WASHINGTON
Seattle PI
By Joel Connelly on January 15, 2016
The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle, on its website, has published the names of 77 clergy for whom allegations of sexual abuse of a minor have been “admitted, established or determined to be credible,” in the words of Archbishop J. Peter Sartain.
The list covers conduct from the late 1930s to the 21st century, involving priests who have served the length and breadth of the Western Washington diocese, from Assumption parish in Bellingham to St. Joseph Church in Vancouver to Our Lady of Good Help in Hoquiam. One priest served in nine different parishes. Forty-one of the priests, brothers, and religious order members listed are deceased.
The list includes such former diocesan luminaries as now-deceased Rev. James Gandrau, a longtime editor of the Catholic Northwest Progress and pastor at St. Monica’s Church on Mercer Island. The Rev. David Jaeger, who once headed the diocesan AIDS ministry, was buried at a 2014 mass with 20 celebrants at St. Joseph parish on Capitol Hill. The Rev. John Cornelius, a former Seattle police chaplain popular in the African-American community, has been defrocked.
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