Cristancho, Fernando (Diocese of Istmina-Tado, Colombia) Father Fernando Cristancho was a priest of the Diocese of Istmina-Tado, Colombia, who served in the Diocese of Arlington prior serving in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Archdiocese of the. In 1995, LeFevre was removed from his administrative job because of allegations relating to the mid-1970s. Bourbon died in 2007. Father Frederick Brinkmann17. In 2002, another individual contacted the Archdiocese and alleged an incident of sexual abuse by McGuire in the late 1940s. In 2000, the same alleged victim met with the Archdiocese and related detailed allegations of sexual abuse by Farabaugh. THE NUMBER IS FOR TEN, FIVE, SEVEN, SIX, SIX, 312. These dioceses serve 9 million Catholics in the United States. +Hopkins, George L. In 2002, an individual alleged sexual abuse by Msgr. All of the allegations are related to acts which allegedly occurred in the mid- to late 1980s. *Spillane, Michael In 1991, an individual alleged sexual abuse by Father Michael Spillane. Father Robert Duerr34. He served at St. Patrick School (Baltimore) from 1944 to 1948. Kuhl died in 2015. Father Thomas F. Kelly63. In addition to serving at Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Woodlawn) from 1966 to 1967, he also served at St. Bernard (Baltimore) in 1967, St. Mary (Cumberland) from 1968 to 1973, St. Mark (Fallston) from 1973 to 1978, St. Jane Frances de Chantal (Riviera Beach) from 1978 to 1983, St. Clare (Essex) from 1983 to 1987, Our Lady of Sorrows (Owensville) from 1987 to 1996, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Crofton) in 1996, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Ellicott City) from 1996 to 2007. In many such cases, where the individual named is a priest from a religious order or other diocese, the Archdioceses information is limited. The Archdiocese discovered that Dempster had celebrated mass at St. Alphonsus (Baltimore) in or around 2000 and immediately informed Dempster that he was to cease doing so. In 2015, an individual contacted the Archdiocese and alleged sexual abuse by Roscetti at St. Anthony Ridgely in West Virginia in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Toohey denies the allegation. The attorney has not provided any further information regarding the claim. He resided at the Legionary community in Washington DC from 1994 to 2004 while serving as chaplain to various organizations. He served at St. Marys Industrial School (Baltimore) from 1931 to 1933. All are permanently barred from employment or volunteer ministry with the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Avant had left the Capuchins in 1990. Vazquez-Ortega, Urbano (Capuchin Franciscan) In November 2018, Father Urbano Vazquez-Ortega was arrested and later charged by Washington, D.C. police with sexually abusing minors at Shrine of the Sacred Heart Parish in Northwest Washington starting around 2015. Corbett died in 1957. In 1964, Esposito was ordained a priest of the Congregation of the Mission of St. Vincent de Paul, a religious order also known as the Vincentians, in Naples, Italy. In 1998, an individual alleged sexual abuse by Blackwell beginning in the late 1960s, and Blackwell admitted the allegation. +Davies, Joseph In 1993, a man in his 50s contacted the Archdiocese to report that he had been sexually abused as a child by Monsignor Joseph Davies in the 1950s. McMahon, John J. He served as a deacon and priest at St. Michael (Overlea) from 1974 to 1976, then as Associate Pastor of St. Clare from 1976 to 1982. +Burton, C. Jeffries (Jesuit) In 2007, Father C. Jeffries Burton was removed from ministry and the Jesuits report a single allegation of unwanted touching over clothing in about 1982. He was ordained a priest in 1973 and served at St. Veronica (Baltimore) from 1975 to 1982 and St. Francis Xavier (Baltimore) from 1982 to 1986. Cristancho was laicized in 2022. Yeakle left the priesthood in 1972. The Archdiocese