Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX - BishopAccountability.org

46 Accused in This Diocese

Fr. Nicholas Cornelius Antle

Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Retired in 1990. Removed from ministry in 2011. Died in 2016.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. John Patrick Barry

Order: CSB
Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Died: 06/2/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the Galveston-Houston archdiocese on its list 6/18/2021. Assignments included St. Thomas High School and St. Anne's, both in Houston. Included on the Tucson diocese's list of credibly accused, where he was assigned 1968-1970 and 1980-1986. Barry died in 1986.

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Fr. Robert Ralph Barzyk

Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Died: 03/10/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Retired 1993. Removed from ministry 1994. Died in 2007.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. Terence P. Brinkman

Ordained: 1973
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

A man filed a civil suit in 7/10 alleging that Brinkman molested and raped him between 1974 and 1976 while assigned to St. Charles Borromeo in Houston. Placed on leave. Plaintiff alleged that in at least two incidents, Brinkman used chloroform to render him unconscious before raping him. In 11/10, the suit was dismissed due to the statute of limitations. Plaintiff requested new trial. Brinkman denied the allegations. In 1/20 Brinkman remains pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Baytown, his role since 2008.

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KHOU 12.04.18

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Fr. David Emmett Burn

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Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Retired and removed from ministry in 1992. Died in 2003.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. Moises Cabrera

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Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Removed from ministry in 1988.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. Allen Ray Doga

Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Died in 1999.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. George Patrick Dougherty

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Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Died: 12/1/2002
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

"Pat." Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston on its list 1/31/2019. Removed from ministry in 1996. Died in 2002. A Rev. "Glen" Dougherty is included on the Diocese of Tyler's list of credibly accused in 4/2019, which notes him to be listed by Galveston-Houston. Appears to actually be George Patrick Dougherty; a Rev. Glen Dougherty was not found in the Official Catholic Directory or other sources.

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Fr. Richard A. Edelin

Ordained: 1979
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Accused in 1996 of repeatedly groping a girl confessional and at retreats 1981-82, beginning when she was age 17. He denied the allegations. Accuser was given $5K and told by Bishop Fiorenza on 02/23/96 that Edelin was suspended. Assigned to six parishes his first ten years after ordination. Served as USAF Chaplain from 1989-92, on leave 1992-97. Not indexed in the Directories after 1997 until 2003, when the diocese tried to reinstate him. Accuser complained. He went to work in Baker, OR diocese where seminary classmate was bishop. Included on Galveston-Houston archdiocese's list 1/31/19. It notes that Edelin was removed from public ministry in 2013.

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Fr. Anthony Hernandez Gonzalez

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Order: OMI
Ordained: 1957
Status: Settled

Died: 12/2/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Anthony or Antonio. Gonzales or Gonzalez. Order reportedly knew of abusive behavior in at least 1960. Multiple transfers. Named as abuser in 2006 civil suit. A woman alleged that he began sexually abusing her when she was age 15 and homeless. Abuse allegedly occurred 1981-83 at Immaculate Conception in Houston. Plaintiff got pregnant and Gonzales went to Canada. Married another girl. Left priesthood 1985. Laicized in 5/87. Suit settled in 3/08 for $1.35M. Admitted fathering at least 8 illegitimate children with young girls. On Baton Rouge diocese's list in early 2019. Report in 6/12 of abuse in the 1970s while assigned to an Albany, LA parish. Died 12/2/16. On Galveston-Houston and the Archdiocese of San Antonios lists 1/31/19.

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Fr. Carlos Guerra

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Ordained: 1981
Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Charged in the early 1980s with being "sexually involved" with a 14-year-old boy in 1981. The boy told his mother in 1983. Charges were dropped in 1986 because the law had changed in 1983 to require corroboration in cases that were not promptly filed. Included on the the archdiocese's list 1/31/19. It notes that Guerra was removed from ministry in 1984 and that he left the priesthood in 1987.

