Fr. Robert W. Gaghan
In 2008 a man reported to the Norbertines that Gaghan, his uncle, fondled him under the covers of his own bed and then performed oral sex on him when he was a youth. The man said his younger brother, who later died of a drug overdose, was also abused by Gaghan, and that an older brother was abused by a priest-friend of Gaghan’s. This brother also died of a drug overdose. Gaghan taught at former Saint John Neumann High School in Philadelphia. Investigation by the order found the allegation credible. Gaghan died in 1989. Included on the St. Norbert Abbey in WI list 7/19/2019, which notes one allegation.
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