informed the Capuchins of the allegation. A Baltimore Banner investigation has uncovered the identities of three of the redacted clergy members. +Corbett, John J. Rouse served at St. Elizabeth of Hungary from 1976 to 1981, St. Mark (Catonsville) from 1981 to 1983, St. Isaac Jogues from 1983 to 1990, St. Anthony of Padua from 1990 to 1992, and St. Rose of Lima from 1992 to 1994. OToole served at Our Lady of Fatima from 1962 to 1980 and St.Wenceslaus (Baltimore) from 1980 to 1983. The Archdiocese received no information of misconduct by Hammer while in Baltimore, but in 1989 decided that because of his history he should not even be engaged in hospital ministry. The Archdiocese reported the allegation to the Maryland Attorney Generals Office. Father Robert Lentz80. He served at Our Lady of Good Counsel (Baltimore) from 1980 to 1984 and the University of Maryland Hospital from 1982 to 1983. He served at St. Michael School (Baltimore) from 1940 to 1941. 37. Eric Price117. Father David Smith124. The Catholic Church has been criticized for protecting abusers over victims. +Lippold, John In 2010, the Archdiocese of Baltimore learned of an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor by Father John Lippold. Izquierdo was granted faculties in the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 1995. +Krach, Joseph Father Joseph Krach admitted during treatment in 1990 that he engaged in sexual contact with minors. Carmel (Essex) from 1980 to 1992, and Our Lady of Good Counsel from 1992 to 2000. The Xaverian Brothers report that Morrissey is currently living in a restricted environment on a safety plan. Kuhn served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore at the Youth Apostles Community House in Thurmont, MD in 2009 and at St. Johns Catholic Prep in Frederick, MD from 2016-2018. Father Jerome Moody102. Dolan, Francis E. (Fabian) (Xaverian Brother) In 2019, the Xaverian Brothers reported that in 1995 they received an allegation of sexual abuse by Brother Fabian Dolan in 1945. John J. Corbett in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The Archdiocese reported this allegation to the Benedictines. | LINK: Attorney General's Report: Child Abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Bradley, H. Cornell (Jesuit) In 2006, Father H. Cornell Bradley left ministry and the Jesuits report multiple allegations of sexual abuse from the 1970s and 1980s. LaPorta served at St. Matthew from 1951 to 1963, St. Charles Borromeo from 1963 to 1971, St. Bernard (Baltimore) from 1971 to 1978, Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Woodlawn) from 1978 to 1991, and St. Mark (Catonsville) from 1991 until his retirement in 1998. Hopkins had retired just prior to the receipt of these allegations and his faculties to perform any ministry were removed. Father George Hopkins57. He was assigned to the Manresa Retreat House (Annapolis) in 1969. Those in bold text are still living, according to the report.1. +McCrory, William Monsignor William McCrory served at St. John (Westminster) and St. Bartholomew (Hampstead) from 1944 to 1946; Sacred Heart (Glyndon) in 1947; St. Peter the Apostle (Baltimore) from 1948 to 1959; St. Francis of Assisi (Brunswick) and St. Mary (Petersville) from 1959 to 1968; and St. Patrick (Havre de Grace) from 1968 to 1993. *Haight, Mark (Diocese of Albany) In 2002, an individual alleged sexual abuse by Father Mark Haight in the mid-1970s. In 2005, an individual alleged that he was sexually abused by Moody in the 1970s. Peter and Paul (Cumberland) from 1959 to 1965 and 1968 to 1977 and St. Conrad (Annapolis) from 1977 to 1978. Melville left the priesthood in 1997. He served at Mount Saint Joseph High School from 1979 until his retirement in 1989. When confronted with the new allegation and his removal from the pastorate at St. Stephen Parish, Smith denied the allegation and then committed suicide. Messer died in 2014. Breaking Baltimore Catholic Archdiocese Covered