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Fr. Rodrigo J. Guillermo

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Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

From Manila, Philippines. Incardinated 1979 into the Galveston-Houston archdiocese. Named publicly as accused Galveston-Houston on its list 1/31/19. Retired and removed from ministry in 1994. Died in 2015.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. Fernando Noe Guzman

Ordained: 1979
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

From the Archdiocese of Morelia, Mexico. Extern priest in Galveston-Houston. Guzman molested a 13-year-old girl in her grandfather's house in 1984. Caught by a social worker who reported abuse to Bishop. Transferred to another parish where he started an "affair" with a married woman. Removed from ministry in 1987. Civil suit filed 1990 by a woman he seduced and made pregnant. Jury denied her claims but Guzman testimony in this case resulted in criminal charges and conviction in 1992 in the case involving the 13-year-old girl. Sentenced to 10 years in jail. Served 90 day shock probation and released. Was working in 1992 in Houston real estate. Died in 2006.

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Fr. Jack Hanna

Order: CSB
Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Taught at University of St. Thomas in Houston for 30 years and was head of Campus Ministry in the 1970s and 1980s. Took groups of students each summer to Merida, Mexico. Also taught at St. Thomas High School. Received his M.Div at St. Michael's College in Toronto, Canada in 1973. Named publicly as credibly accused of the sexual abuse of a minor(s) by the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese on its list 1/31/2019. Faculties removed in 2013. From 2013 until at least 2018 was Treasurer General of the Basilian Fathers Council in Toronto.

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Fr. Stephen R. Horn

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Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

The Archdiocese announced in 1/08 that Horn had been placed on leave and sent for treatment in 11/07, immediately after allegations were made that he abused a minor between 1989 and 1993. He was at Christ the King parish in Houston during that time frame. Review board said that sufficient evidence existed to suggest that the abuse had occurred. Included on archdiocese's list 1/31/19.

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Fr. William Jimenez

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Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Removed from ministry in 1959.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. John T. Keller

Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Accused in 2002 of giving a 16-year-old boy wine, then fondling him in bed during a trip in the early 1980s. Keller also wrote "love letters" to the boy. Keller denied abuse but admitted holding the youth in a "manner inappropriate for a priest." Archdiocese said conduct did not fit definition of sex abuse. Kept in ministry, including during the archdiocese's investigation. Pastor in 2019 of Prince of Peace parish in Houston, there since 1999. In 12/18 another man alleged abuse as a minor by Keller. Suspended 1/31/19 pending investigation. Bishop allowed him to celebrate one last mass prior to suspension. On archdiocese's list 1/31/19. In 5/19 Keller requested retirement "for age and medical reasons." In 6/19 a third man alleged abuse by Keller at age 15.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Dennis J. Laroche

Order: MM
Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the Galveston-Houston archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Included on the Burlington VT diocese's list 8/22/19. LaRoche worked in the Philippines and East Africa, then the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, which he left in 1987. Assigned to VT parishes 11/87 until 8/92 when his assignment was "terminated" and he returned to his order. Left ministry by 2/1/93.

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Diocese of Burlington List 08.22.19

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Fr. Manuel LaRosa-Lopez

Ordained: 1996
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Reports in 2018 by two people to the diocese of abuse by LaRosa-Lopez at a Conroe parish. A man said he was abused 1998-2001 as a teen, and told church officials, including Cardinal DiNardo, who offered counseling. A woman alleged abused as a teen in 2000. Priest was transferred. She again contacted the diocese in 2010; diocese told her he had been sent to a' mental institution' twice and had a job with no contact with children. She went to police. LaRosa-Lopez turned himself in 9/11/18; charged. Police raided rectory a week later. Accused in 10/18 of abusing an altar boy as a seminarian in mid-1990s. By late 11/18 six people, male and female, had alleged abuse. On archdiocese's list 1/31/19. Suit filed 4/19. Indicted on two counts 5/2/19. Indicted in 6/19 on three more counts of alleged abuse in 2/99 and 6/00. Pled not guilty 7/18/19. Pled guilty in a plea deal in 11/20. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, and to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Suits settled.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List updated 06.18.21

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Fr. Pius Lawe

Order: SVD
Ordained: 2005
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the Galveston-Houston archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Removed from ministry in 2009.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. Joseph Giles Leduc

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Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Died: 01/19/1981
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Died in 1981. Reportedly, had been "scoutmaster, friend and confidant" to the young man who perpetrated the mass shooting from the clocktower at the U. of Austin in 1966.

