Associates, and Steve Boyd, PC announced Tuesday more than 80 lawsuits will be filed against the Buffalo Diocese Wednesday under the Child Victims Act, which lifts the statute of limitations in civil cases and opens a one-year window for victims to take legal action against abusers.

Altogether, hundreds of cases are expected to be filed in Buffalo area dioceses. I expect many thousands in New York State in the next 12 months. I also expect some terrific fights in court between the Catholic Church and their insurers.

Among the newly accused is Father Gary Bagley, who served as a youth minister for the diocese from 1986 to 2001. He died unexpectedly in 2006 at the age of 59.

More than 150 Buffalo priests and religious have been accused of sexual misconduct, with most of the revelations coming in the last year. Buffalo Bishop Richard J. Malone is under intense pressure to resign as bishop for his handling of abuse cases involving, minors, adults, and seminarians .

In a recent interview with ABC's Nightline, Malone said there were no active priests in the Diocese of Buffalo facing credible allegations of child sexual abuse.

"The diocese encourages anyone with a claim of abuse to contact the civil authorities and the diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator so that the complaint can be investigated," Kathy Spangler, a spokeswoman for the diocese, said in an email. 

Priest Guilty Of Child Sex Abuse;
List Of DC, Baltimore Accused Priests

A Washington, D.C., priest has been convicted of child sex abuse. Plus, list of Baltimore, DC, Arlington priests accused of sexual abuse.

By Deb Belt, Patch Staff

WASHINGTON, DC — A Catholic priest who served in both Maryland and Washington, D.C., was convicted Thursday of four counts of child sexual abuse against two children that happened on the grounds of his parish, Shrine of the Sacred Heart Parish in Northwest Washington. The Rev. Urbano Vazquez, 47, of Washington, D.C., committed the abuse from 2015 to 2017, prosecutors said. He was arrested in November 2018 (2nd story on link).

Father Vazquez served his diaconate internship at Our Lady of the Mountains Parish (Western Maryland) from 2013-2014 and later celebrated Mass there on a few occasions. He was on a list of Catholic priests credibly accused of sexual abuse against children that was released in late 2018, including the Baltimore archdiocese. (See below for a list of priests in both the Baltimore and Washington archdioceses who have been accused.)

The guilty verdicts were returned after a nine-day trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Vazquez will be sentenced on Nov. 22. The Archdiocese of Washington said Vasquez will have no authority to serve as a priest in the archdiocese; what happens to his ministry will be decided by his religious the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

Prosecutors said that between April 1, 2015 and May 31, 2015, Vazquez molested a 13-year-old girl while speaking with her in a parish office. In addition, between June 2016 and August 2017, Vazquez kissed and molested a second girl of 9 to 10 years old in various places on church grounds, including near the church confessionals. The jury also heard testimony from another teenage girl who Vazquez kissed in a church conference room.

The archdiocese said in a statement that it will continue to work with the Sacred Heart parish and school leadership to support the community and that the "survivors who came forward to report the allegations are provided emotional and pastoral care through this difficult time as they continue in their process of healing. The Archdiocese of Washington is steadfastly committed to the protection of youth and the healing of those harmed by abuse and adheres to a zero-tolerance policy for credible claims of abuse made against archdiocesan clergy, religious orders operating in the archdiocese, staff and volunteers."

Survivors of child sexual abuse by a clergy member that took place in a house of worship, school, or other location in the District of Columbia can call the Clergy Abuse Reporting Line at 202-252-7008 or send an e-mail to USADC.ReportClergyAbuse@usdoj.gov. More information is available at https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/victim-witness-assistance/report-clergy-abuse.

SEE ALSO: Arlington Diocese Names Priests Accused Of Sexual Abuse

Maryland Priests Named in the 2018 Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report:

Please visit Patch.com as the list is extensive and detailed.

Vatican Summit, Pope's Cover-up, Pell Victim Tragedy, Christian Brothers on This Week's Catholic PnP List

Vatican Summit promises major changes on sexual abuse

This report from a Catholic perspective so more positive than most. Nevertheless, it is good to read what Catholics think they accomplished at last week's Vatican Summit

At the recent Vatican summit on child protection in the Church, a number of tangible goals were set in place to better handle clerical sex abuse, including: closing legal loopholes that have allowed bishops to cover up their crimes with impunity, giving more power to the laity to help hold bishops accountable, and the creation of three concrete initiatives to better handle clerical sex abuse.

ALEXANDER FOSTER 

The 114 episcopal conference presidents used the 21-24 February gathering as a platform to discuss global issues relating to clerical sexual abuse face-to-face.

Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay, India called the meeting “very useful, very necessary and very timely.” He added that the issue of sexual abuse in the Church is now a “common priority” and that all attendants acknowledge that “this is a real serious problem.”

“These have been challenging, fruitful days,” President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo said of the event. “We owe survivors an unyielding vigilance that we may never fail them again.”

Others were not so satisfied with the meeting’s outcome. Some victim-survivor groups believed the event was not radical enough and a deflection from effectively preventing abuse.

Shaun Dougherty, who was abused by a priest between the age of 10-13, said, “My fears have been answered. I don’t believe that the bishops and cardinals are any more equipped to police themselves than they were last week, before the conference began.”

There is also some belief that the meeting was overshadowed by accusations that Pope Francis had been covering up for clerical abusers, including Argentinian Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta,  (see story immediately below) who was recently accused of sexually inappropriate behaviour with seminarians.

The meeting was opened by Pope Francis, who expressed hope that participants would “hear the cry of the little ones who plead for justice” and that the summit would address “this evil” in a “synodal, frank and in-depth manner.”

Nine presentations were held over three days, with each day dedicated to a different theme: responsibility on day one, accountability on day two, and transparency on day three.

Presenters included five cardinals, one archbishop, a religious sister and two laywomen, all of whom covered a wide variety of issues, including the need for the Church to draw close to the wounds of victims, acknowledge mistakes, and ask for forgiveness to restore credibility and guarantee the safety of children.

It was suggested that use of the “pontifical secret” be rescinded to invite Church leaders to see the media as allies rather than enemies in uncovering sexual misconduct and bringing abusers to justice.

The summit concluded with a penitential liturgy, which gave bishops an opportunity to confess to covering up abuse and ask for pardon. 

What do they do here? Confess to one another and absolve one another's sins against God and children? There needs to be a spectacular turning toward God and a pouring out of the Holy Spirit. I don't think this is the way.

Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane acknowledged that at times abuse victims have been seen “as the enemy” and that “we have not loved them; we have not blessed them.”

In additional comments to reporters, he said it is “very clear now” that anyone in the Catholic Church who thinks they can “get away with sexual abuse of the young and vulnerable has absolutely nowhere to go.”

If that were really true, priests will be leaving the church in droves.

In his closing address, Pope Francis outlined an eight-point plan in an “all-out battle” against the sexual abuse of minors in order to “turn this evil into an opportunity for purification,” which involved a “change of mentality” to focus on protecting children rather than “protecting the institution” and genuine purification beginning with “self-accusation”.

The summit concluded with a moto proprio [papal decree] “on the protection of minors and vulnerable persons” by the Roman Curia and Vatican City State; a handbook from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to help bishops understand their responsibilities.

Archbishop Charles Scicluna stressed that the summit is just the beginning, with its follow-up set to make significant further progress.

Argentine bishop's case overshadows

Pope's sex abuse summit

In this Aug. 26, 2016 file photo, former Bishop of Oran Gustavo Zanchetta participates in negotiations with border workers in Oran, Salta, Argentina. The Associated Press reported in January 2019 that the Vatican received indications of inappropriate behavior by Zanchetta in 2015 and again in 2017, with reports from his former vicars and the seminary rector. (AP Photo/Javier Corbalan, File)

Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press 

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis may have wrapped up his clergy sex abuse prevention summit at the Vatican, but a scandal over an Argentine bishop close to him is only gaining steam.

The Associated Press has reported that the Vatican knew as early as 2015 about Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta's inappropriate behaviour with seminarians. Yet he was allowed to stay on as bishop of the northern Argentine diocese of Oran on until 2017, when he resigned suddenly, only to be given a top job at the Vatican by Francis, his confessor.

New documents published by the Tribune of Salta newspaper show that the original 2015 complaint reported that Zanchetta had gay porn on his cellphone involving "young people" having sex, as well as naked images of Zanchetta masturbating that he sent to others.

The age of the "young people" isn't clear. But Francis told his summit Sunday that Vatican legislation criminalizing possession of child porn involving children under age 14 should change to include older victims.

"We now consider that this age limit should be raised in order to expand the protections of minors and to bring out the gravity of these deeds," Francis said.

It wasn't clear if Francis was referring to the Zanchetta case, which is now under investigation by both the Vatican and Argentine judicial authorities after alleged victims came forward accusing Zanchetta of sexual abuse.

The Vatican has insisted that Zanchetta was only facing "governance" problems at the time of his 2017 resignation and appointment at the Vatican, and that the first sexual abuse allegation was made in late 2018.

