Catholic priests must resist ‘fashionable’ homosexuality
or leave clergy – Pope Francis
Gay community demonstrate in St. Peter's Square © Reuters Pictures Archive
Pope Francis has bemoaned the allure of “fashionable” homosexuality, stressing that gay priests must forever remain in the closet – or leave the Catholic Church.
The pontiff likens homosexuality to a modern – and apparently dangerous – trend in his new book, ‘The Strength of a Vocation’, which is set to be released Monday in 10 languages.
“In our societies it even seems that homosexuality is fashionable and that mentality, in some way, also influences the life of the church,” Francis wrote. “Therefore, the Church recommends that people with that kind of ingrained tendency should not be accepted into the ministry or consecrated life.”
The Pope advised that the Church, which has been tainted by numerous sexual scandals, must urge homosexual priests to be “impeccably responsible” and avoid “scandalizing either their communities or the faithful holy people of God.”
“It’s better for them to leave the ministry or the consecrated life rather than to live a double life,” he stressed.
Pope Francis © Gonzalo Fuentes
While the Vatican prohibits sexual activity between members of the same sex, it has also called for tolerance towards members of the LGBT community. In 2005, the Vatican banned gays and all those with “homosexual tendencies or support the so-called ‘gay culture’” from entering the seminaries and holy orders.
The Vatican prohibits same sex between members, and yet there are priests and bishops who have openly violated that prohibition with no response from the Vatican.
In late August this year, Pope Francis got into hot water over his comments regarding gay issues. Speaking to a reporter, he said that parents whose children have homosexual tendencies should seek out the help of psychiatrists. The Vatican later did some damage control, claiming the pontiff did not mean it and removed those words from the official transcript.
There's no place for truth in a politically correct world. It's to its own condemnation that the Catholic Church is politically correct - God isn't! Perhaps the Pope is beginning to walk back some of that PC attitude.
Names of 11 Catholic clergy members in grand jury report won't be made public, court says
Mark Scolforo, Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court says the names of 11 Roman Catholic clergy cited in a grand jury report on sexual abuse of children can't be made public.
The Supreme Court said Monday releasing the information would have violated the clergymen's state constitutional right to have their reputation protected.
The clergy challenged being named in the document before its August release.
Attorney General Josh Shapiro says that although he can't release the names, the state's bishops should.
The clergy argued they hadn't been provided an adequate opportunity to respond to the grand jury about the allegations. They also said the report stigmatized people who hadn't been convicted of crimes, and contained inaccuracies.
The jury found more than 300 priests had abused children going back 70 years, and church officials covered up abuse.
Syracuse Diocese: 57 Clergy Accused of Child Sex Abuse Since 1950
By FOX 40
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -
The Syracuse Diocese made public Monday the names of 57 clergy members with a credible allegation of sexual abuse dating back to 1950.
The Diocese provided a list to district attorneys in addition to posting the names on
syrdio.org, its website and the diocesan newspaper,
thecatholicsun.com.
The Broome County District Attorney's Office confirmed 11 of clergy on the list are from Broome County and said "the Diocese of Syracuse has been in touch with the Broome County District Attorney’s Office regarding 11 of the named priests.”
In a letter that preceded, Bishop Robert J. Cunningham explained his decision to release the names to coincide with the start of the holy Advent season, the four weeks before Christmas.
Cunningham said the recent news of the “tragic failings of the Catholic Church” has been deeply distressing and said he prayerfully considered what steps he could do to rebuild trust.
The list consists of names of clergy with credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor, when they were ordained and their status. Thirty-eight of the 57 accused are deceased.
West Virginia diocese publishes names of clergy
accused of child sex abuse
BY GARY NGUYEN
St Joseph's Cathedral, Wheeling, WV
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of West Virginia released the names of clergy who are accused of multiple child sexual abuse crimes. Some cases date back to the 1950s.
According to the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, among the 18 clergy members mentioned in the list, 11 of them have died. No one in the list is actively ministering to constituents.
As per the West Virginia Roman Catholic archdiocese, the public release of names pertains to the 2002 U.S. bishops’ approved "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People." The move is in accordance with the policy adopted by the diocese on matters of sexual abuse since 1985.
This list starts from 1950, the year when the church started to hold reasonably reliable files. Over 2,000 files were put under the scanner, with investigators trawling through the thousands of documents within.