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Fr. Franz Bernard Lickteig

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Order: OCarm
Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Died: 05/26/1996
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

"Bernard" or "Bernie." Assigned in TX, IL, Rome Italy, PA, DC. Named publicly as accused by the Carmelite Order on its list 11/22/2020. On the Galveston-Houston archdiocese's list 6/18/2021, where he was assigned 1962-1967. Separated from the Carmelites in 9/1977. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. Worked at Joliet Catholic High School 1967-1970 and at St. Joseph Priory in Barrington IL 1976-1977. Laicized. Died in 1996.

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Fr. Jesse S. Linam

Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Removed from ministry in 1993 after archdiocese learned of allegations of sexual misconduct with a boy occurring in 1973-74. Faculties removed in 6/02. Civil suit filed in 2002 alleged Linam abused one plaintiff and possibly many more between 1961 and 1993. Suit dismissed in 8/02 on statute of limitations. Included on archdiocese's list 1/31/19. It notes that Linam retired in 1998.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Houston Chronicle 07.12.02
Houston Chronicle 08.30.02
Houston Chronicle 06.19.03
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. Denis O. Lynch

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Order: OCD
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Included in 1/19 on the Galveston-Houston archdiocese's list of accused. Removed from ministry in 1993. Died in 2015.

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Fr. William Hodgson Marshall

Order: CSB
Ordained: 1951
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Ordained in Canada. School principal in Toronto and Windsor 1952-56. Worked at St. Thomas High in Houston, TX 1956-57. Returned to Canada. Also did missionary work in St. Lucia. Allegation in 1998 of abuse in 1969. Retired in 1997. Treatment at St. Luke's. Charged in 2010 with abuse in Toronto and Windsor in the 1950s and 1980s. Pled guilty in 6/11 to abuse of 16. Sentenced to two years in prison. More suits in 12/11. Order denied any allegations of abuse during his time in Houston.

Fr. Christopher J. Martin

Ordained: 1924
Status: Accused

Died: 12/1/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Died in 1989.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. Donald A. Neumann

Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Removed from ministry in 2013.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. Phi Thanh Nguyen

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Ordained: 2000
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 7/19 of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in November 2018. The girl was a student at Nazareth Academy in Victoria, TX.

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Fr. Raphael O’Loughlin

Order: CSB
Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused

Died: 03/19/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the Galveston-Houston archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Died in 1998. Per his obituary, O'Loughlin worked with Spanish-speaking families in Houston, Detroit, Mexico and Colombia, and was "a giant to kids."

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Fr. Francisco Ordonez

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Ordained: 1995
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the Galveston-Houston archdiocese on its list 1/31/2019. Extern priest from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Removed from ministry in 2003.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. Vincent A. Orlando

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Working at Jesuit High School in Tampa FL in 4/02 when accusation surfaced that he had abused a young man (not a student) in 1984 while assigned to Strake Jesuit Prep in Houston. Suspended. Resided at Ignatius Residence in New Orleans 2003-12. On Jesuits Central and Southern Province list 12/18/19. On Galveston-Houston archdiocese's list 1/31/19. Living under supervision.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Seminarian Juan Carlos Patino-Arango

Status: Indicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Seminary student in 2003 when the parents of a youth reported abuse by Patino-Arango. Reportedly returned to his native Colombia, or possibly to Florida, when the investigation began. Indicted in 2004 for the abuse of two boys in 1996 while a seminarian. Civil suit filed in 2004 by three; moved to federal court in 2005. Defendants named include Pope Benedict (then Cardinal Ratzinger). Pope dismissed 12/05. Settled in 2/08.

