Jesuit Fathers and Brothers / Society of Jesus &#8211; SJ

One of four priests included in settlement of lawsuit in 4/07. Teacher and, at some point, a hospital chaplain in St. Louis. Accused of having sexually abused a student at a St. Louis Jesuit high school 1982-85. Barry's accuser said the priests plied him with alcohol and "played mind games" to silence him. Barry died 2/19/87. On the Province's list 12/7/18.

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Fr. Charles Arnold Bartles

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 07/28/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA

Assigned in FL, Jamaica, GA and AK. One pending claim against Bartles shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for Fairbanks diocese 1/25/2010. Died 7/28/1993. On the Jesuits Central and Southern Province list 12/7/2018. It notes multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1970s or 1980s. Removed from ministry. On the Jesuit West Province's list 12/7/2018, noting allegations reported in 2009 0f abuse 1973-1974 and 1978. Location of alleged abuse not indicated. Assigned 1972-1978 to Marist School in Atlanta, GA, then to Our Lady of the Snows church in Nulato, AK 1978-1982. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report, which shows that there were reports in 2016 that Bartles molested Marist School students in the 1970s, after plying them with alcohol.

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Fr. Harry J. Barton

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1940
Status: Accused

Died: 02/16/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. A single allegation noted, occurring while assigned to St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago 1956-1957. Barton died 2/16/1988. The allegation was reported after his death. Included in 1/2020 on the Archdiocese of Cincinnati's list, where he had been assigned. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. William Norbert Bischoff

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1947
Status: Accused

Died: 10/27/1991
Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR

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. Bischoff's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him. Worked in San Francisco, Spokane, Seattle, Great Falls, and Portland OR dioceses. Died 10/27/1991. Included on the Jesuit West Province list 12/7/2019, which notes abuse reported in 2009, occurring 1953-1956, 1957-1961 and 1962.

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Fr. Jody P. Blanchard

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1983
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Lafayette LA

Named publicly as accused by the Central and Southern Province of the Jesuits on its list 12/7/2018. Was at the Jesuit Community in Berkeley CA 1984. Worked at St. Charles Borromeo in Grand Coteau 1985-1987, Loyola University's Catholic Center in New Orleans 1989-1991. Also assigned at some point to Immaculate Conception in Baton Rouge and Strake Jesuit College Prep in Houston. Left the Jesuits in 1994. Reportedly was working in 2019 in Lafayette LA as a counselor to the elderly. Included on the Baton Rouge diocese's list in 2019.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Fr. Louis A. Bonacci

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Allegation received in 4/2011 that Bonacci improperly touched a minor in a family home 1978-1982 when he was assistant director of campus ministry at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD. During the investigation a second accuser was located. Removed in 4/2011 from assignment in Scranton and, in 6/2011, was permanently removed from active ministry by his order. Left the Jesuits in 2014. On the Scranton diocese's list in 8/2018; assigned there 2003-2011. On Wheeling-Charleston diocese's list in late 2018, where he was Wheeling Jesuit University campus minister 6/1999-2003. On the MD Province Jesuits' and the Baltimore archdiocese's lists in 12/2018. On the Charlotte diocese's list 12/29/2019. On Cincinnati's list in 1/2020. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. H. Cornell Bradley

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia PA

Removed from ministry in 1/2006. Name released in 1/2007 when the Order admitted that he had engaged in "sexual misconduct" with an adult woman in the early 1980s in Baltimore. Another 2006 allegation involved a minor at Gonzaga College High School in Washington DC in 1973. First two allegations involving minors were made in 1993; reported to have sexually abused two boys, age 15, between 1968 and 1988. Sent for treatment and returned to ministry by the Order in 1995. Assigned to St. Joseph University as campus minister and basketball team chaplain until 1/2006. Also worked in NC, Philadelphia and India. Five more complaints received as of 3/2007. On the Jesuits' MD Province list in 12/2018. Left the Order in 2007. Police report filed in Charlotte NC 3/5/2019 by a man alleging Bradley and Fr. Damian Lynch each abused him as a teen in NC in the 1990s. Added to Baltimore archdiocese's list in 2/2019. On Charlotte diocese's list 12/29/2019. Included in the 4/5/23 MD Attorney General's Report.

Fr. John A. Bradley

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1954
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Fresno CA

"Jack." Per 12/2003 news, a woman had filed suit alleging that when she was 17 and pregnant in the early 1960s, her family sent her to live with friends in Fresno. The suit says that Bradley, a priest at St. Agnes Mission, abused her for five months while she was pregnant. He is not indexed in Official Catholic Directory after 1970. Included in 2021 on the Diocese of Fresno's list of credibly accused.

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Fr. Floyd A. Brey

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1935
Status: Accused

Died: 12/14/1996
Diocese: Archdiocese of Milwaukee WI

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list updated 2/21/2020. It notes a single allegation of abuse, occurring in 1958, while assigned to Marquette University High School in Milwaukee. Also on the Memphis diocese's list 2/28/2020. Brey worked at St. Mary's Hospital in Humboldt TN in 1971, and 1972-1975 he was chaplain at St. Vincent Hospital in Monett, MO. Added to Springfield-Cape Girardeau list by 4/13/2021 and on the Diocese of La Crosse list in 12/2020. He died 12/14/1996.

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Jesuits Midwest Assignment Record

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Fr. Emmanuel Briffa

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Youngstown OH

Entered the Jesuits in 1948. From the Vice Province of Malta. Named publicly as accused by the Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Noted to have a single allegation against him of abuse, occurring in Canton OH in 1957 while visiting friends. Briffa was dismissed from the order in 12/1963. Deceased. Allegation reported after his death.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Jesuits Midwest Province List 12.17.18

Fr. Henry A. Brockman

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Died: 02/21/1973
Diocese: Diocese of Cleveland OH

Entered the order 8/11/1900. Ordained in 1915. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse occurring 1950s-1960s, while assigned to St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland. Died 2/21/1973.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Robert C. Broome

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 04/17/2000
Diocese: Diocese of Cleveland OH

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Joined the order in 1930. Subject of a single allegation of abuse, occurring while assigned to St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland in 1956, reported after his death. Broome died 4/17/2000. Included on the Archdiocese of Cincinnati's list in 1/2020. Included in the IL Attorney General's Report 5/23/2023; assigned to St. Ignatius College Prep Chicago 1949-1956.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. John Joseph Brown

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Died: 08/26/1987
Diocese: Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT

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.

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Fr. Edward Thomas Burke

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1956
Status: Convicted

Died: 02/27/2009
Diocese: Diocese of San Jose CA

Burke admitted to his Jesuit superior in 2000 that he sexually abused a dependent adult man living/working at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, where Burke had been living since 1979. The Jesuits moved Burke but did not report the abuse to police. Criminally charged 5/9/2002; pled guilty. Sentenced 6/28/2002 to two years in prison at age 80. Claims against Burke and Br. Charles Leonard Connor SJ settled 6/4/2002 by the Jesuits for $7.5M. Died 2/27/2009. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes the sexual abuse of vulnerable adults 1990-2000.

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BA.org Assignment Record

Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

Rev. Daniel V. Campbell

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1940
Status: Accused

Died: 11/25/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Added in 2/2023 to the Jesuits' Southern and Central Province's list of credibly accused. Campbell was a St. Louis University faculty member in the late 1950s. Abuse estimated to have occurred during 1955-1959. Per his obituary, Campbell taught at St. Louis University High School, SLU's Parks College in Cahokia and Marquette University. He was a member of the Province's Mission Band, preaching at retreats in the 1940s, and for eight years an Air Force chaplain. He died in 1986.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary 11.26.86
Jesuits Central and Southern List 02.08.23
KMOX 02.10.23
University News [St. Louis] 02.15.23

Fr. John J. Campbell

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1950
Status: Settled

Died: 04/10/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

"Jack." Order paid $185K in 2003 to a former student who alleged abuse by Campbell in the early 1970s in "therapy sessions." Officials said this was the 13th man to bring credible allegations but the first to make allegations public. Not all were minors. Over $575K in settlements and medicals paid in 14-year period. Removed from contact with children in 1987, from public ministry in 1989, and lost priestly faculties in 1993. Order moved him to Denver in 1991. Died 4/10/2009. New suit filed in 6/2012 against the Order and Gonzaga Prep. On Province's list 12/7/2018. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Roy B. Campbell

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused

Died: 01/23/1977
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. It notes allegation(s) received in 2010 of abuse in 1955. Campbell appears to have spent his career in Kingston, Jamaica. He died in 1977. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese in the database, where the Province is based.)

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

Fr. Donald R. Campion

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Died: 12/11/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list in 1/2022. It notes a credible allegation of abuse of a minor occurring in the 1960s, reported in 2021. Educator, writer and editor of America Magazine. Died in 12/1988.

