Fr. Sylvester E. Mancuso

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1941
Status: Accused

Died: 04/17/1979
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Died in 1979. Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/2019. First assignment was in 1942. Allegations received in 1999 and 2004 of the sexual abuse of minors in 1961 and in the 1970s. Included on the Las Cruces diocese’s list 6/24/2019, where he worked 1952-1955. Added to Gallup diocese’s list 8/02/2019; assigned there 7/19/1964-6/15/1971.


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