Fr. John Speaks
First identified publicly as accused on the 4/12/2019 Owensboro diocesan list of priests with substantiated allegations: ‘one allegation deemed substantiated.’ Speaks died 6/11/2019. Per his obituary, he was assigned to parishes until 2002, as a chaplain at Owensboro-Daviess Co. Hospital and at Carmel Home. He then worked at a bank for 15 years, apparently without the title ‘Fr.’ or ‘Rev.’
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