The release of such information is part of the commitment of Wheeling-Charleston Diocese to transparency along with giving aid to the reconciliation process and healing the West Virginia faithful community.
William Lori, the Archbishop of Baltimore, and the diocese's apostolic administrator, said his diocese hopes the release of such a list will be one of the multiple steps to restore trust with not only the parishioners but also with the greater West Virginia community. He said it is hoped people will view the release of such a list as an active sign of the diocese's good faith towards transparency and accountability and a clear indication of the diocese providing a better environment both for adults and children. He continued in this vein, saying that as the diocese prays for all sexual abuse victims, it has also committed itself to do everything which can be done to make sure everyone who is entrusted to its care remains protected.
Other than 18 accused clergy members from the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese, the list also contained 13 priests from other dioceses who have credible charges against them. The latter list includes a few who have served West Virginia diocese but against those no claims were documented.
The list included short descriptions of the varied accusations inclusive of solicitation, abuse, or inappropriate touching. One noted accused priest is the Reverend Felix Owino, who was subsequently deported to his home nation in Africa after he was convicted in 2010 of aggravated sexual battery. The victim was a girl when the accused served as the associate pastor at a Weirton-located Catholic Church.
Pedophile US priest arrested in the Philippines
had child rape den
A Catholic priest arrested and charged with sexual abuse of children during his longtime residency in the Philippines lived with numerous underage boys, prosecutors say.
The US and the Philippines announced the arrest of Rev.
Kenneth Hendricks, 77, on
charges of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places, a federal crime that could result in up to 30 years in prison.
The Catholic priest had been residing in the Philippines for almost 40 years, receiving some funding for missionary work from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Jasmine Minor
@jasminenminor
The DOJ has charged Kenneth Hendricks, a Catholic Priest from Cincinnati, with a federal crime for allegedly sexually abusing minor boys for over the last few decades.
Officials say one victim was only 7 when the abuse began.
This case is sadly far from isolated in the majority Catholic Philippines. In 2002, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines’ President Orlando Quevedo estimated that
in the course of last 20 years, some 200 of the 7,000 priests in the country may have been involved in illicit sexual activity.
If only it were that few.
Many disturbing details came to light during the investigation, such as the prosecutor’s claim that
Hendricks had multiple children living at his residence: “It is alleged he insisted they take baths together and would molest the victims alone or with other boys. The priest allegedly warned the victims that if they told anyone they would all go to prison.”
A priest who started his career in Cincinnati over 50 years (ago) is being detained in the Philippines on charges of molesting young boys.
US attorney Benjamin Glassman described Hendrick’s actions as “horrifying... abusive conduct,” adding that Hendricks’ first “befriended” his victims, and found excuses to get them to come to his private residence before “engaging in progressively intimate contact, sometimes including oral and anal sex.”
The age of those abused ranges between 7 and 12 years old. Some of them were abused multiple times over extended periods.
All of those Hendricks assaulted met him through his official work in the church; many of them when they signed up to be altar boys.
The investigation was initiated after some victims filed complaints with the police. Those that came forward had consistent elements which helped police verify the claims and find more victims. Prosecutors also have access to a recording of a conversation between Hendricks and one of his victims, in which he discusses reaching a settlement with his victims’ parents and resigning if found out. In one of the stomach churning recordings he is heard lamenting that
“Happy days are gone” and that
“It’s all over,” according to the criminal complaint.
Mike Schafer, a representative of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, said that they “know next to nothing about this man,” with the Diocese claiming on their website that Hendricks “is not, nor ever has been, a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati” next to his listing as one of the church’s missionaries in Asia.
LA Catholic archdiocese lists 54 more priests accused of CSA since 2008
Aaron Schrank KPCC
For the first time in a decade, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Thursday updated its public list of priests accused of sexually abusing children, pledging to more frequently revise the disclosure.
Church officials added the names of 54 priests who were all accused of abuse since 2008.
“We’re responding to all that’s going on in the church at this point in time,” said Heather Banis, a victims assistance coordinator with the archdiocese.
“In the last 10 years, when reported to us, we’ve been making those names public in the parishes or ministry sites where the priests had served,” Banis said.
“And there was a general sense that we needed to compile that information, have it all in one place and make it a little more accessible.”
