Diocese of Sacramento CA - BishopAccountability.org

50 Accused in This Diocese

Fr. Thomas G. Allender

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento on its list 4/30/2019. Worked at Jesuit High School 1970-1975. Report from Jesuits West to the diocese in 2019 of allegation deemed credible of abuse of a boy 1970-1975. Included on the Jesuits West Province list in 12/2020. Noted to have been removed from ministry and living under a safety plan at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, CA.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.11.20

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Deacon Alejandro Arroyo

Ordained: 1991
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Deacon. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 4/30/2019, Assigned to St. Anthony's in Winters 1991-2012. Two allegations received by the diocese in 2012 of abuse of girls under age 14, occurring 1977-1983. One of the allegations had been reported to the parish in 2009, but not to the diocese. Removed from ministry and faculties withdrawn in 2012.

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Diocese of Sacramento List 04.30.19

Fr. Gerardo Beltran Rico

Ordained: 1982
Status: Indicted

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Warrant issued in 1992 for alleged abuse in 1991 of young girls in Sacramento CA. Fled to Mexico before warrant could be served; became an active priest in the Archdiocese of Acapulco. Reports in 2007 that Mexican villagers wanted him removed because of rumors about him and teen girls for many years. Another US accuser (male) came forward in 2/2007. Suit filed in 3/2007. Diocese sued accuser in 8/2007. Rico was arrested in Mexico in 3/2008; released in 8/2008 before extradition. Another alleged victim came forward in 4/2008. Laicization announced in 2008. More accusations surfaced. On the Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/2019, showing twelve female accusers and three male, all abused under age 14. New allegations in 2019 and 2020 that he sexually abused boys under age 18 and 14. Remained a fugitive as of 10/2021, on the FBI's Most Wanter list.

Fr. Edward Boyle

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Order: CSsR
Ordained: 1939
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

In a suit filed in 2002 a woman alleged she was molested by Boyle in 1967 at age 17. Reportedly, her mother reported the incident to another priest in the diocese. Boyle was later transferred to Reno and then to Hawaii. He died in 1998. The woman said she reported the abuse to the Sacramento diocese in 4/2002. Boyle's name is included on the Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/2019.

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Fr. Vincent Brady

Ordained: 1967
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Ordained for Sacramento. In 1999 a woman alleged sexual abuse by Brady in the 1970s when she was in her early teens. She filed suit in 2000; settled for $350K. Brady was sent for therapy and reassigned. In 2002 another woman alleged abuse as a girl by Brady in the 1970s. Allegation deemed credible. She filed suit; settled in 2/2004. A third woman also sued. The first alleged victim filed a new suit claiming defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress after Brady revealed her suit. Included on the Diocese's list 4/30/2019, which shows reports in 2000 and 2003 of abuse of girls in the 1970s. Faculties withdrawn in 2002. Retired in 2004.

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Fr. James Casey

Ordained: 1933
Status: Accused

Died: 12/29/1992
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Monsignor. Retired in 1974. Died in 1992. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 4/30/2019, which notes an allegation in 2011 of the sexual abuse of a boy in the 1950s.

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Diocese of Sacramento List 04.30.19

Fr. Robert Casper

Order: SDS
Ordained: 1944
Status: Accused

Died: 05/10/1988
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Given name Berthold Rudolph Casper. Teacher, parish priest. Missionary in Colombia, South America, then assigned in MI, MD, and CA. Faculties withdrawn and left the diocese in 1986. Per his order, Casper semi-retired in 1986 to its community in Chilton, WI. Named publicly as accused by the Sacramento Diocese on its list 4/30/2019, which notes an allegation received in 1986 of the sexual abuse of a boy in 1962. Died 5/10/1998.

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Fr. Andrew Coffey

Ordained: 1947
Status: Accused

Died: 08/12/2010
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Incardinated into Sacramento diocese in 1953. Monsignor. Retired in 1994. Died in 2010. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 4/30/2019. Accused in 2002 of inappropriately kissing a 10-year-old girl in 1972.

