Fr. Don D. Flickinger

Ordained for the Diocese of Fresno. Permanently banned from active ministry in 2006, except for participation in funeral masses for other priests. Accused in a civil suit filed 8/9/2011 of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy at St. Frances Cabrini in San Jose in 2001. It also claimed abuse in the San Francisco and Fresno dioceses over a period of 40 years, and that church authorities were aware. The suit included statements by many other witnesses and alleged victims. A woman also sued. Another lawsuit was filed in 9/2012. All three cases settled in 9/2013. In 10/2018 Flickinger was still a priest of the Fresno diocese. Included on the San Jose diocese’s list 10/18/2018, which notes allegations reported in 2002, 2005 and 2006. On Santa Rosa diocese’s list 1/12/2019, where he was a Christian Brothers Novitiate chaplain 1981-1983. On the Diocese of Fresno’s list of credibly accused in 8/2021. Accused in one or more lawsuits filed between 2019-2022. Reportedly in 2024, Flickinger abused a boy, age 4 1/2, in about 2000. The boy died in 2023 at age 27 of a drug overdose.