Total now 296
First published in 2004, the archdiocese’s “Report to the People of God” names what the church calls “credibly accused” priests. The list was updated in 2005 and 2008. With the latest additions,
the full list of Catholic clergy accused of child sex abuse in the archdiocese now numbers 296.
To read the full story, go to
LAist.com.
Report shows dozens of Jesuit Priests accused of child sex abuse lived and worked in Spokane
by Fox 28 Spokane
Gonzaga U, Spokane, WA
Nearly 60 Catholic Jesuit priests with ties to Spokane have been named in a list published Friday of ministry leaders with credible allegations of sexual abuse, some of which are decades old.
The list was published Friday by the
Jesuits West Province, which was formed in July of 2017 when the former California and Oregon Provinces became one, and
is comprised of Arizona, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
The list includes
111 priests who had at least one credible claim of sexual abuse that involved a child or vulnerable adult. Many had multiple claims. Of that 111 person list,
59 of the priests lived and worked in Spokane. 52 of those priests have since died, but 7 are still alive.
The priests worked at
Gonzaga Prepatory School, Gonzaga High School, Gonzaga University, Regis Community, Harbor Crest Core Facility, Pacific Northwest Indian Center, St. Aloysius Church, and Mount St. Michael’s.
The Jesuits West said they made the list public, despite most of the men not facing criminal charges, because “the People of God demand and deserve transparency. We hope that this act of accountability will help victims and their families in the healing process. Most importantly, parents need to know that their children are going to be safe at church, at school or in any setting which includes Jesuits..”
Anyone who has felt victimized by a Jesuit is encouraged to call victim’s advocate Mary Panighetti at 408-893-8398 as well as law enforcement and child protective agencies.
German prosecutors launch crackdown on
Catholic church sex abuse
Zita Ballinger Fletcher
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
The German flag is seen outside the Ministry of Justice in Munich. German police and prosecutors are launching investigations into clergy sexual abuse following the Sept. 12 leak of a report containing evidence of 3,700 alleged child sex abuse cases in the Catholic Church over a 68-year-period. (Credit: Zita Ballinger Fletcher/CNS.)
German police and prosecutors are launching investigations into clergy sexual abuse following the Sept. 12 leak of a report containing evidence of 3,700 alleged child sex abuse cases in the Catholic Church over a 68-year-period.
Authorities in
Cologne, Passau and Gorlitz have publicly initiated criminal proceedings following the release of the report, according to Welt news.
Six law professors filed criminal complaints against all 27 dioceses in October. A further 20 public prosecutors nationwide are currently examining evidence against church officials in Germany’s 27 Catholic dioceses.
According to a Dec. 6 report by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,
public prosecutors who have not yet openly brought charges are doing so with an aim to identify all parties involved in cover-ups and root out larger conspiracies within the Church. Details of the investigations are being kept confidential. Authorities currently doing investigative research include those of
Osnabruck, Wurzburg and Bamberg.
Archdioceses currently being affected by criminal proceedings have been asked to reveal all details of known cases and to hand over all relevant documents to government authorities.
The abuse cover-up scandal, which caused widespread shock in Germany, has also drawn attention from Germany’s national government. On Nov. 22, the permanent council of the German bishops’ conference announced it was cooperating with the federal government to take further steps following the release of the report, including the standardization of file management in all dioceses, establishing contacts for victims not affiliated with dioceses, and identifying, through an independent review, who exactly was responsible for institutional cover-ups.
Spokesmen for the German bishops’ conference have declared its “full cooperation” with judicial authorities. Some archdioceses have already made their files available to public prosecutors, according to KNA, the German Catholic news agency.
In the face of mounting public pressure in Germany surrounding the celibacy of priests in response to the abuse crisis, the bishops’ conference has announced it “review” the celibate lifestyle of priests at its next permanent council meeting. The bishops said they will invite various professionals from different disciplines to discuss the matter and said they are developing a detailed “work plan” for this meeting.
That should be interesting!
Vatican investigates after Chilean nuns ‘thrown out of order after reporting priest’s sex abuse’
By Associated Press
The Vatican has launched an investigation into a small Chilean religious order of nuns after some sisters denounced sexual abuse at the hands of priests and mistreatment by their superiors.
The investigation marks a turning point, showing the Holy See is now willing to investigate allegations of sexual violence against nuns.
