Archdiocese of St. Louis MO - BishopAccountability.org

142 Accused in This Diocese

Fr. Pedro (Richard) Amen

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Order: OFM
Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Died: 04/28/2006
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Also known as Pierre Amen. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province, joined the Vice Province of St. Benedict of the Amazon in Brazil 3/11/1990. Died in 2006. (Placing Amen for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Sacred Heart Province is based.)

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Fr. Alexander R. Anderson

Ordained: 1975
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Accused in 2002 of abusing a boy in 1987 at St. Joseph's Home for Boys in St. Louis, where Anderson was chaplain. Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Naumann stated in 2002 that the Archdiocese investigated the complaint and found it without merit. Anderson denied the allegation and filed a slander suit against the man making the claim. Complainant then sued him. Both men dropped their lawsuits in 2004, with the Archdiocese paying $22,500 for the complainant's counseling but admitting no wrongdoing. Another man came forward in 2004 to allege abuse in 1988. Naumann, then the archdiocesan administrator, voiced support for Anderson after an archdiocesan committee found the second allegation without merit. Anderson was pastor of St. Rose of Lima church in De Soto as of 8/20/2020. New suit in 2/2020 claimed abuse of a boy in the late 1980s at the Home. The Archdiocese deemed the allegation "without merit." Accused in a 2/2022 lawsuit against the Archdiocese of molesting a boy at the Boys Home in the late 1990s-early 2000s. The Archdiocese stated that the allegation was "demonstrably false," because Anderson was not assigned to the Home when his accuser was a resident.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Sister Annette

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Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a girl 1999-2002 at Holy Innocents in Tower Grove Park. Also accused of sexually abusing the girl is Rev. James Grady. Allegedly Sr. Annette heard about the abuse by Grady, told the girl she was bad, then sexually abused her daily and gave her detention when she resisted. Further, other priests and the school principal were said to have accused the girl of lying. The girl was a special education student.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch 08.10.24

Fr. Roland (Robert) Averbeck

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1932
Status: Accused

Died: 04/4/1981
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Averbeck for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.)

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Franciscans Our Lady of Guadalupe Province 01.16.24

Fr. Robert H. Babka

Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Died in 2013.

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Br. Mark A. Baier

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1971 as a religious brother, Marianist Province of St. Louis. Worked in MO, TX, WI. Left the Order in 1994.

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Fr. Michael O. Barry

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1979
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

One of four priests included in settlement of lawsuit in 4/07. Teacher and, at some point, a hospital chaplain in St. Louis. Accused of having sexually abused a student at a St. Louis Jesuit high school 1982-85. Barry's accuser said the priests plied him with alcohol and "played mind games" to silence him. Barry died 2/19/87. On the Province's list 12/7/18.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Deacon Carl Beckman

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Ordained: 1986
Status: Arrested

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Deacon. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Admitted to molesting "about four boys" in the mid-1960s when he was an assistant Boy Scout troup leader. News reports in 1964 show he was arrested, having lured about 15 children, boys and girls ages 4-13, into his car, then masturbating and sometimes touching their thighs. Committed to a state hospital 1965-68. Married in 1970. Archdiocese became aware at some point when a woman who knew of Beckman's history spoke up; he was moved to another parish. Was asked in 2002 to "quietly step down."

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Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19
Post-Dispatch 09.07.19

Fr. James T. Beighlie

Order: CM
Ordained: 1979
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Parish priest, high school faculty member, hospital chaplain. Assigned to St. Vincent de Paul Parish in St. Louis when removed by his order in 5/2021 after colleagues found nude photos of him on a church printer. Investigators found about 6000 child sexual abuse images on one computer, 236 images on another and 40 videos. Beighlie had also created two PowerPoint presentations of the images. Pleaded guilty in 10/2022 to possession of child pornography.Sentenced in 1/2023 to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution to one of the victims in the images and other child crime victims. Living in 1/2023 at the Vianney Renewal Center in Dittmer MO. Included on the Vincentians Western Province list of credibly accused.

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Fr. James A. Beine

Ordained: 1967
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Civil suit filed 1994 alleged abuse of two boys beginning in 1967. Seven other suits filed. Left priesthood in 1977. Two claims settled for $110K. Beine was working as school counselor as of 2002. Convicted 2003 on federal charge of possession of child porn (later overturned). Also convicted 2003 of exposing himself to three students. Sentenced to twelve years but overturned by Court. At least 36 claims of abuse in MO. Laicized 2005. MO permanently revoked teaching license as of 10/07. Reportedly living in Las Vegas 8/07. On Wheeling-Charleston list (misspelled "Biene") in late 2018, where he taught high school 1979-81. On St. Louis archdiocese's list 7/26/19. Lived at some point in Highland IL.

Br. Felix Bland

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Order: FSC
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Pleaded guilty in 1995 to sodomizing an 11-year-old boy in 1988. Assault occurred at LaSalle Institute in Wildwood. Police knew of the assault prior to 1995 while Bland was working as a missionary in Africa. Upon his return, his victim wore a wire and he was arrested. Sentenced to 15 years prison with all but 1 year suspended. The year was spent in a work release program so he only spent nights in jail. One man filed suit alleging abuse of 5 of his sons; suit settled on eve of trial in 1997.

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Fr. Francis Blase

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Ordained: 1941
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Died 1977. Substantiated allegations, received after his death.

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Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19

Fr. Albert Bockelmann

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Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Died in 1975. Allegations received after his death, substantiated.

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Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19

Fr. Donald G. Brinkman

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Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Parish priest, named executive director of the. National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors in 1987. Medical leave mid-1990s. Not indexed in Catholic Directories beyond 1999. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry.

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Fr. Maurice Byrne

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Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Died in 1993. Substantiated allegations, received after his death.

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Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19

Rev. Daniel V. Campbell

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1940
Status: Accused

Died: 11/25/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Added in 2/2023 to the Jesuits' Southern and Central Province's list of credibly accused. Campbell was a St. Louis University faculty member in the late 1950s. Abuse estimated to have occurred during 1955-1959. Per his obituary, Campbell taught at St. Louis University High School, SLU's Parks College in Cahokia and Marquette University. He was a member of the Province's Mission Band, preaching at retreats in the 1940s, and for eight years an Air Force chaplain. He died in 1986.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary 11.26.86
Jesuits Central and Southern List 02.08.23
KMOX 02.10.23
University News [St. Louis] 02.15.23

Fr. John J. Campbell

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1950
Status: Settled

Died: 04/10/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

"Jack." Order paid $185K in 2003 to a former student who alleged abuse by Campbell in the early 1970s in "therapy sessions." Officials said this was the 13th man to bring credible allegations but the first to make allegations public. Not all were minors. Over $575K in settlements and medicals paid in 14-year period. Removed from contact with children in 1987, from public ministry in 1989, and lost priestly faculties in 1993. Order moved him to Denver in 1991. Died 4/10/2009. New suit filed in 6/2012 against the Order and Gonzaga Prep. On Province's list 12/7/2018. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. John Robert Campbell

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Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Archdiocese announced in 8/17 it had recently received an allegation that Campbell sexually abused a minor in the 1960s at St. Louis Prep Seminary, where he was on faculty. Also taught at St. Pius X High in Festus in the 1980s and assigned to parishes in Crestwood, St. Louis, Wellston and Valley Park. Retired in 1989. Living in a private residence. Archdiocese stated it knew reports in the 1990s of abuse by Campbell, and that he has been on permanent administrative leave. On archdiocese's list 8/5/19.

