Here is the list of Louisville priests accused of sexual abuse

Louisville Courier Journal
February 08, 2019

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Archbishop Joseph Kurtz speaks on the report on sexual abuse by priests by the Archdiocese of Louisville at the Pastoral Center. Feb. 8, 2019 Photo by Nikki Boliaux

Catholic Church leaders in Louisville released a report on Friday listing 48 priests and members of religious orders credibly accused of sexual abuse.

The report released by the Archdiocese of Louisville was prepared by an independent reviewer who examined archdiocese files involving the sexual abuse of minors by diocesan priests. It marks the first time Louisville's archdiocese has published such a list from its files. 

That 48 includes 22 archdiocese priests with substantiated abuse allegations, 14 priests and others who are members of various religious orders such as Franciscan Friars, and 12 priests with allegations considered credible but which there wasn't enough information to fully investigate or confirm the report.

Louisville Archdiocese: 48 Louisville priests, others credibly accused of sex abuse

Here's the list of 22 credible accused Louisville priests

Reverend Robert A. Bowling - Ordained 1954. Incardinated into the Diocese of Reno in 1972. Deceased in 2003.

Reverend Joseph Carrico - Ordained 1967. Left priesthood and laicized by Holy See in 1974.

Reverend Daniel C. Clark - Ordained 1980. Convicted and incarcerated in 1988 and received no further assignments. Removed from 20 ministry, per Charter, in 2002. Additional charges of child abuse brought again in 2002; dismissed from the priesthood by the Holy See in 2004.

Reverend Thomas P. Creagh - Ordained 1967. Removed from ministry in 2002. Dismissed from priesthood by the Holy See in 2004. Deceased 2008.

Reverend C. Patrick Creed - Ordained 1951.Deceased 2001.

Reverend Robert J. Dollinger - Ordained 1954. Removed from public ministry in 1994. Removed from ministry, per Charter, in 2002. Directed to lead a life of prayer and penance by the Holy See in 2004. Deceased 2012.

Reverend John Elder - Ordained 1941. Deceased 1993.

Reverend Bruce Ewing - Ordained 1974. Left priesthood in 1977. Convicted of child abuse in 2003 and dismissed from priesthood by the Holy See in 2004.

Reverend James E. Hargadon - Ordained 1955. Removed from ministry in 2002. Convicted and incarcerated in 2004; deceased in 2005 after being directed by the Holy See to lead life of prayer and penance.

Reverend R. Joseph Hemmerle - Ordained 1967. Removed from ministry in 2002, pending investigation and returned to ministry in 2002. Removed from ministry again in2014. Convicted and incarcerated in 2016/2017. Continues to be removed from ministry pending final action of Holy See.

Reverend Joseph T. Herp - Ordained 1973. Removed from ministry in 2002. Dismissed from priesthood by the Holy See in 2005. Deceased 2013.

Reverend Hermann J. Lammers – Ordained 1932. Deceased 1986.

Reverend Louis E. Miller - Ordained 1956. Removed from ministry in 2002. Convicted and incarcerated in 2003. Dismissed from priesthood by the Holy See in 2004 and died while in prison in 2017.

Reverend Joseph I. Mouser - Ordained 1965. Removed from ministry in 2002 and directed by the Holy See to lead a life of prayer and penance in 2005.

Reverend Stephen A. Pohl - Ordained 1985. Removed from ministry in 2015. Convicted and incarcerated in 2016. Resigned from priesthood and laicized by the Holy See in 2016. (Unlike others on the list, this was a possession of child pornography case).

Reverend Joseph Rives - Ordained 1920. Deceased 1971.

Reverend Edwin J. Scherzer - Ordained 1950. Removed from ministry in 2002. Directed to lead a life of prayer and penance by the Holy See in 2004. Convicted in 2005. Deceased in 2017.

Reverend James R. Schook - Ordained 1975. Removed from ministry in 2009. Convicted and incarcerated in 2014. Directed to lead a life of prayer and penance by the Holy See in 2014. Deceased in 2018.

Reverend Joseph H. Stoltz - Ordained 1973. Removed from ministry in 2002. Resigned from priesthood and laicized by the Holy See in 2004.

Reverend James W. Thompson - Ordained 1944. Removed from ministry in 2002. Deceased 2006.

Reverend Henry G. Vessels - Ordained 1950.Deceased 1980.

Reverend Arthur L. Wood – Ordained 1959. Deceased 1983.

• The Rev. Theodore Meisner (Congregation of the Resurrection)
• The Rev. Kevin Cole (Conventual Franciscan Community)
• The Rev. Daniel Emerine (Conventual Franciscan Community)
• Brother Francis Dominic (Conventual Franciscan Community)
• The Rev. Orderic Auer (Conventual Franciscan Community)
• Rev. James Kilkenny (Dominican Community)
• The Rev.  Anselm Sippell (Franciscan Friars)
• The Rev. Juvenal Pfalzer (Franciscan Friars)
• The Rev. Philip Bronk, Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity
• The Rev. Dominic Savino, Order of Carmelites
• Deacon James Griffith (Passionist Community)
• The Rev. J.B. Ormechea (Passionist Community)
• The Rev. Kent Piper (Passionist Community)
• Bishop J. Kendrick Williams (Diocese of Lexington) (Abuse related to when Williams served as a diocesan priest in Louisville)

Here is a list of priests who were accused but there was not enough information to fully investigate and confirm the report: 

Name, ordination year, date of death/status

• The Rev. Bertrand S. Boone, 1941, 1983
• The Rev. Bertrand J. Brian, 1950, 2005
• The Rev. Thomas P. Caspar, 1956, 1991
• The Rev. William P.Caster, 1954, 1989
• The Rev. Robert A. DeWitt, 1960, 1999
• The Rev. J. Donald Gallagher, 1940, 1968
• The Rev. Linus T. Giesler, 1941, 1999
• The Rev. George R. Greenwell, 1942, 1996
• The Rev. Frank Gunther, 1945, 1991
• The Rev. James E. Hagan, 1956, Left priesthood, 1973; Laicized, 1974
• The Rev. Joseph T. Neeson, 1890, 1966
• The Rev. George J. Waldie, 1947, 1996