The scandal at the
Institute of the Good Samaritan was revealed publicly in an investigative report by Chilean national television earlier this year at the height of outrage over how Chilean Catholic hierarchy covered up decades of sexual abuse of children by priests.
The investigation marks a turning point, showing the Holy See is now willing to investigate allegations of sexual violence against nuns. (AP)
In the report, a half-dozen current and former nuns said sisters were thrown out of the order after they denounced the abuse to their superiors. The report followed the sisters as they testified before two Vatican investigators sent to Chile by Pope Francis to get to the bottom of the church-wide scandal there.
In a statement, the Vatican embassy to Chile announced that an "apostolic visitation", or investigation, had begun Wednesday (local time) in the institute.
It said over the coming months the probe would take testimony from current and former sisters and those affiliated with the institute so the Vatican can understand the situation and make whatever changes are necessary.
The institute is located in the diocese of Talca, which since 1996 had been headed by
Bishop Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca.
Pope Francis removed Valenzuela as bishop in June as part of his cleanup of the Chilean hierarchy.
Valenzuela had been one of the bishops trained by Chile's most infamous predator priests, the Reverend Fernando Karadima.
Trained to do what?
The Vatican has launched an investigation into a small Chilean religious order of nuns after some sisters denounced sexual abuse at the hands of priests and mistreatment by their superiors. (AP)
As a diocesan institute of consecrated life, the Good Samaritan order was wholly dependent on the bishop and under his authority.
The Vatican investigation into the abuse there marks a turning point of sorts as the Holy See in recent years has focused its attention on responding to the abuse of minors by priests.
But recently, adult nuns have begun denouncing sexual violence at the hands of priests and bishops, an abuse of power that has become more recognized in the #MeToo era.
The Vatican did send in an investigator in 2014 when seminarians and priests reported sexual misconduct claims against their superior, the late Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien. Francis eventually removed O'Brien's rights and privileges as a cardinal.
A similar case erupted this year in the US involving disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
The scandal at the Institute of the Good Samaritan was revealed publicly in an investigative report by Chilean national television earlier this year at the height of outrage over how Chilean Catholic hierarchy covered up decades of sexual abuse of children by priests. (AP)
In the report, a half-dozen current and former nuns said sisters were thrown out of the order after they denounced the abuse to their superiors. (EPA)
The scandal was sparked by an allegation that McCarrick abused a teenage altar boy, but exploded further when adult ex-seminarians reported that he routinely pressured them to sleep with him.
An Associated Press expose this summer, which cited the Chilean case and others in Europe, Africa and India, found that the Vatican had long known about the problem of the sexual violence committed against religious sisters but done next to nothing to stop it.
Church authorities have long downplayed the prevalence of the problem, often blaming the nun for seducing a priest when a scandal became known.
The issue though has gained such prominence that
the international association of the world's religious sisters recently issued an unprecedented statement urging that nuns report any abuse they had suffered to police and their superiors.
The statement from the
Union of International Superiors General, which represents 500,000 of the world's 660,000 nuns, was even more significant since it was issued to mark the
UN's day for the elimination of violence against women, a strong show of solidarity with all women who are victims of sexual violence.
Alabama archbishop releases names of clergy, religious accused of child sex abuse
By Catholic News Service
MOBILE, Ala. (CNS) —
Saying that Jesus provides light for the church to overcome darkness, Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of Mobile released the names of priests, deacons and religious brothers who had been credibly accused of sexual misconduct with minors.
Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of Mobile, Ala.
(CNS photo/Robert Duncan)
In releasing the list Dec. 6, Archbishop Rodi apologized to victims of child sexual abuse as well as to parishioners throughout the southern Alabama archdiocese in a statement posted on the archdiocesan website,
www.mobarch.org.
The names were included on two lists: one for archdiocesan clergy and the other for religious order clergy and religious men. In the case of religious order clergy, he said, the list includes the names of all priests and brothers credibly accused, even if alleged incidents of abuse did not occur in the archdiocese.
The lists show that allegations were received
from the 1950s through 2012. The most recent case involved a deacon of the archdiocese.
All other incidents were reported no later than 1998. In all,
10 archdiocesan priests and one deacon were named as were 15 religious order priests and two religious brothers.
Archbishop Rodi said the
allegations involved about 2 percent of the 457 archdiocesan clergy who have served since 1950. However, church officials were unable to determine how many religious order priests served in the archdiocese during the last seven decades because of incomplete records, he explained. “I presume the percentage would be similar,” the archbishop’s statement said.