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St Louis Review 08.31.17
Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19

Fr. Michael A. Campbell

Ordained: 1979
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Removed from ministry in 3/02. Admitted having "inappropriately touched" a 17-year-old boy about 13 years previously. At some point, Campbell confessed to the archdiocese. He was sent for treatment and reassigned. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19.

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Fr. William Anthony Christensen

Order: SM
Ordained: 1973
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Sued 2002 by a man alleging sexual abuse by Christensen and Bro. John J. Woulfe at Chaminade Prep in St. Louis, when the boy was ages 15-17 in 1973-75. Abuse allegedly included oral sex, anal sodomy, and viewing porn. Christensen not served with suit until 10/07. Plaintiff died in 2008; his family settled in 2011. Lived and worked in Bangladesh for 20 years, where he allegedly abused 30 Muslim children. Laicized in 2010; he appealed laicization. Reportedly still in Bangladesh in 6/18, running an NGO he founded in 2012. He had filed defamation lawsuits against one of his accusers and against a former nun who had reported him to his provincial.

Fr. Norman H. Christian

Ordained: 1961
Status: Arrested

Died: 10/29/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Sent to Paraclete Center for treatment in 1986. Arrested in St. Louis in 2003 on sexual abuse charges. Named in several civil suits filed in 2004 and 2005. The archdiocese admitted that it removed Christian from ministry in 1995 after at least eight boys had come forward with allegations of abuse. He lived in a "monitored environment" until his death 10/29/2004 and was buried as a priest in good standing. One suit settled in Fall 2004. Included on the archdiocese's list of those with substantiated allegations 7/26/2019.

Fr. Francis X. Cleary

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Died: 12/8/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Ministry restricted in 1988. Removed from ministry in 2002. Single allegation of abuse occurring in the 1970s. Died in 2010.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Fr. James A. Condon

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Died: 03/28/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused on the Jesuits Central and Southern Province list 12/17/2018. From the Chicago (Midwest) Province. Died 3/28/1993. Accused after his death of abuse in the 1960s. On the Midwest Province's list 12/17/2019. Allegation of abuse in 1965 in Cincinnati, OH while assigned to St. Xavier High School. On the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 1/2020. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Br. Stanley Conner

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Order: CM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Western Province Vincentians on its list in 2020. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1980s, reported in 1987, 1993 and 2004. Assigned to St. Catherine Laboure Parish in St. Louis. Removed from ministry in 1987. Died in 2008.

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

Fr. Thomas T. Cooper

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Ordained: 1955
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Accused in a 2005 lawsuit of abusing a boy 1970-71, when the boy was age 12-13. Suit claimed abuse occurred at Cooper's vacation house while assigned to St. Mary Magdalen parish in south St. Louis. Cooper retired in 1993 and died in 12/03. Judge ruled in 3/10 that church was not responsible because contact took place away from church property. MO court of appeals upheld decision in 7/11.

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Fr. Hubert E. Creason

Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Died: 09/1/2006
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Creason resigned from St. James Church in Catawissa in 2002 after allegations that he had sexually abused a minor about 25 years previously. Another complaint alleged abuse from about 30 years previously. Church substantiated both allegations and asked for his resignation. He left an earlier assignment at Our Lady Queen of Peace abruptly in late 1989 or early 1990. His next assignment was in 1/1991. Died 9/1/2006. Included on the archdiocese's list 7/26/2019.

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St Louis Post-Dispatch 05.02.02

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Fr. Charles M. DeGuire

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Ordained: 1934
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Accused in lawsuit filed 6/21/16 of sexually abusing a St. Aloysius Gonzaga altar boy beginning in 1967, when the boy was a 10-year-old 5th grader, and continuing until the boy was in 8th grade. Abuse allegedly included DeGuire forcing the boy to perform oral sex on him. Accuser said a visiting priest knew and another priest also abused him. DeGuire died in 1982.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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St Louis Post-Dispatch 06.21.16
Washington Times 06.22.16

Fr. Warren J. Discon

Order: CM
Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Died: 08/30/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused of abuse by the Vincentian Order on its list in 2020. It notes a single allegation reported in 2005 of abuse in the 1970s. Discon died in 1993. The list does not reveal the place of the alleged abuse. Discon had assignments in IL, TX, MO and LA. The Official Catholic Directory lists Discon as on staff at the Servants of the Paraclete's Foundation House in Jemez Springs, NM in 1987. The Vincentians' posted assignment history for Discon does not reflect this. (Placing Discon's entry under St. Louis for now, where the Order is headquartered.) Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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Fr. Dennis J. Doyle

Ordained: 1965
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Accused in an 8/2024 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy while assigned to Corpus Christi Church 1989-1990. He allegedly caught the boy drinking wine in the rectory, then fondled him after ordering him to undress. Doyle denied the allegation. He was suspended from ministry pending "more clarity."

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch 08.10.24

Fr. George Dreher

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Ordained: 1915
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Monsignor. First named publicly as an abuser in 10/19 by a woman, age 84, who claimed Dreher sexually abused her when she was age 4 in 1939 and he was pastor of Resurrection of Our Lord Parish in South St. Louis.The woman said Dreher had a key to the family's house, which was just behind the church. Her mother was in the basement doing laundry; Dreher allegedly entered the basement and sexually assaulted the girl's mother; when she screamed, the girl ran down the basement stairs and was then also assaulted. Dreher died 6/19/1962.

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St Louis Post Dispatch 10.17.19

Fr. Vincent J. Duggan

Ordained: 1940
Status: Settled

Died: 12/21/1984
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Founding pastor of Our Lady of Providence Parish in Grantwood, where he was assigned 1954-83. Died in 1984. In 3/21 the archdiocese announced that it had added Duggan's name to its list of those with substantiated allegations against them of the sexual abuse of a minor. Duggan was first accused after his death, per the list. His accuser stated that he was sexually abused by Duggan as grade school student in the 1970s at Our Lady of Providence, and that the abuse went on for two years. The man received a settlement. Also added to the Diocese of Jefferson City's list in 3/21.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Louis (William) Dunnigan

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1918
Status: Accused

Died: 04/5/1968
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Dunnigan for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.) Worked in WI, MN, IN. Spent summers in Lansing, MI. louisDied in 1968.

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Fr. Charles Faso

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1967
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Noted to have been removed from public ministry in 2008. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Faso in the St. Louis archdiocese for now, where the Province is based.) A civil suit against Faso and the Franciscans settled in 12/2023.

Fr. Tarsicius (Laverne) Fischer

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1946
Status: Accused

Died: 02/20/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Fischer for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.) Longtime pastor of St. Peter's in Chicago. Assigned for a short time to Sacred Heart in St. Paul, MN. Musician. Died in 1998.

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Judith R. Fisher

Order: CSJ
Status: Settled

Died: 01/11/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Name is spelled both Fischer and Fisher. Accused in a 2003 suit of sexually abusing a female student, beginning at age 12 in 1971 and continuing until 1979. Abuse is alleged in the parish school, the convent, the church, the Cenacle Retreat House, other places in St. Louis, and on trips to CO and KS. Fisher left the order in 1977. She died in 2004 prior to her deposition. The case was settled by The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 2004.

