45 Accused in This Diocese
- Fond du Lac Reporter 07.16.12
- Billings Gazette 07.16.12
- SNAP Wisconsin 07.16.12
- NBC 26 07.16.12
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 07.16.12
- FOX 11 07.16.12
- SNAP Wisconsin Statement 07.16.12
- SNAP Statement 12.06.12
- Sheboygan Press 02.18.13
- NBC 15 02.18.13
- SNAP Wisconsin 02.19.13
- Diocese of Great Falls-Billings List 08.21.18
- Associated Press 07.29.19
- Capuchins St. Joseph Province List 08.19.21
- IL Attorney General’s Report 05.23.23
- Market Watch 02.08.12
- KRTV 02.08.12
- Great Falls Tribune 02.08.12
- Great Falls Tribune 02.09.12
- Great Falls Tribune 02.12.18
- Associated Press 02.13.18
- Findagrave accessed 02.19.18
- KTVQ 04.27.18
- Great Falls Tribune 04.27.18
- Tamaki Law Offices 04.27.18
- Diocese of Great Falls-Billings List 08.21.19
- Billings Gazette 05.21.04
- Complaint in Jane Doe 1 v Order of Friars Minor Chapuchin, et al Montana 8th Judicial District Court, Cascade Co, 12.30.11
- Missoulian 12.30.11
- The Republic 12.31.11
- KTVQ 12.31.11
- KXLH 01.01.12
- Great Falls Tribune 01.02.12
- KFBB 01.02.12
- KULR 01.03.12
- KFBB 01.05.12
- Indian Country Today Media Network 01.23.12
- KPAX 06.07.12
- Indian Country Today Media Network 07.30.12
- Great Falls Tribune 08.16.17
- Assoicated PRess 12.21.17
- Diocese of Great Falls-Billings List 08.21.18
- Capuchin Friars St. Joseph Province List 08.19.21
- Great Falls Tribune 06.05.49
- Kramer MEd Thesis 08.15.55
- Great Falls Tribune 01.07.68
- Havre Daily News 02.28.73
- Havre Daily News 03.09.73
- Great Falls Tribune 01.28.74
- Great Falls Tribune 06.14.81
- Havre Daily News 03.23.83
- Great Falls Tribune 07.31.88
- Great Falls Tribune Obituary 12.21.88
- Diocese of Great Falls-Billings List 08.21.18
- NW Jesuits 2005
- Great Falls Tribune 02.08.12
- KRTV 02.08.12
- Market Watch 02.08.12
- Great Falls Tribune 02.09.12
- KPAX 06.07.12
- Press Release from Kosnoff Fasy 01.31.14
- Missoula Independent 03.27.14
- Diocese of Helena List 04.29.15
- Great Falls Tribune 08.15.17
- Great Falls Tribune 08.16.17
- Diocese of Great Falls-Billings List 08.21.18
- Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18
- Washington Post 05.29.24
Br. Berthold Ascher
Capuchin Brother. Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18. Died in 5/67. Included on the St. Joseph Province Capuchins' list of those with substantiated allegations against them.
Brother Rene
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT
Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Fr. Anthony M. Brown
Monsignor. Priest of the Diocese of Helena. Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18. Worked in Great Falls at some point.
Fr. John Joseph Brown
As part of Section 13.1, Non-Monetary Commitments, of the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, Reorganization Plan (dated 7/18/2011) the Province agreed to post on its website the names of all members of the province who are identified as perpetrators of sexual abuse in proofs of claims filed in the bankruptcy, and who have not denied the allegation. Brown's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him. Native American. Worked in San Francisco, Seattle, Spokane, Baker, Boise City, Helena, and Great Falls dioceses, primarily in Native American mission schools and parishes. Per the Jesuits West list 12/7/2018, alleged abuse of a minor 1953-1959, reported in 2009. Died 8/26/1987. On the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings list 8/21/2018.