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Fr. Francis E. Canfield

Diocese: Diocese of Bridgeport CT

Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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Seminarian Mark A. Clark

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Denver CO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. It notes a single allegation of abuse while assigned to Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, CO in the 1980s. Left the Jesuits in 1989.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

Fr. Francis X. Cleary

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Died: 12/8/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Ministry restricted in 1988. Removed from ministry in 2002. Single allegation of abuse occurring in the 1970s. Died in 2010.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Fr. Eugene J. Colosimo

Died: 07/11/2011
Diocese: Diocese of San Jose CA

Allegations were received by the Jesuits in 1995 and 1997 that Connor and Fr. Edward Burke were abusing two intellectually disabled adult men living/working at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos. Connor admitted to inappropriate touching; he was restricted, but the abuse was not reported to police. The case was reopened in 2000; a search warrant revealed documents showing that the abuse may have lasted 1970-2000. Connor was sent to live at at the all-boys Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. He pleaded no contest in 2001 and served six months' home detention. The victims received a $7.5M settlement 9/4/2002. Connor was returned to Sacred Heart Jesuit Center. He was accused in 2002 of abusing Jesuit Fr. James Chevedden in 1998; Chevedden struggled with mental illness and was confined to a wheelchair. The complaint was deemed unproven by Jesuit Provincial Fr. Tom Smolich. Chevedden's psychiatrist, Dr. George Maloof, said he had "no doubt that Fr. Chevedden was accurate in what he described" and that the Jesuits were more concerned about keeping the allegation quiet than in supporting Chevedden. Chevedden died in 2004 in a fall from a courthouse parking garage; the death was ruled a suicide. He had been driven to jury duty by credibly accused Jesuit and Sacred Heart resident Fr. Jerald Lindner. Chevedden's family received a $1.6M settlement from the Jesuits. Connor died 7/11/2011. His name is included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018.

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Fr. J. Peter Conroy

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1971
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Buffalo NY

Named publicly as accused by the Buffalo diocese on its list updated 11/5/2018. Included on the Northeast Province Jesuits' list of credibly accused 1/15/2019. Taught at Canisius High School 1965-1968 and Canisius College 1981 for three years and again 1994-2002. Was at a retreat house in Syracuse 1985-1994. Removed 2002 after allegations to diocese of abuse of two girls, who were relatives, 1972-1975, while he was assigned to Fordham University. Reportedly also accused by a young woman who "encountered" him on a college campus. He acknowledged the abuse. Living at a retreat center since 2002 as of 1/2019. Lawsuit filed in 2/2019 by the two relatives Conroy admitted abusing. Sued also in 7/2020.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. Jules Convert

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1940
Status: Settled

Died: 07/28/1995
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. Robert F. Corrigal

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Died: 05/20/1988
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

From Alaska, where he spent his priesthood. Left the priesthood in 1979. Started a counseling program for native Alaskans and later worked for the housing authority in Anchorage. Returned to the Jesuits when he became terminally ill. Died 5/20/1988. One pending claim against Corrigal is shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for the Fairbanks diocese 1/25/2010. On the Jesuit West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes claims reported in 2009 of abuse in 1959 and 1968-1972.

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Fr. John M. Costello

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1984
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Rochester NY

Removed by the Jesuits from his job at McQuaid High School in the Rochester diocese in 11/03 after an allegation that he sexually abused a 15-year-old male student in 1980 at Regis High School in the New York archdiocese, prior to ordination. He had also been principal of Canisius High School in the Buffalo diocese 1989-1992. Reinstated in 1/04 because, per theJesuits, the accuser had recanted. Costello was moved in 2005 to Murray-Weigel Hall, a Jesuit residence in the Bronx.

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Fr. John A. Coughlin

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1934
Status: Accused

Died: 09/27/1965
Diocese: Diocese of Spokane WA

Per a statement released by the Diocese of Spokane in 11/2007, Coughlin was the subject of an allegation that was found to be credible or proven. Died 9/27/1965. Name included on the Seattle archdiocese's list 1/15/2016 of clergy and religious with admitted, established or credible allegations against them of the sexual abuse of a minor. Worked at Seattle Prep 1952-1957. Per the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018, allegations were reported in 2006 of abuse 1949-1950.

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Fr. Charles G. Coyle

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1965
Status: Sued

Died: 07/1/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Worked in LA, MD, MA, TX, AL, GA. Accused in a 2002 lawsuit of abuse of a boy in the 1970s at Newton South High School in Boston, where Coyle was a guidance counselor. Reportedly, a second boy who was living with Coyle later died by suicide. Coyle was working in New Orleans in 2002 when the allegation was made public and was placed on leave. A second suit, filed in 2003, alleged abuse of two brothers while Coyle was a seminarian in Baltimore in the 1960s. The older of the two brothers was abused after he was sent to Coyle for counseling at age 16 in 1965. The younger brother was abused at ages 11-13. Coyle died 7/1/2015. Included on the New Orleans archdiocese's list 11/2/2018, where he taught at Jesuit High 1958-1961, when he was a scholastic. On MD Province's list 12/7/2018. On Baltimore archdiocese's list in 2018. On the Atlanta archdiocese's list, where he was assigned to Ignatius House 1992-1995. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC Report. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

Fr. C. Edward Crews

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1946
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Monterey CA

Ordained for the Jesuits. Assigned briefly to parishes in Monterey, Fresno, and Exeter. In Mexico 1952-1955, then worked at a parish in Oxnard CA for two years, after which he no longer appears in the Official Catholic Directory. Died in 1985. Crews' death notice identifies him as Rev. Edward Crews. Named publicly as accused by the Monterey Diocese on its list 1/2/2019, which notes a report in 2002 of abuse in 1954.

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BishopAccountability.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Robert B. Cullen

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Died: 02/5/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused on 3/1/2007 in testimony before the Maryland legislature of sexually abusing a grade-school girl, between ages 8 and 14, and others in the 1960s. The girl's mother allegedly reported the abuse repeatedly to a Jesuit in the late 1960s and to another sometime after 1982. No action. Cullen remained in ministry. The victim reported her abuse in 2005, and the Jesuits made the mandated report. Cullen died 2/5/2005. He had worked in many dioceses. Name included Jesuits Maryland Province list 12/17/2019, which notes allegations of abuse late 1960s-1980s in Maryland. Added to Baltimore archdiocese's list in 2/2019. On the Charlotte diocese's list 12/29/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. William J. Cullen

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Died: 04/29/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Dawber and two other Jesuits at Boston College High School were accused of molesting several students in the 1970s. He is also alleged to have arranged to have one of the other Jesuits, James Talbot, transferred with him to Cheverus High in Maine where Talbot abused again. Dawber is not known to have abused at Cheverus before returning to Boston College High. He was suspended in 3/2002 from his position at the school. Died 4/29/2010. Included in 1/2019 on the Northeast Province Jesuits' list of credibly accused. On the Fall River diocese's list in 1/2021, where he worked at Bishop Connolly High School 1985-1990.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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Fr. Andrew C. Dittrich

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Died: 09/19/1990
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. It notes reports received in 2002 and 2018 of abuse 1966-76 and that he worked in the Philippines 1954-57. The assignment record provided by the Jesuits does not show his whereabouts 1957-70; Per the Catholic Directory, he was in the Philippines through much of the1960s until 1973. The Jesuits' list shows him to have been at Rutgers U. in NJ 1970-77, then Rider College 1977-89. He died in 1990. (Placing him in this database in the NY archdiocese, where the Province is based.) Included on the Rockville Centre diocese's list in 3/21, which notes that alleged abuse occurred at a family member's apartment.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. Joseph C. Dooley

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Died: 07/31/1983
Diocese: Diocese of Portland ME

In 2002 a woman alleged that Dooley abused her when she was ages 3-11 during 1956-1964. He was assigned at the time to St. Dominic's in Portland. Another woman made allegations of abuse in 2000; her age at time of the alleged abuse was unknown. Dooley was assigned to Cheverus High School 1954-1958. He died in 7/1983. Included on the Jesuits Northeast Province list of credibly accused 1/15/2019, which notes allegation(s) received in 2000 of abuse in 1965. Assigned 1958-1980 to Boston College High School in Boston.

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 08/28/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Omaha NE

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring while assigned to Creighton Prep in Omaha in the 1970s and 1980s. Died 8/28/2007, age 84. The Province's revised list 2/21/2020 notes incident(s) also alleged to have occurred in 1998.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record

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Fr. Francis Duffy

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1943
Status: Settled

Died: 12/1/1992
Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR

Died 12/1/1992. Accused in a 2002 OR suit of abuse of sisters in 1967 and 1968 at St. Luke's in Woodburn; settled in 2003. Settlement the same year with another female. Named in a suit against the Jesuits in 2007, by a woman claiming abuse as a child by Duffy and Fr. James Poole in the mid-1960s. Included in 11/2007 settlement with the order. A woman filed suit in Yakima, WA in 6/2008. Settled in 820/08. Another woman settled a suit in 7/2012 with Yakima for $500K. Suit against Yakima in 3/2013 settled in 2/2014. Included on the Great Falls-Billings diocese's list 8/21/2018. On the Jesuits West list 12/7/2018. It notes abuse 1949-1950, 1967-1969 and 1977-1978 reported in 2002, 2008, 2009. On Yakima's list 7/9/2019.

Archdiocese of Los Angeles Update 12.06.18

Br. Hal Ellis

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Order: SJ
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of San Francisco CA

Accused in a lawsuit filed on behalf of two mentally disabled men living at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, a retirement home for priests. The men were abused for many years by at least two priests. Settled in 9/2003 for $7.5M. At the time of the settlement, Ellis was ill and unable to communicate.

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Fr. George S. Endal

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1932
Status: Settled

Died: 11/15/1996
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

Spent most of his priesthood in AK. Died 11/15/2996. Accused in a 2005 lawsuit of sexually abusing a girl over a 3-year period, beginning in 1966 when she was age 9. Two men joined the suit in 2/2006. Endal was the supervisor of two other accused Jesuits, Lundowski and Smario, and did not act when he received complaints against them. Claims included in 11/2007 settlement with the Jesuits. In 1/2009 43 suits were filed against Jesuits; many named Endal as abuser. Two or more pending claims are in bankruptcy reorganization docs for the Fairbanks Diocese 1/25/2010. In 2/2012 the Fairbanks diocese noted 26 reports of abuse by Endal. On the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes allegations of abuse 1955-1960, 1964-1968, 1973-1976 and 1978-1982, reported in 2004, 2008 and 2009.