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Fr. Alfred J. Fitzgerald

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Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Known to have worked at Bishop DuBourg High School in St. Louis in 1977. In 1996 a woman alleged abuse by Fitzgerald when she was a high school student in the early 1970s and went to him for counseling. Settled for $25K and a written apology from him. He was placed on medical leave. Diocese wanted to return him to ministry in 1999, but the woman protested and they did not. In 2005 he was living at Regina Cleri Retirement Home in Missouri. On archdiocese's list 7/26/19.

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Fr. Bruce Forman

Ordained: 1974
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

A 14-year-old boy wrote to the Archdiocese in 1983 complaining of assault on several occasions by Forman, and said "I know it's happened before." The priest allegedly gave the boy pornography and beer. No response from Archdiocese. The boy said he gave another priest a list of 10-15 names of boys who said they believed that Forman had been inappropriate with them. In 1995 the same person sued the archdiocese; it was dismissed on statute problems. Forman remained an active priest in 1/16. Founder and director in the archdiocese of Young Catholic Musicians.

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Forman et al Letters to Editor 06.17.93
St Louis Post-Dispatch 03.03.02
NY Times 03.03.02
St Louis Post-Dispatch 03.11.02
St Louis Post-Dispatch 04.14.02
Clohessy Impact Statement at USCCB Meeting in Dallas 06.13.02
St Louis Post-Dispatch 07.30.02
SNAP 12.31.15

Fr. Michael A. Freymuth

Ordained: 1979
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Suspended in 12/04 from duties as chaplain at Cardinal Ritter High School and as part-time associate pastor at a parish after allegations against him were raised in lawsuit against another priest. Another man also made allegations to the archdiocese in 2002, but no action. Freymuth was quietly allowed to return to parish work at some point. In 1/09 he was again removed after a third man notified the archdiocese that he planned to sue, alleging abuse by Freymuth as a grade-schooler in the 1980s. The man first complained in 2005. He filed suit in 7/09.

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SNAPmidwest.org Press Release 12.04

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Fr. James A. Funke

Ordained: 1974
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Assigned to Bishop DuBourg High 1979-86. Funke and a lay teacher, Jerome Robben, were arrested 10/86 and charged with sexual assault of a youth. Funke pled guilty in 1987 to ten counts of second-degree deviate sexual assault of two boys. Police found child porn in his possession. Received ten years prison; released in 1992. First victim to report Funke died by suicide at age 21. Laicization announced 11/03/06. One of six priests included in 7/08 settlement. On MO sex offender registry as of 5/15/11. On archdiocese's list 7/26/19.

Fr. Chester E. Gaiter

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1976
Status: Settled

Died: 08/14/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

One of four priests included in a $140K settlement of a lawsuit in 4/2007. Abuse is alleged to have occurred in 1985-1987 at Cardinal Ritter High School. Gaiter "retired from the priesthood" in 1993 or 1994 after exhibiting signs of alzheimer's disease. Another suit filed 11/2007, settled early 2009. Last known to be living at St. Louis University's Jesuit Hall. Died 8/14/2010 at age 70. On Jesuits' Central and Southern Province's list 12/7/2018. Included on the Diocese of Belleville's list 9/20/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. George W. Galovich

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Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Died in 2012. Substantiated allegations, received after his death.

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Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19

Fr. John L. Gavin

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Ordained: 1948
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Accused in a 9/94 lawsuit of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy in 1963-64. The archdiocese moved to have the suit dismissed in 1995 and court agreed. Case appealed and in 12/95 higher court sent certain issues back to lower court to be retried.

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HRB v JLG et al Ct of Appeals, Eastern Div 3 12.19.95

Fr. John J. Ghio

Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Suspended 10/21/14 due to a recent allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the early 1980s. Retired 2011, in residence at Annunciation Parish, Webster Groves. Moved to Regina Cleri residence 6/13. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19.

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Fr. Glennon J. Goellner

Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Deceased.

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Fr. Theopane (William) Goett

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Order: OFM
Ordained: 1940
Status: Accused

Died: 10/14/1973
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Gaylord on its list updated in 4/2021. Noted to have returned to his order in 1951. Died in 1973. Added in 10/2023 to the Diocese of Nashville's list. Mentioned in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 report. Included on the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province list as of 1/2024. (Member of the Sacred Heart Province; placing him for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.)

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Diocese of Gaylord List 04.2021
Diocese of Nashville List 10.13.23
MI A.G. Gaylord Report 01.08.24
Franciscans Our Lady of Guadalupe Province List 01.16.24

Fr. James Patrick Grady

Ordained: 1977
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Arrested in 7/2009 after arranging via the internet to have sex with a 16-year old girl at a secret location. The contact was actually an an undercover FBI agent in a sting. Immediately placed on leave from his assignment at St. Raphael the Archangel. Child pornography was found on his computer. Pleaded guilty in 3/2010 to child pornography and agreeing to pay for sex with a 16-year-old. Sentenced in 6/2010 to 6 years, 8 months in prison and to register as sex offender. Included on the Archdiocese's list 7/26/2019. Laicized. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 7/2024 of sexually abusing a girl, ages 8-12, during 1999-2002. Grady's accuser said she was also sexually abused by a Sister Annette during that time. She said she told other priests and her Catholic school principal in St. Louis City, but was told she was lying.

Fr. Thomas J. Graham

Ordained: 1960
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Convicted in 2005 of orally sodomizing a boy in the late 1970s. Sentenced to 20 years in prison. Archdiocese investigated in 1994 but allegations weren't substantiated. Archdiocese posted bond while case was being appealed. MO Supreme Court overturned the conviction and prison sentence 11/06, saying sodomy had a 3-year statute of limitation. New suit filed 3/11 by a man who alleged abuse twice in 1966. Another sued 5/12, claiming 1966 abuse. Graham "no longer in public ministry." Trial in civil suit 3/13. New allegation 4/16 of sex abuse in 1980s at a Wildwood parish. On permanent administrative leave. On archdiocese's list 7/26/19, noting allegations substantiated.

Fr. James L. Gummersbach

Ordained: 1954
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Accused in the 1990s of abusing boys in the 1950s-60s. In 1999, a jury awarded a man $1.2M after several other alleged victims testified; the verdict was later reversed by an Appeals Court, which ruled that the statute of limitations had expired. Laicization announced 11/03/06. On archdiocese's list 7/26/19 of those with substantiated allegations. Died in 2014.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Denis (Joseph) Hall

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused

Died: 02/14/1996
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Gaylord on its list updated in 4/2021. Noted to have returned to his order in 1978. Died in 1996. Per his obituary, Hall worked in IN, IL, IA, OH, MN, NE. Mentioned in the MI Attorney General's 1/8/2024 Gaylord report. Included on the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province list as of 1/2024. (Member of the Sacred Heart Province; placing Hall for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.)

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Omaha World-Herald Obituary 02.15.96
Diocese of Gaylord List 04.2021
MI A.G. Gaylord Report 01.08.24
Franciscans Our Lady of Guadalupe Province List 01.16.24

Br. Patrick Hanrahan

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Order: OFM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Noted to have been prohibited from public ministry in 1999. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Hanrahan for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.)

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Franciscans’ Our Lady of Guadalupe Province List 01.16.24

Fr. Donald Henry Heck

Ordained: 1963
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Abused a boy in 1990 and was sent to treatment "for stress" for one year. Already working in another parish when he was indicted in 1991. In 1992 he entered Alford Plea (defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the state has enough evidence to win a conviction) and was sentenced to four years in jail. He also abused at least one other boy in 1990. On sex offender registry in MO as of 5/11. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19. Died in 2015.