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Diocese of Sacramento Coffey Profile 04.30.19

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Fr. Malachy Conway

Ordained: 1995
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Ordained for the Sacramento diocese. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 4/30/2019. Accused in 1997 of "nudity in the presence of minors and attempted sexual touching" of a boy. Faculties withdrawn in 1997.

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Fr. Hector Coria Gonzales

Ordained: 2011
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Approximately age 42 when ordained in 1/2011. Arrested 5/9/2014 on charges of statutory rape and oral copulation of a 16-year-old, girl beginning in 2013, while assigned to St. James in Davis. Released on bond 5/10/2014. Removed without privileges pending further investigation by police. Arraigned 6/10/2014 on three felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and a misdemeanor charge of oral copulation with a person younger than 18. Pleaded guilty under agreement with DA to one count of sexual intercourse with the girl. Sentenced 8/29/2014 to 90 days in jail, three years probation and sexual offender counseling. Forbidden to contact the girl until she turned 18. Girl said during hearing that the sex was consensual and that she did not want the matter prosecuted. Laicized in 12/2014. Was facing deportation to Mexico in 2015. Felony reduced to misdemeanor and dismissed in 12/2017. On diocese's list 4/30/2019.

Fr. Pablo Cortes

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Order: SDB
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From El Salvador. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento on its list 4/30/2019. Worked in the diocese 1970-1973. Allegation in 1990 of the sexual abuse in 1970 of a girl younger than age 14.

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Diocese of Sacramento List 04.30.19

Fr. John Crowley

Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 5/22/2019. Allegation in 1988 of the sexual abuse, possibly between 1965 and 1985, of a girl under age 14. Faculties removed in 1988.

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Diocese of Sacramento List 04.30.19

Fr. Rodolfo Delgado

Ordained: 1982
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Mexico, where he attended the Seminario Diocesano del Senor in Jalisco, Archdiocese of Guadalajara. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento CA in 1982. Allegations in 5/2006 of the assault of a 15-year-old boy 1983-1985. Placed on leave. Diocese said there was a "semblance of truth" which warranted further investigation. Abuse was alleged to have occurred at St. Joseph's in Rio Vista and at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento. Same accuser filed civil suit 3/2009. Name included on the Diocese's list 4/30/2019. Permanently removed from ministry in 2006. Sentenced by the Holy See to a life of prayer and penance.

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Diocese of Sacramento Assignment Record

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Fr. Michael Dermody

Ordained: 1958
Status: Settled

Died: 01/12/2006
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Accused of 'affairs' with three women he counseled. They won a $1.4 million judgment against him in 1992, but not against the Diocese; another woman won a $3 million judgment against him but not the Diocese. In 1993 the women sued in attempt to recover damages from the Church insurance policy; dismissed by a California Superior Court judge who said that abuse was not covered. Dermody's name is included on the Diocese's list 4/30/2019 of those credibly accused of the sexual abuse of minors. It notes a report in 1989 of abuse of a woman, ages 18-25. Faculties withdrawn. Dermody died in Ireland in 2006. Brother of accused priest Michael Dermody.

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Fr. Thomas Dermody

Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Died: 12/1/2017
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 4/30/2019. Reports to the Diocese in 1992 by two separate women of abuse as minors, occurring 1973-1985. Dermody left the Sacramento diocese in 1992 and was assigned to prison ministry elsewhere. Retired, faculties withdrawn in 2002. Died in 2017. Brother of accused priest Michael Dermody.

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Fr. John W. Dowling

Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 04/5/2000
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Ordained for the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta. On leave 1947-1951. Worked in the Sacramento diocese 1947-1981. Faculties withdrawn and dismissed from Sacramento diocese after a report in 1981 of child pornography. Three allegations of abuse of boys under age 14, occurring 1954-1981, were received by the Sacramento diocese in 2002, 2004 and 2019. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused in 4/2019. On the Atlanta archdiocese's list in 11/2020. Included in the GA PAC's Report 3/24/2023. It details six reports of abuse of children. One alleged abuse ages 7-12 beginning in 1940 in Savannah. The boy told his mother about the abuse when he was in 7th grade, and Dowling was moved to Atlanta. Report in 2019 of abuse in 1975 in CA of a boy, ages 11-12. Another child was allegedly molested in 1972, reported in 1981. Dowling retired to FL after law enforcement told the Diocese they would press charges if he stayed in the county. Another report was of abuse in 1975, another in 1954-1955, and another in 1983. Dowling died in 2000.

