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58 Accused in This Religious Order

Br. Mark A. Baier

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Professed vows in 1971 as a religious brother, Marianist Province of St. Louis. Worked in MO, TX, WI. Left the Order in 1994.

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Br. Jerome Binder

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Pittsburgh PA

Professed vows in 1957. Province of Cincinnati.Assigned to high schools in CIncinnati, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. In 2014, Bro. Bernard Hartman was facing trial in Australia on child abuse allegations, when one person came forward to allege abuse at North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh diocese sought information on other possible victims, which yielded allegations against 7 other brothers, including Binder. Binder was at North Catholic 1961-66, 1975-76, and 1979-89. Died in 2/2000. Head of Marianists apologized in writing to diocese and students. Included on the U.S. Marianists list 6/24/20.

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Br. Paul Botty

Order: SM
Status: Convicted

Died: 12/27/2007
Diocese: Diocese of Cleveland OH

Professed vows in 1980. Assignments included Chaminade Julienne High School in Dayton, OH and St. Joseph's High School in Cleveland. Removed from public ministry in 1986. Convicted of sexual battery. In 3/1986 sentenced to 7 1/2 years for molesting four teenage boys; 12 felony counts dismissed. Case reported in State v. Botty, 1988 WL 86954 (Ohio App). Died 12/27/2007 in CA. Marianist Newsletter 1/8/2008 referred to him as a "former Marianist." Included on the U.S. Marianists list 6/24/2020, with the suffix F.X.

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Fr. William Anthony Christensen

Order: SM
Ordained: 1973
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Sued 2002 by a man alleging sexual abuse by Christensen and Bro. John J. Woulfe at Chaminade Prep in St. Louis, when the boy was ages 15-17 in 1973-75. Abuse allegedly included oral sex, anal sodomy, and viewing porn. Christensen not served with suit until 10/07. Plaintiff died in 2008; his family settled in 2011. Lived and worked in Bangladesh for 20 years, where he allegedly abused 30 Muslim children. Laicized in 2010; he appealed laicization. Reportedly still in Bangladesh in 6/18, running an NGO he founded in 2012. He had filed defamation lawsuits against one of his accusers and against a former nun who had reported him to his provincial.

Fr. Joseph B. Di Peri

Order: SM
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 03/1/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Priest of the Newark NJ archdiocese, ordained in 1956. He worked in a number of archdiocesan parishes and schools, and was a hospital and youth detention center chaplain. He then spent more than a decade as an instructor at Oratory School in Summit NJ. In 1977 Di Peri was sent to Canoga Park CA for "health" reasons, where he worked at Marianist-run Chaminade Preparatory High School. He appears to have returned to NJ after a year, where he again taught at Oratory, and then at a high school in Englewood NJ. His whereabouts after 1986 are unclear. In September 2002 Los Angeles police received a report that Di Peri molested a male Chaminade student during 1977-1978. The Newark archdiocese removed his privileges in 2003. By 2005 Di Peri was on the archdiocese's "permanent monitoring system" and was living in a Trenton diocese retirement home. He died in 2007.

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Fr. Thomas Joseph Doyle

Order: SM
Ordained: 1974
Status: Sued

Died: 03/20/2007
Diocese: Diocese of Norwich CT

Accused of molesting twin brothers over a 10-year period while pastor of Sacred Heart in Vernon CT, starting when the boys were 14 in about 1980. The boys allegedly told counselors in 1983. One of the counselors, Franciscan Br. DeMatteis, is also alleged to have made sexual advances toward one of the twins. In 1992, the diocese removed Doyle and the Marianists suspended him. Civil suit filed in 1995. Two more accusers later came forward. Doyle was treated in both NM and MD. Laicized in 2002. Died 3/20/2007. Included in 2/2019 on the Diocese of Norwich's list. Included on the Marianists list of accused 6/24/2020. Added in 11/2020 to Baltimore's list, where he worked 1967-1973. Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/2022. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Marianists Obituary 04.02.07

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Br. Edward J. Dury

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH

Marianist brother, Province of Cincinnati. Professed vows in 1920. Worked in OH, NY, PA, HI. Died in 1974. Name included on the Marianists 6/24/2020 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor."