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Fr. Kevin F. Hederman

Ordained: 1975
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Joined the Latin America Apostolate in 1998 and began working in Belize, Central America. Removed from position in Belize after he was accused in a 5/2009 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy in the early 1990s. The boy was a Christian Brothers College High School student and Hederman was assigned to North American Martyrs Church in Florissant. A similar suit was filed in the 1990s. Both settled. Hederman denied the allegation. Included on the Archdiocese's list 7/26/2019, which notes that allegations were substantiated and Hederman was removed from ministry.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Vincent A. Heier

Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Reportedly accused of sexually abusing at least one altar boy. Removed from ministry, retired. Discovered by news outlet in 2019 saying mass at a retirement home for "disgraced" priests in Franklin County.

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Fr. John P. Hess

Ordained: 1983
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Hess pled guilty in 5/02 to one felony count of possessing child pornography received over the Internet. Federal agents seized Hess' computer from rectory in 3/02 as part of Operation Candyman sting. Allowed to change guilty plea from possession of child pornography to lesser charge of possession of obscene materials because of problems with warrants. Sentenced in 2003 to 3 months in a halfway house, 5 years probation, and a fine of $5,000. Removed from ministry. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19.

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Fr. Ardwin (Frederick) Hiller

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 08/9/1981
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Hiller in the St. Louis archdiocese for now, where the Province is based.) Pastor 1954-1978 of Little Flower Church in Monroe LA.

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Fr. Werner (Wilfrid) Holzer

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Order: OFM
Ordained: 1944
Status: Accused

Died: 02/17/1990
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Died in 1990. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Holzer for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.)

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Franciscans Our Lady of Guadalupe Province List 01.16.24

Fr. John W. Hough

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/2019. Accused of abuse in the 1970s. Unclear where the abuse allegedly accused. Worked at Jesuit high schools in Wichita, KS and St. Louis, MO. Left the Jesuits and priesthood in 1977. Allegation received after 1977. Included on the Wichita diocese's list of those with substantiated allegations against them. Deceased.

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Fr. Bernard Huhn

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Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Ministry restricted. Died in 2000.

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Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19

Deacon Fred Hummel

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Ordained: 1986
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Ordained for the permanent diaconate in 1986. Assigned to Holy Innocents 1986-1993. Comptroller of the archdiocese from 1988 until 1993 when he was "demoted" to Priests' Mutual Benefit Society, until 2014. Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese on its list 7/26/2019. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Laicized. Accused of molesting a 17-year-old boy he had met at a Teens Encounter Christ retreat in 1993. The abuse allegedly occurred during a week the boy spent "shadowing" Hummel, which his parents had arranged. The boy filed a lawsuit, settled two years later for $80K.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch 09.08.19

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Fr. Xiu Hui Jiang

Ordained: 2010
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

From China. Charged 6/12 with fondling a teen girl and victim tampering. Removed. Girl's family filed suit 7/13 v archdiocese and archbishop. Per the suit, Jiang left the family a $20K check after admitting abuse and Archbishop Carlson attempted evidence tampering. Charges were dropped 11/21/13. Jiang was arrested 4/17/14, charged with sodomy of a boy at Cathedral school in 2011 and 2012. Pleaded not guilty 6/2/14. Charges were dropped 6/15. Jiang sued the police, city, boy's parents and SNAP for defamation and conspiracy to deprive him of civil rights due to race and religion. Judge sanctioned SNAP in 8/16 for resisting discovery order, and ordered them to pay the priest's legal fees. Re the 7/13 suit, jury ruled in favor of the archdiocese and Jiang in 4/17. Jiang was to undergo a "process for return to active ministry." The alleged victim requested a new trial in 5/17; denied. Judge ordered her to pay the archdiocese and Jiang's legal expenses. Lawsuit v SNAP settled in 11/17. Jiang was assigned in 5/18 to St. Gabriel's. Rescinded after parents of the parish school objected. He was to remain at Cathedral. In 8/22 a judge ruled that Jiang could have his 2014 arrest record expunged. He was working to also have his 2013 arrest record expunged. Jiang was reportedly studying in Rome in 2022.

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Fr. Robert F. Johnston

Ordained: 1962
Status: Charged

Died: 04/4/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

In 2002 a man said Johnston abused him as a teenager in about 1978, at Sacred Heart parish in Valley Park. Johnston admitted the abuse and resigned from his current parish. Two men filed suit in 12/2004 alleging abuse 1977-1980. Arrested in 1/2005; criminally charged in 6/2006 for alleged abuse of a youth in 1978. Four lawsuits were moved to federal court. Named in settlement announced in 7/2008. Laicized in 2002. In 6/2011 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled that the Archdiocese was not responsible for Johnston's behavior. Included on the Archdiocese's list 7/26/2019. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Included on the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau's list updated 4/13/2021; assigned 1962-1964 to a Poplar Bluff parish. Died 4/4/2021.

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Archdiocese of St. Louis Assignment Record

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Fr. John J. Kaske

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Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Laicized. Reportedly kissed a teenage girl in 1959 while driving her home from a church event. He claimed she kissed him and he said "no." She reported it the following year, and Kaske was sent to the Servants of the Paraclete in Jemez Springs, NM for treatment. Left the priesthood, went on to marry.

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Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19
Post-Dispatch 09.07.19

Fr. Jerome Keaty

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Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Name added in 8/19 to the archdiocese's list of those with substantiated allegations against them of child sexual abuse. Keaty died in 1999.

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St Louis Post-Dispatch 09.01.19

Seminarian Francis J. Kegel

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Left the Jesuits in 1953. Allegation of abuse in the 1940s received after 1953. Unclear as to where alleged abuse occurred. Worked at Jesuit high schools in St. Louis and Kansas City, MO. Died 2009.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

Fr. William A. Kelley

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Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Died in 2013.

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Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19

Br. William R. Kennealy

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 04/22/1995
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Included on the US Province Marianists' list 6/24/20 of members "found to have sexually abused a minor." Professed vows as a Marianist brother, Province of St. Louis, in 1947. Worked in TX, MO, IL. Died 4/22/95.

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Marianists US Province list 06.24.20

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Fr. Louis F. Kertz

Ordained: 1948
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

A lawsuit filed in 8/05 alleged abuse of a 13-year-old boy in 1981 at All Saints in St. Peter's, MO. Kertz was reportedly transferred several weeks after the 1981 incident. Another suit filed in 5/06 claimed abuse 1976-79 at the same parish. Kertz died in 1985. In 11/08 the MO Appeals Court dismissed the 2005 suit due to the statute of limitations. Included on the archdiocese's list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Joseph Kesterson

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Order: OFM
Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Kesterson for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.) Noted to have left the Province and Order 7/5/1991.

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Franciscans Our Lady of Guadalupe Province List 01.16.24

Fr. John M. Kilcullen

Ordained: 1955
Status: Sued

Died: 12/13/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 9/1993 of abusing a girl, ages 6-7, in 1954 and 1955. The girl was a student at Most Sacred Heart Elementary School during the time of the alleged abuse. Kilcullen was a frequent guest at the girl's aunt's home, where the abuse allegedly occurred. Per the complaint, on one occasion, when Kilcullen was babysitting the girl, he got into the bathtub while she was in it, had "intercourse" with her, then prayed with her and asked for her forgiveness. A year later Kilcullen allegedly grabbed her arm when she was leaving the bathroom, and another time said to her, "once a slut, always a slut." Another (unknown) priest was also accused in the complaint of sexually abusing the girl when she was ages 6-14. The lawsuit was dismissed in 1994. Kilcullen died 12/13/1998.