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Fr. Arthur A. Falvey

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1930
Status: Settled

Died: 02/23/1966
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

In 6/2009, the Jesuits settled with a man who alleged that Falvey raped him repeatedly over a four-year period, beginning in 1954 when he was age 7 and Falvey was assigned to St. Ignatius in Sacramento. Falvey was the brother of Fr. Mark Falvey who abused at least 10 children in CA and was the subject of a 2007 settlement by the Jesuits. The same man later received settlements from the Jesuits, the Sacramento diocese and Los Angeles archdiocese for claims of abuse in Sacramento by both Frs. Mark and Arthur Falvey 1955-1961. The abuse allegedly occurred during Mark Falvey's visits with Arthur in Sacramento. Arthur Falvey died 2/23/1966. Included on the Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/2019. It notes an allegation received in 2018 of the rape of a boy under age 14 in the early 1960s. On the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. William Feeser

Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused

Died: 09/4/2012
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Retired in 2010 for health reasons. Living at Immaculate Conception Parish in Sacramento when accused in 10/2011 of the sexual abuse of a girl at Our Lady of Assumption in Carmichael, where he was assigned 1977-1982. Removed from ministry. Died in 2012. Accused in 2016 of the sexual abuse of a boy while at Our Lady of Assumption between 1977 and 1978. Both alleged victims were under age 14 at time of the abuse. Included on the Diocese's list 4/30/2019. In 2019-2021 there were new allegations that Feeser sexually abused two boys under age 18, and a girl younger than 14.

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Diocese of Sacramento Feeser Profile 04.30.19

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Fr. Oscar Figueroa

Ordained: 2000
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Mexico. Ordained for the Sacramento diocese. Faculties removed in 2008 after an allegation of sexual misconduct 1993-2006 with a young adult male. Faculties restored in 2009 then removed again the same year after further investigation, which yielded the discovery of that Figueroa sexually abused a minor while he was a seminarian at Seminario Conciliar, Archdiocese of Mexico in Mexico City. Another report of sexual misconduct with a young adult male was reported to the Diocese in 2016. Included in 2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused.

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Fr. James Patrick Foley

Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Priest of the Diocese of San Diego. Worked Northern CA from 1991. Named publicly as accused on the San Diego Diocese's 9/2018 list. Suspended in 7/2010, accused of sexually abusing two boys in the Sacramento area. A canonical trial, which ended in 1/2011, yielded an "unclear" verdict. Faculties were restored in 1/2012, then removed again in 8/2015. In 5/2017 Foley was offering retreats and spiritual counseling. In 7/2018 he led a "cluster mission" at a parish in Dubuque IA. His bio on the Oakland Diocese's website in 3/2014 said Foley had worked in parishes, campus ministry, administration, and in high schools and colleges as a teacher, and that missions and retreats were his focus since 1995. Included on the Santa Rosa Diocese's list 1/12/2019, where he led " Missions and Parish Retreats 1998-2006." On Sacramento's list 4/30/2019. On the Oakland Diocese's list in 2019. Foley filed a defamation suit against the San Diego Diocese in 9/2019. On Stockton's list, where he worked 10/25 to 10/30 in 2014.

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Fr. Francisco Javier Garcia Ortiz

Ordained: 1970
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Mexico. Ordained fo the Diocese of Acapulco. Incardinated into the Diocese of Sacramento in 1989. Fled to Mexico in 1995 after a dozen felony molestation charges were filed against him in Yolo and Colusa counties in CA. Mexico agreed to prosecute the U.S. charges but eventually dismissed the case. Accused in 2002 of abuse of a boy 1970-1975. Diocese settled at least eight claims. Four new lawsuits were expected to be filed in 6/2006 by men alleging abuse 1987-1994. Laicized in 10/2007. Two men filed suit 9/16/2014 in Sacramento. On Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/2019. By 2015 there were 24 known alleged male victims of sex abuse by Garcia, occurring 1973-1995. Remained a fugitive in 2021. A 25th case was reported in 2020 and a 26th in 2022.

