Fr. John H. Wadeson

Accused of abuse of two minors 1973-1977, per the 2004 Los Angeles Archdiocesan Report. Also worked in the New York and/or Brooklyn, Trenton NJ and Portland OR dioceses. Banned from working in the Los Angeles archdiocese; in 2014 was found working as as priest in Guam, apparently since at least 2000. Idenitified himself as an “Australian priest of the Archdiocese of Agana in Guam, Micronesia.” The Guam Archdiocese Directory indicated he was incardinated there but assigned to Neocatechumenal Center in San Francisco, CA. Removed from active ministry 07/22/2014; the Archdiocese admitted it knew of past allegations in 2000 when he was incardinated. As of 7/23/2014, Wadeson had left Guam, possibly to San Francisco. He denied all allegations. The San Francisco Archdiocese withdrew his privileges as of 07/21/2014. His reinstatement to the Agana archdiocese was announced 4/15/2015, after the Los Angeles Archdiocese reviewed the case and said that, since there appeared to have been no settlement and Wadeson was not convicted, he was “a priest in good standing.”