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Marianists US Province list 06.24.20

Br. Charles George Fatooh

Order: SM
Ordained: 1985
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused in a 2006 lawsuit of abuse of a student 1973-1974 at Chaminade College Prep in Canoga Park, where he was later principal. Left the Marianists and was ordained a priest on 8/24/1985 for the Monterey diocese, where he became monsignor, Chancellor, and Moderator of the Curia. Still listed as an active priest at St. Joseph church in Cayucos in the 2010 Monterey Directory. Marianist personnel file released 7/2013 as part of a 2007 L.A. settlement.

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L.A. Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. John P. Finke

Order: SM
Ordained: 1937
Status: Accused

Died: 11/29/1983
Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH

Priest of the Marianist Province of Cincinnati. Teacher, military chaplain, parish priest. Worked in Cleveland, Dayton, and Cincinnati, OH and Houma-Thibodaux, LA. Died in 1983. Named publicly as accused of child sexual abuse by the US Province Marianists on its list 6/24/2020. (The Catholic Directory and Finke's obituary show his middle initial as P.; the Marianist's list shows it as J.) Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/2022.

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Br. Eugene T. Fitzsimmons

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of San Antonio TX

Professed vows as a Marianist brother in 1947. Worked at high schools in IL, TX, WI, CA, MO, HI. Per news in 2002, Fitzsimmons was accused of sexually abusing Michael Rodriguez 20 years prior when Rodriguez was a student at Catholic High School in San Antonio. Rodriguez, who was one of the "Texas Seven" prison escapees who shot and killed a police officer 12/24/2000, claimed in the penalty portion of his trial for this murder that Fitzsimmons abused him. Defense attorney brought Fitzsimmons to TX to testify at trial. Fitzsimmons invoked the Fifth Amendment and did not testify. Withdrew from the Order in 2000. Died in 2011. Name included on the Marianists' list 6/24/2020. Included on the Belleville diocese's list 9/20/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Br. Bernard Joseph Hartman

Order: SM
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Pittsburgh PA

Joined Marianists in 1958; worked many years in Australia. Taught 1986-97 at North Catholic High in Pittsburgh. US Marianists learned of Australian allegations in 1997; removed from school. Sent to treatment; reassigned to internal ministry under safety plan. In 1999 accused by woman in Australia of sexual abuse when she was age 8. He apologized to her by letter. In US in 2008 when he celebrated his 50th anniversary. Lived in Dayton OH area in 2009. New accusers in Australia. Returned to Australia 9/13, convicted of sustained sexual abuse, including penetration, of a boy and 2 girls as young as age 8. Two more allegations at N. Catholic. Released from jail in Australia 7/23/17 after 3 years, 1 year suspended. To return to US. Per Marianists he was to live in a non-Marianist facility with direct supervision of men with "significant personal issues and/or legal convictions" for the rest of his life, with no external ministry. On Marianists list 6/24/20. On Covington diocese's list 7/31/20.

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Diocese of Covington List 07.31.20

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Fr. Thomas E. Havel

Order: SM
Ordained: 1963
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Ordained for the Los Angeles Archdiocese. Joined the Marianists in 1972. Became a psychiatrist. Accused of sexually abusing a girl 1968-1973, beginning when she was age 13 and seeing Havel for counseling. He was a priest at a Pasadena parish at the time of the alleged abuse, and a medical student beginning in 1971. She filed a civil suit in 1988. Order settled in 1992. Included in the Archdiocese's global settlement with victims in 2007. Requested and was granted laicization in 1997 after not practicing as a priest since 1988. Personnel file released by Order in 7/2013. Employed in 8/2023 at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View; there since 1980. The hospital learned of allegations against Havel in 1988.

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Havel Personnel File

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Br. William Charles Hildebrand

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 10/16/1979
Diocese: Diocese of Pittsburgh PA

Worked in OH, KY, PA, HI, CA. Accused in 2014 of abusing students at North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, where he worked 1951-61. One person alleged abuse at the school by Hildebrand when in 2014 fellow Marianist, Br. Bernard Hartman, was facing trial in Australia on child abuse charges. The Pittsburgh diocese sought information on other possible victims, and four people came forward with allegations against Hildebrand. Died 10/16/79. Diocese says it knew nothing of the allegations until 2014. Head of Marianists apologized in writing to Diocese and students. Named in 8/14/18 PA Grand Jury Report. Included on the Marianists list of accused 6/24/20. On the Covington diocese's 7/31/20 list.