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Fr. Sidney P. Hall

Ordained: 1957
Status: Sued

Died: 09/13/2016
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2022 of sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl in 1966, while assigned to Blessed Sacrament Cathedral. Hall was sent to Mexico to minister in 1966, returning in 1971 to Sacramento. He worked in parishes in Placerville, Galt and Knights Landing. He was involved in the diocesan Hispanic Apostolate, Cursillo and Marriage Encounter. He was also chaplain at Shriner's Hospital and a police chaplain. Per his obituary, Hall retired in 2002. A diocesan biography shows that Bishop Garcia asked him to step down as pastor from St. Peter's in June of that year due to concerns about his health. He was asked to help out at a West Sacramento parish, and did so for three years. Hall died in 2016.

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Fr. John Hannan

Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Died: 06/5/2017
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Retired in 2004. Allegation to the diocese in 2011 of abuse of a girl in 1977. Faculties withdrawn. Died in 2017.

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Fr. Jerome M. Henson

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Order: OP
Ordained: 1977
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Caught in "compromising position" in 1981 in a graveyard at night with 13-year-old boy in Sacramento. Sent to Reno under Bishop McFarland, who sent him to Orange in 1984. (McFarland became bishop of the Diocese of Orange in 1986.) Placed on leave in 2002. Two separate suits were filed in 2002. Also worked in the Oakland diocese. Claims included in a 2005 $35M settlement to 33 victims. The Order's insurance company did not want to pay $1.5M to reimburse the Diocese for the settlement. Henson's status per the Orange Diocese in 8/2016 was "Life of Prayer and Penance." Included on the Sacramento Diocese's list 4/30/2019, which notes two reports received in 2003 of the sexual abuse of boys under age 14, occurring 1978-1981. Included on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list in 10/2021.

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Fr. David Hernandez Cota

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Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Mexico, where he attended Ahome, Sinaloa and San Luis Potosi Seminaries. Ordained for the Diocese Sacramento CA. Excardinated from Sacramento and incardinated into the Diocese of Nuevo Casas, Mexico in 1985. Named publicly as accused by the Sacramento diocese on its list 4/30/2019. Allegation to the Sacramento diocese in 2009 of abuse of a male minor in 1974. Diocese of Nuevo Casas, Mexico informed.

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Diocese of Sacramento List 04.30.19

Fr. Francisco Hernandez-Tovar

Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Mexico, where he attended Los Misioneros del Espiritu Santo Seminary in Mexico City. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento CA. Placed on permanent leave 1/2008 after the diocesan review board deemed credible allegations of abuse. A man had alleged in 7/2007 that Hernandez molested him 1986-1987 at age 13, while Hernandez was assigned to Our Lady of Lourdes in Colusa. On diocese's list 4/30/2019.

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Fr. Joseph Nguyen Hoan

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Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento in 5/2019 on its list of those with credible allegations against them. The abuse is noted to have occurred elsewhere. Hoan was from the Diocese of Long Xuyen, South Vietnam and worked in the Sacramento diocese at Vietnamese Martyrs 1986-1994.

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Diocese of Sacramento Assignments

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Diocese of Sacramento List 05.02.19

Fr. William B. Hold

Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Accused of abuse at Holy Rosary in Woodland in 1982. In 2002 the Diocese of Sacramento acknowledged receiving the allegation approximately three years previously. Also worked in the Diocese of Oakland. Faculties withdrawn in 1998. Moved to Central Point, OR. Died 3/26/2012. Included on the Diocese's list 4/30/2019, which notes two separate allegations received in 1998 of the sexual abuse of boys under age 14, occurring 1976-1978.