Fr. Martin Burke
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Fr. William M. Cawley
Harrisburg PA priest working in Great Falls-Billings diocese. On Harrisburg diocese's list released 8/1/18. Accused in a lawsuit filed in WY in 2012 of the sex abuse of a child in MT starting in the early 1970s. Taught at York Catholic High School in Harrisburg PA 1988-2012. On the Great Falls-Billings diocese's list 8/21/18. Great Falls-Billings chancellor said in 3/19 that the allegation was not credible, per an independent investigation.
Fr. Arnold L. Custer
Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/2018. Included on the Jesuits West list 12/7/2018. Died 3/2/1969.
Fr. Dennis Druggan
Removed as president and rector of St. Lawrence Seminary High School in Mt. Calvary, WI 7/2012 after allegation in 6/2012 that he had sexually assaulted a minor at St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, MT in mid- to late-1980s. He was at the school 1984-91. Druggan denied the allegations. He had worked with St. Lawrence since 1993. No criminal charges due to the statute of limitations. A second complaint received. Order found allegations credible and permanently removed Druggan's privileges. Prayer and penance suggested by the Order. Included on the Great Falls-Billings list in 8/21/2018. On the Capuchins St. Joseph Province list of those with substantiated allegations. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, last name spelled Drugan.
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Fr. Father O’Reilly
Status: Sued
Diocese: Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT
One male plaintiff in a civil suit filed by 10 accusers in 2/12 alleged abuse as a minor by O'Reilly when he was attending St. Xavier's Mission and Bellarmine Prep School.
Br. James Gleason
Capuchin Brother. "Jim." Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings on its list 8/21/18. Per a 6/82 news article, Gleason was granted a sabbatical for studies.
Fr. Charles Gorman
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 8/21/18. Ordained in his native Ireland, arrived in the Great Falls-Bilings diocese the same year, where he spent his career. Did some "circuit-riding" in AK, after which he visited often and worked as a fill-in priest.
Fr. John Haligowski
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Fr. Joseph S. Heretick
A female plaintiff in a civil suit filed by 10 accusers 2/12 alleged abuse by Heretick in mid-1980s when he was assigned to St. Michael's in Absarokee, MT and she was a minor. Also named by man who claimed abuse by Heretick and a Fr. Cawley 1974-1980 beginning when man was age 8. Sent to treatment 1980s; bishop alleged to have ignored recommendation that Heretick not be placed back in ministry. Heretick died 1/16/99. In 4/18 diocese agreed to settle 86 claims of abuse from 1940s-1990s, including those against Heretick, for $20M. Diocese filed for bankruptcy in 3/17, just before jury trials were to begin. Name on diocese's list 8/21/18.
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Sr. Sigfrieda Hettinger
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT
School Sister of St. Francis (SSSF) of St. Joseph Convent. Professed final vows in 1955. Taught in IA, NE, MT, MN, WI and IL. Died 1/24/16, age 87. Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/2018.
Fr. Emmett Hoffmann
Named as abuser in 12/30/11 civil suit filed against Diocese and Order. Plaintiff (a member of Cheyenne tribe) alleged Hoffman molested and raped her between 1955 and 1962 when she was a minor and he was assigned to St. Labre Mission School in Ashland. He started at the school in 1954. The girl was a boarding student. He left the Capuchin order and became a Diocesan priest. He retired from the mission in 1993 and lived in a retirement community on the reservation until his death 2/1/13. Per a 2017 news report, 5 former St. Labre Indian School students accused Hoffman of having molested them between 1955 and 1984. On the diocese's list 8/21/18 (as "Emmitt Hoffman.") On the Capuchins St. Joseph Province list of those with substantiated allegations against them.
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Fr. William A. Hogan
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Fr. Leo F. Janson
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 8/21/18. (Name misspelled Jansen). Died in 2006.
Fr. John Patrick Kendrigan
Named publicly as accused on the diocese's list 8/21/18. Worked in Glendive, Jordan, Poplar and Great Falls. Died 12/10/67 at age 50.
