Rev. Samuel B. Slocum

Assignment History– Rev. Samuel B. Slocum

Summary of Case: Samuel B. Slocum was ordained for the Diocese of Erie in 1980. He was a faculty member until 1997 at high schools in DuBois, St. Mary's, Erie and Bradford while residing and ministering in area parishes. From 1990 on he was the sole priest at parishes in Eldred, Shinglehouse, Bradford, then Lewis Run.

In April 2011 Slocum was arrested on charges related to a recent inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old Lewis Run boy. Slocum had been giving the boy expensive gifts and taking photos of him and other boys. The boy's parents forbade the priest from contacting their son, but Slocum did not stop; he lied to the mother and encouraged the boy to be secretive. The mother reported him to the police. Slocum admitted to engaging in inappropriate behavior with the boys. He was placed on leave by the diocese.

Slocum was convicted in 2012 and given two years' probation. His laicization was announced in November 2016.

Ordained: 1980
Laicized: 2016

Start	Stop	Assignments	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1980 Diocese of Erie Bishop was Alfred Michael Watson (1969-1982), followed by Michael Joseph Murphy (1982-1990).	1983	St. Michael's	DuBois	PA	2/2 1980-1982: Rev. J. Daniel Dymski. In res., Rev. Samuel B. Slocum. 1982-1983: Rev. Henry L. Krebs. In res., Rev. Samuel B. Slocum.
1980	1983	DuBois Central Christian High School	DuBois		1980-1981: Rev. Patrick H. Engel, Headmaster. Revs. Daniel J. Taylor; Samuel B. Slocum; Gregory L. Leopold; Bernard J. Urbaniak; Peter Gray. 1981-1982: Rev. Patrick H. Engel, Headmaster. Revs. Daniel J. Taylor; Samuel B. Slocum; Gregory L. Leopold; Bernard J. Urbaniak. 1982-1983: Rev. Bernard J. Urbaniak, Headmaster. Revs. Daniel J. Taylor; Samuel B. Slocum; Gregory L. Leopold; Matthew Lukasiak.	DuBois Central Christian High had 126-95 boys and 160-113 girls. Taylor was included on Erie diocese's April 2018 list of the accused.
1983	1985	Elk County Christian High School	St. Mary's	PA	1983-1984: Revs. William J. Driscoll, Headmaster; Christopher Hamlet, Asst. A.D., Staff; Mark A. Nowak, Guid. Dir., Staff; Joseph Kalinowski, Dir. Curr., Staff; Samuel B. Slocum. 1984-1985: Revs. William J. Driscoll, Headmaster; Christopher Hamlet, Staff; Stephen A. Anderson, Staff; Samuel B. Slocum, Dir., Finance and Facilities.	Elk County Christian High had 435-373 students.
1985	1989	Holy Trinity	Erie	PA	2/2 Msgr. John D. Daniszewski. In res., Rev. Samuel B. Slocum.	Holy Trinity had a school with 128-104 students.
1985	1989	The Cathedral Preparatory School	Erie	PA	1985-1986: Msgr. Robert B. McDonald, Headmaster Emeritus; Msgr John B. Hagerty, Headmaster; Revs. Raymond W. Hahn, Asst. Headmaster; Msgr. Edward Latimer; Revs. Michael Barletta; Samuel Slocum; Stanley Staszewski; Ronald Gmerek; Thaddeus Kondzielski. 1986-1987: Msgr. John B. Hagerty, Headmaster; Revs. Raymond W. Hahn, Asst. Headmaster; Ms. Joann Maxwell, Asst. Headmaster. Faculty: Msgr. Edward Latimer; Revs. Michael Barletta; James McCormick; Samuel Slocum; Ronald Gmerek; Thaddeus Kondzielski. 1987-1989: Msgr. John B. Hagerty, Headmaster; Revs. Raymond W. Hahn, Asst. Headmaster; Ms. Joann Maxwell, Asst. Headmaster. Faculty: Msgr. Edward Latimer; Revs. Michael Barletta; James McCormick; Samuel Slocum, Chap (Chap. noted 1987-1988 only); Ronald Gmerek.	Cathedral Prep had 921-778 students, all male. Barletta was accused of molesting at least three Cathedral Prep students. First complaint as early as 1994. Kept in ministry until 2003. Kondzielski was included on the dioceses' April 2018 list of the accused.
1989	1990	St. Bernard	Bradford	PA	3/3 Revs. John A. Kuzilla; V. David Forador; Samuel Slocum.
1989 Murphy was succeeded as Erie bishop by Donald Walter Trautman (1990-2012).	1996 or 1997	Bradford Central Christian High School	Bradford	PA	1989-1990: Revs. H. Desmond McGee, Jr., Prin.; Samuel B. Slocum; Michael J. Amy. 1990-1991: Revs. H. Desmond McGee, Jr., Prin.; Samuel B. Slocum 1991-1992: Revs. H. Desmond McGee, Jr., Prin.; Samuel B. Slocum; Scott Jabo. 1992-1993: Revs. H. Desmond McGee, Jr., Prin.; Samuel B. Slocum. 1993-1994: Revs. H. Desmond McGee, Jr., Prin.; Samuel B. Slocum; Mark Hoffman. 1994-1996: Revs. H. Desmond McGee, Jr., Prin.; Samuel B. Slocum. 1996-1997: Slocum not listed.	Bradford Central had 158-122 students. McGee was accused in a 1997 lawsuit of abuse of a Bradford Central student 1988-1989. He denied abuse. Suspended. Suit failed due to SOL. Reinstated. Slocum is indexed but not listed in the diocesan pages of the 1997 Directory as at Bradford Central. He is, however, indexed and listed as at St. Raphael's in Eldred for that year.
1990	1995	St. Raphael's	Eldred	PA	1/1
1990	1995	St. Mary's	Sartwell	PA		This was a mission of St. Raphael's in Eldred.
1995	1996					Slocum is not indexed or listed in the diocesan pages of the 1996 Directory as at St. Raphael's. He is only indexed and listed as at Bradford Central Christian High School.
1996	2001	St. Raphael's	Eldred	PA	1/1
1996	2001	St. Mary's	Sartwell	PA		This was a mission of St. Raphael's in Eldred.
1997	2001	St. Theresa's	Shinglehouse	PA	1/1
2001	2011	St. Francis of Assisi	Bradford	PA	1/1 During 2001-2001 Bro. Michael W. Hicks is listed as D.R.E.
2001	2011	Our Mother of Perpetual Help	Lewis Run • Slocum was arrested in April 2011, charged with six criminal counts related to an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old boy in Lewis Run, from January 1 to March 29 that same year. The boy's mother contacted police with her concerns on March 29. Slocum gave the boy expensive gifts and took photos of him and other boys. The boy in question's parents had forbidden the priest from having contact with her son, but Slocum continued, encouraging the boy to be secretive and lying to his mother about it.	PA	1/1	Slocum was placed on leave. He admitted to inappropriate behavior with the boys. He was convicted in 2012 and given two years probabtion. His laicization was announced in November 2016.

