Fr. John S. Crews
Executive Director of Hanna Boys Center in Sebastopol beginning in 1984. Resigned 2/6/2013 after a report of an inappropriate relationship with a minor male 1971-1975. Prior to Hanna Boys Center, Crews was assigned to St. Sebastian’s in Sebastopol and St. Joseph’s in Cotati. The alleged victim is deceased; the matter was reported by his widow to the Sheriff’s office prior to notification to the Diocese. In 4/2017 two men stated publicly that Crews sexually abused them when they were teenage Hanna Boys Center residents, one 1999-2001, the other 1984-1985. Included on the Diocese’s 1/12/2019 list of accused, which notes “no assignment” and that Crews retired in 2013. In 4/2019 he was living in SC. Accused in new lawsuit(s) in 2022. Settlement in 2022 with a man who claimed abuse by Crews and other Hannah Center staff over three years, beginning when he was age 11.
- Statement by Hanna Boys Center 02.13.13
- Sonoma News 02.14.13
- Press-Democrat 02.24.13
- Diocese of Santa Rosa List 01.12.19
- KRON 4 04.17.19
- Press Democrat 04.17.19
- Hanna Boys Center Letter 04.20.19
- Sonoma Valley Sun 04.21.19
- Press Democrat 08.19.19
- Index Tribune 08.22.19
- Hannah Boys Center 06.25.22
- Sonoma Index-Tribune 06.25.22
- KGO 11.19.22
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