Fr. Charles J. Gormly
From Ireland, ordained for the Cheyenne WY diocese. Left WY in the mid-1940s. Accused in a claim filed in 12/2014 of sexual misconduct with a child at St. Francis in Brainerd MN, in the Duluth diocese, in the early 1960s. Worked in diocesan parishes 1960-1961. Removed and sent to a psychiatric hospital in Milwaukee. Records released in 11/2015 indicate he worked and abused in the Crookston diocese, likely in the 1950s, prior to his transfer to Duluth. Had been sent to Via Coeli in NM for treatment. Letters written by Duluth bishop Francis Schenk in 1960 and 1961 stated Gormly had a history of molesting small girls. In 1960 Schenk wrote that despite Gormly’s [poor] record in Crookston he wanted “to give him one more chance.” Gormly worked under Schenk in both Crookston and Duluth. Gormly died in 1968. Included on the Cheyenne diocese’s list 6/12/2019. On the Duluth diocese’s list 3/28/2024.
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