Fr. Alvin J. Adams
Removed in 3/2009 from parish assignment and position as chaplain at Bishop Canevin High after an allegation that he had sexually abused a minor in the late 1960s in his first assignment. Three accusers known as of 2/2010; the only one deemed credible by the diocese was a woman who alleged he fondled her at Mon Valley HS in the late 1970s. Permanently restricted in 2/2010 to supervised ministry as a convent chaplain; assignment withdrawn after complaints from parents of a nearby school. In the 8/14/18 Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, the profile of accused priest John J. Huber states that when Huber worked at St. Canice church in Knoxville PA in the Pittsburgh diocese (he was assigned there 1968-1973), a boy in the fourth or fifth grade disclosed in confession with Huber that “another priest by the name of Father Adams had touched him in his genital area.” Huber subsequently abused the penitent himself, it is alleged. The 1970 Official Catholic Directory lists Rev. Alvin J. Adams as one of Huber’s colleagues at St. Canice. Adams was assigned to St. Canice in 1967-1972 and was accused in 2009 of abusing a boy during that assignment. It is not known whether the 2009 accuser is the same boy who is mentioned in the Huber entry of the Pennsylvania report. It is also not known whether a redacted entry in the Pennsylvania report is about Rev. Alvin J. Adams.
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