Fr. Christopher Joseph Springer
Cristoff/Christopher. Worked in Corpus Christi, TX and Baton Rouge. Incardinated into the Baton Rouge diocese in 1973. Faculties removed in 1985. Laicized in 1990. First sued in 1994. Accused of abuse 1968-1980 in several lawsuits. Ten suits were filed in 2006. Some settled. As many as 30 alleged victims. Included on the Baton Rouge diocese’s list in early 2019. On the Corpus Christi diocese’s list 1/31/2019. Left the diocese in 1971. On Galveston-Houston’s list 1/31/2019. On the New Orleans archdiocese’s list in 6/2019. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 6/2024 of sexually abusing a boy, age 12, in 1978. The boy and his family were parishioners of St. Gerard Majella in Baton Rouge.
- The Advocate 01.08.03
- Corpus Christi Caller Times 04.17.03
- SATURDAY State-Times/Morning Advocate 04.26.03
- The Advocate 08.12.03
- Saturday State Times/Morning Advocate 07.31.04
- The Advocate 12.20.05
- The Advocate (Louisiana) 04.08.06
- The Advocate 08.01.06
- KATC 08.11.06
- The Advocate 08.11.06
- The Advocate 09.20.06
- The Advocate 10.27.06
- The Advocate 11.22.06
- The Advocate 12.28.06
- The Advocate 08.18.09
- The Advocate 05.16.10
- The Advocate 08.01.10
- SNAP Statement 06.08.11
- Times-Picayune 06.08.11
- Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19
- Diocese of Corpus Christi List 01.31.19
- Diocese of Baton Rouge List 03.27.19
- The Advocate 06.27.19
- Archdiocese of New Orleans Revised List 12.08.20
- The Advocate 09.21.24
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