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Fr. Francis T. Ennis

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused

Died: 01/1/1985
Diocese: Diocese of Bridgeport CT

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. It notes allegations received in 2004 of abuse 1965-1967. Ennis died in 1985.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

Fr. Andrew M. Eordogh

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1959
Status: Settled

Died: 04/11/2020
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

From Hungary. Assigned to parish work in Canada for several years, spent 1966-1971 in Alaska, then back to Canada. Returned to Hungary in 1991. In 2008 returned to Canada, where he died 4/11/2020 at age 92. Accused in a 2006 lawsuit of abuse of a boy beginning in the late 1960s when the boy was age 4, in the village of Holy Cross in Alaska. Claims included in 11/2007 settlement with the Jesuits. One pending claim shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for Fairbanks Diocese 1/25/2010. On the Jesuit West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes a report in 2006 of alleged abuse of a minor 1967-1970.

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Fr. Harold H. Ernsdorff

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 08/21/1958
Diocese: Diocese of Baker OR

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. Ernsdorff's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him. Worked in San Francisco, Seattle, and Baker dioceses. Died 8/21/1958. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes claims in 2009 of sexual abuse of a minor 1949-1951. Assigned during the time of the alleged abuse to St. Andrew's Mission in Pendleton, OR.

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Fr. Francis P. Ernst

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 04/17/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Worked in PA, MD and VA. Parish priest, teacher, campus minister. Report to the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 2011 that Ernst sexually abused and raped a boy, ages 12-14, at St. Augustine in Elkridge MD, where he was assigned 1998-2004. The person reporting believed that other children were abused as well. In 9/2022 a family member of the alleged victim told the MD Attorney General's office that the abuse began when the boy was age 6-7, and that Ernst kept a book of photos of naked boys. Ernst died in 2004.

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MD Attorney General’s Report 04.05.23

Fr. Robert J. Erpenbeck

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1944
Status: Accused

Died: 12/6/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations noted, occurring while assigned to the Jesuit Novitiate in Milford, OH in 1961 and while at the Milford Retreat Center in 1964. Erpenbeck died 12/6/1986. Included on the Archdiocese of Cincinnati's list in 2/2014. On the Chicago archdiocese's list in 10/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Bernard D. Fagan

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1952
Status: Sued

Died: 11/30/1997
Diocese: Diocese of Rapid City SD

Named publicly as accused on the Midwest Province Jesuits' list 12/17/2018. Accused in a lawsuit of abuse at St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Reservation, where he worked 1954-1976, including as a superior. Admitted in 1994 to sexually abusing 12 Native American girls. Died 11/30/1997. Included on the Rapid City diocese's list in 3/2019.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Francis J. Fallert

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1952
Status: Sued

Died: 06/2/1990
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

Spent most of his priesthood in Alaska. Died 6/2/1990. Plaintiffs filed 43 suits in 1/2009 against Jesuits and former provincial alleging that the Order knew of abusive priests in Alaska and did nothing to stop them. One woman in the suit alleged abuse by Fallert at St. Michael's 1956-1957. Two or more pending claims are shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for the Fairbanks Diocese 1/25/2010. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes claims reported in 2009 of abuse 1956-1957 and 1968-1972.

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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. Mark A. Falvey

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1928
Status: Settled

Died: 05/13/1975
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in 2002 and 2003 by three people of abuse in 1950s-1960s. Named in multiple civil suits. Worked in CA, China, the Philippines. Accused of abusing at least 10 children 1959-1975. Died 5/13/1975. Tentative settlement of $16M reached between 9 plaintiffs and the Jesuits in 5/2007. Philippines presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said in 12/2015 that Falvey abused him when he was a freshman at Ateneo de Davao High School, and that he molested other students as well. Brother of Fr. Arthur Falvey who also was accused of abuse in a 2009 settlement of a separate case. 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.

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Fr. John L. Farrand

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1953
Status: Sued

Died: 10/18/2003
Diocese: Diocese of Buffalo NY

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. An allegation of abuse in 1961 was reported in 1961. Farrand admitted to the abuse. He reportedly was teaching at Canisius High School in Buffalo when the abuse occurred. Prior to that assignment he worked at Regis High School in NYC 1957-1961. He was transferred to Brooklyn Prep the year he was accused, and went on to teach at other schools in NY, France and Puerto Rico. His last assignment 1976-1997 was at Loyola School in NY. He died in 2003. Named in a lawsuit filed in 7/2020.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Br. William C. Farrington

Order: SJ
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of San Jose CA

Removed from Jesuit High in Sacramento in 1987 after two reports of "misconduct." Had worked there since 1976. Removed in 2002 from his administrative job at Loyola Marymount U. after allegations he had abused a Jesuit High student. In 2012 a 1968 graduate of Bellarmine Prep in San Jose told the Jesuits that Farrington sexually abused him at the school in the 1960s. Farrington supervised students who lived on campus. After a letter from the school to alumni, more former students reportedly said they had also been abused. Sent in 2003 to live under supervision at the Sacred Heart Retreat Center in Los Gatos. In 2012 SNAP said four others had come forward. On the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes abuse 1963-1970, 1973-1975, 1981-1986, reported in 2003 and 2012. A lawsuit was filed in 1/2020 claiming abuse in the 1960s of a Bellarmine Prep student.

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Fr. Mark A. Finan

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Died: 11/18/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse occurring while assigned to St. Ignatius Prep in Chicago in 1944 and St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, OH 1964-1965. Dismissed from the Jesuits 4/13/1973. Died 11/18/1993, age 77. Per his obituary, Finan "spent his later years serving in the Los Angeles [CA] area." The Province's list revised 2/21/2020 shows dates of abuse in Cincinnati as 1963-1965. Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/2022. Included on the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

Fr. Gerard J. Koob

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused by two women of having repeatedly raped them in the early 1970s, when they were Keough High School students. One of them said she reported her allegations multiple times, beginning in 2014, to county and city police and the city state's attorney's office. She also said three other women alleged Koob behaved inappropriately around them when they were girls. The second woman came forward to police, the Archdiocese and the Jesuits in 2023. Both were interviewed by the MD Attorney General's office; its 4/5/2023 report referred to Koob not by name, but as "the Jesuit intern." Both women also said they were repeatedly sexually assaulted by Frs. Joseph Maskell and Neil Magnus. Koob denied the allegations. Koob was dating Sr. Cathy Cesnik in 1969 when she disappeared and was later found murdered. In 7/2023 the case is unsolved. Koob left the priesthood around 1979. He married, became a Methodist minister and raised a family in NJ.

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Fr. Burton J. Fraser

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1935
Status: Accused

Died: 05/6/1971
Diocese: Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph MO

Ordained for the Missouri Province, member of the Wisconsin Province when it was formed in 1955. Educated in MO and KS. Assigned in WI, SD, CO, NE. Studied Spanish 1950-1951 in Coyoacan, Mexico in the Archdiocese of Mexico City. Died 5/6/1971. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central Province on its list 12/7/2019. Allegation of abuse in the 1950s reported after his death; unclear as to where the alleged abuse occurred. On the Midwest Province list 12/17/2019. It notes a single allegation reported after his death of abuse while a military chaplain 1953-1957.

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Br. Rene Gallant

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Order: SJ
Status: Settled

Died: 07/23/1975
Diocese: Diocese of Helena MT

"Br. Charlie." Died 7/23/1975. Accused of abuse of at least 28 individuals. Claims were included in the Jesuits' $166M settlement in 2011 with over 500 plaintiffs. Named in the settlement as among the ten most prolific abusers. Multiple plaintiffs alleged abuse by him at St. Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Indian Reservation in a 9/2011 civil suit against the Ursuline order and Helena diocese, filed by 45 people against four nuns, six priests and one religious brother. Gallant was assigned to St. Ignatius Mission 1940-1975. 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. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes multiple allegations reported in 2009 of abuse spanning three decades.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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Fr. John J. Gallen

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1963
Status: Settled

Died: 04/17/2011
Diocese: Diocese of Toledo OH

New York Province Jesuit. Accused publicly in 2004 of abuse of 16-year-old boy in 1980 in Toledo, OH and in CA. Jesuit Provincial in NY wrote to the alleged victim in 1993 and enclosed a letter of apology from Gallen. Gallen sent another letter in 1994. Settlement in 1994 for $50K. Gallen remained active until 2003. Died 4/17/2011. Included on the Jesuits Midwest Province list 12/17/2018. On the Phoenix diocese's list where he was at some point Director of Liturgy. On the Northeast Province Jesuits list 1/15/2019. It notes allegations of abuse of minors 1970s-1980s. "Impeded" in 2001. Added to Baltimore archdiocese's list 4/24/2019. Worked in the archdiocese at Woodstock College 1968-1975. On the Toledo diocese's list. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Thomas M. Gannon

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Died: 12/19/2011
Diocese: Diocese of Cleveland OH

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring while assigned to St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, OH 1961-1964; St. James Church in Gary, IN in 1983; and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Chicago, IL in 1993. Died 12/19/2011. The Province's 2/21/2020 revised list adds alleged abuse 1977-1978 while at Loyola University in Chicago and in 1998 while assigned to Holy Family Parish in Chicago. Included on the Chicago archdiocese's list in 10/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes 6 "reported survivors." In 8/2023 a man publicly stated that Gannon sexually abused him when he was an 11-year-old altar boy in 1971, at St. Jerome's in Chicago.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Stephen M. Garrity

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Raleigh NC

Removed by the Jesuits in 2007 from Holy Cross in Durham, NC after admitting to inappropriate sexual contact with five young adults, ages 18-23, in the early 1980s while in Baltimore and Philadelphia. Received therapy. In 1/2013, Order told the Raleigh diocese of a credible complaint of abuse of a minor from the 1970s while assigned to St. Joseph's Prep in Philadelphia. Sent to a monitored community. Died in 2014. Name included on the Maryland Province Jesuits list 12/17/2018. It notes multiple allegations. On Scranton diocese's list 12/22/2018. Added to Baltimore archdiocese's list in 2/2019. On the Raleigh diocese's list in 10/2018. It notes abuse in 1970 reported in 2018. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Gerald B. Garvey

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1934
Status: Accused

Died: 08/3/1960
Diocese: Diocese of Cleveland OH

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Abuse was alleged to have occurred while assigned to St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland in the 1950s. Died 8/3/1960. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, noting at least two "reported survivors."

