Fr. Patrick W. Egan

From the Diocese of Westminster, England, where he was ordained in 1966. Arrived in the Diocese of Lansing in 1982, where he worked for many years. Egan is the subject of multiple allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse and improper sexual contact.  Per the MI Attorney General’s Report in 12/2024, the abuse would occur under the guise of boxing, whereby Egan would allegedly have young men and teenagers hit him in the lower stomach, causing his arousal. He also engaged in the tapping of testicles, or “nut drills.” An allegation in the early 1990s received by the Diocese was not investigated until the case was reopened in 2003. Egan’s alleged victim was age 25 at the time of the incidents. Egan was restricted from ministry in the Lansing diocese and, in 3/2019, his faculties were revoked after additional allegations. Investigators hired by the Diocese in 2019 determined that none of Egan’s accusers were minors at the time of the alleged abuse. However, in 7/2003 a man had reported to MI State Police that Egan sexually assaulted him repeatedly in 1987, when he was age 17. No charges, due to the statute of limitations. In 2021 the Diocese received a report from a man alleging sexual abuse by Egan during 2005-2009, when the man was ages 14-18, during boxing club at school. The man did not want to prosecute. The allegation was found credible by the Diocese in 10/2023 and Egan’s name was added to its list of credibly accused.