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Fr. Dennis P. Kirchoff

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1987
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Removed from ministry in 1991. Left the Jesuits in 1995. Alleged abuse in the 1990s, unclear as to where.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

Fr. Henry J. Kohnen

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Ordained: 1935
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

A woman filed suit in 6/05 claiming that she had been abused as a child by Kohnen at her parish in St. Paul 1960-1968. Kohnen died in 1983 at age 73.

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St Louis Post Dispatch 06.09.05

Fr. Marvin C. Kopff

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Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Died in 2006.

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Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19

Fr. Philip D. Kraus

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/2019. Restricted from ministry with minors in 1996. Removed from ministry in 2003. Allegation of abuse in the 1970s, unclear as to where. Noted to be living under supervision. Included by 1/2020 on the Peoria diocese's list. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Fr. Bryan M. Kuchar

Ordained: 1993
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Confessed on tape in 2002 to sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy in 1995; later complained that he had been coerced by police. First trial ended in hung jury in 5/2003. Convicted 8/03 of abuse. Received three consecutive one-year sentences. Civil suit also filed. Released in 8/06; bishop was to assign him to "secure and monitored residence" within the archdiocese. Laicization announced 11/03/06. Registered sex offender. Wrongful death suit filed 5/13 by parents of another victim who was abused 1999-2002 at age 12-14 and died by suicide in 2009. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19.

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Fr. Richard L. Lause

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Order: CM
Ordained: 1977
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Accused in a suit filed in 8/2004 of abusing a boy in the 1980s at St. Vincent de Paul High School. The boy's mother had taken him to a seminary in IL in 1985 and the priests agreed to raise him. The boy later transferred to the school in St. Louis. The Vincentians were told of the abuse in 1988, sent Lause to counseling, then reassigned him in 1989. He was placed on leave in 2003 after his victim again complained. Claim settled by order in 1/2005. Name included on the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese's list updated 4/1/2019 and on the Vincentians list in 2020. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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Fr. Gerhardt B. Lehmkuhl

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1974
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Arrested in 1995 for receiving child pornography through the mail. Checked himself into St. Luke's Institute for treatment after he pled guilty, before sentencing. Sentenced in 1996 to one year in prison. Also ordered to get mental health treatment after release from prison. Per 2009 news, he worked at Jesuit Community Corporation at St. Louis University--Jesuit Hall. Died 3/9/12. On the Province's list 12/7/18. It notes that he was removed from ministry in 2002.

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Fr. Joseph P. Lessard

Ordained: 1952
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Admitted in 2002 to sexually abusing 12 boys in three parishes in the 1970s. Allegedly threatened victims with a gun; older victims coerced younger ones. Used camper in abuse. After a 1976 complaint Lessard was transferred to a new parish, then treated in MN. Went to NM Paraclete halfway house in 1979 and was a hospital chaplain afterward. Was parish priest again before retiring in 1993. Archdiocesan lawyers settled two complaints 1996-97. New suit filed 6/05 alleged abuse from 1985-92. May have settled 7/08. On archdiocese's list 7/26/19. Died in 2014.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Alexander Lippert

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Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

In 8/14 the archdiocese deemed credible accusations that Lippert had sexually abused a minor in the early 1970s. No details were released by the Review Board except that Lippert had died in 4/2000, prior to the allegations, and that officially the allegations were deemed "credible though unsubstantiated" because he could not defend himself. Notes on his assignments indicated he was on leave of absence in 1970 while residing at St. Paul the Apostle in Pine Lawn. In 7/88, Lippert took sick leave. He was then relieved of priestly duties and granted retirement in 1/91. Per the archdiocese's list 7/26/19, allegations were substantiated.

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Statement by Archbishop Carlson in Pastor’s Pen 08.10.14

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Br. Harold J. Lootens

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1947 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in TX and MO. Died 5/24/14. Included on the Order's 6/24/20 list, with allegations related to child pornography.

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Archbishop George J. Lucas

Ordained: 1975
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Ordained in 1975 for the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Elevated to Monsignor in 1994. Bishop of Springfield IL 1999-2009. Named Archbishop of Omaha in 2009. Accused in a 7/2024 lawsuit of the sexual assault in 1988 of two students at St. Louis Preparatory Seminary, where Lucas was Dean of Education. He denied the allegations.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Robert Marquitz

Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

In 6/20 the archdiocese announced that it had received allegations of child sexual abuse against Marquitz, which it deemed substantiated. Marquitz had at some point been removed from ministry and laicized. Known as a champion soccer player in the 1950s and 1960s. Per a St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame bio, Marquitz went on to coach at the parish and select levels, as well as for Special Needs Kids (SPENSA) and at the St. Louis Soccer Park.

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Fr. Aloysius J. Marschner

Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused

Died: 02/10/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Ministry restricted. Died in 2004. Included on the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese's list updated 4/13/21.

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Findagrave.com 02.10.04

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Fr. J. Dennis Martin

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Order: CM
Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Died: 10/2/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Vincentian Order on its list in 2020. Multiple allegations of abuse occurring in the 1960s and 1980s were reported in 2003. Martin was removed from ministry. Assigned in 1995 to Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis. Died in 2014. (The list does not indicate where the abuse is said to have occurred; placing Martin's entry for now under St. Louis, where the Order is headquartered.) Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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Fr. Robert L. McCarthy

Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Died: 02/22/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Monsignor. Parish priest, longtime director of Catholic Cemeteries. Died in 2/2022. Accused publicly in 3/2023 of molesting girls at Christ the King Grade School in St. Louis, where he was assigned 1962-1967. Molestations allegedly occurred when he fitted the girls for their athletic uniforms. Said to have asked "purient" questions of at least one high school girl during confession.

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Fr. Dennis J. McClintock

Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/2019. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry in 1993. Laicized. Reportedly "crossed boundaries" with girls at a St. Louis County parish and elementary school. Went on to marry and adopt a son. Worked for hotels; until 2009 was manager of a hotel used for retreats at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Snows in Belleville. In 8/2019, working as a physical therapy rehab aide in O'Fallon.

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Fr. John Roger McDonough

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Ordained: 1965
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Accused in a 2006 civil suit of abuse of a boy somewhere between ages of 11-13 in 1982. McDonough died in 1985. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19. It notes substantiated allegations, received after his death.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch 6.22.06

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Fr. Michael S. McGrath

Ordained: 1974
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Assigned to many parishes, led one for a brief time. Taught at parish schools and at DuBourg High. Suspended in 1997 after allegation he fondled a boy in the 1970s while a seminarian. Sent to treatment, reinstated after a year. A 6/03 civil suit alleged a man had recently killed himself after lifetime of turmoil due to abuse by McGrath as a child in the 1980s. Suicide was just after man learned McGrath could not be prosecuted due to SOL. At least 20 more suits followed of men and women alleging abuse as children by McGrath. He would take children on outings in his van, some overnight trips. Most allegations are of fondling, at least one of forced oral copulation. In 8/04 17 people settled claims against McGrath in archdiocesan settlement. In 12/07, MO Court of Appeals upheld dismissal of 1 suit by the lower court. One of 6 priests in 7/08 settlement. Laicized in 2005. On archdiocese's list 7/26/19.