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. John F. Garvey

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Died: 10/19/2011
Diocese: Diocese of Rockville Centre NY

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019, which notes allegations of abuse occurring 1978-1979 reported in 2013. Worked in Micronesia 1968-1971, 1974-1978. Did retreat work in Manhasset NY 1978-1987 then assigned to St. Ignatius Loyola parish in NYC 1987-1989, Xavier HS in NYC 1989-2002, and St. Ignatius parish again 2004-2006. Died 10/19/2011.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Br. James F. Gates

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Order: SJ
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Spokane WA

Entered the Jesuit order in 1964. Accused, along with Fr. John Morse, by 15 women and 1 man of abuse when they were students at St. Mary's Mission and School on the Colville Indian Reservation in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Placed on leave at some point, required to live under supervision at a Jesuit residence. Jesuits announced a $4.8M settlement with the 16 in 1/2008. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018, noting abuse of a minor 1971-1972 at St. Mary's Mission in Spokane. On the Jesuits Midwest Province list 12/17/2018, which notes multiple allegations of abuse while assigned to St. Mary's Mission 1966-1970. Dismissed from the Jesuits 8/27/2012.

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Fr. Louis J. Geis

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused

Died: 07/8/1994
Diocese: Diocese of Helena MT

Accused of the sexual abuse of at least one minor. Included on the Helena diocese's list posted to its website 4/29/15 in compliance with the non- monetary terms of the 3/5/15 bankruptcy settlement. Died 7/8/94.

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Fr. Joseph C. Gill

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Died: 12/9/2012
Diocese: Diocese of Rapid City SD

Accused in 2003 by a man who said he was abused as a child by Gill and other Jesuit priests and brothers in the 1960s at St. Francis Indian School on the Rosebud Reservation. Gill was accused of beating boys and of talking "about Jesus Christ while his hand was down the kid's pants fondling him." He was principal 1961-1972 and was still at the reservation in 2003. Died 12/9/2012 at age 86. Included on the Midwest Province Jesuits list 12/17/2019. On Rapid City diocese's list in 3/2019. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Francis P. Gillespie

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1972
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Charlotte NC

Removed by the Jesuits from ministry 9/29/21 pending an investigation of an allegation that he sexually abused a boy, beginning when the boy was age 8, during 1994-99. Gillespie was pastor at the time in question of Our Lady of the Assumption in Charlotte and the boy was a student at the parish school. He filed suit 11/18/21. Gillespie left the Charlotte diocese in 2002 for the Diocese of Raleigh until 2008, then to the Diocese of Charleston, SC, returning in 1/21 to Raleigh. A criminal investigation into the allegations was closed in 11/21 because the alleged victim chose not to prosecute.

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BishopAccountability.org Assignment Record

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Fr. James Joseph Gormley

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 06/17/2005
Diocese: Diocese of Scranton PA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Scranton diocese in 10/2019. Assigned to Scranton Prep in the 1940s and 1950s. Died 6/17/2005, age 80. Added to the Richmond diocese's list 10/4/2019. On the Diocese of San Bernardino's list in 5/2021, where he was assigned to Holy Rosary Academy 1982-1983. It notes that abuses allegedly occurred in NJ and PA. Included on the Jesuits Maryland Province list in 1/2022.

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Fr. James C. Gould

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1974
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Buffalo NY

Named publicly as accused on the Buffalo diocese's list updated 11/5/2018. Assigned to St. Ann's 1975-1983. Included on the Northeast Province Jesuits list of credibly accused 1/15/2019, which notes allegations received in 2011 of abuse 1977-1978. He admitted the abuse. His victim was reportedly a male minor. Prefect of the Marshall Islands 4/1993-12/2007. Lawsuit in 8/2019 claims abuse of a 13-year-old in the mid-1970s at St. Ann's in Buffalo.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. Harold J. Greif

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1940
Status: Accused

Died: 10/28/1991
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

Assigned to AK 1948-1980. Died 10/28/1991 at age 92 in Spokane, WA. Two or more pending claims against Greif are shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for Fairbanks Diocese 1/25/2010. Known to have worked with accused priests George Endal and James Poole. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes claims in 2009 of abuse 1950-1954, 1960, 1978 and 1981.

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Fr. Oscar Gumucio

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Cleveland OH

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2019. From the Bolivia Province. Joined the order in 1947. A single allegation of abuse was reported after his death, occurring while assigned to St. Patrick's Parish and Lincoln Junior High School in Cleveland 1970-1972. Gumucio was dismissed 6/20/1975.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Jesuits Midwest Province List 12.17.18

Fr. Jaime Guzman

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Raleigh NC

Named publicly as accused by the Raleigh diocese on its list in 10/18. Included in 12/18 on the Jesuits Maryland Province list. Worked in the Raleigh diocese 2005-06; alleged abuse occurred elsewhere. Spent 2004-05 and 2006-08 in the Jesuit Community in Wernersville PA. May be the same Rev. Jaime Guzman Astaburuaga, SJ, from the Archdiocese of Santiago, Chile, found guilty in 2012 by the Vatican of sexually abusing students at Colegio San Ignacio El Bosque, where he was chaplain 1984-94.

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Jesuits Maryland Province List 12.17.18

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Fr. Bernard A. Harris

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1947
Status: Settled

Died: 09/7/1972
Diocese: Diocese of Helena MT

"Father Harry." Accused in a 1/2006 lawsuit of raping 4 of 8 siblings 1968-1972 in OR. (Brother of Rev. James Harris, accused of abusing the same family.) Harris was incardinated in the Helena MT at time of alleged abuse, teaching at Loyola High School in Missoula and working at St. Francis Xavier parish there. He died 9/7/1972. In 3/2011 20 claims were settled by the Jesuits. Named as an abuser of at least one child at St. Ignatius Mission in MT in a 9/2011 civil suit. Name included on the Seattle archdiocese's list 1/15/2016. Worked at Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma 1949-1952. On the Jesuit West Province list 12/7/2018, which notes reports in 1993, 2006 and 2009 of abuse 1958-1962, 1962-1966, 1965-1969 and 1971-1972.

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Fr. Richard G. Hartnett

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused

Died: 07/17/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Northeast Province Jesuits list updated 11/1/2019. It notes an allegation received in 2019 of abuse of a minor in 1975. Assigned 1966-1969 and 1978-1979 to Jesuit High School in NYC, and 1973-1975 to Colegio San Ignacio in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Hartnett left the Jesuits in 1982. Married. Worked as a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor. Died in 2017.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List updated 11.01.19

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Fr. Thomas J. Hatrel

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1952
Status: Settled

Died: 05/7/1988
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

In 10/07 Hatrel was added as a defendant in existing litigation in Fairbanks. Alleged to have abused 1985-87 while at St. Ignatius parish in Alakanuk, AK. Died 05/07/88. Claims included in 11/07 settlement with the Jesuits. On the Jesuits Central and Southern Province list 12/7/18. It notes allegations received after Hatrel's death.

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Fr. Thomas J. Hidding

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1986
Status: Accused

Died: 10/12/2005
Diocese: Diocese of St. Petersburg FL

Hidding was removed from his assignment at a Miami parish in 5/2002 after a credible allegation that he molested a student at Jesuit High School in Tampa sometime during 1980-1982. Transferred to Jesuit College Prep in Dallas, TX where he worked 1982-1983. Hidding was a Jesuit seminarian during the time in question. Also had assignments in New Orleans. Died 10/12/2005. Included on the Jesuits Central and Southern Province list 12/7/2018.

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Fr. Charles E.F. Hoefner

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1935
Status: Sued

Died: 11/8/1992
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Assigned for 39 years to St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan. Died in 1992. Accused in a 2019 lawsuit of sexually abusing a a boy, age 14, over a two-year period in the 1970s. The boy was a Horace Mann Prep School student whose music teacher allegedly forced him to join the choir at St. Ignatius Loyola. Per Hoefner's accuser, the abuse occurred after choir practice behind locked doors and included rape and violent spankings, and Hoefner watching as other men took turns assaulting him. Further, the music teacher allegedly took the boy to Church of the Sacred Heart in Yonkers to participate in a brass quartet, and was there sexually abused by three Capuchin Franciscan monks. Hoefner's accuser was one of dozens of Horace Mann alumni alleging abuse at the school by staff members.

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Fr. Edward D. Horgan

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Died: 05/23/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. It notes a report in 2007 of abuse occurring in 1966. Horgan was assigned at the time in question to Regis High School in NYC. He died in 1994.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

Fr. John W. Hough

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/2019. Accused of abuse in the 1970s. Unclear where the abuse allegedly accused. Worked at Jesuit high schools in Wichita, KS and St. Louis, MO. Left the Jesuits and priesthood in 1977. Allegation received after 1977. Included on the Wichita diocese's list of those with substantiated allegations against them. Deceased.