The documents, however, make clear that the Vatican was aware of inappropriate sexual behaviour by Zanchetta two years before he resigned.

They show that Oran's seminary rector was so concerned that he told the Vatican ambassador in a formal complaint in 2016 that "urgent measures" were needed to protect his first-year students, since their introductory classes were held in Zanchetta's residence.

The 2016 complaint, signed by the rector and two former vicar generals, listed Zanchetta's problematic behaviour with seminarians, including walking by their rooms at night, asking them for massages, going into their rooms to wake them up in the morning and sitting on their beds, inviting them to drink alcohol and having an "obsessive omnipresence" in the seminary that made the young men feel "asphyxiated."

The Vatican's longtime sex crimes prosecutor, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, on Sunday noted Francis' comments about wanting to raise the age to 18 for victims of child pornography. He said the Vatican to date only considers it a "grave delict" -- and therefore handled by the Vatican office that handles sex abuse -- if the porn involves a child under 14.

Asked if Francis had the Zanchetta case in mind in proposing the change, Scicluna said he didn't know any specifics about the case. But he said "if someone is investigating a case, that's not covering it up."

How a devastated family watched their son's life spiral after George Pell abuse

One non-survivor's Story

Four Corners By Louise Milligan

The boy was 13 years old when he was abused by George Pell. (Supplied)

The family of one of the boys sexually abused by George Pell have revealed their sadness and anger at watching their son's life spiral out of control in the wake of his abuse.

The boy was one of two 13-year-old choirboys molested by Pell in the priests' sacristy at St Patrick's Cathedral in 1996.

His father has told Four Corners how they watched their son change from a cheerful young kid — with no idea why. "He went from being this lovely boy, who used to come to the football with me, who used to go and help his grandparents and helped around the house, to this boy wanting to go out all the time," he said.

"His schoolwork, I noticed that it started slipping. His whole attitude changed. His whole being just, he was a different boy."

Andrew La Greca was a member of the choir at the time the boys were abused and he also noticed the change in one of the victims. "He was just a different boy. Just totally different. Just didn't care about anything. Didn't care about anyone. Just didn't even want to breathe," he said.

As one survivor put it, 'it is murder of the soul'! Especially when it comes from someone who is supposed to be a man of God.

PHOTO: The St Patrick's Cathedral choir in 1996. (Supplied)

Within a year of the abuse, the boy had started using heroin. "I noticed some bits of foil, that had been burnt. My parents noticed that — his grandparents," his father said.

His mother twice asked him if he had been sexually abused, but he never revealed what had happened to him.

"It's devastating to watch your child spiral out like that. It was very hard to watch," she told Four Corners.

Their son died of a drug overdose in 2014.

It wasn't until a year after his death, when the other victim made a formal complaint about the abuse, did the family realise what had happened to their son.

The father says he has mixed emotions about the trial and conviction. "I'm glad that it's over and it gives me an idea of why my son went through hell. Why he did the things he did," he said

"And myself, I'm just disgusted. I'm disgusted in the Catholic Church."

Lawyers for Pell say he maintains his innocence and an appeal has been lodged.

Police found Church 'difficult' to deal with

Police Sergeant Doug Smith ran Taskforce SANO when it first started investigating George Pell in 2015. (ABC News: Jeremy Story Carter)

Doug Smith was the sergeant overseeing Taskforce SANO's investigation into Pell.

He told Four Corners that, over the years, the police tasked with investigating child sex abuse cases in the Catholic Church found the church "difficult" to deal with.

"They were openly saying that they would cooperate, but I think you could almost say that the way that they classed their cooperation would be similar to a protester lying on the ground in the middle of the street not resisting the police, but the police would have to pick that person up and drag them off the street," he said.

"I think that that's the level of cooperation that the Catholic Church gave us."

While Pell was cooperative at all times, Sergeant Smith says they faced arrogance from him.

"There's a level of arrogance that some people get to where they're at this position in standing in the community. When you are seen to be someone with some level of importance, I think there is a level of arrogance that goes with that. And he's not going to hide that from the police," he said.

A police photograph of the priests' sacristy at St Patrick's Cathedral where the abuse took place. (Supplied)

In so many ways, Cardinal George Pell was the archetypal Pharisee, parroting strict dogmas while luxuriating in his superior sanctity, indifferent to the human toll, writes Robert Gascoigne.

The family and police have praised the bravery of the victim who came forward and whose testimony ultimately convicted Pell. The victim has asked for his identity to be kept private in the wake of the guilty verdict.

"He's a credit to himself and he needs to be congratulated because he's done a very, very good job at being believed," Sergeant Smith said.