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Fr. Roberto L. Jaramillo

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Ordained: 1993
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Ordained for the Diocese of San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. Assigned to parishes in the Sacramento CA diocese 1995-2005. Transferred to the Archdiocese of Atlanta, then returned to Colombia in 2008. Jaramillo's name was added in 9/2022 to the Diocese of Sacramento's list of credibly accused. The diocese received a report in 2021 that Jaramillo sexually abused and raped a girl under the age of 14 from 1996 to 1999. A warrant was issued for his arrest. Per the Diocese, Jaramillo was accused in 1999 of kissing a boy; the Diocese and law enforcement determined that there was insufficient evidence. Jaramillo denied the abuse. Also, in 2020 there was a report to the Diocese that Jaramillo sexually abused an adult male in 2001. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report. Included on the Archdiocese of Atlanta's list of credibly accused 3/18/2024.

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Seminarian Gunter Klingenbrunner

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits West Province on its list 12/7/2018. It notes a report in 2006 of the sexual abuse of a minor in 1981-1984. Assigned to Jesuit High School in Carmichael, CA 1984-1985. Dismissed from the Order in 1986.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

Fr. Mark Kristy

Order: OCD
Ordained: 1985
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Reportedly trained as a psychotherapist after his 1985 ordination and was assigned to parishes in Tucson AZ and Los Angeles CA, moving later to the Oakville Carmelited House of Prayer in the Santa Rosa diocese. In 2015 the Diocese of Sacramento received an allegation that Kristy sexually abused a girl under the age of 14 from 2001 through 2004. Kristy was not assigned in the diocese; the abuse occurred during visits to the area. Convicted. Sentenced in 2022 to one year in jail and five years' probation. Released from jail after six months. Living in 2024 in Napa County.

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Fr. Louis Michael O’Halloran

Order: OP
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 12/12/2018
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Taught math at Newbridge College in Co Kildare, then at Holy Cross College in Trinidad. Worked in the Diocese of Sacramento 1978-1996. Returned in 2014 his order in Cork. Died in Ireland 12/12/2018. Named publicly as accused in 5/2019 on the Sacramento Diocese's list of those with credible allegations against them. The abuse is noted to have occurred elsewhere. Included in 10/2021 on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list. Noted to have been removed from public ministry in 2004.

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Diocese of Sacramento Assignments

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Fr. Michael Lynch

Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Died: 12/12/1993
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Retired and died in 1993. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list in 4/2019, which notes an allegation in 2003 of the sexual assault, including rape, of a girl in 1965.

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Deacon Jesus Magallanes

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Ordained: 1995
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Deacon. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 6/3/2019, which notes allegations received in 1995 of the sexual abuse of two females, at least one of them under age 14. The abuse allegedly occurred 1975-1980. Removed from ministry and faculties withdrawn in 1996.

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Diocese of Sacramento List 04.30.19

Fr. Robert Marsicek

Order: SDS
Ordained: 1968
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Assigned to St. Pius X parish in Wauwatosa WI in 2001. Removed 3/28/2013 when a teacher reported questionable behavior with a student at school. Ordered to stay away from children and under the supervision of his Order pending a police investigation. Similar incidents in the Sacramento diocese in the 1980s-1990s were reported to WI in 5/2013 and police in late 2012. Charged in 2/2017 with felony child sexual assault for alleged incidents of abuse of a girl at St. Pius X parish and school 2007-2010, starting when she was age 6. Pled guilty in 10/2017 to reduced charges. Sentenced in 12/2017 to one year in a House of Corrections. On the Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/2019, which notes two reports in 2012 of the sexual abuse of boys under age 14, and a report in 2019 of the sexual abuse of girl under age 14. The alleged abuse occurred 1988-1995. Marsicek worked in the diocese 1987-2000.

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BA.org Assignment

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Fr. James Finbarr Mennis

Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Died: 10/28/2014
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 4/30/2019. Allegation received in 1969 of the sexual abuse of a girl 1967-1969. After the allegation Mennis became a Navy chaplain for thirty years. Faculties withdrawn in 2004. Died 10/28/2014.