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Fr. James P. Hurley

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1940
Status: Accused

Died: 11/14/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR

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. Hurley's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him. Died 11/14/1998. On the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes claims in 2009 of abuse in the late 1950s and 1966-1967.

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Fr. James E. Jacobson

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1959
Status: Settled

Died: 07/18/2017
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

Accused of raping two girls and fathering sons in in 1966 and 1975. One of the women and both adult children filed suit in 2005 against the Jesuits and Jacobson in an attempt to collect past child support. A 2006 suit claimed he also raped a 16-year-old girl in another village. Order knew in 1967 of "very serious moral charges" against him. Suits settled in 3/2007 for $1.96M. Other claims settled in 11/2007 with the Jesuits. Two or more pending claims shown in bankruptcy reorganization docs for Fairbanks diocese 1/25/2010. Died 7/18/2017. Included on the Jesuit West Province list 12/7/2018, which notes abuse 1968-1970 and 1969-1971, reported 2004, 2007 and 2009.

Br. Ignatius J. Jakes

Order: SJ
Status: Settled

Died: 08/23/1999
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

Inupiat Eskimo. In 9/2006 three women filed civil suit against the diocese and Jesuits claiming abuse by Jakes in the 1980s. He died 8/23/1999. Claims included in a settlement with the Jesuits in 11/2007; referred to as a volunteer. Two or more pending claims shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for the Fairbanks diocese 1/25/2010. They refer to him as a Brother. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes reports in 2006, 2008 and 2009 of abuse 1975-1976, 1978-1982 and 1987.

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Fr. Albert A. Janka

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Died: 01/15/1986
Diocese: Diocese of Rapid City SD

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/18. Accused in a lawsuit of abuse at St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, where he worked 1969-86. Died 1/15/86. On the Rapid City diocese's list in 3/19.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Robert J. Joda

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Taught 1952-1955, while a seminarian, at Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien WI. Faculty member at Marquette University for 50 years. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. It notes a single allegation of abuse, occurring while assigned to Marquette University in 1970. Permanently removed from public ministry. Known in 2016 to be living in a Milwaukee retirement community. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Br. Robert E. Joyce

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Entered the order in 1953. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring while assigned to Marquette University High School 1963-1965. Dismissed from the order 7/5/1965.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Jesuits Midwest Province List 12.17.18

Seminarian Francis J. Kegel

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Left the Jesuits in 1953. Allegation of abuse in the 1940s received after 1953. Unclear as to where alleged abuse occurred. Worked at Jesuit high schools in St. Louis and Kansas City, MO. Died 2009.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

Fr. Patrick Kelly

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1950
Status: Convicted

Died: 05/4/2012
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Visiting priest from Ireland. Worked in Zambia in the 1950s. Was studying in Chicago by 1986, then worked in NY and CA. In 1991 returned to Ireland after an allegation that he sexually abused a girl in Los Angeles. He promised to return to face charges but did not. Pleaded no contest in 1992 to charges. Received three years probation without returning to the U.S. Civil suit filed in 1992. Per the Los Angeles archdiocesan report, there were four accusers from 1991. Kelly died 5/4/2012 in Dublin. Included in 3/2021 on the Rockville Centre diocese's list of accused, which notes alleged abuse at St. Joseph's in Ronkonkoma, among other places. Assigned 6/1986-6/1988 to prison ministry while in residence at Queen of Most Holy Rosary in Roosevelt, NY. (The L.A. archdiocese's list in 12/2021 notes that this Patrick Kelly is not the Patrick M. Kelly, s.j. still in active ministry.)

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Fr. Daniel J. Kenney

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Omaha NE

Worked in WI, NE, MA, SD, Nairobi Kenya. Nicknamed "the Monkey Priest" because he carried around a monkey hand puppet. Named publicly as accused by the Omaha archdiocese on its list 11/30/2018. Allegation noted to have been received in 2012 of abuse 1985-1987. Reportedly there were eight allegations of child sexual abuse. Per the NE Attorney General's report in 11/2021, in 1985 Kenney asked a boy age 13 or 14, to show him his penis size. Another man alleged that when he was a freshman at Creighton Prep, Kenney called him into confession and told him to lock the door and show him his penis to see if it was developing adequately. Kenney also reportedly stalked the boy. Removed in 1989 from Creighton Prep after a parent filed a report with Child Protective services. Removed in 2002. Included on the Jesuits Midwest Province list 12/17/2018. It notes multiple allegations of abuse, occurring while assigned to Creighton Prep 1980-1987. Permanently removed from public ministry. Living in a Jesuit community from 2003. Twelve more men told a newspaper reporter in 2019 that Kenney abused them as Creighton Prep students, with the same modus operandi. The Province's 2/21/2020 revised list shows years of alleged abuse while at Creighton Prep as 1978-1987. Laicized 11/3/2020.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Gordon L. Keys

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Died: 01/6/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Seattle WA

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Fr. David G. King

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1949
Status: Sued

Died: 07/31/2002
Diocese: Diocese of Yakima WA

Worked in Seattle, Yakima and Tacoma, WA and in Portland, OR. Accused in a 2004 lawsuit of abusing of a 13-year-old boy in the early 1950s at Marquette High School for Boys in Yakima. Left Jesuit High School in Portland in 1993. Died 7/31/2002. Civil suit dismissed in 7/2006 due to "lack of activity." Per the Jesuits West list 12/7/2018, there were reports in 1999 and 2009 of abuse in 1966-1970 and 1968-1971. Included on the Yakima diocese's list 7/9/2019.

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Fr. Dennis P. Kirchoff

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1987
Status: Accused

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Removed from ministry in 1991. Left the Jesuits in 1995. Alleged abuse in the 1990s, unclear as to where.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

Fr. Allan F. Kirk

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 08/11/2006
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2019. It notes a single allegation of abuse, reported after his death, occurring while assigned to St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago in 1979. Kirk died 8/11/2006. The Provinces's list revised 2/21/2020 shows multiple allegations of abuse while at St. Ignatius as 1978-1979. Included in 1/2020 on the Cincinnati Archdiocese's list. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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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. Bernard P. Knoth

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Indianapolis IN

Resigned in 2003 as president of Loyola University in New Orleans after allegations that he sexually abused a student at Brebeuf Jesuit Prep in Indianapolis, where he was principal 1986-1988. Prior to New Orleans, Knoth worked at universities in Washington DC and Chicago. The abuse is alleged to have occurred in 1986. He denied it. Order deemed complaint credible. Privileges removed. As of 1/2007 Knoth was working in private business in Sarasota, FL. Laicized 8/29/2009. On the Indianapolis archdiocese's list 10/12/2018. On the New Orleans archdiocese's list 11/2/2018. On Jesuits Central and Southern Province list 12/7/2018. On Jesuits Midwest list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations noted. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Fr. J. Robert Koch

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 12/6/1996
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Also known as Robert J. Koch. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. It notes a single allegation of abuse, occurring while assigned to St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago in 1966. Died 12/6/1996. Name included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Patrick Koch

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1957
Status: Settled

Died: 09/9/2006
Diocese: Diocese of Corpus Christi TX

Named publicly as accused by the Corpus Christi diocese on its list 1/31/19. Left the diocese in 1966. On the Dallas diocese's list 1/31/19. Died 9/9/06. In 2/19 Koch's family filed a canon law appeal to the two dioceses and the Vatican regarding his inclusion on their lists. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 of sexually assaulting a Jesuit College Prep of Dallas student, where Koch was principal 1972-79, president 1979-80 and alumni director 1980-86. Another suit, filed in 9/19, claims abuse by Koch of a 15-year-old Jesuit Prep sophomore around 1980. In 10/19 another Dallas Prep alumnus sued, alleging abuse by Koch during confession in the early 1980s. The same man also claimed abuse by Prep teacher and wrestling coach, Rev. Peter Callery, SJ. Koch's name was added in 12/21 to the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province list of credibly accused. Named in a lawsuit settled in 3/22 filed by multiple plaintiffs regarding multiple priests who allegedly abused in the late 1970s and early 1980s at Jesuit College Prep of Dallas.

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Dallas Diocese Priest Details

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Fr. Leonard A. Kohlman

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused

Died: 09/24/1972
Diocese: Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT

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Fr. Michael R. Kolb

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1982
Status: Accused

Died: 03/8/2023
Diocese: Archdiocese of Milwaukee WI

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. It notes a single allegation of abuse, occurring while assigned to Marquette University High School in 1986. Permanently removed from public ministry. Per the Province's list updated in 10/2023, abuse also is alleged in to have occurred in 1990. Kolb died 3/8/2023.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Edward J. Konat

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Order: SJ
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Sioux Falls SD

Seminarian. Sued in 2003. One of several Jesuits at St. Francis Indian School on the Rosebud Reservation accused of molesting or fondling at least one boy. Kowalski is accused of "sexual touching." He left the order and married. He denied all. Living in Houston as of 2003.

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Pioneer Press in Washington Post 06.02.03

Fr. Philip D. Kraus

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/2019. Restricted from ministry with minors in 1996. Removed from ministry in 2003. Allegation of abuse in the 1970s, unclear as to where. Noted to be living under supervision. Included by 1/2020 on the Peoria diocese's list. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Fr. James F. Kuntz

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1977
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Archdiocese of Newark NJ

Pleaded guilty in 9/2008 to possession of child pornography. Sentenced 2/18/2009 to 40 months in prison and 5 years' supervised release. Among assignments, Kuntz was at Regis High School in NYC 1983-1984 and 1988-1994. Principal 1984-1988 of St. Peter's Prep. Vice president for mission and ministry at St. Peter's College in Jersey City beginning in 8/2004. Included on the Northeast Province Jesuits list of credibly accused 1/15/2019.

