Fr. Guy S. Thoren

Removed in 6/2002 after the diocese said it had substantiated an allegation of abuse of a minor dating back more than 25 years. Thoren had just been transferred into a new parish to replace Joseph Carne, who had been removed because of sexual abuse allegations. Included in the MI Attorney General’s 10/2022 report, which reveals multiple allegations. Report in 6/2002 of abuse of a 7th-8th grade boy 1977-1979; Thoren said the allegations were “partially true.” Sent to St. Luke’s for assessment. Report from a Jesuit brother in 6/2002 of boundary violations by Thoren against him when he was ages 17-18 . He also said a friend told him in 1991 that Thoren grabbed him aggressively in a sexual manner in a sauna. Further, he said a boy, about age 16, would often stay the night in the rectory; the boy died of an overdose in about 1996. In 7/2002 a man reported sexual abuse by Thoren when he was 15 in 1974. Another report, in 2008, by a man that Thoren abused him multiple times in at age 13 or 14 in the early 1970s at a sauna. The same man alleged abuse by Fr. James Wolf. Thoren retired to Florida, per his obituary. He died 12/17/2011, at age 66.