Fr. Thomas Woerth
Named publicly as accused in the 10/22/2019 CO Attorney General’s Report. The Archdiocese received an allegation in 3/2019 that Woerth sexually abused a male high school student in 1971, 1972 and 1973, while assigned to both Holy Trinity Parish and St. Mary’s High School in Colorado Springs. Woerth denied the allegation. The Archdiocese removed his faculties. News reports in 1983 show that in in 9/1983 Woerth allegedly pushed an 18-year-old young woman down a flight of stairs and punched a female youth counselor, who tried to intervene, in the face. He reportedly was angry at the way the woman played tambourine during mass. He faced misdemeanor assault charges and was ordered to a pre-trial hearing. No further news of the case found. Woerth was pastor of St. Joseph’s in Fort Collins at the time of the incident. Per the Official Catholic Directory, he was assigned the following year as an assistant to Holy Family in Denver. Woerth retired in 2008 and moved to FL. He died 1/4/2023.
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