Up Sexual Abuse Of More Than 600 Victims, Probe Finds Brian Bushard Forbes Staff I cover breaking news for Forbes Nov 17, 2022,04:33pm EST. Father Benedict Mawn 89. In 2022, the Diocese of Fall River placed Kuhn on its list of credibly accused priests after an accusation involving incidents of alleged verbal communications of an explicit sexual nature with minors. Lentz denied the allegations. OHara died in 1994. Father Joseph Gallagher48. While it is hard to get an exact number, we know from court documents, news reports, advocacy group databases and statements from Catholic officials that more than 5,300 priests and other clergy have been accused of sexually abusing children in the United States. Bonacci entered the Jesuits in 1963 and was ordained in 1973. +Tasch, Alcuin W. (Benedictine) In 1994, an individual alleged sexual abuse by Father Alcuin W. Tasch during the late 1950s at Fourteen Holy Martyrs Church in Baltimore. Father Joseph Maskell88. In 2002, additional individuals alleged sexual abuse in the 1960s to 1970s. The Archdiocese is not aware of any allegation that Dempster committed child sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Brother Eugene Morgan103. Price, Eric Eric Price served as a lay employee and lay teacher at Our Lady of Pompei Elementary School, Our Lady of Pompei High School, and Our Lady of Pompei Church (Highlandtown) from 1995 to 2002; a lay teacher at Our Lady of the Rosary Elementary School (Baltimore) from 2001 to 2002; and a lay teacher at Archbishop Borders School (Baltimore) from 2002 to 2006. Kenney served at Shrine of the Little Flower from 1943 to 1963, St. Joseph (Taneytown) from 1963 to 1967, St. Rita (Dundalk) from 1967 to 1973, and St. Clement (Lansdowne) from 1973 to his retirement in 1987. In 2002, another individual alleged abuse by McGrath in the mid-1970s. Ziemski died in 1981. The Archdiocese notified the Diocese of Trenton of this allegation. Online court records show none of the three have been charged with a crime in Maryland. Ball was ordained in 1978 for the Diocese of LaCrosse. Duggan died in 2004.] Reports of sexual abuse were raised regarding Stroup in 1975 and again in 1981. Orr served at Loyola College (Baltimore) from 2004 to 2005. He served at St. Francis Xavier from 1960 to 1961. Father Anthony Lorento83. Deacon Leo O'Hara110. George L. Hopkins in the early 1950s. McGuire died in 1984. Father Michael Kolodziej68. He was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 2000. +*Duggan, John (Jesuit) In 2002, a man alleged to the Archdiocese that his child had been sexually abused by Father John Duggan in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Lindemann died in 1995. The additional information was reported by the Archdiocese to civil authorities, who were investigating Farabaugh at the time of his death. He served at Mount St. Joseph High School from 1953 to 1957. Lannon died in 1984. He was assigned to Ascension Church (Halethorpe) from 1972 to 1976 and taught in the theology department at Mount St. Marys College (Emmitsburg) from 1976 to 1985. +*Ball, Bruce E. (Diocese of La Crosse, WI) In 1993, the Diocese of LaCrosse, Wisconsin informed the Archdiocese of two claims of sexual abuse against Father Bruce Ball during the time when he was a seminarian for the Diocese of LaCrosse at St. Marys Seminary and University in Baltimore. +Steffen, Carl (Diocese of Harrisburg) The Pennsylvania Grand Jury reports multiple accusations against Father CarlSteffen. He also served as part-time chaplain at Mount St. Joseph High School from 1967 to 1969. Carroll was removed from ministry in 1990 and was laicized in 1998. Ball was at St. Marys Seminary from 1974 to 1976 and 1977 to 1978, and he served at Villa Maria (Timonium) from 1974 to 1975 and Shrine of the Sacred Heart School (Baltimore) from 1975 to 1978. Merzbacher died in 2023. [1] Religious brothers are not ordained and so are considered lay people, and unlike some priests they