“As you will notice almost all of these acts of misconduct were many years ago. That is in no way to excuse the devastating harm of child abuse. The injury that sexual abuse of a minor inflicts lasts for many years,” the archbishop said.
“At the same time,” he added, “the fact that these horrible acts of misconduct are many years ago, reflects the commitment of the church to protect young people form abuse while they are involved in church ministries.”
The names have been forwarded to the offices of the Alabama attorney general and the Mobile County district attorney, the archbishop said.
“It is my prayer that this (release) will not re-traumatize anyone but will assist in the healing for which victims desperately long,” Archbishop Rodi’s statement said. “I also pray that it will help all the people of the church, and of the broader community, to know that the Archdiocese of Mobile is not allowing anyone to minister in our archdiocese who has credible accusations of sexual misconduct with minors.”
Editor’s Note: The full text of Archbishop Rodi’s letter and the two lists of those with credible abuse allegations can be found at https://bit.ly/2QMbVEh.
17 Jesuit priests with ties to St. Louis named
on child sexual abuse list
By Nassim Benchaabane St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS •
A regional Jesuit province based here became on Friday the latest in a number of Catholic institutions across the country to release lists naming priests credibly accused of sexual abuse.
The Jesuits U.S. Central and Southern Province, which includes
Missouri and Southern Illinois, released a list of
42 priests and other ministry officials. They said the abuse allegations went back to 1955.
Priests with local ties
The Jesuits Central and Southern U.S. Province, based in St. Louis, published Friday a list 42 priests and staff credibly accused of sexual assault since 1955.
Seventeen of those named had worked in St. Louis; 12 had assignments at St. Louis University High School. At least seven of the priests were the subject of or mentioned in past reports by the Post-Dispatch:
Michael O. Barry (1948-1987) was assigned to Cardinal Ritter High School, St. Louis University Hospitals and the White House Jesuit Retreat Center in south St. Louis County.
John "Jack" Campbell (1920-2009) had been credibly accused of sexual abuse by at least 13 people when the Missouri Province of Jesuits paid a $185,000 settlement to a Virginia man who alleged the then retired Campbell molested him in the 1970s while he was a student at St. Louis University High School. Campbell was in residence at the school at the time, and he led retreats at area high schools and the White House Jesuit Retreat Center in south St. Louis County. The man alleged Campbell sexually molested him for two years before and after his graduation during him "as therapy" during counseling appointments in the rectory of St. Francis Xavier (College) Church.
Francis X. Cleary (1929-2010) was an unofficial historian of the 1949 event in St. Louis that inspired William Petter Blatty's novel "The Excorcist" and the hit movie that followed. He previously taught at St. Louis University and preached at St. Joseph Church in Clayton and at St. Clare of Assisi Church in Ellisville.
James A. Condon (1906-1993) was assigned to The Queen's Work in St. Louis.
Chester E. Gaiter (1939-2010) was one of three priests accused of sexually abusing a Cardinal Ritter High School student from 1978 to 1985. In 2007, the student, then in his 40s, reached a $140,000 settlement with the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Jesuits of the Missouri-Province, and the Redemptorists Denver Province.
John W. Hough (1939-present) was assigned to SLUH. Left the priesthood in 1977.
Francis J. Kegel (1919-2009) was assigned to SLUH.
Dennis P. Kirchoff (1955-present) was assigned to St. Louis University High School. He was removed from ministry in 1991. He was alleged to have committed abuse in the 1990s.
Philip D. Kraus (1941-present) was assigned to SLUH, the White House Jesuit Retreat Office and Jesuit Hall Community in St. Louis. Removed from ministry in 2003.
Gerhardt B. Lehmkuhl (1942-2012) In 1996, Lehmkuhl, then 53, was sentenced to one year in prison after he admitted getting a mail-order videotape showing two boys having sex. Prior to 1996, Lehmkuhl, a lawyer in addition to a priest, lived in Jesuit Hall at St. Louis University and for 11 years helped provide free legal service to about 200 people each year.
Eugene A. Maio (1929-present) was assigned to St. Louis University. He left the Jesuits in 1970 and the priesthood in 1971, before the Jesuits received an allegation of abuse against him.