Fr. James Clyde McLain

Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 09/15/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Parish priest and pastor. Educator assigned to DeAndreis High School, St. Thomas Aquinas High School and Rosary High School. Named publicly by the Archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Died in 1998. McLain is the subject of substantiated allegations, received after his death.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. James L. McShane

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1941
Status: Accused

Died: 05/24/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Died in 1993. Allegation received after his death of abuse in the 1950s. Unclear as to where. Worked in Denver, CO; St. Louis, MO; Yoro, Honduras; Pueblo, CO.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

Fr. David V. Meconi

Ordained: 2003
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Added in 2/2023 to the Province's list of credibly accused. Noted to have been removed from ministry in 2021 and to have left the Jesuits and priesthood in 2023. Had assignments at St. Louis University and at Xavier University in Cincinnati OH. Abuse allegedly occurred 2015-2016.

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Br. Louis J. Meinhardt

Order: SM
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1923 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in IL, MO, MI, IA, TX. In 9/2011 a former St. Louis Chaminade College Prep student came forward to the Order, alleging sexual abuse in the 1970s by Br. Meinhardt and Br. John Woulfe. Letters were sent to 1,600 school alumni who graduated 1958-1982. At least 15-16 responded with credible allegations of verbal and sexual abuse by the two men. Meinhardt worked at the school 1958-1982. He died in 1990. Original accuser had come forward in 2003 and 2009; others had also come forward before 2011. Civil suit filed 2/23/2012. Another suit filed in 12/2015. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/2020 list of accused. On the Diocese of Belleville's list 9/20/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Fr. Louis Meteye

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Order: CM
Ordained: 1938
Status: Accused

Died: 10/25/1979
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Vincentian Order on its list in 2020. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1960s, were reported in 2003. Meteye died in 1979. (The list does not indicate where the alleged abuse occurred, so placing him for now under St. Louis, where the Order is headquartered.)

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

Fr. Charles H. Miller

Order: SM
Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1953 for the Marianists, St. Louis Province, ordained in 1964. Worked in MO, GA, TX. In 2005 a woman reported to the Marianists that Miller groomed and fondled her at age 14 in 1976 in St. Louis, and that he molested her when she was 17 in 1980 in San Antonio, TX. In 2007 the Order admitted privately that the allegations were "credible." Order found that Miller had been involved with two other women. In 2007, the Order restricted Miller's ministry and moved him from TX, where he was a teacher at St. Mary's University, to their headquarters in Rome. Still there in 2/19. On San Antonio archdiocese's list 1/31/19. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of accused.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Joseph Tan Doan Nguyen

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Order: OFM
Ordained: 1986
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Noted to have been prohibited from public ministry in 2022. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Nguyen in the St. Louis archdiocese for now, where the Province is based.)

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Franciscans Our Lady of Guadalupe Province List 01.08.24

Fr. Joseph M. O’Brien

Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Died in 2012.

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Fr. Bernard O’Flynn

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Ordained: 1917
Status: Accused

Died: 07/14/1981
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Died in 1981. Substantiated allegations, received after his death. Included on the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese's list 4/13/21.

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Fr. Thomas O’Hern

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Order: CM
Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused

Died: 11/11/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Worked in MO, IL, and Kenya, where he founded and was the Executive Director of Family Hope Charity. Named publicly as accused by the Vincentian Order on its list 11/12/2020. Multiple allegations of abuse occurring in the 1980s reported in 1991. Location of abuse not revealed. Sent to a residential program in St. Louis 11/1991-3/1992. Returned to ministry in Kenya in 1994. Removed from ministry in 2004, left the Order in 2006. Died in 2014. (Placing O'Hern's entry under St. Louis for now, where the Order is based.) Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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Fr. Russell J. Obmann

Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused

Died: 09/21/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/2019. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Died in 2000.

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Fr. Robert R. Osborne

Order: SM
Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

President of St. John Vianney High School when accused in a lawsuit in 2006 of "sexually, physically and emotionally" abusing a student. The boy had recently disclosed abuse to his therapist and family. Osborne stepped down from his position pending the investigation. A second student also came forward. Osborne denied the allegations. He did acknowledged having been accused in 1982 of inappropriate behavior with a high school boy in Creve Coeur. Vianney High School officials asked him to leave in 8/06 because the lawsuit would distract from his job. In 10/06 the prosecutor announced there was no evidence to support criminal charges. Civil suit settled with Order in 6/07. As of 2/08, Osborne claimed to be chaplain for Kirkwood Police Dept. Faculties removed in 5/09 by interim bishop Herrmann after news of previous investigation. Osborne died 4/27/14 in a care facility for Marianists in Cupertino, CA.

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Fr. James J. Pavlik

Ordained: 1963
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Placed on leave in 2000 without privileges after archdiocese substantiated claims that he engaged in sexual misconduct. The archdiocese had also investigated in 1994 but could not substantiate an allegation of sexual abuse in the 1970s. In 2002 a man said he met Pavlik in Japan in 1970 when he was 17. When he returned to the states at age 18 and visited Pavlik in St. Louis, Pavlik tried to molest him at a rectory until he threatened to get a knife and use it on the priest. Pavlik was named in an 8/05 civil suit. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19. Died in 2015.

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Fr. Paul C. Pilgram

Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Restricted from ministry with minors in 1991. Multiple allegations of abuse occurring 1970s-1990s. Unclear as to where. Removed from ministry in 2003. Noted to be living under supervision. Per a news outlet in 5/19, Pilgram was living at Jesuit Hall, near the St. Louis U. campus.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18
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Seminarian Nickolas Eugene Pinkston

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Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Also known as R.A. Manfir. Started seminary in 2007. Worked at Ascension, Our Lady of the Presentation and St. Ambrose parishes. Taught childrens' confirmation class. Removed from Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in 1/10 after officials learned he was having an affair with an adult woman. Arrested in 7/11 for attempting to receive child pornography through the mail in 2010. Pled guilty 5/31/12 to federal child porn charges. Was to be sentenced to 5 years in prison.

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Fr. William C. Poepperling

Ordained: 1934
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

One woman filed suit 4/05 alleging abuse by Poepperling between 1956-1959. A second woman filed suit in 8/05 alleging abuse for 4 years, beginning when she was 4 in the 1950s. Poepperling died in 1983 at age 78. Most counts in each case were dismissed by the trial court in 2008 or 2009 and dismissals were upheld by Court of Appeals 2/10. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19. It notes substantiated allegations, received after his death.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Thaddeus Posey

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1971
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Posey was one of four priests named in a 2004 lawsuit. Settlement reached in 4/07, but claims against Posey were not settled. Suit alleged abuse in 1970s-80s. Posey is shown in a Spring 2013 Capuchin Midwest newsletter as a member of a Prayer Ministry for retired Capuchins. Died 8/7/13. On Capuchin Province of Mid-America's list 3/1/19. Per the Salina diocese, Posey had more than one credible allegation against him.

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Fr. Protase (Maximilian) Kuberek

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1906
Status: Accused

Died: 06/6/1959
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Spent all but the first several years of his priesthood at St. Stanislaus in Cleveland OH, where he established and led a band. Died in 1959. First name also spelled Protazy.

