12 Accused in This Diocese
- Orange Leader 08.09.96
- Beaumont Enterprise 04.20.12
- Houston Press 04.20.12
- Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel 04.20.12
- Houston Press 09.27.12
- Beaumont Enterprise 09.27.12
- Beaumont Enterprise 09.27.12
- KTRE 09.28.12
- Daily Sentinel 03.26.13
- Beaumont Enterprise 12.12.13
- SNAP Statement re Settlement 12.12.13
- Beaumont Enterprise 12.13.13
- Southeast Texas Record 01.07.14
- Diocese of Beaumont List 01.31.19
- CJC v Bishop of Yakima, 94-2-01931-5, Snohomish Co 07.25.94
- CJC, Appellant v Bishop of Yakima, WA Court of Appeals, 943 P2d 1150, 09.22.97
- Associated Press 07.29.99
- Seattle Times 04.14.02
- Statement by Bishop Sevilla of Yakima 10.14.03
- Yakima Herald Republic 02.28.04
- Yakima Herald Republic 01.07.07
- Voice from the Desert 09.10.08
- Yakima Herald-Republic 07.04.10
- Yakima Herald 10.13.11
- Beaumont Enterprise 10.14.11
- Yakima Herald Republic 10.21.11
- Yakima Herald Republic 01.15.13
- Wenatchee World 02.16.13
- Yakima Herald-Republic 02.21.14
- SNAP Statement 02.24.14
- Archdiocese of Seattle List 01.15.16
- The Stranger 01.15.16
- Archdiocese of Seattle List 01.15.16
- Yakima Herald 01.24.16
- Diocese of Beaumont List 01.31.19
- Diocese of Yakima List 07.09.19
- The Liberty Vindicator 03.14.74
- The Port Arthur News 05.28.77
- Austin American-Standard 12.29.78
- Courier-Post 12.30.78
- Austin American-Standard 03.14.79
- Arizona Republic 03.14.79
- Longview Morning Herald 03.14.79
- Midcounty Chronicle 05.03.83
- Sivcoski Marriage License record 06.28.97
- The Record Live 08.19.08
- Odessa American 03.14.18
- Sivcoski Marriage and Family Therapist License 07.12.18
- Diocese of Beaumont List 01.31.19
Fr. Ronald W. Bollich
Suspended 5/94, retired for "health reasons." Died 8/7/96. A civil suit filed 4/12/12 against the Beaumont diocese and its Bishop alleged Bollich abused a 14-year-old boy at Sacred Heart in Nacogdoches, TX in 1976-77. The parish was then in the Beaumont diocese, later in the Diocese of Tyler. Four other accusers from the Nacogdoches area and one from Bridge City joined suit. All claims settled and suit dismissed 12/11/13. On the Beaumont diocese's list 1/31/19.
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Fr. John F. Byrne
Named publicly as accused by the Beaumont diocese on its list 1/31/19. Also known to have been assigned in the Archdiocese of New Orleans 1967-74. Removed from ministry in about 1981. Died 8/18/14. Included on the St. Augustine diocese's list 11/6/20. Noted to have abused there 1976-78.
Fr. Ernest Dale Calhoun
Ordained for the Beaumont TX diocese. HIs personnel file says he should never have been ordained. Raped a 15-year-old boy in 1969. Served as a US Navy chaplain in the mid-1970s. Transferred to the Yakima diocese in 11/1976; continued to abuse. Faculties revoked in Yakima in about 1986. At least one claim against the Beaumont diocese settled in 1998. Suit filed in WA in 1988 against Calhoun and R. Scully, settled in 1994. At least three known victims in the 1980s in WA. Also worked in Seattle; on its Tribunal 1987-1988. May have gone on to live in TX. A 10/2011 suit in WA settled in 12/2012 for $50K; a 5/2013 suit settled in 2/2014 for $75K. Included on the Seattle archdiocese's 1/15/2016. Name reversed at times in the Official Catholic Directory, as "Calhoun Dale." On the Beaumont diocese's list 1/31/2019. On Yakima's list 7/9/2019.
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Fr. Henry Drouilhet
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/31/19. Died 8/6/88.
Fr. James Engle
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/31/19. Died 5/16/99.
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Fr. Albert Geoffroy
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 6/11/19. Died 7/6/10.
Fr. Earl Mudd
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/31/19. Faculties revoked 11/96. Died 1/1/19.
Fr. August Pucar
A man filed suit 10/10 alleging Pucar and Fr. Roger Thibodeaux abused him at separate times. Pucar was assigned to St. Charles Borromeo in Nederland, TX in 9/78 when alleged abuse occurred. Per 1989 Catholic Directory, Pucar was working in Victoria Diocese while on duty outside the Beaumont Diocese. Retired in 2000. Moved to Houston. Helped out in area parishes. Died 1/17/12. On Beaumont diocese's list 1/31/19. It notes faculties revoked 6/06, ordered by Vatican 8/07 to a life of prayer and penance.
Fr. Jude Thomas Sivcoski
Assistant pastor and CYO director at Assumption parish in Beaumont when arrested in 12/78. Charged with the sexual abuse 12/8/78 of a 7-year-old boy in the boy's Port Arthur home. Pled no contest. Sentenced to 10 years' probation, during which time he was to undergo counseling and prohibited from being alone with minors. The judge entered a deferred judgment, meaning Sivcoski was "neither judged nor sentenced" if there were no more criminal charges against him for 10 years. Not indexed in the 1981 Official Catholic Directory. The 1982 directory shows him assigned to a Groves, TX parish. Absent on leave 1985-95. Laicized 1996. Married in 1997. Living in Conroe, TX in 2018, working as a licensed Marriage and Family therapist. On Beaumont diocese's list 1/31/19.
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Fr. Roger Thibodeaux
Resigned from ministry 4/1/02, faculties revoked. In 10/10 a man filed suit alleging that Thibodeaux and Fr. August Pucar abused him at separate times. Thibodeaux was a chaperone for a youth group on a mission trip to Europe in early 1989 when the alleged abuse occurred. Plaintiff alleged that he told Bishop Ganter about the abuse by both priests shortly after he returned from the trip. On Beaumont diocese's list 1/31/19.
Fr. Herman Vincent
Named publicly as accused by the Beaumont diocese on its list 1/13/19. Died 12/18/82.
Fr. Raymond Woodka
Named publicly as accused by the Beaumont diocese on its list updated 4/24/19. Died 9/22/02. Assigned to Sacred Heart in Port Arthur in the 1970s and to Our Mother of Mercy, where he was pastor 1978 -1987.