Fr. David Anthony Linehan
Retired in 1995. Barred permanently from ministry by the Vatican in 2004. Worked in seven parishes. Accused by two men of sexual abuse as boys; one said Linehan abused him for a year, beginning when he was 10 in 1969. Accused in a civil suit filed in 1/2005. Included on the archdiocese’s list 1/15/2016 of clergy and religious with established, admitted or credible allegations against them of sexual abuse of a minor, with a status of ‘permanent prayer and penance.’
- Seattle Archdiocesan Case Review Board Report 06.01.04
- Seattle Times 08.22.04
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer 08.24.04
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer 01.06.05
- Spokesman-Review 07.12.05
- Associated Press 07.12.05
- Archdiocese of Seattle List 01.15.16
- The Stranger 01.15.16
- The Columbian 01.15.16
- Bellingham Herald 01.15.16
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