Br. Gerald T. Chumik
Accused of forcing a boy at ages 12 and 15 to perform oral sex during the 1970s in Canada. Criminal charges were filed in 1990. Lived in a Franciscan retirement home in Santa Barbara CA for many years. Retired. Reportedly in 2005, was living at Wounded Brothers (RECON), a Franklin County, MO home for troubled priests. Included on the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans’ list 5/31/2019. It notes the sexual abuse of a minor in 1973 reported in 1990, and that Chumik was living in an ‘elder care facility’ in MO since 2004. Included in 8/2021 on the Fresno diocese’s list of credibly accused.
- John Roe 4 vs Does, Cause No 1156450, Superior Court of California
- CanadaEast 07.12.04
- Dallas Morning News 07.12.04
- LA Times 07.15.04
- KCOY 07.21.04
- LA Times 09.08.04
- St Louis Post-Dispatch 09.13.04
- Santa Barbara News-Press 09.27.04
- Dallas Morning News 12.07.04
- St Louis Post-Dispatch 02.28.05
- Voice from the Desert 08.18.08
- Ernesto C v Franciscans, Cause No 1337577, Santa Barbara Co Superior Court 10.05.09
- Clover v Franciscans, Cause No 1338070, Santa Barbara Co Superior Court 11.03.09
- Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List 05.31.19
- Sun-Gazette 08.11.21
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