Br. Philip Spoelker
Brother Jude. Joined the Xaverians in 1960. Named publicly as accused by the Order on its list 7/12/2019. Accused in 1982 of abuse of a minor in Leonardtown, MD; sent to the Paracletes in NM for treatment, then returned to ministry. Placed on a safety plan in 2003. Pleaded guilty in 2007 to abusing a male student at Ryken High School in 1978; sentenced to 18 months in prison. Served a year in jail, then paroled. As of 12/2009 he was to move to the Xaverian Brothers in Venice FL where he was to be monitored. Accused in 2009 of abuse in the late 1980s in Birmingham, AL. In 11/2022 he is shown as living as a registered sex offender at the Vianney Renewal Center in Dittmer, MO.
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