SAN FRANCISCO (CA)
KQED Radio
June 1, 2019
By Polly Stryker
An Oakland-based Catholic order for the first time on Friday released its own list of clergy with credible accusations of child sex abuse.
The Franciscans of the Province of St. Barbara’s list contains 50 names involving 122 victims. Some of the accused have been previously reported by advocates or are included in court documents, but at least one has never been reported.
The majority of the abuse occurred between the 1960s and 1980s. Father David Gaa, the order’s leader, said of the 50 names on the list, 27 men have died and 19 have left the Franciscans. Some of those may have died, but Gaa says he does not track brothers who leave the order.
Of the four living credibly accused priests, three are living in California, including Dennis Duffy, whose abuse Gaa says has never been reported until now. Gaa says Duffy, Stephen Kain and Josef Prochnow are living in an elder care facility in California. Gerald Chumik is in a similar facility in Missouri.
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