James L. McShane (1907-1993) taught at St. Louis University High School, was associate pastor at the old St. Malachy Parish and St. Matthew Catholic Church, and an associate chaplain at the old Firmin Desloge Hospital, now SLU Hospital. After retiring in 1983, he served seven years in various pastoral duties at De Smet Jesuit High School.
Patrick H. O'Liddy (1956-present) was assigned to SLUH. He left the Jesuits in 2000 and the priesthood in 2001.
Paul C. Pilgram (1939-present) was assigned to SLUH and the Fusz Pavilion and White House homes. He was removed from ministry in 2003.
George M. Pieper (1917-1998) taught at SLUH and lived at the Jesuits' Fusz Pavilion and Hallahan House homes. He was removed from ministry after he was accused of abuse.
Anthony J. Short (1939-present) was assigned to SLUH, St. Francis Xavier College Church and the Fusz Pavilion Jesuit home. Removed from ministry in 2008.
Richard H. Witzofsky (1929-2003) was worked as a painter at the St. Stanislaus Seminary in Florissant and served in a number of roles at St. Louis University High until 2002. Removed from ministry in 2002.
Dozens of Montana priests accused of sex abuse were moved to new posts, report shows
By MATT HOFFMAN mhoffman@billingsgazette.com
St. Patrick Co-Cathedral in downtown Billings.
A new report outlining abuse accusations against Jesuit priests includes dozens of priests who worked in Montana churches, missions and schools — and shows that at least 11 priests were accused while working in the state.
Many of the accusations are against priests already identified in bankruptcy reports for the Great Falls/Billings and Helena dioceses. But the Jesuit Order report includes dates of alleged abuse and new "credible claims" against priests. It also includes
work history information that confirms priests were frequently shuffled between postings, including after alleged abuse.
"The People of God demand and deserve transparency," Scott Santarosa, the leader of a Jesuit Order province covering 10 western states including Montana, wrote in an online open letter. "We hope that this act of accountability will help victims and their families in the healing process."
Friday's report shows the results of an internal investigation. Santarosa's letter said the province will have a consultant and former FBI executive review files in 2019, and any priests with new credible allegations will be identified.
The Jesuit Order is a branch of the Roman Catholic Church with about 17,000 priests and brothers.
Several priests on the lists worked in Montana and were accused of abuse at Montana postings.
All of the accusations were for sexual abuse of a minor.
For example,
James P. Hurley was accused of abuse during the late 1950s and from 1966 to 1967 in allegations reported in 2009. He worked at St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1962 to 1964, Loyola High School in Missoula from 1964 to 1965 and from 1967 to 1973, and St. Ignatius Mission from 1965 to 1967.
Altogether, he worked at 17 different postings, often for no more than a few years. The Gazette is including in this article only where priests worked in Montana; full work histories are listed in the report. Hurley died in 1998.
The accusations are also clustered on reservations, which often had a mission staffed by Jesuit priests. An attorney for victims of sexual abuse by clergy told the Great Falls Tribune in 2017 that the Catholic Church and Jesuit Order used reservations as "dumping grounds" for priests accused of abuse.
Francis W. Callan's postings in Montana were all on or near reservations and some of those came during or after alleged abuse occurred. Callan was accused of abuse from 1950 to 1953 in an allegation reported in 2009. He worked at the St. Ignatius Mission in 1948 and 1949; the St. Francis Xavier Mission in Missoula in 1952 and 1953; and St. Joseph's Church in Hardin from 1953 to 1956.
Callan died in 1991. A priest named Callan was listed in the Helena bankruptcy report, but no first name was given.
In another case, Bernard F. McMeel was accused of sexual abuse of a minor during 1977 in allegations reported in 1978. He worked at St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1978 to 1994 after being transferred from a church in Alaska. He died in 1994.
There were no reports of abuse in Montana in the new "credible claims" part of the report, but former Gonzaga University priest and professor Gary Uhlenkott, who was sentenced in May to six months in jail for viewing child pornography, worked at St. Francis Xavier Church in Missoula from 1980-1982.
The report includes new allegations of abuse in Montana that were listed only in the Oregon bankruptcy documents.
Leonard A. Kohlman was accused of abuse from 1958 to 1967, from 1962 to 1976, and from 1965 to 1969 in allegations reported in 2009. He worked at St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1951 to 1962. Kohlman died in 1972; its unclear whether an abuse report dating to 1976 was an error.