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Fr. Richard James Kurtz

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1977
Status: Convicted

Died: 09/14/2024
Diocese: Archdiocese of Denver CO

Arrested 11/21/2011 in Chicago on charges that he sexually assaulted a boy, age 10, in 2001 outside Denver. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced in 12/2012. Living at Vianney Renewal Center, Dittmer MO under restrictions, but worked at the Columbiere Retreat Center in Clarkston MI 10/2008 to 11/2011. On MO sex offender registry. Teacher at University of Detroit Jesuit High School at the time of the 2001 assault, visiting Denver. Initial report made in 2001 to the Jesuits. Arrested 9/29/2014 in Dittmer on charges of production, transportation, and possession of child porn, after two priests contacted the FBI. Accused of filming boys on the University of Detroit Jesuit High School hockey team while they changed in the locker room during the 1998-1999 season, and of transporting child porn from Clarkson to Chicago. Included on the Jesuits Midwest list 12/17/2018; noted to be incarcerated in federal prison since 2014. On Detroit's list 6/10/2019. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least two "reported survivors." Died 9/14/2024.

Fr. Francis M. Landwermeyer

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused

Died: 09/5/2018
Diocese: Diocese of Dallas TX

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Accused of abuse in the 1960s and 1970s. First assignment was Jesuit College Prep in Dallas. Also worked in Shreveport LA, New Orleans, Tampa FL, Milwaukee WI, Biloxi MS, Charleston Heights SC, Saginaw MI, Columbia SC, and San Antonio TX. Removed from ministry in 2010. Died 9/5/18 in TX. On Charleston diocese's list 3/29/19. On Saginaw's list 4/10/19.

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Fr. John H. Lane

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1938
Status: Accused

Died: 02/21/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Worked in the Patna Province, India for over 30 years, beginning in 1932. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse noted, occurring while assigned to Holy Family Parish in Chicago 1966-1976. Died 2/21/2000. Name included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least two "reported survivors."

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. James R. Laudwein

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1962
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

Accused in a 2005 lawsuit of molesting a 14-year-old Eskimo girl in 1980. Laudwein denied the accusations. He was working in the Archdiocese of Portland in a ministry for the poor when the lawsuit was filed. Placed on leave. Claims included in 11/07 settlement with Jesuits. One pending claim shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for Fairbanks Diocese 1/25/10. On the Anchorage archdiocese's list 1/16/20, noting sexual misconduct with vulnerable adults in 1989.

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Fr. Joseph R. Laughlin

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 05/27/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuit Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. It notes allegations in 1990 and 1996 of abuse 1975-1976. Restricted by his order in 1990. Appears to have lived at the Jesuits' Campion Center in Weston MA until his death. Died 5/27/2013.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. John P. Leary

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1951
Status: Settled

Died: 12/21/1993
Diocese: Diocese of Spokane WA

First allegations in 1966. In 1969, police ordered Leary, then President of Gonzaga University to leave Spokane in 24 hours or be arrested for sexually abusing teenage boys. Jesuits approved and Leary left. Reassigned to posts in Massachusetts, Utah, Nevada, New York and California. Died 12/21/1993. Jesuit officials admitted in 2006 to two recent settlements with victims. There may have been as many as 12 victims. On the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes reports in 2006 and 2009 of abuse 1965-1966.

Fr. Maurice T. Lebel

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Fall River MA

Ordained for the Jesuits. Left the Order in 1991 and became a priest of the Diocese of Portland ME. Retired in 2003. Remained active in ME until he was placed on leave in 6/07 pending an investigation of allegations in the Fall River, MA diocese that he sexually abused a youth in the early 1980s, while still a Jesuit. Reinstated to public ministry in 3/11 after canonical trial found accusations "unproven."

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BA.org Assignment Record

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. James D. Loeffler

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused

Died: 03/22/1984
Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province 2/27/2020, which notes multiple allegations of abuse occurring in the 1950s and 1960s. Worked in Miami, FL; West Palm Beach, FL; El Paso, TX; Albuquerque, NM; San Antonio, TX; Augusta, GA; Grand Coteau, LA; Key West, FL. Died in 1984.

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Fr. Arthur J. Long

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Harrisburg PA

Included on the Harrisburg diocese list 8/1/2018, and in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Noted have been accused of soliciting a child for sex, and in a sexual relationship with an adult that began when the adult was a child. Complaints to diocese in 1987 that Long sought sex with a 17-year-old girl four years prior. Also accused of inappropriate sexual behavior with a 13-year-old girl. Chaplain of a Danville convent attached to a girls' high school at the time. Admitted to sex with 'four or five' girls since assigned to Baltimore. Removed from ministry after new superior learned of his history. Sent to Guesthouse then St. Luke's for treatment. Allowed to work in Baltimore archdiocese 1991-1992 briefly until more reports of inappropriate behavior. Left community for vacation, never returned. Died in 2004. Added 9/2018 to Baltimore list. Included in 12/2018 on the Jesuits Maryland Province list. On Scranton diocese's list 12/22/2018. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Maryland Province List 12.17.18

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Fr. J. Roger Lucey

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Died: 04/7/2002
Diocese: Diocese of La Crosse WI

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring while assigned to Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien, WI 1962-1963, and while in a Jesuit community in St. Paul, MN, 1970-1972. Took Sabbatical in 1984 in Berkeley, CA. Remained in CA, assigned to numerous parishes in the Oakland diocese. Died in Richmond, CA 4/7/2002. Added to the La Crosse diocese's list 2/5/2020.

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Deacon Joseph C. Lundowski

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Order: SJ
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

Fr. David F. McCarthy

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Died: 02/28/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province list on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring while assigned to Holy Family Parish in Chicago, 1963-1978. Died 2/28/1999. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. John Joseph McCarthy

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. Allegations of abuse in the 1970s reported in 2005 and 2018. Assigned to Fordham University in the Bronx 1956-1992. Worked at Loyola High School in Baltimore MD 1946-1949. McCarthy died in 1997. Added to Baltimore archdiocese's list 4/24/2019. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. John W. McDonald

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 10/7/1985
Diocese: Diocese of Spokane WA

Per a statement released by Diocese of Spokane in 11/2007, McDonald was the subject of an accusation that was found to be credible or proven. He died 10/07/1985. Most of his career was spent at Bellarmine Preparatory High School in Tacoma, WA. During the late 1940s through the 1950s he was assigned to St. Mary's Indian Mission in Omak, WA, which was part of the Spokane diocese. Included on the Jesuits West list 12/7/2018. It notes claims in 2009 of abuse 1948-1953, 1953-1960 and 1959-1965.

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Br. Howard J. McDonough

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Cleveland OH

According to a 2002 news report, McDonough was sued in 1993 for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old student 20 years prior. Documents produced during the case show that McDonough had been accused of sexual abuse by others at the time and that school officials were going to quietly transfer him. Suit dismissed in 1995 due to the statute of limitations. Per a 1993 article, McDonough was no longer a member of the Order. Included on the Jesuits Midwest Province list 12/17/2018. It notes a single allegation of abuse, occurring in 1973 while assigned to Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls. Dismissed from the Order in 1975.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. James M. McDonough

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Died: 12/19/2006
Diocese: Diocese of Rapid City SD

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Western Province on its list 12/07/2018, for the sexual abuse of a minor 1971-1972 and 1982. Assigned 1971-1972 to Gonzaga Prep in Spokane, WA and in 1982 to St. Martin's Academy in Rapid City, SD. Included on the Rapid City diocese's list in 3/2019. Noted to have a single allegation against him. Worked in the diocese 1978-1983. Died 12/19/2006.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. James L. McShane

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1941
Status: Accused

Died: 05/24/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/18. Died in 1993. Allegation received after his death of abuse in the 1950s. Unclear as to where. Worked in Denver, CO; St. Louis, MO; Yoro, Honduras; Pueblo, CO.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

Fr. Thomas S. McShane

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Died: 10/16/2018
Diocese: Diocese of Rapid City SD

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2019. On the Rapid City diocese's list in 3/2019. Noted to have a single allegation against him. Worked at the St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in the 1950s, where abuse is said to have occurred. Died 10/16/2018. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Br. Fenton J. Melia

Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Spokane WA

Entered the Jesuit novitiate in Florissant, MO in 1957 and took final vows 2/2/68. Per statement released by the Diocese of Spokane in 11/07, Melia was named in accusation that was found to be admitted, credible or proven. He worked as a cook at philosophate in Spokane as well as in AK and OR. Died 5/30/08.