do not receive faculties to perform ministry from the Archdiocese. THE REPORT SAYS THE PRIEST RAPED HIM FOR FIVE YEARS. Dempster, Douglas (Diocese of Wilmington) In 2000, the Archdiocese received correspondence from the Diocese of Wilmington stating that Father Douglas Dempster retired from active ministry in 1993 and was not permitted to function publicly as a priest. Haight was ordained by the Diocese of Albany in 1976. +Padian, John (Diocese of Brooklyn) In 2007, the Archdiocese of Baltimore received a report of sexual abuse in the 1970s by Father John Padian who was a seminarian in Baltimore for the Diocese of Brooklyn. IN 1987, AN ABUSIVE PRIESTS RECEIVED TREATMENT IN LIEU OF PROSECUTION. Gerg served at St. Benedict (Baltimore) from 1967 to 1969. Maurer died in 1993. He resigned in April 2002 because of an allegation of sexual abuse from before 1986. He served at St. Charles College from 1931 to 1933, at St. Rose of Lima (Baltimore) from 1933 to 1939 and All Saints (Baltimore) from 1940 to 1943. Affrica served at St. Michael-Overlea (Baltimore) from 1973 to 1974; Our Lady of Victory (Baltimore) from 1974 to 1976; Holy Trinity (Glen Burnie) in the summer of 1976; St. Michael-Overlea in 1977; and St. Ann (Hagerstown) from 1977 to 1980. + Migliorini, William In 1995, an individual alleged sexual abuse by Father William Migliorini in the 1960s. During the 1980s to early 1990s, Toohey also served on the Board of Directors for John Carroll High School and assisted at St. John (Hydes). Brother Francis Dolan32. In 1986, the Archdiocese was informed by someone other than the victim that an individual alleged sexual abuse by Father Joseph J. Gallagher in about 1980. Julian admitted to the conduct, and he was laicized in 1970. In July 1978, Wielebski was ordained a priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, a religious order also known as the Trinitarians. Kenny retired in 1985 and died in 1999. He served at Sacred Heart (Glyndon) from 1956 to 1958, Our Lady of Good Counsel (Baltimore) from 1958 to 1964, St. Clement Mary Hofbauer (Rosedale) from 1964 to 1967, and Immaculate Heart of Mary (Baynesville) in 1967. +Merzbacher, John John Merzbacher served as a lay teacher at Catholic Community Middle School (Baltimore) from 1972 to 1979. He died in 1988. Monsignor Roger Wooden144. Those in bold text are still living, according to the report. He served at St. Joseph Passionist Monastery (Baltimore) from 1955 to 1957 and 1960 to 1962. Peter and Paul Church (Cumberland) from 1966 to 1972 and St. Ambrose (Cresaptown) from 1978 to 1988. Maryland Report on sexual abuse by priests details horrors of life in hardest-hit Catholic parishes, schools By Jonathan M. Pitts, Lia Russell and Ethan Ehrenhaft Baltimore Sun Apr 07, 2023. +McGuire, Eugene Ambrose (Passionist) In 1993, the Archdiocese received allegations of sexual abuse by Father Eugene Ambrose McGuire in the 1960s. Additional reports of abuse in the mid- to late 1940s were received by the Archdiocese in 2002 and 2010. Virtue taught at Mount St. Marys University from 2000-2002 but did not have faculties from the Archdiocese of Baltimore. An individual initially made an allegation in 2005. He died in 2011. The archdiocese was among the first in the country to do so. Smith has denied the allegation. Krouse, William Earl Jay (Archdiocese of Washington) In 1996, Father William Earl Jay Krouse pled guilty to six counts of molesting deaf boys he befriended in the early 1970s. Peter and Paul (Cumberland) from 1956 until his death in 1976. In 1993, he was incarcerated in Wisconsin for another incident of abuse. Robert Hanley, Priest Guilty in Sex Abuse of 11-Year-Old Altar Boy, N.Y. T. IMES, (Dec. 12, 2002), available at: Brother Thomas Tomasunas134. Figlewski died in 1948. Affrica died in 2016. +Long, Arthur (Jesuit) Father ArthurLong admitted multiple instances of sexual abuse. +Whelan, Thomas Monsignor Thomas Whelan served at St. Mary of the Assumption (Govans) from 