Seven priests identified in the Oregon documents were accused of abuse while working outside Montana. At least one was transferred to Montana shortly after the alleged abuse occurred.
John S. Harrington was accused of abuse during 1975 in an allegation reported in 2009. He worked at St. Jude's Church in Havre from 1975 to 1994 after being transferred from Gonzaga University earlier in 1975. He went on to work at St. Francis Xavier Church in Missoula from 1994 to 2000. Harrington died in 2004.
Francis E. Duffy was accused of abuse from 1949 to 1950, from 1967 to 1969, and from 1977 to 1978 in allegations reported in 2002, 2008 and 2009. He worked at St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1938 to 1939 and from 1946 to 1948. Duffy died in 1992.
William T. McIntyre was accused of abuse from 1958 to 1959 in allegations reported in 2009. He worked at St. Ignatius Mission in 1937. McIntyre died in 1983.
Peter O'Grady was accused of 1981 abuse in allegations reported in 2003 and 2009. He worked at St. Jude's Church in Havre from 1952 to 1954 and at St. Francis Xavier Church in Missoula from 1954 to 1955. O'Grady died in 1993.
Richard J. Pauson was accused of abuse from 1967 to 1968 in an allegation reported in 2009. He worked at St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1959 to 1960, at St. Thomas' Church in Harlem from 1961 to 1963, and at Our Lady of Loretto Church in Lodge Grass from 1963 to 1965. Pauson died in 1971.
Eugene E. Pierre was accused of abuse from 1962 to 1965 in allegations reported in 2009. He worked St. Francis Xavier Church in Missoula from 1977 to 1979. Pierre died in 1979.
William J. Ryan was accused of abuse from 1960 to 1963. He worked at St. Xavier's Mission in Big Horn from 1935 to 1936. Ryan died in 1967.
Several priests were listed in both the Oregon Province bankruptcy and the Great Falls/Billings Diocese or Helena Diocese bankruptcies. At least three — Joseph A. Balfe, Augustine J. Ferretti, and Rene Gallant — were also identified in a 2011 lawsuit alleging widespread abuse at St. Ignatius Mission.
Balfe was accused of abuse between 1934 and 1940 and from 1959 to 1961. He worked at St. Ignatius Mission from 1931 to 1935 and from 1945 to 1953, at St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1935 to 1936, at St. Francis Xavier Church in Missoula from 1936 to 1937 and from 1944 to 1945, and at St. Jude's Church in Havre from 1953 to 1957. Balfe died in 1969. In total, he worked at 20 different placements, never for more than five years.
Ferretti was accused of abuse from 1952 to 1958, from 1960 to 1969, and from 1971 to 1976 in allegations reported in 2009. He worked at St. Ignatius Mission from 1952 to 1953 and from 1963 to 1969 and St. Margaret Mary's Church in Big Sandy from 1955 to 1957. He died in 1982.
Gallant was accused of abuse during 13 different time periods covering almost every year between 1943 and 1970 in allegations reported in 2009. He worked at St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1929 to 1933 and St. Ignatius Mission from 1940 to 1975. Gallant died in 1975.
Bernard A. Harris was accused of sexual abuse of a minor from 1958 to 1962, from 1962 to 1966, from 1965 to 1969, and from 1971 to 1972 in allegations reported in 1993, 2006, and 2009. Harris worked at Loyola High School in Missoula from 1953 to 1972. Harris died in 1972. A father Bernard Harris was named in the 2011 St. Ignatius lawsuit, but the report doesn't show Bernard A. Harris working at the mission. The suit names three other priests who weren't listed in the Jesuit report.
John Joseph Brown was accused of sexual abuse of a minor from 1953 to 1959 in allegations reported in 2009. He worked at St. Ignatius Mission from 1957 to 1958, St. Charles Mission in Pryor from 1958 to 1967, and St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1967 to 1970. He died in 1987.
Patrick J. Conway was accused of sexual abuse of a minor from 1945 to 1949 in allegations reported in 2009. He worked at St. Francis Xavier Church in Missoula from 1935 to 1936 and St. Xavier Mission from 1947 to 1950. Conway was dismissed in 1950.