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Fr. Lawrence O. Peguero

Ordained: 1947
Status: Sued

Died: 11/22/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Monsignor. Accused in a civil suit filed 6/30/10 of molesting three sisters, one as young as age 4, and their brother in the 1970s. Pegureo was assigned to Our Lady of St. John's in Houston at the time. He is said to have used threats, including that he would to kill their sisters. The siblings complained to the Church in 2007. They were offered, but refused, church-sponsored counseling. Peguero retired in 1993 and died in 11/00 at age 79. Another woman filed suit in 11/10 claiming abuse in the 1960s. On the archdiocese's list 1/31/19.

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Fr. Dennis L. Peterson

Ordained: 1973
Status: Sued

Died: 07/12/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Accused in a civil lawsuit in 1999 of abusing a boy for 10 years, beginning when the boy was brought to him at age 14 for counseling related to abuse by a Catholic Boy Scout leader. Peterson was the Archdiocese's Special Youth Services director and chaplain at a county juvenile detention home. Placed on leave, allowed to live at a parish. Two brothers and their sister also joined the suit, alleging abuse by Peterson in the 1970s. The suit was dismissed in 3/2000 due to the statute of limitations. In Fall 1999 the Harris County Grand Jury refused to indict Peterson on a charge that he sexually abused the original boy; the boy died at age 30 in 2003 of a drug overdose. Accused in a 2005 lawsuit of abusing and raping a 7th grade boy in 1983. Peterson was laicized in 2005; allowed to live at a priests' retirement home. Died 7/12/2007. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused 1/31/2019. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 3/2024 of abusing a boy, beginning in 1995 when the boy was age 8 and he and his father were homeless. Peterson allegedly plied the boy with money and gifts, then sexually abused him after giving him communion wine. The abuse is said to have continued for months until the boy's family left TX.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Robert C. Ramon

Ordained: 1982
Status: Sued

Died: 08/13/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Accused of sexual misconduct with a minor female in 1991. Parish personnel were notified immediately; the diocese investigated and determined there was no evidence. Per the girl's family's request, the diocese provided counseling. The family's contact with the counselor ceased within few months and the family threatened litigation in 2/92. Civil litigation filed 7/93. Ramon was removed from ministry and resigned from the priesthood in 2002. He died 8/13/14. On the archdiocese's list 1/31/19.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Walter Dayton Salisbury

Order: SSJ
Ordained: 1959
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Worked many years in the Galveston-Houston archdiocese. Long-time TX Southern University Newman center chaplain. Taught at St. Tomas University, Alderian psychologist. Also worked in Washington DC and Mobile AL. Convicted twice on child sex charges. Pleaded no contest in 1979 to indecency with a child in Houston, TX, given three years probation. Kept in ministry. Surrendered to police in DC in 4/1993 after allegations that in 1/1993 he had sex with a boy he was tutoring. Sentenced to one year prison, suspended, and one year probation. Removed from ministry. Had also been accused in AL. Returned after 1993 to his native Bar Harbor, ME. On the Washington DC archdiocese's list 10/15/2018. On Galveston Houston's list 1/31/2019.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Charles Kevin Schoppe

Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused

Died: 04/21/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

In 2002, it was revealed that Schoppe was forced to resign (retire) in 1992 after the diocese confirmed that he sexually abused girl 30 years prior. Privileges removed in 6/02. Three more women came forward in 2002 alleging abuse by Schoppe as minors. Died in 2014. On archdiocese's list 1/31/19.