"All you can do is tell the truth, he can't do any more than that. And for a jury of his peers to believe him, I mean, it's fantastic.

"No-one's above the law. The Catholic Church isn't above the law."

Andrew La Greca was a member of the choir at the time the abuse took place. (ABC News: Jeremy Story Carter)

Andrew La Greca is glad justice has been served for both his fellow choirmates, and he praised the victim who spoke out.

"He's a hero. I think deep down, he wasn't just doing it for himself. Deep down he was doing it for someone else as well," he said.

Science education pioneer accused of sexual abuse while teaching in Irish Christian Brothers schools

Frank Esposito, Rockland/Westchester Journal News 

Science Education pioneer Robert Pavlica is among several Irish Christian Brothers accused of sexual abuse while teaching at Iona Prep in the 1960s

Court documents reveal that 430 people have claimed they were abused by members of the Irish Christian Brothers order.

A well-known figure in the science education world is among several Irish Christian Brothers accused of sexually abusing students at Irish Christian Brothers schools in New Rochelle in the 1960s and 1970s, lawyers for former students alleged.

Two men alleged that Brother Robert Pavlica of Iona Prep and Brother Michael John of the Blessed Sacrament High School abused them when they were students, said lawyer Mike Reck, attorney at Jeff Anderson and Associates of New York City.

Pavlica, who died in 2007, created the Authentic Science Research Program, which would later become the model for science research programs in New York and around the country.

The alleged victims are all part of a bankruptcy lawsuit filed by the Irish Christian Brothers in 2011. A spokesperson for the Christian Brothers confirmed these allegations were a part of the bankruptcy case. 

However, the bankruptcy case has put a freeze on any new suits that the recently signed Child Victims Act could have brought forward, Reck said. "Survivors seeking transparency and accountability, they're prevented from moving forward because of the case," Reck said.

While both named clerics have since died, the naming of Pavlica sent shock waves through New York state because of his high profile in the science education world. After leaving the Irish Christian Brothers, Pavlica joined the faculty of Byram Hills High School in Armonk in 1970.

Science teacher, Robert Pavlica, is photographed at Byram Hills High School in Armonk March 26, 2004.  (Photo: File photo/The Journal News)

While at Byram Hills, Pavlica created the Authentic Science Research Program. The school's program bears Pavlica's name in his honor.

Byram Hills Superintendent Jen Lamia had little to say on the allegations, or what would be done with the name of the program. 

"I'll be having future conversations with the board, and we'll be looking into this and investigating it," Lamia said. Lamia had not heard of any allegations about Pavlica's behavior during his time at Byram Hills.

The Christian Brothers provided the following statement.

These allegations are not new to us because they were among the claims filed as part of the bankruptcy case in 2012. These allegations took place at schools other than Iona Prep, with the exception of one claim, which dates back to 1968 – and because of the bankruptcy settlement structure, that claim was not tested for its merits.

The Province's policy for the protection of children and vulnerable adults is aimed at the prevention of abuse and any type of misconduct. It includes a swift and open response when allegations are reported. The accused is removed immediately from their ministry and/or position, followed by an independent investigation – and full disclosure and cooperation with the appropriate authorities – to ensure complete transparency and objectivity.

Hundreds allege abuse

These allegations are the latest in a long line of people claiming abuse at the hands of Irish Christian Brothers. As a part of the bankruptcy case, the court required the Christian Brothers to notify prior students that they could join the case.

Court documents reveal that over 430 people have claimed they were abused by members of the order. However, these claims were not investigated for credibility as part of the settlement agreement. 

The Irish Christian Brothers were founded in 1802 with the purpose of evangelizing and educating young people. In addition to Iona Prep and Blessed Sacrament, the Brothers — who were headquartered in New York — have schools in New York and New Jersey as well as throughout the country.

Some other Christian Brothers schools include: 

Power Memorial Academy (New York, New York)

Cardinal Hayes High School (Bronx, New York)

Bishop Kearney High School (Rochester, New York)

Sacred Heart Grammar School (New York, New York)

Notre Dame/Bishop Gibbons High School (Albany, New York)

Essex Catholic High School (Newark, New Jersey)

Bergen Catholic High School (Oradell, New Jersey)

Cantwell High School (Los Angeles, California)

Palma High School (Salinas, California)

The Chapter 11 suit,which allows the school to negotiate with creditors without having to liquidate its assets, created a $16.5 million trust that will distribute funds to abuse victims.

New state law may not help victims

Other than securing a payout for victims, the bankruptcy also protected the brothers from future suits, Reck said. 