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Source: Official Catholic Directory (Kenedy & Sons, 1981-2011).

• Catholic Priest from Erie Diocese Charged in Bradford, by Tim Hahn, Erie Times-News , April 5, 2011
• Pa. Priest Charged with Inappropriate Teen Contact, Stamford Advocate (AP), April 5, 2011
• Priest from Erie Diocese Charged; Clergy Victims Respond, SNAP, April 5, 2011
• Priest Accused of Inappropriate Relationship with Boy Released on Bond (updated at 2:22 p.m.),by Tim Hahan, Erie Times-News, April 8, 2011
• Preliminary Hearing for Suspended Erie Diocese Priest Postponed, Erie Times-News, April 18, 2011
• Mother, Boy Testify against Erie Priest, by Lisa Thompson, Erie Times-News, May 18, 2011
• Boy, Mom Testify in Pa. Priest Relationship Trial, Lebanon Daily News, (AP), January 17, 2012
• Priest Guilty of Improper Relationship, by Matt Gryta, Buffalo News, January 19, 2012
• Split Verdict in Nw Pa. Priest's Trial over Teen, San Antonio Express News, January 19, 2012
• Bishop: Nw Pa. Priest Convicted of Felony in Teen Relationship Won't Return to Ministry, The Republic, January 20, 2012
• Priest Spared Jail in Teenager Case, Buffalo News, February 27, 2012
• Nw Pa. Priest Gets Probation for Teen Relationship, The Sentinel, February 28, 2012
• Suspended Pa. Priest Appeals Teen Contact Charges, Centre Daily Times, May 4, 2012
• Pa. Judge Defends Priest's Child Concealing Guilt, New Jersey Herald, October 18, 2012
• Court Upholds Ex-priest's Corruption Conviction, by Joe Mandak, Beaumont Enterprise, February 24, 2014
• Erie Bishop Publicizes Priest Dismissals, GoErie, March 17, 2017
• Pat Howard: Erie bishop names defrocked priests, by Pat Howard, GoErie, March 19, 2017
• Erie Diocese Releases Names of Accused Priests, Laypeople, by Ed Palatella, GoErie, April 6, 2018
• Many with local ties named on Erie Diocese abuse list, by Marcie Schellhammer, Bradford Era, April 7, 2018

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This assignment record was last updated on May 22, 2018.