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Fr. William A. Schreiner

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Order: CSB
Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

"Herb." Named publicly as accused by the Galveston-Houston archdiocese on its list 6/18/21. Assigned to St. Theresa in Sugar Land and St. Thomas High School in Houston. Died in 1992.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 06.18.21

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Fr. George A. Sheltz

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Ordained: 1971
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Auxiliary Bishop and Chancellor. In 6/19 someone sent letters to the archdiocese claiming that Sheltz molested her in 1971, when she was a minor. She did not include contact information, but did give a name that the archdiocese said they could not find. The letter-writer also expressed anger that the archdiocese was going to transfer her pastor, Rev. Hai Dang, to another parish. She said if the transfer occurred, she would go public with her accusation. The archdiocese stated its belief that the claims were false, but did report it to police and Children's Protective Services, as well as the Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S. In 10/19 the archdiocese announced that the Vatican found the allegation to be "manifestly unfounded." Sheltz was returned to ministry.

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Fr. Donald L. Stavinoha

Order: OMI
Ordained: 1970
Status: Convicted

Died: 03/27/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Worked in the Dioceses of Corpus Christi, San Antonio and Galveston-Houston in TX and in the Diocese of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, Mexico. In 1986 a police officer caught Stavinoha performing a sex act on a young boy in a church van in Houston. The boy said it had happened before. Diocese removed Stanihova's privileges and sent him to therapy. Pleaded guilty in 1988. Sentenced to 10 years in jail; released 3/14/1991 and put on probation. Civil suit filed, settled, and sealed. Returned under supervision to his Order in San Antonio. In 2002 was known to be living at RECON, a MO treatment center. Died 3/27/2007 in Houston, per Oblate newsletter. On Galveston-Houston Archdiocese's list 1/31/2019.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Anthony G. Stredny

Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 11/26/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Ordained for the Diocese of Nashville. Incardinated 1971 into the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Removed from ministry in 1993. Named publicly as accused by the Galveston-Houston archdiocese on its list 1/31/2019. Included in the Memphis diocese's report 2/28/2020; the Memphis diocese was created from Nashville in 1970. Died in 2018. On the Knoxville diocese's list as of 3/6/2020; the Knoxville diocese was created from Nashville in 1988. Included on Nashville's list in 11/2021.

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Fr. Jesus Suarez

Ordained: 1986
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Removed from public ministry in late 3/2019 after allegations that he had sexually abused children in Colombia, prior to his 1994 arrival in the U.S. Per the archdiocese, the abuse "may have resulted in the birth of children." Two women said he abused them in Colombia in the 1980s; one said the abuse began when she was age 11, continued through her teen years, and resulted in the birth of a daughter. Included in 4/2019 on the Diocese of Tyler's list of credibly accused.

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Fr. Ivan Turic

Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 1/31/19. Faculties removed in 1977.

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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston List 01.31.19

Fr. Gerard Martin Weber

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Order: OMI
Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the Galveston-Houston archdiocese on its list 6/13/2019. Removed from ministry in 2011. Included on the Diocese of Belleville's 9/20/2022 list, as Gerald M. Weber. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. John Benedict Weber

Order: OCarm
Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused

Died: 10/11/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Named publicly as accused by the Galveston-Houston archdiocese on its list 1/31/2019. Included on the Carmelites list 11/22/2020. Removed from ministry in 2011. Included in 10/2022 on the Chicago Archdiocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 05/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. Per the Carmelites list 5/30/2023, Weber died 10/11/2021.

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Carmelites Assignments

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Fr. Adreanus Johannes Willemsen

Order: CM
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX

Also known as Andrew, Andy, or Andre. Named publicly as accused by the Galveston-Houston archdiocese on its list 1/31/2019. Also on the Austin diocese's list 1/31/2019. From the Netherlands. Ordained for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (Vincentians), later diocesan. As a Vincentian, worked briefly in Camarillo, CA then in Houston TX 1964-1981. Became an Austin diocesan priest in 1982. The Galveston-Houston archdiocese received allegation in 1988. Sent back to the Netherlands in 1988, continued ministry there until removed in 2004, still as an incardinated Austin priest. Allegedly many victims. Died in 2012. On the Vincentians' list in 2020.

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