Fr. Gary William Pamment
Named publicly as accused by in the MI Attorney General’s 5/22/24 Kalamazoo report. In 1999 the parents of a nine-year-old boy told the bishop they were concerned about Pamment’s behavior toward their son. In letters to the parents 1997-1999, he would say, for example, “I love [your boy] so much and enjoy his company” and “Special hugs, kisses and caresses for my ‘little pal.” Pamment died 6/10/2008. In 2014 the Diocese received an allegation that Pamment sexually abused a young altar boy at St. Mary’s Visitation Church in the 1980s, beginning shortly after the boy’s first communion and confession. The abuse allegedly included anal and oral rape. The Review Board determined in 2015 that there was not enough evidence to find the allegation credible. The Diocese offered to investigate the matter further.
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