Fr. Robert C. Foley
Diocese: Diocese of Orange CA
Per a 2002 report, in 1985 then-chancellor of the Orange diocese, Michael Driscoll, who was later Bishop of the Diocese of Boise, wrote to a priest in Liverpool, England, begging him to take Foley. Foley had just admitted to molesting an 8-year-old boy during a camping trip organized by St. Justin Martyr parish. The boy’s mother threatened to go to the police; Foley was in jeopardy of arrest and possible imprisonment in he stayed in the U.S. Foley left for England and never faced prosecution for the molestation. A civil suit settled. Per the diocese’s website in 8/2016, Foley’s status was “voluntary permanent leave”. The diocese’s list updated 4/2/2019 notes that he is living a life of prayer and penance. Its list in 12/2020 shows that Foley was seeking laicization.
- OC Register 04.30.87
- OC Register 08.11.87
- L.A. Times 10.10.87
- OC Register 08.16.88
- OC Register 05.04.93
- OC Register 04.17.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- USA Today 11.11.02
- Diocese of Orange News Release 01.10.04
- L.A. Times 01.11.04
- OC Register 01.13.04
- OC Weekly 07.09.04
- OC Weekly 03.04.05
- L.A. Times 01.11.06
- OC Weekly 03.18.09
- Diocese of Orange List 08.12.16
- LAist 11.02.17
- Diocese of Orange List 04.02.19
- Diocese of Orange List 12.18.20
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