Fr. Timothy J. Heines
Reportedly in 1/2019, a 33-year-old man said Heines sexually abused him as a minor. He met Heines when he was age 12, after his parents separated and his mother had him get involved in church. He said the priest bought him dinners, haircuts and expensive clothes during high school and got him to pose for sexually suggestive photos. Also, he said Heines massaged him with oil, touched his penis, and showed him pornography when he was still a minor. He said that after high school Heines sexually assaulted him. Heines’ accuser reportedly went to the Diocese in 2015 and was told he was a ‘consenting adult’, despite having shown them photos Heines took of him when he was a minor. Heines’ accuser filed suit in 2018. The Diocese said in 1/2019 that Heines had been removed from ministry and was in the process of being laicized. Included on the Diocese’s list of credibly accused 1/31/2019.
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