1941 to 1942 and from 1957 to 1959; St. Thomas Aquinas (Baltimore) from 1946 to 1957; St. Bernard (Baltimore) in 1957; and The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen (Baltimore) from 1960 to 1971. Lannon became a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington after it was established as a separate diocese from the Archdiocese of Baltimore in the 1940s. Father Francis Wagner139. Davies died in 1992. The Province Review Board hired a third party investigator. Lippold denied the allegation. [He died in 2015.] Esposito, Luigi In May of 2018, the Archdiocese of Baltimore announced allegations of sexual misconduct against Father Luigi Esposito, 77, pastor of Our Lady of Pompei Church in Baltimore. In 2019, after an investigation, the Diocese of Fall River found the accusation to be unfounded. +Girard, Steven In 2004, an individual alleged sexual abuse by Father Steven Girard in the early 1990s while Girard was serving as Pastor of St. Clement (Lansdowne). The Archdiocese informed the Josephites of the allegation and Dean resigned as pastor of St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church. *Mike, John Beginning in 1987, several individuals alleged physical and sexual abuse by Father John Mike in the mid-1970s to 1987. McIntyre, Patrick Patrick McIntyre served as a lay teacher at Bishop John Neumann School (Baltimore) from 1975 to 1981 and 1999 to 2004; at St. Anthony of Padua School (Baltimore) from 1981 to 1995; and at Immaculate Conception School (Towson) from 2004 to 2007. Father George Loskarn84. Father Michael LaMountain74. However, over the last year and a half U.S. dioceses and religious orders serving most of the Catholics in the country have released lists of "credibly accused" abusers who have served in their ranks, using their own criteria for whom to include. Monsignor William McCrory91. Father Albert Julian61. Priests who are listed with no parentheses after their names are priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore; priests from religious orders or other dioceses have their order or diocese noted in parentheses after their name. +Lochner, Robert J. More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused over 600 children and often escaped accountability, according to a long-awaited state. John Merzbacher97. WHEN THE VICTIMS MOTHER TRIED TO EXPOSE THE WRONGDOING, THE ARCHBISHOP UP AT THE TIME WROTE THE HAPPY INFLUENCE OF A HIGHLY PLACED NEWSPAPER MAN PREVENTED THE STORY FROM BEING PRINTED. +Ziemski, Raynor (Conventual Franciscan) In 2019, the Order of Friars Minor Conventual informed the Archdiocese that two individuals had alleged that they were sexually abused by Father Raynor Ziemski in the 1960s and 1970s. Father William Wehrle141. Velez-Lopez also denied any sexual relationship. Stroup had retired in 1990. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Wilmington in 1989 and assisted occasionally at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the late 1990s to early 2000s. +Tomasunas, Thomas (Capuchin Franciscan) Brother Thomas Tomasunas served at Sts. Father Maurice Blackwell11. Allegations of child sexual abuse involving church personnel are also reported to the Archdioceses Independent Review Board. In 2002, another individual contacted the Archdiocese and alleged sexual abuse by Larkin in the mid-1950s. Father Alfred Dean30. Powers, Edward (Kyrin) (Xaverian Brother) In 2019, the Xaverian Brothers reported that in 2013 they received allegations of sexual abuse by Brother Kyrin Powers in the 1970s. +Larkin,Regis F. In 1992, an individual alleged sexual abuse by Father Regis F. Larkin in the late 1970s and early 1980s. +Yeakle, Howard F. In 2002, the Archdiocese received two allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Father Howard F. Yeakle in the 1960s. Jeselnick provided assistance at St. Augustine (Elkridge) and Shrine of the Sacred Heart (Baltimore) prior to his faculties being removed in 2003.