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Fr. Gabriel M. Menager

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1927
Status: Accused

Died: 07/28/1966
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

As part of Section 13.1, Non-Monetary Commitments, of the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, Reorganization Plan (7/18/11) 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. Gabriel Menager is included on this list. Worked in Alaska and Montana. Died 7/28/1966. On the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes claims in 2009 of sexual abuse of a minor, year unknown.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Jesuits Oregon Province website accessed 12.07.12

Fr. Maurice F. Meyers

Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Died: 01/24/1980
Diocese: Archdiocese of Newark NJ

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring while assigned to a scout camp during summers in Alpine NJ 1956-1977 (taught during the school year in Russia); while assigned to a Narrowsburg NY scout camp summer 1959 (taught during the school year at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago); and while at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago in 1964. Died 1/24/1980. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. John Ralph Moholy

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1944
Status: Accused

Died: 11/15/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits West Province in its list 12/7/2018. It notes a report in 2003 of the sexual abuse of a minor in 1960. Assigned 1949-1964 to Loyola University in Los Angeles. Died 11/15/1997.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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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Br. John Rodrigues Moniz

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Order: SJ
Status: Convicted

Died: 04/8/2008
Diocese: Diocese of San Jose CA

Convicted in 1995 of lewd conduct with a young girl and sentenced to three years probation. Probation ended in 1998. Also ordered to pay the victim's uninsured medical expenses and psychological treatment. At the time of the abuse Moniz was living at Sacred Heart Retirement Center in Los Gatos, CA. Other priests convicted of abuse also lived there. Later moved to Vianney Renewal Center in Dittmer, MO. Died 4/7/2008. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes the sexual abuse of a minor in 1991, reported in 1995.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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Fr. Phillip T. Mooney

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 03/19/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. It notes a single allegation of abuse, occurring while assigned to Holy Family Parish 1953-1954. Mooney was dismissed from the Order 11/7/1989. He died 3/19/1917, at age 90. Name included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Midwest Assignment Record

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Fr. Vincent P. Mooney

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled

Died: 01/5/1981
Diocese: Diocese of Buffalo NY

In 2018 a woman told the diocese that Mooney raped her in the 1960s, when she was age 16 and he was assigned to Canisius High School. She was a Mt. St. Joseph's Academy student, grieving her father's death. She said she was sent to Mooney by a nun for counseling, and that Mooney attacked her after hearing her confession. She said she became pregnant as a result and her mother sent her for an abortion, which was illegal and almost killed her. Mooney was president of Canisius for most of the 1960s and 1970s. He died in 1981. The Jesuits offered the woman a settlement and counseling. Included on the Northeast Jesuits list of credibly accused 1/15/2019. It notes reports of abuse of minors received in 2002 and 2018, occurring 1959-on and 1968-1970.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Br. Clarence Moreau

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Order: SJ
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT

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.

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Fr. John N. Morfin

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Entered the Jesuit order in 1954. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 2/21/2020. It notes a single allegation of abuse, occurring 1970-1971 while assigned to Marquette University High School in Milwaukee. Morfin was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in 1983.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 02.21.20

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Jesuits Midwest Province List Revised 02.21.20

Fr. Philip D. Moriarty

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1944
Status: Accused

Died: 12/16/1974
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. (Name misspelled Moriarity). It notes allegations received in 2005 of abuse of a minor 1963-1969. Moriarty was assigned during those years to St. Xavier High School in Concord, MA. He died in 1974.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. Gerard A. Morin

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused

Died: 01/18/1992
Diocese: Archdiocese of Seattle WA

Died in 1992, at age 89. Name included on Seattle archdiocese's list 1/15/2016 of clergy and religious with admitted, established or credible allegations against them of sexual abuse of a minor (first name Gerald). Worked at St. Leo's in Tacoma 1952-1983 and Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma 1984-1991.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

Fr. James Glenn Murray

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1979
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Assigned in Washington DC, Durham NC, Baltimore MD, Cleveland OH. Initial report made in 2005 that Murray had improperly touched a minor in the early 1980s, while assigned to St. Frances-Charles Hall, later known as St. Frances Academy; allegations could not be verified. Permanently removed from active ministry by Jesuits in 6/2011 after a new investigation. Taught at Gonzaga College High School 1974-1976 and had recently been assigned to St. Aloysius Parish. Last known to be living in a monitored residence within the Jesuit Community. On the Raleigh diocese's list in 10/2018. On the MD Province Jesuits' list in 12/2018. On Baltimore's list 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Br. William J. Nash

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Died: 04/7/1984
Diocese: Diocese of Boise ID

As part of Section 13.1, Non-Monetary Commitments, of the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, Reorganization Plan (dated 7/18/2011) the Order 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. Nash's name is included on this list. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018, which notes claims in 2009 of abuse 1953-1959. Nash was assigned 1934-1958 to Sacred Heart Mission in Desmet, and 1958-1961 to Mount St. Michael's in Spokane, WA. He died 4/7/1984.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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Fr. William T. Nash

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1915
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR

As part of Section 13.1, Non-Monetary Commitments, of the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, Reorganization Plan (dated 7/18/11) the Order 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. Nash's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him. (UNPUBLISHED 12/15/19...Bro. WIlliam J. Nash, SJ is the accused, not Rev. William T.)

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Jesuits Oregon Province website accessed 12.07.12

Fr. Donald O. Nastold

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Died: 04/12/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. An allegation was reported after his death, of abuse occurring while assigned to St. Francis Xavier in Cincinnati 1999-2000. Nastold died 4/12/2007. Included on the Cincinnati Archdiocese's list in 1/2020. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Thomas J. Naughton

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 08/6/2012
Diocese: Diocese of Dallas TX

Working as a visiting priest in the Diocese of Orange in 2002 when placed on leave after allegations he molested a teen in 1978 while president of Jesuit Prep in Dallas. There since 1973; left "in a hurry" in 1979. The school's president in 2002 said he had recently learned of two allegations against Naughton made to school officials in 1979. Also tried to grope a young faculty member at the school. Allegations deemed credible. Had also worked at Jesuit High schools in New Orleans, LA; Tampa, FL; El Paso, TX; Houston, TX. Sent in 12/2003 to St. Ignatius Retreat House in Sandy Springs, GA, where he was allowed to reside under restrictions. Dismissed from the Jesuits in 2009. Died in Laguna Woods, CA in 2012. On Jesuit Central and Southern Provinces list 12/7/2018. (Noted to not be Bro. Thomas Naughton, SJ of Missouri Province.) On Baton Rouge diocese's list in early 2019. On Atlanta's list in 2019. Included in the 3/24/2023 GA PAC report.

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Fr. Francis X. Nawn

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1951
Status: Settled

Died: 10/1/1992
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

Accused in a 12/2004 lawsuit of abusing a boy 1963-1964. Eight more plaintiffs, including one woman, added in 2005. Claims included in 11/2007 settlement with the Jesuits. No settlement with diocese. Accused of abuse of three in a 2009 civil suit against the order. Two or more pending claims shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for Fairbanks diocese 1/25/2010. In 2/2012 the diocese's list showed 24 reports of abuse by Nawn. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes claims in 2005, 2006 and 2009 of abuse 1962-1963. 1964-1968, 1969-1971, 1973-1973, 1979-1981 and 1986-1088. Nawn died 10/01/1992. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least 24 "reported survivors."

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Excerpt from Bankruptcy Reorganization Documents for Fairbanks Diocese 01.25.10

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Fr. Edward J. O’Brien

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 02/16/1983
Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Joined the Order in 1932. Multiple allegations of abuse occurring while assigned to Xavier University in 1958 and 1971-1982. O'Brien died 2/16/1983. Included in 2/2022 on the Cincinnati Archdiocese's list.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Eugene J. O’Brien

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled

On 1/30/1997, the Jesuits, the NY Archdiocese, and Fordham Prep settled for $25K a suit alleging that O'Brien sexually abused a boy in the early 1970s. O'Brien was principal of Fordham Prep 1960-1980 and of Fairfield Prep in the Bridgeport diocese 1983-1985. He also worked at St. Peter's Prep in the Newark archdiocese 1959-1960, and in 1995-2002 was president of the fundraising foundation for the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Included on the Northeast Jesuits list 1/15/2019. It notes that O'Brien admitted to allegations reported in 1993 of abuse of minors beginning in the 1960s. "Impeded" in 2002. O'Brien died in 2019.

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Br. John P. O’Brien

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Died: 09/10/1989
Diocese: Diocese of Spokane WA

Per a statement released by the Diocese of Spokane in 11/2007, O'Brien was the subject of an accusation that was found to be credible or proven. He died 9/10/1989. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes claims reported in 2009 of abuse in 1978 and 1980. O'Brien was assigned to Gonzaga Prep in Spokane during the years of the alleged abuse.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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BA.org Assignment Record

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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Fr. Garrett D. Orr

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1983
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Archdiocese of Washington DC and MD

In 10/2003 a Georgetown Prep student report to the school that Orr had sexually abused him in 2002. The school did not report the abuse to police until 5/2004. Suspended at that time. Orr had been on sabbatical in 2003 for "unrelated health issues." Assigned in 4/2004 as chaplain at Loyola University. Despite suspension, was allowed ministry without 1:1 with students 2004-2005. Terminated from Loyola in 10/2006. Investigation by the Jesuits in 2006 found the allegations "substantially true." Allegation in 2009 of abuse in 1989 at Georgetown Prep. Arrested 1/2011 and charged with abuse of two, one of them the student who reported abuse in 2003. Indicted 2/23/2011. Pled guilty 9/12/2011. Sentenced 11/10/2011 to five years probation and registration as sex offender. Laicized in 2008. On Maryland Province Jesuits list 12/17/2018. Added to Baltimore archdiocese's list in 2/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

Fr. Eugene F. Orteneau

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1982
Status: Settled

Died: 04/8/2009
Diocese: Diocese of Norwich CT

Accused in a 2005 civil suit of abuse of a 16-year-old boy in 1992 at St. Thomas Aquinas in Storrs. Settled in 5/2007 for $1.2M. Diocese to pay 1/4 and Order to pay remainder. The plaintiff's sister had notified the Diocese in 2003 of abuse of two other youths but did not mention her brother. Orteneau left the parish in 1994. Dismissed from the Order in 2003. Died 4/8/2009 in Huntersville, NC. Included on the Jesuits Northeast Province list of credibly accused 1/15/2019. It notes allegations received in 2005 of abuse of minors 1992-1995. On the Norwich diocese's list in 2/2019. Included on the Fall River diocese's list in 1/2021, where he had been assigned at some point to Bishop Connolly High School.

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Fr. Miguel Angel Ortiz

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits West Province on its list 12/7/2018, which notes the sexual abuse of a minor in 2005, reported in 2005. Dismissed from the order. Assigned at the time of the alleged abuse to Verbum Dei High School in Los Angeles.