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Fr. John (Leo) Przybylski

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Order: OFM
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 08/27/1977
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named public as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Przybylski in St. Louis for now, where the Province is based.) Died in 1977.

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Franciscans Our Lady of Guadalupe Province 01.16.24

Fr. John Rausch

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Died: 11/26/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. Reportedly in 8/2024, Rausch was accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the late 1970s while assigned to St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Oakville. He died in 2019.

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Fr. Albert A. Rehme

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Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry. Died in 2012.

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Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19

Fr. Robert J. Reiker

Ordained: 1973
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Retired and in active ministry St. Justin Martyr in Sunset Hills when accused in an 8/2024 lawsuit of sexually abusing an altar boy in 1997 at Immaculate Conception in Dardenne Prairie. Reiker denied the allegation. Suspended from ministry pending "more clarity."

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch 08.10.24

Fr. Manuel Cortez Roman

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Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Died: 09/1/1990
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Roman in St. Louis for now, where the Province is based.) Died in 1990.

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Franciscans Our Lady of Guadalupe Province List 01.16.24

Fr. Joseph D. Ross

Ordained: 1969
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Pled guilty 1988 to sex assault of 11-year -old boy in 12/86. Sentenced to 2 years probation and treatment. Admitted then he had been accused of molesting a youth in the 1970s, and had been arrested for propositioning a police officer and public indecency. Allowed to return to work. Removed 3/02. Civil suit filed 11/02 alleged abuse of a 14-year-old boy in 1977. Laicization announced 8/02. Arrested 9/08 on new charges from 2000. Charges dropped 8/10. Living in AR. Suit filed 10/11 claiming abuse of girl. Case settled 07/06/14 under confidential terms. Possibly living in St. Charles, MO as of 7/15/14. On archdiocese's list 7/26/19.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Br. Marvin F. Sanneman

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1951 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in TX and MO. Died in 1987. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of accused.

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Marianists US Province list 06.24.20

Fr. Lawrence C. Schierhoff

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Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Died: 04/26/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese of St. Louis on its list 7/26/2019. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry, laicized. Married and raised a family. Died in 2008. Included on the Jefferson City diocese's list.

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BishopAccountability.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Andre (Charles) Schludecker

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Died: 09/30/2022
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Schludecker in the St. Louis archdiocese for now, where the Province is based.) Worked in IL, OH, WI, AK, MI, MO. Died in 2022.

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Br. John N. Schlund

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1980 as a Marianist brother, Province of St. Louis. Worked in TX and MO. Removed from public ministry in 2004. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor."

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Fr. Michael L. Seidel

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Ordained: 1987
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Suspended by the Archdiocese in 1998 after an allegation of abuse of a minor was determined to be credible. Laicization announced 11/03/06. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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St Louis Review 11.03.06
Archdiocese of St Louis Press Release 11.03.06
MyFox (AP) 11.03.06
St Louis Post-Dispatch 11.04.06
Archdiocese of St Louis List 07.26.19

Fr. Anthony J. Short

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Died: 11/10/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Removed from ministry in 2008. Allegation of abuse alleged to have occurred in the 1960s and 1970s. Unclear as to where. Worked or resided in St. Louis, MO; St. Stephen's, WY; Centennial, CO; Sedalia, CO; Denver, CO. Noted to be living in a skilled nursing facility under supervision. On the Jesuits Midwest Province list 12/17/18. Died 11/10/20.

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Fr. Ildephonse (Edward) Skorup

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Died: 01/23/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Skorup for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.) Worked in Cleveland OH, MO, Chicago IL. Retired in 2013 to Blessed Giles Friary in Manitowoc WI. Died in 2020.

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Fr. James Frederick Stauber

Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Died: 08/14/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Priest of the La Crosse diocese, transferred to San Bernardino in the early 1980s. Resigned in 1993 without admitting wrongdoing after he was accused of having had sex with a minor in St. Louis, MO 22 years prior. Bishop Straling placed him on leave. Stauber admitted to being a recovering alcoholic. Died 8/14/10 in CA. Buried as priest in WI. On San Bernardino diocese's list 10/9/18. On St. Louis archdiocese's list 7/26/19. On the La Crosse diocese's list 1/18/20, noting multiple substantiated allegations.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Br. James Bernard Steinbach

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Order: CM
Status: Accused

Died: 12/26/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Vincentian Order on its list in 2020. It notes alleged abuse in the 1960s, reported in 2007. Steinbach was removed from ministry in 2007. Died 12/26/2007. The list does not reveal the location of the alleged abuse. (Placing him under St. Louis, which is where the Order is based.)

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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Fr. Donald J. Straub

Ordained: 1975
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Complaints of abuse received in 1978; sent to treatment and reassigned in 1979. New allegations in 1986 involving current parish; placed on leave, sent to treatment for three years. Assigned to cathedral in Dodge City KS diocese 9/90-1/91.Two men filed suits in MO in 2004 alleging abuse in the 1970s and early 1980s. At least six more accusers came forward. Some settled in 2005. Laicization announced 1/05. A 2006 suit settled 5/07. Another suit filed 5/29/07. One of six named in 7/08 settlement. On archdiocese's list 7/26/19. On Dodge City diocese's list 10/1/19.

Br. Gregory J. Sutton

Order: FMS
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Principal of a Catholic school in MO. Arrested in 8/95 on charges he molested students in Australia in the 1980s. No accusations in MO. Extradited at the request of Australian officials in 5/96 after several court battles. US officials knew he was wanted in Australia for almost year but did not know he was a school principal. Pled guilty In Australia in 5/96 to numerous charges of abuse between 1976-1987. Sentenced to 18 years in jail on 67 charges against 15 children. As of 5/14, he had been ranked as one of Australia's most-publicized child sex offenders.

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Fr. Thomas Thelin

Order: CM
Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Vincentian Order on its list in 2020. Worked in LA and TX. Abuse estimated to have occurred in the 1980s, reported in 1990. Left the Vincentians in 1985, married in 1991. Dismissed from the Order in 2002. Location of the alleged abuse not revealed. (Placing his entry under St. Louis for now, where the Order is based.)

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

Fr. James Thiel

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Order: CSsR
Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Living in Grand Rapids MI in 2004 when accused in a lawsuit of abuse of a middle-school boy 1978-81 at a parish in Pine Lawn, MO. Had resigned in 1994 from Grand Rapids High School in Grand Rapids MI after the Redemptorists informed the Grand Rapids dioceses of allegations that Thiel had abused in St. Louis. Faculties in the Grand Rapids diocese revoked. There were reportedly several confidential settlements related to allegations of abuse dating from the 1970s. The Redemptorists said they asked Thiel to leave the order in 1997. Another man sued in 2005, claiming abuse as a boy by Thiel 1974-79 and that the priest gave him a sexually transmitted disease. The 2004 suit settled in 3/07 for $140K. Three other priests were named in the settlement.

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Br. Ronald M. Tissier

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1958 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in MO and WI. Left the Order in 1964. Died in 2021, per the Marianists' list in 11/21.

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Fr. Maximilian Toczylowski

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Order: OSB
Ordained: 2016
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Director of the junior school of Saint Louis Priory School when removed in 5/18 after 'inappropriate images' were found on his computer. The school contacted Creve Coeur police 5/30. Faculties removed by Bishop Carlson. Toczylowski was involved in the school's athletics and had worked at a summer program for urban students. He graduated from St. Louis Priory school in 2000.