Fr. Leonard A. Kohlman
As part of Section 13.1, Non-Monetary Commitments, of the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, Reorganization Plan (dated 7/18/2011) the Province agreed to post on its website the names of all members of the province who are identified as perpetrators of sexual abuse in proofs of claims filed in the bankruptcy case, and who have not denied the allegation. Kohlman's name is included on this list. Died 9/24/1972. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes reports in 2009 of abuse 1958-1967, 1962-1976 and 1965-1969.
Giswalda Kramer
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT
First named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18. Born 3/25/1903; entered the School Sisters of St Francis (SSSF/OSF) of St Joseph Convent in 1921. Began teaching in Nebraska and was sent in 1933 with 5 other nuns to teach at the St Labre Mission on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. In 1936 she was sent as superior and principal of St Paul's Mission School on the Fort Belknap Reservation. She brought the grammar school up to state standard and founded St Paul's Mission High School. Adopted into the Gros Ventre tribe in 1951, given the name Pipe Woman. Earned Masters of Education from Montana State University in 1955. Principal of the Year in 1987 (1 of 20 in the US). Died 11/27/1988.
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Fr. Lothar Konrad Krauth
From Germany, arrived in U.S. in 1978 to work in Great Falls-Billings diocese. Became U.S. citizen in 1986. Assigned 1989-2014 to Our Lady of Lourdes in Great Falls. Retired. Found by Great Falls police on 10/26/18 to have a large amount of child porn on his computer. Some images were of children as young as ages two or three years. Pled guilty in 4/19 to one count of receipt of child pornography. Sentenced in 10/9 to five years in prison, then five years supervised release.
Fr. Harvey D. Livix
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 8/21/18. Was College of Great Falls assistant to the president 1966-69. Left to pursue his doctorate in higher education and gerontology at Michigan State. Left priesthood. Married in 1970, settled with his wife in Arizona. Died 9/26/07.
Fr. Kevin J. Malee
Criminally charged in 11/87 with two counts of deviant sexual conduct. Accused in a 1988 civil suit of assaulting a 15-year-old for two years at a rectory, church, family home and while on vacation with the teen's family. Malee countersued. Helena Diocese had one archival file and the Great Falls Diocese has two secret archives files. In 1990 a judge denied the plaintiff's request for discovery of these files. Malee ended up in San Diego. On diocese's list 08/21/18.
Fr. Thomas McTague
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 8/21/18. Native of Ireland. Brother of the Sacred Heart in Belgium beginning 1937, perpetual vows 1942. Left Sacred Heart Brothers in 1946 to study for priesthood at St. Thomas College in St. Paul, MN. Ordained for the Diocese of Great Falls. Parish priest. Died 4/27/08.
Fr. Joseph Mikulich
From Croatia. A woman from Great Falls reported in 1985 that Mikulich sexually abused her when she was ages 12-21 in the 1970s. He would visit the family in Great Falls. Mikulich worked in the Archdiocese of Portland 1962-1982, retired, and during 1983-1985 was at the Croatian Center in San Francisco, CA. He returned to Croatia in 1986. The archdiocese refused any assistance to the young woman and did not tell Mikulich (then age 87) of the allegations. He died in 2000 at age 101. Included on the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/2019.
Br. Clarence Moreau
Clarence Talks Different grew up on Fort Belknap Reservation. Changed name to Clarence Moreau when he became Jesuit brother working on the reservation. In 2009 a man alleged abuse by Moreau at age 11 in the early 1960s. He said Moreau would take him and other youths to movies and on overnight trips and would give them alcohol and cigarettes. Moreau died by suicide 3/21/71 at age 36. As of 4/11, the diocese had denied that he was a Jesuit brother or that he completed training in any order. Named in an amended lawsuit filed in 6/12. Named in a 2017 suit against the diocese as having sexually abused 4 children at St. Paul in Hays 1959-71.