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Fr. Bernard L. Horst

Order: SM
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 02/15/2001
Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH

"Bud." Joined the Marianists, Province of Cincinnati, in 1931. Made perpetual vows in 1938. Ordained in 1945. Worked in OH, NY, PA, MI. Assigned to St. John Bosco in Mattawan MI 1984-1994. Retired 2/1994. Included on the Order's list of accused 6/24/2020. On the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/2022. Included in the MI Attorney General's Kalamazoo report. Multiple reports to the Diocese and Order of inappropriate sexual behavior toward young girls, ages 9-13. by Horst. Earliest known incidents were in 1965, of two young sisters. Police report in 1986 of touching two MI girls, age nine, between their legs in 4/1986. Charges dropped because polygraph test was "inconclusive;" police chief told Kalamazoo's Bishop Donovan in late 1986 he would go to the prosecutor if Horst wasn't transferred by 1/1/1987. In 6/1992 the Marianists told Bishop Donovan that a woman alleged abuse by Horst at age 13. Horst was to be sent for alcohol abuse treatment. Agreement in 1/1994 that Horst would be sent to the Marianists' Clinton Ave Community, monitored, not involved with youth. In 2/1994 another woman reported "improper gestures toward her" as a child by Horst. Died 2/15/2001.

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Br. Kumara S. Kambhampati

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Professed vows in 2007. Removed in 12/2018 from his assignment at Chaminade College Prep in West Hills after "credible information" that he engaged in recent inappropriate communication of a sexual nature with a student. Kambhampati had been at the school since 2017. He was also removed from the Marianists' West Hills community. Withdrew from the Marianists in 2021, per the Marianists' list in 11/2021. The updated lists adds to Kambhampati's status, "Sexually abusive contact of a minor through the use of internet/social media."

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Br. John J. Keegan

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Pittsburgh PA

Professed vows in 1945. Worked in Dayton OH, Hamilton OH, Pittsburgh PA and Brooklyn NY. Left the Order in 1962. Died in 2007. In 4/2014 a man alleged abuse as a minor by Keegan at North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh 1957-1961. After the Pittsburgh diocese sought information on other possible victims, two brothers came forward. Diocese said it knew nothing of the allegations until 2014. Head of the Marianists apologized in writing to the diocese and students. By 5/2014 six men had reported sexual abuse by Keegan as minors at North Catholic during 1956-1961. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/2020 list of accused.

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Br. William R. Kennealy

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 04/22/1995
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Included on the US Province Marianists' list 6/24/20 of members "found to have sexually abused a minor." Professed vows as a Marianist brother, Province of St. Louis, in 1947. Worked in TX, MO, IL. Died 4/22/95.

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Marianists US Province list 06.24.20

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Br. William J. Kiefer

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 03/7/2012
Diocese: Diocese of Pittsburgh PA

In 6/2014 the diocese received a report that at least one boy was abused by Kiefer at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School (formerly North Catholic High) between 1956-1962. Kiefer married in 1970 and died in 2012 in Dayton OH. In 2014 he is one of 9 Marianists accused of abuse at Cardinal Wuerl since initial announcement of abuse by Br. Bernard Hoffman.

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Br. Walter A. Klick

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 05/18/1979
Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH

Marianist brother of the Cincinnati Province. Professed vows in 1931. Assigned to high schools in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Dayton OH, Puerto Rico, Covington KY, Washington DC, Pittsburgh PA, San Francisco CA, Brooklyn NY, Baltimore MD. Also assigned to the University of Dayton. Died in 1979. Included on the Marianists 6/24/2020 list of accused. Added to the Baltimore archdiocese's list 11/3/20. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Br. James H. Kline

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 12/10/1997
Diocese: Diocese of Pittsburgh PA

In 2014 fellow Marianist Bro. Bernard Hartman was facing trial in Australia on child abuse allegations when a man came forward to allege abuse while he was a student at North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh. After the Pittsburgh Diocese sought information on other possible victims, allegations were made against seven other brothers, including at least one against Kline. Kline was at North Catholic 1940-1947. Also worked in OH, DC and Puerto Rico. He died in 12/1997. Head of Marianist Order apologized in writing to the diocese and students.