Egon E. Mallman was accused of sexual abuse of a minor during 1958 and 1960 in allegations reported in 2009. He worked at St. Xavier's Mission from 1933 to 1934, the Holy Family Mission near Browning from 1934 to 1940, and St. Anne's Church in Heart Butte from 1940 to 1977. He died in 1980.
Sylvester D. Penna was accused of sexual abuse of a minor from 1951 to 1957, though the time period appears uncertain, in allegations reported in 2009. He worked at St. Jude's Church in Havre from 1953 to 1960 and from 1967 to 1968, Loyola High School in Missoula from 1965 to 1967, and St. Thomas' Church in Harlem from 1968 to 1972. He died in 1974.
Edmund J. Robinson was accused of sexual abuse of a minor during four different time periods covering each year between 1959 and 1972 in allegations reported in 2008. Robinson worked at St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1956 to 1958, from 1959 to 1962 and 1966 to 1968, at St. Ignatius Mission from 1962 to 1964 and 1968 to 1981, St. Jude's Church in Havre from 1986 to 1987, and St. Thomas' Church in Harlem from 1987 to 1989. He died in 2014.
The Great Falls Tribune reported that Robinson arrived at St. Paul's in 1955, and that a plaintiff in a lawsuit says Robinson molested her that year. The Tribune details how Robinson bounced between assignments despite continuing allegations of abuse, including accusations of rape in 1959 and 1963 and physical and sexual assault in 1960.
For two priests listed in both documents from multiple dioceses, years of accused sexual abuse don't match up with the priests' time in Montana, raising the prospect of further abuse not detailed in the report.
Gabriel M. Menager was accused of sexual abuse of a minor during an unknown year in an allegation reported in 2009. He worked at St. Jude's Church in Havre from 1930 to 1933, St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1936 to 1939 and 1945 to 1946, and St. Ignatius Mission from 1939 to 1945. Menager died in 1966.
Patrick J. O'Reilly was accused of sexual abuse of a minor during 1945, 1947 and 1949 in allegations reported in 2009. He worked at St. Francis Xavier Church in Missoula from 1934 to 1935. He died in 1958.
For priests who were accused of sexual abuse that were identified only by the Diocese of Great Falls/Billings as part of a bankruptcy agreement, the Jesuit report did not independently verify the claims or list the years of alleged abuse.
Arnold L. Custer worked at St. Ignatius Mission from 1946 to 1950, St. Thomas Church in Harlem from 1950 to 1952, and St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1962 to 1966. He died in 1969.
John I. Ryan worked at St. Charles' Mission in Pryor from 1961 to 1963 and St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1963 to 1986. He died in 1986.
Patrick F. Savage worked at St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1925 to 1927, St. Xavier's Mission from 1931 to 1933 and 1950 to 1952, St. Francis Regis Mission in Montana from 1933 to 1939, St. Jude's Church in Havre from 1939 to 1941, and Holy Family Hospital in St. Ignatius from 1962 to 1964. He died in 1965. Records don't show a St. Francis Regis Mission in Montana, but do list one in Washington.
Frederick Simoneau worked at St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1947 to 1956, from 1965 to 1967, and from 1969 to 1977, St. Xavier Mission from 1961 to 1965, and St. Jude's Church in Havre from 1977 to 1984. He died in 1984.
Accusations against priests identified by the Helena Diocese settlement also were not verified by the report, and years of alleged abuse were not listed.
Augustine M. Dimier worked at St. Ignatius Mission from 1899 to 1901 and from 1920 to 1950 and St. Paul's Mission in Hays from 1913 to 1920. He died in 1950.
Joseph L. Obersinner worked at St. Ignatius Mission from 1971 to 1981 and St. Francis Xavier Church in Missoula from 1990 to 1991. He died in March.
John Sorisio worked at St. Ignatius Mission from 1915 until his death in 1957.
Louis Taelman worked at St. Ignatius Mission from 1893 to 1895, from 1898 to 1899, from 1905 to 1909, from 1924 to 1940 and from 1952 to 1961. He also worked at St. Xavier Mission from 1901 to 1905 and 1913 to 1924. He died in 1961.
Two priests were listed as being identified through the Helena bankruptcy but not listed as working in Montana.
Thomas E. Connolly was most recently listed as working in California in 2016 but was "removed from ministry" due to a "safety plan," the report says. Victor Charlo worked in Spokane from 1961 to 1963 and was dismissed, according to the report.