Fr. Kirk C. Morgan
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Fr. Emmett Neville
Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Fr. Joseph T. Papes
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 8/21/18. Died 10/26/06 in Michigan. Per his obituary, Papes was ordained for the Diocese of Great Falls where he worked in parishes as an assistant and pastor. At some point he returned to his native Michigan, working in the Diocese of Lansing.
Fr. Carl Pulvermacher
Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused
Died: 05/29/2006
Diocese: Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT
Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings on its list 8/21/18.Died 5/29/06.
Fr. James J. Reilly
Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18. On the Fargo diocese's list 1/2/20. Allegations substantiated. Died in 1990.
Fr. James Reynolds
Status: Sued
Diocese: Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT
One female plaintiff in a civil suit filed by 10 accusers in 2/12 alleged abuse by Robinson when she was a minor and he was assigned to Wolf Point, MT. On diocese's list 8/21/18.
Fr. Edmund J. Robinson
"Father Eddy." At least one of the plaintiffs in a civil suit filed by 10 accusers in 2/2012 alleged abuse by Robinson when he was assigned to St. Paul's Mission in Hays, MT. Also accused of abuse of at least one girl in 1963 at St. Ignatius Mission in the Helena diocese. Sent to Servants of the Paraclete in NM for treatment in the early 1980s. Last known to have lived at Regis Community in Spokane, WA. Died 5/22/2014. Included on the Helena diocese's list posted to its website 4/29/2015 in compliance with the non-monetary terms of the 3/5/2015 bankruptcy settlement. By 2017 Robinson had been accused in lawsuits of the sexual abuse, including rape, of 9 children - boys and girls - on Indian reservations in the 1950s and 1960s. Included on the Great Falls-Billings diocese's list 8/21/2018. On the Jesuit West list 12/7/2018.
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Br. John I. Ryan
Named in a lawsuit against the diocese in 2017 as sexual abusing minors 1955-1966 at St. Paul Mission in Hays, on the Fort Belknap Indian reservation. Included on the Great Falls-Billings diocese's list 8/21/2018 and on the Jesuits West list 12/7/2018. Died 8/3/1986.
Barbara Sabel
Sister of St. Francis of Oldenburg, IN. Died 7/20/80. Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Fr. Patrick F. Savage
Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings on its list 8/21/2018. Included on the Jesuits West list 12/7/2018. Died 9/15/1965.
Fr. Frederick Simoneau
Named in a lawsuit against the diocese in 2017 by five plaintiffs as having repeatedly abused them as children during 1955-1974 at St. Paul Mission in Hays, on the Fort Belknap Indian reservation. Born 1/21/1908. Died 4/21/1984. Buried in Mt. St. Michael Cemetery in Spokane WA. Included on the Great Falls-Billings diocese's list 8/21/2018. On the Jesuits West list 12/7/2018.
Sister Benno
School Sister of St. Francis (SSSF) of St. Joseph Convent. Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Sister Charissma
School Sister of St. Francis (SSSF) of St. Joseph Convent. Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Sister Christine
School Sister of St. Francis (SSSF) of St. Joseph Convent. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings on its list 8/21/18.
Sr. Mary
School Sister of St. Francis (SSSF) of St. Joseph Convent. Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Sister Regina
School Sister of St. Francis (SSSF) of St. Joseph Convent. Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Sister Vonnie
Status: Accused
Diocese: Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT
School Sister of St. Francis (SSSF) of St. Joseph Convent. Named publicly as accused by the Great Falls-Billings diocese on its list 8/21/18.
Fr. Theodore F. Szudera
One of the plaintiffs in a civil suit filed by 10 accusers 2/12 has alleged that Szudera abused him in 1978 and 1979 while Szudera was a priest in Livingston. Accuser says he reported the abuse in 2006 but nothing was done. Independent investigator found
Fr. Andrew J. Zarek
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 8/21/18. Retired 1982. Died 12/30/88.