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Fr. Vito Mistretta

Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused

Died: 10/13/2009
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 4/30/2019. Allegation received in 1993 of the sexual abuse of a boy under age 18 in 1989. Allegation in 2018 of abuse of a male - investigation pending. A lawsuit in 12/2019 claims abuse of a boy in 1984 at Holy Family in Citrus Heights, and abuse of the boy several months earlier by Msgr. Murrough Wallace. Mistretta retired in 1990. Died 10/13/2009.

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Fr. James Thomas Monaghan

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1946
Status: Convicted

Died: 10/18/2004
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Convicted 1992 of fondling a girl, age 7, while pastor of St. Ignatius in Sacramento. Sentenced to 5 years probation and 120 hours community service. Sent to live at Sacred Heart retirement center in Los Gatos, along with several other sex offenders. Died 10/18/2004 at age 89. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018, noting an allegation reported in 1992 of the sexual abuse of a minor 1988-1989. On the Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/2019, which notesan allegation received in 1988 of the sex abuse of a girl under age 14 in 1988-1989. Worked in the diocese 1962-1963 and 1975-1991.

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Fr. Jorge Moreno

Ordained: 1970
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Mexico. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Placed on leave in 1995 after an allegation surfaced that Moreno sexually abused a boy, ages 9-14. Fled to Mexico while criminal charges were pending. Allegation made public in 4/2002. Included in a 6/2005 settlement. On Sacramento diocese's list 4/30/2019. It shows another allegation, received in 2003, of abuse of a boy under age 14. All of the known abuse occurred 1970-1975. Moreno died in 2014.

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Fr. Cornelius F. O’Connor

Ordained: 1946
Status: Accused

Died: 07/14/1989
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Arrived in the U.S. in 1945 or 1946, assigned in 5/1946 to a parish in Chico. Dean 1968-1972; held diocesan offices 1972-1986; made monsignor in 1979. Pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption in Carmichael 1972 until his death 7/14/1989. Accused in 2008 of sexually abusing a boy at Our Lady of the Assumption beginning in 1987 when the boy was age 8. The boy's parents said the Diocese admitted there were other victims. A lawsuit filed in the early 2020s claims abuse by O'Connor of an 8-year-old boy at Our Lady of the Assumption in the 1980s.

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Detailed BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Uriel Ojeda

Ordained: 2007
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Born in the U.S., raised in Mexico. Attended seminary in Oregon 1998-2007. Arrested 11/30/2011 on two counts of felony lewd and lascivious acts with teen girl 2007-2009. Family told the Diocese 11/29/2011. Police and Child Protective Services notified. Assigned to Our Lady of Mercy in Redding at the time of his arrest. Released on bail 01/19/2012. Pleaded not guilty 4/13/2012. On 7/5/2013 pleaded no contest to one count of molesting the 13-year-old girl in her bedroom. Sentenced to eight years in prison 8/2/2013. Per the Diocese in 8/2017, Ojeda was removed from the priesthood in 2016. Released from prison in 2019. On the Diocese's list 4/30/2019. Accused in 2020 of the "sexual touching" of a girl under the age of 18.

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Diocese of Sacramento Ojeda Profile 04.30.19

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Br. Charles A. Onorato

Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Jesuit brother. Joined the order in 1961. Professed final vows in 1977. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits West Province on its list 12/7/2018. Allegations reported in 1980 and in 2003 of the sexual abuse of a minor in 1980. Was reportedly removed from assignment at Jesuit High School in Carmichael in 1980. Reassigned to Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. Removed from ministry in 2003, sent to live under a safety plan at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos.

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Fr. Vernon Petrich

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Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento on its list 4/30/2019, which notes an allegation was received in 1987 of the sexual abuse in the 1980s of a boy. Petrich was assigned to St. Basil in Vallejo 1980-1983. He was removed from ministry in 1983. Returned to the Salvatorians in Wisconsin.

