Rev. Martin P. O'Loghlen,
SS.CC.
O'Loghlen was accused in late 1995 or early 1996 of sexually abusing a girl at Bishop Amat High School in La Puente CA during the late 1960s. O'Loghlen admitted the abuse, which included sexual intercourse. The survivor made her complaint after O'Loghlen renewed contact with her. At the time of the complaint, he was provincial of the Sacred Hearts' Western United States Province. O'Loghlen was not removed from this position as a result of the complaint, and in fact was reelected for another term. Within ten months of receiving the complaint, the Los Angeles archdiocese invited O'Loghlen to join their Sexual Abuse Advisory Board, and he accepted with the knowledge of the head of his order. More than seven years later, Cardinal Mahony included O'Loghlen in his Report to the People of God (PDF p. 32, no. 47), listing one accuser. The New York Times published an investigative report on the abuse on 2/12/11. O'Loghlen was removed from his parish only after Times reporter, Jennifer Medina, made inquiries; the Vicar for Clergy, Msgr. Michael Meyers, who had assigned O'Loghlen to the parish, resigned. During his fifty-year career, O'Loghlen has taught in two high schools and was Vice Principal and Principal at one of them; worked in two parishes, one in California and one (as pastor) in the Philippines; and he has worked as a senior official of his religious order, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, in California and in Rome. O'Loghlen was sent to the Philippines in 2003, when the statute of limitations "window" was in effect, and he was in the Philippines while the Los Angeles settlements were negotiated. Two priests of the order who are bishops have resigned during the abuse crisis. Bishop Georg Mueller, SS.CC. of the prelature of Trondheim in Norway, abused a boy in the 1990s, and Bishop Brendan Comiskey, SS.CC. of the Diocese of Ferns in Ireland resigned after his role in the cover-up of abuse by Rev. Sean Fortune was revealed. Comiskey trained with O'Loghlen and worked with him in California in the 1960s.
1936 Born 1954-1955 Novitiate of the SS.CC. in Cootehill,
Co Cavan 1961-1967 Bishop Amat High School, La Puente CA (lived next door) (see letter admitting abuse here) 1967-1968 Damien High School (Vice Principal),
La Verne CA 1980 School
of Applied Theology, Berkeley CA 1982-1988 SS.CC. General Government, Rome; not indexed in Directory 1988-1996 Holy Name, San Dimas CA, in residence 1995-2001 Provincial, Western United States
Province 2002-2003 Whereabouts and job unknown – not indexed or listed in the 2003 Directory 2003-2008 Resurrection of Our Lord parish, Bagong Silang, Philippines, pastor 2008-2009 Provincial House, La Verne CA (next door to Damien High School) 2009-2011 Holy Name parish, San Dimas CA,
associate pastor (removed after inquiries Note: The Official Catholic Directory aims to report the whereabouts of Catholic priests in the United States on January 1 of the Directory's publication year. Our working assumption is that a priest listed in the Directory for a given year was at the same assignment for part of the previous year as well. However, Kenedy and Sons will sometimes accept updates well into the year of publication. Diocesan clergy records are rarely available to correct this information. The Directory is also sometimes misleading or wrong. We have tried to create an accurate assignment record, given the source materials and their limitations. Assignment records are a work in progress and we are always improving the records that we post. Please email us with new information and corrections. • All the documents in a single file • Letter reporting allegation, from Loomis to Losada (1/24/96) • Letter assuming responsibility for investigation, from Losada to Loomis (1/27/96) • Letter stating that O'Loghlen has admitted the "acts" but is "esteemed" and will not be removed as provincial, from Losada to Loomis (2/7/96) • Letter stating that O'Loghlen need not leave the LA archdiocese or be removed as provincial, but that he should be limited to ministry within the order, from Loomis to Losada (3/19/96) • Letter confirming that O'Loghlen will remain provincial and minister within the order, and suggesting that for reasons of "prudence" he no longer live at Holy Name parish in San Dimas, from Losada to O'Loghlen (3/25/96) • Letter describing the burdens of his situation and the difficulty of relocating from Holy Name, from O'Loghlen to Losada (4/5/96) • Letter arranging to meet, from Brooks to the survivor, (4/20/96) • Handwritten letter apologizing, accepting responsibility, and stating that he is a sex addict, from O'Loghlen to survivor (6/23/96) • Handwritten letter enclosing O'Loghlen's letter, offering therapy and stating that O'Loghlen has been reelected provincial, from Brooks to the survivor (6/27/96) • Letter lifting restrictions on ministry and thanking O'Loghlen for agreeing to join the LA archdiocese's Sexual Abuse Advisory Board, from Loomis to O'Loghlen (10/10/96) • Letter of thanks for the appointment to the Sexual Abuse Advisory Board, from O'Loghlen to Loomis (10/14/96) • Letter on developments, including the appointment to the Sexual Abuse Advisory Board, from O'Loghlen to Losada (10/14/96)
• Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1962-2010) • Contemplative Outreach News (1/01) [see p. 8] • Report to the People of God (2/17/04) [page 32, no. 47] • Making God’s Kingdom a Reality: SS.CC.’s
Resurrection Parish-Bagong Silang, • Making God’s Kingdom a Reality: SS.CC.’s Mission Presence—Resurrection Parish-Bagong Silang, Looks Back One Year, by Harald Adler, SS.CC. and Martin O’Loghlen, SS.CC. (7/04) • Martin O'Loghlen 50 Years Professed, by Harald Adler, SS.CC. (10/05) • 50th Anniversary Celebration for Bishop Amat High School–2008 (Summer 2008) • Damien, La Verne, in the Rare Old Time and Now, by Bishop Brendan Comiskey (Fall-Winter 2008) • O'Loghlen Is Homilist at Bishop Barnes' Red Mass for Attorneys in the San Bernardino Diocese (6/28/09) [see page 2] • Fr. Martin O’Loughlen Visits Amat (12/2/09) • Biography (12/6/09) • Los Angeles Archdiocese to Dismiss Priest Over Admission of Molesting Girl, by Jennifer Medina, New York Times (2/12/11) • The Holy Name of Mary Parish Website As Modified before the Departure of Rev. Martin P. O'Loghlen Was Announced (1/28/11 and 1/12/11)
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