Fr. Francis W. Fortenbaugh
Monsignor. Retired in 1996. Died in 2002. Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese in 12/2024 and added to its list. Fortenbaugh was first accused in 1988 of inappropriate contact with a minor. DSS did not pursue. Kept in ministry. Two more allegations in 1994 and 1995; the Archdiocese said it tried but was unable to identify or speak with the alleged victims. In 2018 a woman alleged that she and some of her classmates were sexually abused as children by a priest she did not name. In 2023 she identified him as Fortenbaugh.
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