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Diocese of Sacramento List 04.30.19

Fr. Jose Antonio Pinal

Ordained: 1980
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Costellano Jose Pinal, aka Antonio Pinal. From the Diocese of Cuernavaca, Mexico. Ordained for Sacramento. Accused in 1989 of twice sodomizing a 14-year-old boy in 1983 and fondling the boy on a trip to Mexico. Returned to Mexico where Bishop Quinn helped him find ministry and advised him to stay in Mexico 5-6 years before returning to the U.S. According to prosecutors, Pinal "made admissions" in a 1991 letter to a bishop and asked whether he would face criminal prosecution if he returned to the US. Incardinated into Cuernavaca diocese 1991, worked there for decades. Criminal charges dropped in 2003 after Supreme Court ruling. Fraud suit against diocese filed 7/10. On diocese's list 4/30/2019. It shows three more allegations of abuse of boys, received in 1989, and an allegation in 2016 of abuse of a girl. All known abuse allegedly occurred 1981-1986. New suit filed in 10/2019.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Mario Porras Blanco

Order: SDB
Ordained: 1960
Status: Settled

Died: 10/14/2008
Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Originally from Costa Rica. Removed from ministry in the Diocese of Sacramento in 1973, where he had been assigned since 1969. Refused to return to the Salesians in Costa Rica, as ordered; stayed in Sacramento for several years and joined "a schismatic religious sect." At least one settlement in 1991. In a 2002 lawsuit nine men alleged that Blanco sexually abused them when they were boys in Sacramento. By 1/2004 at least 17 men had accused him of abuse. A civil trial was set for 7/2005 but 16 cases settled just prior to trial. Name included on the Archdiocese of Seattle's 1/15/2016 list of credibly accused; noted to have been active in Tacoma as a "traditionalist Latin church" priest from the mid-1980s into the 2000s. Included on the Sacramento diocese's list of credibly accused in 4/30/2019, with allegations of the sexual abuse of 20 boys, occurring 1968-81. Blanco died in 2008.

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Archdiocese of Seattle List 01.15.16

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Fr. Michael Proulx

Order: OSST
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento on its list 4/30/2019. Allegation received in 2011 of rape of a boy under age 14 in the 1950s. Proulx was assigned to Sacred Heart in Alturas 1945-1959.

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Diocese of Sacramento List 04.30.19

Fr. Simon Twomey

Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Retired to Ireland in 2009. Included on the Diocese's list in 2019 which notes an allegation in 2018 of the sexual abuse of a girl 1975-1976. Investigation pending.

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Fr. Jose Luis Urbina

Ordained: 1979
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Mexico. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Pled guilty 1989 to committing lewd acts with a child under age 14. Skipped bail and fled to Mexico before sentencing. Accused in a 2003 lawsuit against the Diocese and Urbina of the sexual abuse of a boy, ages 9-17, in the 1980s. Found working as a priest in Navojoa, Mexico in 2005. Mexico would not allow extradition to the U.S. Laicization announced 8/21/2008. A 2008 civil suit was dismissed in 11/2010 due to the statute of limitations. Included on the Sacramento Diocese's list 4/30/2019, which notes allegations received in 1989 and 2007, each of abuse of a boy in the 1980s. Warrant for arrest renewed in 2019.

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Fr. Murrough Wallace

Ordained: 1960
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Monsignor. Retired pastor of St. Theresa's in South Lake Tahoe when suspended in 12/2018 after a man alleged that, when he was age 17 in 1985, Wallace sexually abused him on a camp work trip. Wallace was the Director of Camp Pendola. Included on the Diocese's list 4/30/2019, which shows two allegations in 1995, each of the sexual abuse of young adult males, and the 2018 allegation. Investigation pending. Lawsuit filed in 12/2019. Accused along with two other priests in a lawsuit filed in 5/2022 of sexually abusing a boy, age 10, in 1965, at Holy Angels church and school in Yuba City, CA. Per the suit, a nun helped the boy and police were contacted. Murrough was reportedly deceased at the time of the filing.

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Fr. John Watts

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Order: CP
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Sacramento CA

"Caspar." Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento on its list 4/30/2019. It notes four allegations received in 1994 of the sexual abuse in 1972 of boys under age 14. Worked at Christ the King Retreat Center in Citrus Heights. May have filled in at times in Maxwell and Corning parishes. Left the diocese in 1973.

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Diocese of Sacramento List 04.30.19

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