Fr. Michael C. Romero
First named publicly as accused in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Report to the Diocese in 1/2012 that a man alleged that Romero sexually abused him when he was a parishioner of Immaculate Conception in Washington PA, where Romero was assigned 1978-1982. In 6/2012 a woman told the Diocese that Romero had sexually abused her son and given him alcohol when he was an altar boy at Immaculate Conception. The alleged victim later told the Diocese that he was an altar boy at the parish from grade school until he was a high school freshman. He said Romero gave him gifts and that he and Fr. John Bauer gave him alcohol and talked a lot about masturbation. Romero went on Leave of Absence in 3/1990, which was his status until his death in 2000. Included on the Diocese’s list of accused.
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