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

Br. Claude L. Ory

Order: SJ
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA

Worked at Jesuit High in New Orleans in the 1970s. Accused in 2007 lawsuit of repeated molestation of a Jesuit High student 1974-1977, beginning when the boy was age 14. Settled. Accused repeatedly of abuse while assigned to Jesuit High School in Dallas; removed 1994. Moved in 1995 to Mobile, AL. In 2000 moved to Baltimore's Loyola College campus, where he was in charge of managing the Jesuits' residence hall until 2007. In 9/2018 may be living in at a Jesuit residence in Baltimore. On the Jesuits' Central and Southern list 12/7/2018. On Maryland Province Jesuits list 12/17/2018. Added to Baltimore archdiocese's list in 2/2019. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Joseph V. Owens

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Norwich CT

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. Admitted in 1992 to abusing minors 1970s-1990s. Ministry restricted in 1993 and "impeded" in 2002. Worked in Jamaica (1970-1977), CT (1978-1979), FL (1980-1982), Honduras (1983-2002) and Nicaragua (2003-2006). On Norwich diocese's list 2/22/2019. (Ordination date shown as 1971; he is first indexed in the Official Catholic Directory in 1967, which indicates a likely 1966 ordination year.)

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. Zacharias Palakunnel

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. From the Kerala Province, India. Joined the order in 1942. A single allegation received after his death of abuse occurring while assigned to St. Eugene's in Fox Point, 1973-1974. Palakunnel died in 1991.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Jesuits Midwest Province List 12.17.18

Fr. Anthony J. Paone

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 12/31/1990
Diocese: Diocese of Brooklyn NY

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. It notes allegations received in 2002 of abuse of a minor in around 1953. Paone was working in 1953 at Brooklyn Prep. He died 12/31/1990.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. Austin N. Park

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of San Antonio TX

Named publicly as accused in 12/18 by the Jesuits' Central and Southern Province. Abuse allegedly occurred in the 1960s. Worked in El Paso, TX; San Antonio, TX; Miami, FL; Grand Coteau, LA; Tampa, FL; New Orleans, LA; Houston, TX; Greenville, SC; Kinder, LA; Shreveport, LA; Mobile, AL; Puerto Rico; Oakdale, LA. Died in 2013. On San Antonio archdiocese's list 1/31/19. A family member reported in 2013 that Park had abused two children in the archdiocese in the late 1950s-early 1960s. On Charleston diocese's list 3/29/19. On Lake Charles diocese's list 4/11/19.

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Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Seminarian Eugene E. Parshall

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Died: 08/3/2006
Diocese: Diocese of Rapid City SD

Scholastic. Entered the Jesuits in 1955. Not ordained. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. Abuse alleged in 1964 at Holy Rosary Mission/Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Dismissed from the Order 5/7/1964. Died 8/4/2006, age 75. Per his obituary, Parshall taught for many years at a Catholic school in Omaha NE and was a substitute teacher in public schools.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Richard J. Pauson

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 08/25/1971
Diocese: Diocese of Boise ID

As part of Section 13.1, Non-Monetary Commitments, of the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, Reorganization Plan (dated 7/18/2011) the Order 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. Pauson's name is included on this list. Died 8/25/1971. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes claims in 2009 of abuse 1967-1968. Pauson was assigned to Sacred Heart in Culdesac, ID during the time of the alleged abuse.

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Fr. Richard D. Perry

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Seattle WA

Pastor since 2001 of St. Francis of Xavier in Missoula MT when removed in 10/2019 after a Missoula woman alleged "inappropriate contact." Sent to the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, CA. In 2/2020 another woman alleged that Perry sexually abused her when she was a Seattle Prep School student 1979-1983. Perry's name was added in 7/2020 by the Jesuits West Province to its list of credibly accused. He was permanently removed from public ministry and was to remain at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center under a safety plan.

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Jesuits West List 07.21.22

Fr. James W. Plamondon

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused

Died: 05/24/1989
Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

Worked in AK 1953-72, in the Great Falls MT diocese 1972-74, spent a year in graduate school in Berkeley CA, then spent 1975-76 at a retreat house in the St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese. Name is included on updated Fairbanks diocese list of accused priests and religious with admitted, proven or credible accusations issued as part of bankruptcy procedure. One claim against him is shown. He left the priesthood in 1977 and married. He died 5/24/89.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Died: 10/23/1976
Diocese: Diocese of Bridgeport CT

Former chaplain and teacher at Fairfield College Preparatory School 1962-1965 and 1968-1976. Died in 1976 at age 40. In 2/2003, allegations of abuse were received by the school. Included on the Jesuits Northeast Province list of credibly accused 1/15/2019. It notes allegations received in 2003 and 2011 of abuse of minors 1972-1976 and 1969-1971.

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Fr. Thomas J. Powers

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused

Died: 05/31/2019
Diocese: Diocese of Cleveland OH

Named publicly as accused by the Province on its list 12/17/2018. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1970s at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, in 1973-1978 while at John Carroll University, in 1985-1986 at Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, and in 2000 while at the Colombiere Center in Clarkston, MI. Powers was dismissed 7/6/2001. He died 5/31/2019 at age 74. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least four "reported survivors."

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. James F.X. Pratt

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1986
Status: Accused

Died: 09/5/2019
Diocese: Diocese of Bridgeport CT

Placed on leave in 2003 from his position at Vanderbilt University in TN after an allegation that he abused a Fairfield Prep in CT high school senior while on faculty there as a seminarian in the early 1980s. Worked 2005-2012 at the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome. Included on the Jesuits Northeast Province list of credibly accused 1/15/2019. It notes allegations received in 2003 of abuse of minors in the 1980s. Last known to have been living at Loyola House in Boston, MA. Pratt died 9/5/2019. Included on the Diocese of Nashville's list in 11/2018.

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Fr. Thomas E. Pyne

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Died: 08/23/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Washington DC and MD

Included on the Jesuits Maryland Province list in 12/2018 of those with reasonable possibility of having sexually abused minors. Allegedly abused multiple minors in the 1960s in Washington DC, where he worked at Gonzaga College High School. Pyne left the Jesuits in 1968 and died in 1999.

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Jesuits Maryland Province List 12.17.18

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Fr. Samuel H. Ray

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1925
Status: Accused

Died: 11/22/1983
Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans LA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits' Central and Southern Province on its list 12/17/2021. Noted to have more than one allegation against him. Abuse estimated to have occurred in the 1940s and 1950s. Ray died in 1983. Included in 6/2022 on the New Orleans archdiocese's list, where he was assigned at some point; no known abuse there.

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Fr. M. Lawrence Reuter

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

President of Loyola Academy 1975-1990. Removed from active ministry in 2010 after admitting to an "inappropriate relationship" with a senior at the school after the boy turned 18. Settlement in the 1990s. A second man came forward in 2010, alleging abuse at Loyola Academy as a student in the late 1980s. On the Jesuits Midwest Province list 12/17/2018. It noted that he was living in a Jesuit Community 2010- to the present. Included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Bradley R. Reynolds

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1977
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Fairbanks AK

Reknowned photographer and writer. Frequently visited AK to visit and take photos, not formally assigned there. Often quoted as a spokesman for the Oregon Province. Worked at Seattle U. 1983-90. Suit filed 8/08 alleges Reynolds abused two boys, ages 9 and 11, at Toksook Bay at some point. Placed on leave in 8/08, investigated by the Order. Review Board deemed the allegations not credible. In 2004 another Jesuit, Rev. Dave Reynolds, SJ, had alerted leadership to sexual wrongdoing by Reynolds with young men and boys in the AK village. Sent for a psych eval. Two or more pending claims shown in bankruptcy reorganization documents for Fairbanks Diocese 1/25/10. Subsequently assigned to Gonzaga U. as Assistant Director of Campus Ministry. Requests made to Seattle Archbishop and Tacoma Bishop to remove his privileges. Quietly left Gonzaga at the end of the 2019 school year.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Seminarian Leonard Riforgiato

Order: SJ
Status: Sued

Died: 01/16/1999
Diocese: Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown PA

Seminarian. Named publicly as accused on the Jesuits Northeast Province list 1/15/2019. It notes a report in 1969 of abuse of minors 1964-1966, and that he admitted to the abuse. Riforgiato left the Jesuits in 1972. Taught for 27 years at Penn State's Shenango Valley campus and reportedly "focused on youth activities." Died in 1999. Two lawsuits filed in 8/2019 alleged sexual assault of a child and rape of another. One was filed on behalf of a victim who died by suicide at age 32.

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Fr. Gerald R. Rippon

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1963
Status: Sued

Died: 09/6/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

In a 1/2019 letter to Alumni, Regis High School in NYC officials named former faculty members who had been accused of abuse of minors, including Rippon. Per the letter, Rippon's case did not meet the standards to be included on the Jesuits' Northeast Province list of those with credible allegations against them. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 6/2021 under the NY Child Victims act of sexually abusing a boy, age 15, in 1969 at Regis High School in NYC. The boy was a student. The abuse allegedly occurred about three times in Rippon's office. Rippon worked at Regis 1967-1983 and 1984-1985. Prior to ordination he taught at St. Xavier High School in NYC 1957-1960. He died in 1986.

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Plaintiff v Archdiocese of New York et al 06.18.21

Jesuits Central and Southern List 12.07.18

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Jesuits West Province List 12.07.18

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Fr. John T. Ryan

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. It notes reports in 2003 and 2014 of the abuse of minors in the 1980s-1990s. Left the Jesuits in 2002.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. William J. Ryan

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused