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	Six Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse WHO [Dubuque IA] March 28, 2007 http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6289627&nav=2HAB The nine latest claims of clergy sexual abuse against the Archdiocese of Dubuque involved six previously accused priests: • John Brickley, who died in 1998. Abuse claimed at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Nevada in the 1950s and 1960s. A lawsuit against him was settled earlier without a trial. • Timothy DeVenney, who lives in Washington, D.C. He served four years of a 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to fondling several boys at St. Columbkille Catholic Church in Dubuque in the mid-1990s. He is on probation, does not function as a priest and likely will never do so again, according to Dubuque Archbishop Jerome Hanus. • The Rev. Patrick McElliot, who died in 1987. Abuse claimed at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Ryan in the 1940s and after he was retired in the 1970s. He was named in previous abuse lawsuits. • Joseph Patnode, who died in 1977. Abuse claimed in the Anamosa area in the 1970s. In previous lawsuits, Patnode was accused of sexual abuse 30 years before that at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Key West. • Allen Schmitt, who lives in Dubuque. He works at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center after being removed from parish duties in 2002. Abuse claimed at Sacred Heart Church in Waterloo in the early to mid-1970s. The Vatican is reviewing Schmitt's case and might render a final decision on his priestly status later this year. • William Schwartz, formally defrocked by the Vatican in 2005. Abuse claimed at Columbus High School in Waterloo in the 1970s. He also was named in previous lawsuits. Schwartz lives in Chandler, Ariz., and receives a pension from the archdiocese.
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