Fr. Terence John Reilly

Order: OP
Ordained: 1959
Status: Sued

Died: 08/30/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 2002 of abuse in 1976. Civil suit filed 12/2003. Per the 2004 L.A. Archdiocesan Report, there were 4 accusers claiming abuse 1959-1976. Reilly was reportedly in residence for several years at St. Dominic’s in San Francisco, which had a school. He also worked in the Oakland diocese. Included on the San Bernardino diocese’s list 10/9/2018, where he was assigned to Notre Dame High School in Riverside 1988-1993. The Santa Barbara diocese list notes abuse took place in Eugene OR in 1983, that it was made aware in 5/1993 and that Reilly left the diocese in 5/1993. He died in 2016. Name included on the Dominicans St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. It notes a transfer in 1974 to the Province of the Holy Name. On the Holy Name Province list in 10/2021.


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