Fr. Gerald Funcheon

Order: OSC
Ordained: 1965
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis, MN

Worked in MN, NE, IN, FL, HI, CA, SO, TX. Banned from IN for “planning” to molest. Suit filed in 9/2003 claiming abuse in the 1970s in MN. A second person alleged abuse in the late 1970s, given $30K for counseling. Allegations while Air Force chaplain in HI 1982-1984 and Palma High in Salinas CA 1984-1985. Another suit in IN 2007. Three claims were in a 2/2009 settlement with the Crosiers in MN. Terminated from the order in 1987, incardinated in the Lafayette IN diocese the same year. Removed in 1993. Multiple new suits 2012-2013. Admitted to abuse of as many as 50. Six claims settled in a 5/2013 Christian Brothers settlement. Named on revised St. Paul and Minneapolis list 2/17/2014. Included on the Crosiers’ list in 3/2014. Also assigned to the St. Cloud diocese. Two suits were filed in 11/2014 by five men claiming abuse, including sodomy, by Funcheon in the 1970s and 1980s, four of them in MN, one in CA. Removed from the priesthood, living at Vianney Renewal Center in Dittmer MO as of 11/2014. Two suits were filed in 7/2015. Included on the Lafayette IN list 9/28/2018. Added to the Fort Wayne-South Bend diocese’s list in 11/2018.

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