Wilmington Diocese Names 20 Alleged Pedophile Priests
By Beth Miller
News Journal
November 16, 2006
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/NEWS/61116028
- Gallery Priests Suspected of Abuse
- [Series] The Hidden Abuse
- Read Saltarelli's Statement
Diocese of Wilmington Bishop Michael A. Saltarelli today released the
names of 20 priests against whom the diocese has received "admitted,
corroborated or otherwise substantiated" allegations of sexual abuse
of minors.
The list, released in today's editions of the diocese's weekly newspaper,
The Dialog, includes eight living priests plus two who once ministered
in the Wilmington diocese but were accused of abuse elsewhere. The Diocese
of Wilmington includes all of Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland,
which has about 220,000 Catholics, according to diocese officials.
The list does not include the names of any religious order priests.
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Accompanying the list, the newspaper printed a letter from Saltarelli, who says he has released the names after "extensive consultation" with the Diocesan Review Board. The recent arrest of the Rev. Francis G. DeLuca on similar charges in Syracuse was a factor in Saltarelli's decision.
He also released the names, he said, "to continue the efforts of our diocese to encourage victims of clerical sexual abuse to come forward and seek help."
The priests named by Saltarelli are:
[BA.org has linked the names to the News Journal's gallery of assignments and photos.]
Diocese of Wilmington priests
Edward B. Carley (1917-1998)
Eugene F. Clarahan (1925-1999)
Francis P. Cornely (1924-1975)
Francis G. DeLuca (1929-)
Douglas W. Dempster (1937-)
Henry J. Dreyer (1903-1969)
Edward F. Dudzinski (1950-)
Richard F. Gardiner (1916-1989)
William E. Irwin (1938-2005)
John A. Lind (1931-1997)
Leonard J. Mackiewicz (1931-1994)
Kenneth J. Martin (1945-)
Joseph A. McGovern (1949-)
Walter D. Power (1918-1998)
Francis J. Rogers (1954-)
John A. Sarro (1941-)
Carmen D. Vignola (1946-1989)
Charles W. Wiggins (1957-)
Priests from other dioceses
Paul Calamari (1944-)
Gerard C. Smit (1924-)
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