Fr. Joseph R. Monahan

Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Died: 03/29/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia PA

Accused in 2002 of abuse of an 8th grade boy in 1969. Sent to St. Louis for alcohol treatment in 1972, where he then began working. Incardinated there in 1980. St. Louis was not informed of the allegations until 2005, just before the release of the Grand Jury Report. Monahan was immediately placed on leave. He died 3/28/2017.


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