"On one hand they shielded themselves from the inquisition that's coming, and the second thing they did was a shrewd risk management decision," Reck said. "Now the Christian Brothers are effectively insulated from the Child Victims Act, because of the bankruptcy bar date."

So much for confession and repentance.

That means if people didn't file claims against the brothers before a certain date the bankruptcy case prevents them from filing a claim against the brothers afterwards, even with the Child Victims Act. 

But victims may still sue the diocese where the school was located, Reck said.

"Those survivors, can sue the diocese where the school sits," Reck said. "For example, if Iona Prep is in the New York Diocese, survivors can sue the diocese for its role in covering up and allowing the school to be there."    

Two new alleged abuse claims at Iona

Reck said more people are coming forward claiming clerics at Irish Christian Brothers' schools abused them. He said his clients cited Brother John Justin O’Connor and Brother Charles Irwin at Iona Prep as clerics who allegedly committed abusive acts on their clients.

As part of the Christian Bothers' bankruptcy settlement both O'Connor and Irwin were named in a list of alleged abusers who were accused of more than one claim of abuse. 

Blessed Sacrament High School closed in 2013, but Iona Prep remains open.

Bergen Catholic High School named

Others, outside the ICB suit, have claimed Irwin abused them in the past. Irwin worked in many schools, mostly in New York, but during the mid-1960s he worked at Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey.

Some of Irwin's Bergen victims were a part of a $1.9 million settlement in 2016. Each victim received between $65,000 and $115,000. The settlement was shared between 21 men who accused staff of Bergen Catholic High School of abusing them.

Attorney Mitchell Garabedian said then that at the time of the alleged abuse, from 1963 to 1978, his clients were between 13 and 17 years old. They are now between 53 and 68 years old.

Irwin also worked at:

St. Patrick’s Provincialate Community; New Rochelle, New York

Santa Maria Novitiate-Novice; West Park, New York

St. Gabriel’s Scholasticate Student; West Park, New York

Sacred Heart Community and Grammar School; New York City, New York

Cardinal Hayes Holy Family Community; Bronx, New York

Cardinal Hayes-St. Helena’s Annex; Bronx, New York

Power Memorial Community and Academy; New York City, New York

Irwin died in 1997.

O'Connor worked at Bergen Catholic in the late 1980s, before he left the order.

In 2017 the Irish Christian Brothers released a list of members who had more than one abuse claim against them. Claims against these men were never validated, as part of the bankruptcy settlement agreement.

Angel, Larry K. (deceased)

Barry, Gerald K. (former)

Beckstrom, Robert E. (former)

Brouillette, Robert (former)

Burton, David B. (Brother)

Carr, Michael T. (deceased)

Carroll, Francis (deceased)

Casale, Albert (former)

Chaney, John (Brother)

Cobb, Alan S. (former)

Collins, Donald Cecil (deceased)

Condon, Eugene (former)

Courtney, Edward (former)

Delamere, Frank P. (former)

Duffin, Thomas (deceased)

Dunn, James Claver (deceased)

Ferro, Salvatore (Brother)

Ford, Thomas C. (deceased)

French, Edward George (Brother)

Gardner, Stephen Justin (former)

Hanney, James (former)

Heathwood, John (deceased)

Heustis, Jerome (deceased)

Hewitt, Andrew Thomas (deceased)

Houlihan, James Alvarez (deceased)

Irwin, Charles (deceased)

Kealey, John (deceased)

Kernan, Joseph (deceased)

Lasik, Ronald (Brother)

Lawlor, John (former)

Medvit, Paul (deceased)

Murphy, Clement Adan (deceased)

Murphy, John E. (former)

Murphy, Thomas Ignatius (deceased)

Nash, Dermod (deceased)

Neary, Walter D. (deceased)

O'Connor, John J. (former)

Padilla, Ruben Mark (former)

Post, Robert (former)

Ralph, Alan Gerard (Brother)

Reycraft, Paul S. (former)

Ryan, Daniel Peter (deceased)

Satterthwaite, Robert (deceased)

Stoyles, Michael E. (deceased)

Thompson, James (former)

Thorne, Harold (Brother)

Walderman, J. Matthew (Brother)

Walsh, Michael (deceased)

Warren, James V. (deceased)

Long before The Boston Globe's Spotlight revealed the first American scandal involving Catholic pedophile priests, Canada had a huge scandal at Mount Cashel, a boy's orphanage in St John's, Newfoundland. 

Hundreds of boys were physically and sexually abused at the orphanage which was run by the badly named Christian Brothers of Ireland.

This is one of several Catholic Orders that should disappear in a hurry.