39 Accused in This Diocese
- Resume with Ohio Assignments
- Request for Laicization 05.99 with Boston Assignments and Allegations
- Boston Documents
- Boston Globe 11.20.11
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette 03.07.96
- Boston Globe 09.11.98
- Boston Globe 09.12.98
- Boston Globe 01.24.01
- Patriot Ledger 01.31.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 04.23.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 05.10.02
- Deposition of Cardinal Bernard Law 01.22.03
- Boston Herald 03.14.03
- Memorandum 07.21.03
- Times-Picayune 07.24.03
- Boston Herald (AP) 04.05.05
- Boston Herald 04.06.05
- Boston Globe 10.01.05
- Jamaica Plain Gazette 05.29.10
- Jamaica Plain Gazette 09.09.11
- Boston Globe 07.26.17
- WYTV 10.29.18
- Diocese of Youngstown List 10.30.18
- Youngstown Vindicator 10.31.18
- Statement by Diocese of Youngstown 06.01.09
- WYTV 06.06.09
- Vindicator 06.07.09
- Canton Repository 06.07.09
- Tribune Chronicle 06.07.09
- WYTV 06.08.09
- Canton Repository 06.08.09
- Tribune Chronicle 06.09.09
- Vindicator 06.10.09
- Tribune Chronicle 06.10.09
- WYTV 06.11.09
- Canton Repository 06.12.09
- Canton Repository 06.30.09
- Vindicator 07.07.09
- Vindicator 07.09.09
- Vindicator 07.19.10
- The Independent 07.20.10
- Tribune-Chronicle 07.20.10
- Vindicator 01.25.13
- Tribune-Chronicle 01.25.13
- WYTV 10.29.18
- Diocese of Youngstown List 10.30.18
- Youngstown Vindicator 10.31.18
- Associated Press 04.21.02
- Grand Rapid Press 04.22.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 04.23.02
- Columbus Dispatch 04.23.02
- Associated Press 04.28.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- Associated Press 06.12.02
- Akron Beacon Journal 09.20.02
- Archdiocese of Baltimore List via Baltimore Sun 09.26.02
- Detroit Free Press 04.14.03
- Saginaw News 05.21.05
- Saginaw News 04.11.06
- Ohio–SNAP Statement 08.29.13
- SNAP Letter to Bishop Murry 08.29.13
- Diocese of Saginaw 04.14.18
- MLive 04.14.18
- WYTV 10.29.18
- Diocese of Youngstown List 10.30.18
- MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23
- Baltimore Banner 04.18.23
- WKBN 10.09.11
- Beacon Journal 10.10.11
- The Vindicator 10.10.11
- SNAP Statement 10.10.11
- IndeOnline 10.10.11
- WKBN 10.10.11
- Tribune Chronicle 10.10.11
- WYTV 10.10.11
- The Vindicator 10.11.11
- Tribune Chronicle 10.11.11
- Youngstown Vindicator 01.25.13
- SNAP Letter to Bishop Murry 08.29.13
- WKBN 08.29.13
- Ohio–SNAP Press Release 08.29.13
- Tribune Chronicle 08.30.13
- WYTV 10.29.18
- Diocese of Youngstown List 10.30.18
- Vindicator 11.12.18
Fr. Marian Babjak
From Slovakia, where he was ordained. Spent early priesthood there and in Austria. Parish priest, religion and German teacher in parish schools. Arrived in the Youngstown diocese in 2006, assisting at St. Rose in Girard while studying at Youngstown State University. In 2016 he returned to Youngstown, where he was in residence at St. Charles Boromeo in Boardman, then assigned to St. Paul in North Canton in 2017. Pastor of Christ Our Savior in Struthers when placed on leave in 11/2021 due to an allegation of inappropriate physical contact with a minor. Agreed to resign from his position at the parish 7/6/2022. On 7/17/2022 the Diocese announced that its Review Board had determined that while there was inappropriate contact with a minor by Babjak, it "did not not rise to the level of sexual abuse." The Board recommended Babjak be returned to active ministry after a period of evaluation. Babjak died by suicide on 10/3/2022, just before the Diocese was to announce that there was a second allegation against him, of inappropriate contact with a minor in Slovakia.
Fr. Joseph R. Bennett
Fr. Denis G. Bouchard
Fr. Emmanuel Briffa
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Fr. Robert M. Burns
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Fr. Daniel P. Cipar
Fr. Thomas J. Crum
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Fr. John P. Cunningham
Fr. Gerald X. Curran
Fr. Guy Bernard Dupont
Fr. Anthony Michael Esposito
Fr. Richard C. Evrit
Fr. Joseph A. Feicht
Fr. James M. Fondriest
Deacon Ernest Formichelli
Died: 04/11/2020
Diocese: Diocese of Youngstown OH
Fr. Joseph Galganski
Fr. Henry M. Gallagher
Fr. John P. Gallagher
Fr. Paul L. Gubser
Fr. John E. Hammer
"Father Jack." Removed in 2002 after admitting to abuse of an altar boy 1980-1983. Sent to St. Luke's Institute for treatment in 1985 then worked as a hospital chaplain in the Baltimore archdiocese. Faculties removed in Baltimore in 1990; Bishop Malone persuaded the Saginaw MI diocese to take him, and he worked there parishes there for the next 12 years, including as pastor. Lawsuit filed in 9/2002 by three plaintiffs from the Youngstown diocese and one from the Saginaw diocese, claiming church authorities knew of wrongdoing by Hammer as early as 1978. Name included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused in 9/2002. Laicized in 2006. On the Saginaw diocese's list 4/25/2018. On the Youngstown diocese's list 10/29/2018. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
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Fr. James R. Hennessey
Diocese: Diocese of Youngstown OH
Fr. Robert E. Hill
Fr. William H. Hohman
Fr. Thomas F. Kelly
Fr. John F. Lyons
Fr. Donald P. Marrokal
Fr. Thomas Bertrand McCarthy
Fr. Donald J. Oser
First named publicly as accused on the diocese's list 10/29/2018. Assignments included parishes in Geneva, Austintown, Struthers, Boardman, Hubbard, Alliance, Youngstown, Columbiana, Warren, Canton and North Canton. Died 10/23/2012.
Fr. John R. Parillo
Fr. Robert E. Reidy
Fr. John E. Ryan
Fr. Robert A. Sabatino
Fr. Louis Santucci
Fr. John W. Schmidt
Fr. William B. Smaltz
Fr. Michael A. Swierz
Placed on leave in 6/2024 after "concerns" of Swierz's behavior while assigned to St. Rose in Girard in the late 1980s-early1990s. In 9/2024 the Diocese announced that its Review Board found a "disturbing pattern of behavior, including serious boundary violations with minors, manipulation and abuse of power." He was deemed unsuitable for ministry.