Fr. Thomas Moloney

Ordained: 1943
Status: Sued

Died: 04/16/1986
Diocese: Diocese of San Diego CA

Monsignor. From Ireland. Ordained for the San Diego diocese but spent first years after ordination working in England, until the war was over. A man filed a civil suit in 12/03 against the Diocese alleging that he was molested by Moloney at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Riverside in 1963. (The area later became part of the San Bernardino Diocese.) Moloney died in 1986. Personnel file released by San Diego in 10/10. It contained a 2002 letter from a woman to Bishop regarding sexual harassment at Our Lady of Grace at El Cajon in the 1950s. Name included in 11/20 on the San Diego diocese’s list of credibly accused.


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