EVANSVILLE (IN)
WFIE TV
February 22, 2019
By Jill Lyman
In late September 2018, in response to the request of clergy abuse victims and their families, Bishop Joseph M. Siegel announced that the Diocese of Evansville would collect and release the names of priests who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors.
The following list of clergy is based on the review of records and the recommendations of current and previous Diocesan Review Board members. The current Review Board consists of six lay persons and one priest.
Current and past members of the Board hold or have held positions in mental health counseling, clinical psychology, the practice of law, the medical field, and law enforcement, including specialty in areas of child physical and sexual abuse.
A credible claim is one for which, following a review of information, the Review Board determined as believable and plausible, and the Bishop accepted as credible; or the priest admitted to or acknowledged.
Michael Allen
Year of birth: 1944
Date of priestly ordination: June 5, 1971
Number of credible allegations: 1; Admitted
Action taken: Not in public ministry, July 2002
Places Served:
Associate Pastor, Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Haubstadt, June 29, 1971
Summer Ministry Program Director, December 6, 1972
Associate Pastor, St. Joseph Church, Princeton, June 14, 1974
Associate Pastor, St. John the Baptist Church, Vincennes, August 21, 1975
Teacher, Rivet High School, Vincennes, August 21, 1975
Administrator, St. Patrick, Corning, January 13, 1976
Administrator, All Saints, Cannelburg, January 13, 1976
Associate Pastor, St. Joseph Church, Jasper, August 1, 1979
Associate Pastor, St. Simon Church, Washington, July 29, 1980
Pastor, St. Mary Church, Washington, August 10, 1981
Associate Pastor, St. Joseph Church, Jasper, August 3, 1982
Military service, Assigned outside the diocese, September 21, 1984
Associate Pastor, St. Joseph Church, Jasper, June 5, 1995
Pastor, St. Joseph Church, Evansville, March 3, 1999
Pastor, St. Theresa Church, Evansville, March 3, 1999
Pastor, St. Celestine Church, Celestine, June 27, 2001
Not in public ministry, July 2002
Date posted as part of this list: February 22, 2019
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