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	9 Priests Identified in Recent Cases Telegraph Herald April 11, 2008 http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=197702 [with audio] Priests of the Dubuque Archdiocese who were accused of abuse in the April 10 settlement (these dates and places of abuse are the only ones included in this settlement). * Albert Carman: ordained in 1945, accused of abuse at Loras College from 1965 to 66. He died in 1980. * Tim DeVenney: Ordained in 1993, accused of abuse of several male minors while at St. Columbkille Parish in Dubuque from 1994 to 96. Suspended from the priesthood in 1996. Pleaded guilty in January 1997 and sentenced to 10 years in prison in April 1997. Released from prison and paroled in December 2001. He lives in a facility run by a religious order outside of Washington, D.C. * William Goltz: Ordained in 1950, abused a young male while at St. Ludmila's Parish in Cedar Rapids in 1966. Priestly activities restricted in 1992. Vatican imposed penal precept in 2005. He died in 2006. * John Reed: Ordained in 1949, accused of abusing a child when he was an assistant pastor at St. Mary Parish in Dubuque in 1963-64. He died in 1976. Priests of the Dubuque Archdiocese who were accused of abuse in the April 10 settlement (these dates and places of abuse are the only ones included in this settlement). * Albert Carman: ordained in 1945, accused of abuse at Loras College from 1965 to 66. He died in 1980. * Tim DeVenney: Ordained in 1993, accused of abuse of several male minors while at St. Columbkille Parish in Dubuque from 1994 to 96. Suspended from the priesthood in 1996. Pleaded guilty in January 1997 and sentenced to 10 years in prison in April 1997. Released from prison and paroled in December 2001. He lives in a facility run by a religious order outside of Washington, D.C. * William Goltz: Ordained in 1950, abused a young male while at St. Ludmila's Parish in Cedar Rapids in 1966. Priestly activities restricted in 1992. Vatican imposed penal precept in 2005. He died in 2006. * John Reed: Ordained in 1949, accused of abusing a child when he was an assistant pastor at St. Mary Parish in Dubuque in 1963-64. He died in 1976. * Robert Reiss: Ordained in 1955, accused of multiple abuse while serving at Holy Trinity Parish in Luxemburg in 1966. He was defrocked in 1997. He died in 2005. * Robert Saunders: Ordained in 1941, accused of abuse at St. Peter Parish in Temple Hill in 1959-69 and at St. Michael Parish in Norway in 1969-73. He died in 2007. * Allen Schmitt: Ordained in 1971, accused of abuse while at Sacred Heart Parish in Waterloo in 1975. His priestly activities were restricted in 2002. He works at the Dubuque Archdiocesan Center in Dubuque. * Robert Swift: Ordained in 1944, accused of abuse while at Holy Family Parish in New Melleray and at St. Joseph Prairie Parish from 1960 to 62. He died in 1980. (No picture available). * Louis Wendling: Ordained in 1939, accused of abusing a female minor while serving at Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids in 1947. He died in 1969.
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