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Fr. Michael W. Toohey

Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 8/5/19. Allegations deemed substantiated. Removed from ministry. Laicized in 1972. Went on to marry and raise a family. Filed suit in 11/19 against the archdiocese, claiming it falsely named him as an alleged abuser. Toohey denied abuse, said the archdiocese had not informed him of the accusation before the list was released, and that it refused to provide details of the allegations.

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Fr. Daniel A. Triulzi

Order: SM
Ordained: 1981
Status: Settled

Died: 08/20/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1966 as a Marianist, St. Louis Province. Ordained in 1981. Placed on leave from parish in Ft. Worth TX diocese in 8/05 after recent claim of sexual misconduct with a minor in 1996 at Chaminade College Prep in St. Louis. Accuser had just filed suit in circuit court in St. Louis. Taught at Nolan High School in Ft. Worth 1983-87 before transfer to parish. Suit settled in 2007; announced in 2/08. Died in 2017. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor." Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/22. Noted to have been removed from ministry.

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Fr. Leroy A. Valentine

Ordained: 1977
Status: Settled

Died: 04/29/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

A woman reported in 1982 that Valentine sexually abused her three sons, ages 10, 11 and 12. Police sent her to the Archdiocese. Lawsuit filed in 1995; each boy received a $20K settlement in 1998. Valentine was sent for treatment and transferred. Allegations became public in 3/2002; the Archdiocese refused to remove Valentine, saying the allegations were unsubstantiated. Retired in 3/2002 after another person alleged abuse in 1978. The Review Board deemed the allegations substantiated 5/1/2013. Privileges removed. A lawsuit filed in 10/2015 claims repeated sex abuse, including rape, of a boy attending Immaculata School 1977-1981, beginning when the boy was age 11. The plaintiff said Valentine told him the abuse was "special training" to become an altar boy. Included on the Archdiocese's list 7/26/2019 of those with substantiated allegations against them. Valentine died 4/29/2020.

Fr. William F. Vatterott

Ordained: 2003
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

First assignment was at Holy Infant Church in Ballwin. Removed from assignment at St. Cecilia Parish 6/2011 after allegations that he engaged in "inappropriate electronic exchanges" with two teenagers (at least one was a girl.) Also accused of being involved with underage drinking and other inappropriate behavior. Indicted in 4/2013 on federal charges of the possession of child pornography in 2010-2011. Pleaded guilty 8/30/2013 to possessing child pornography and 'sexting' with a minor boy. Sentenced to Three years in prison. Included on the Archdiocese's list 7/26/2019. Noted to have been laicized. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 7/2024 of sexually abusing an altar boy, ages 11-14, during 2008-2011.

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Br. Vincent A. Wayer

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1956 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in MO, WI, TX, MO, IN. Removed from public ministry in 2002. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor."

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Marianists US Province list 06.24.20

Br. Ralph Wehner

Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly in a 7/2024 lawsuit filed in St. Louis of sexually abusing an altar boy, ages 13-15, at St. Alban Roe Parish in Wildwood, during 1982-1984. The plaintiff said that Wehner was in charge of the altar boys at the parish, and that he would fondle and grope him as he helped him with his robes. Wehner was found in 2024 to be working as a deacon in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Suspended pending investigation. Wehner's accuser dismissed his claim in 12/2024 "for personal reasons." Wehner remained suspended pending recommendation of its Internal Review Board.

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Fr. Keith M. Westrich

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Ordained: 1981
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry in 1986. Moved to Massachusetts, worked for Dept of Education. Associate commissioner with a focus on "preparing children for life after high school" when placed on leave after name released in 7/19. Retired after publicity, investigated by the state of MA.

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Fr. John R. Wieberg

Ordained: 1918
Status: Accused

Died: 12/14/1963
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Worked in parishes in St. Charles County, and in several rural parishes in Advance, Charleston (later part of Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese) and Arcadia. Archbishop Carlson announced 3/16/11 that several individuals (at least 5) had come forward in recent years to accuse Wieberg of abuse almost 50 years prior. Wieberg died in 1963. One man, now 80, said he was abused in 1940 at age 9. Reports were found credible by archdiocesan review board. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19. On Springfield-Cape Girardeau list updated 4/1/19. It notes abuse 1942-45 reported in 2004 and 2018.

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Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau List updated 04.13.21

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Fr. Method (Claude) Wilson

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Died: 07/2/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Wilson for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.) Died in 2018. Worked in IN, IA, LA, MO. Retired in 2001.

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Br. Richard H. Witzofsky

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Died: 11/13/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Removed from ministry 2002. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1970s. Died in 2003.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

Fr. Gary P. Wolken

Ordained: 1993
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Convicted in 2002 of abuse of a boy over a three-year period beginning when the boy was age five in about 1997. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. Tried for early release in 2006. Had abused another boy 25 years prior; not prosecuted. Sent for therapy. Civil suit filed in 4/2004, settled for $1.675M. Laicized in 2007. Released from prison after 12 years, in 2/2015. On the Archdiocese's list 7/26/2019. Settlement of $1M in 6/2023 with a man who filed suit in 2018, alleging abuse, including rape, by Wolken beginning when he was a 4th-grader and continuing through 1995.

Br. Robert D. Wood

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 12/6/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1945 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Educator. Worked in MO, TX, IL. Also Canada, Japan, Peru, Mexico. Died in 2016. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor." Location of abuse not indicated - placing him in the St. Louis archdiocese for now.

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Br. John J. Woulfe

Order: SM
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1958 for the Marianists, St. Louis Province. Worked in MO and TX. Accused in a 2002 lawsuit, along with Rev. William A. Christensen, of sexual abuse of a boy, ages 15-17, at Chaminade Prep in St. Louis. On appeal, the MO Supreme Court ruled that repressed memories were admissible and the suit was not time-barred. New accusations in 9/11 and confirmed by letters to school alumni in 2012. Woulfe was at the school for 9 years before leaving the Order in 1977. Died in 2005. New suit filed by a man 4/9/14 alleged abuse at Chaminade Prep in about 1970. Suit filed in 11/15 claimed Woulfe sexually abused a Chaminade student 1968-71, including masturbation and oral sex during "college counseling" meetings. On the Order's 6/24/20 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor."

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Fr. Robert J. Yim

Ordained: 1974
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Sued by three people in 2003 who claimed he sexually assaulted them as boys. Removed from active ministry in 1990, then assigned as hospital chaplain. Yim "chose to resign from active ministry in 1995" but continued w hospital chaplaincy as a United Church of Christ minister. He was suspended from the UCC, per 8/04 article. Three men filed two civil suits in 2003; another man filed similar suit in 4/04. Claims settled 8/04. Laicization announced 1/05. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19.

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Fr. Dennis B. Zacheis

Ordained: 1975
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Worked in South St. Louis, Manchester, Lemay, Krakow, Wildwood and Sullivan parishes. Retired without faculties 2010 due to allegations of financial irregularities at parish he pastored. Accused 11/17 of sexual abuse of a boy 1975-78, while assigned to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in Mehlville. Zacheis denied the allegation. Accuser, age 55, filed suit 11/15/17. On the archdiocese's list 7/26/19. Allegations substantiated. Removed from ministry.

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St Louis Post-Dispatch 11.13.17

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Fr. Ralph A. Zimmer

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Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 07/8/1981
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 7/26/19. Died in 1981. Substantiated allegations, received after his death. Included on the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese's list 4/13/21.

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