Fr. James J. McHale

Monsignor. A woman filed suit in 5/2009 in Delaware alleging that McHale began to abuse her in 1964 when she was age 12, and that it continued until 1984. He reportedly took her on frequent trips to six states and once to Rome. McHale’s accuser says she told a priest in 1991 several times, who took no action. In 2016 she said that she discovered after a news investigation in 8/2016 that the priest she had told, Rev. William Geiger, also had allegations of child sexual abuse against him. McHale died in 1997 at age 65. A Delaware judge  dismissed her lawsuit in 4/2010, citing no jurisdiction. Included on the Allentown diocese’s 8/19/2018 list of credibly accused.