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Br. Albert Koch

Order: SM
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Camden NJ

Accused in a lawsuit filed 1/6/2021 of sexually abusing a girl, age 14, in summer 1974 at the Marianist Famiy Retreat Center in Cape May Point. The girl was a volunteer camp counselor. Koch reportedly remained active at the center into 2020. Removed. Koch's accuser also alleged abuse at the camp by Marianist Fr. John Sheehan.

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Cape May County Herald 01.11.21

Br. Robert A. Lindemann

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 10/21/1995
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Professed vows as a Marianist brother, Province of New York, in 1941. Worked in OH, KY, NY, Washington DC, PA. Died in 1995. Named publicly as accused by the Marianist Order on its list 6/24/2020. Added to the Baltimore archdiocese's list 11/3/2020. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Br. Harold J. Lootens

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1947 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in TX and MO. Died 5/24/14. Included on the Order's 6/24/20 list, with allegations related to child pornography.

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Br. Augustine W. Ludwig

Order: SM
Status: Settled

Died: 12/30/2007
Diocese: Diocese of Spokane WA

Professed vows as a Marianist brother in 1949, Province of the Pacific. Worked in schools from Hawaii to Virginia. Accused of abuse of at least 5 teenage boys while principal at DeSales Catholic School in Spokane in the 1970s. Four cases settled; files sealed. Left the Marianists in 1980. Joined the Benedictines in 1983. Ordained for the Benedictines in 1987. Worked in Richmond, Virginia diocese until 1998 when one of his accusers learned where he was and notified the Diocese. One claim settled for $30K in 4/2004. Died 12/30/2007. Included on the Richmond diocese's list 2/13/2019. It notes that he "abandoned ministry." On the Marianists' list of accused 6/24/2020.

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Seminarian Gilbert Martines

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Honolulu HI

Marianist aspirant, Province of the Pacific. Not in ministry. Arrested in 1982 at the Center Marianist Community in Honolulu. Left the Order. Included on the Order's list of accused 6/24/2020.

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Marianists US Province list 06.24.20

Fr. Frederick F. Mathues

Order: SM
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Died: 08/18/1972
Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH

Professed vows for the Marianist Order, Province of Cincinnati, in 1943. Ordained in 1952. Worked as an educator in OH and PA. Died in 1972, age 51. Named publicly as accused on the Marianists' list 6/24/2020. Included on the Cincinnati Archdiocese's list in 2/2022 of those with substantiated allegations against them.

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Br. Julius F. May

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 07/8/1970
Diocese: Diocese of Pittsburgh PA

Allegations of abuse at North Catholic in Pittsburgh were made in 2014 against 7 Marianist brothers, including May, who was at the school 1960-1970. Two former students alleged he abused them. Head of Marianist Order apologized in writing to Diocese and students. Born in 1898. Entered Order in 1924, made final vows in 1928. Taught and was principal of a number of high schools, including in Dayton OH, Hamilton OH, Chester PA, Brooklyn NY, Philadelphia PA, Beacon NY, Covington KY, Pittsburgh PA. Died 7/8/1970. Included on the Order's list 6/24/2020.

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PA Grand Jury Report Profile 08.14.18

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Br. James J. McGloin

Order: SM
Status: Sued

Died: 06/13/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Accused of abuse of a minor in 1963, per the 2004 Los Angeles Archdiocesan Report. Claims in a civil suit of abuse at Junipero Serra High School in Gardena when he was an instructor. Dispensed from Perpetual vows 4/11/1970. Working in HI at the time. Married, raised a family, continued as an educator. Died 6/13/2013. Personnel files released by Order in 7/2013 do not actually specify child abuse, but they do admit that celibacy had always been an issue for him. Included in 11/2021 on the Marianists' list of "members found to have sexually abused a minor."

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LA Times Database 04.20.06

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Fr. Patrick J. McNulty

Order: SM
Ordained: 1966
Status: Sued

Died: 03/24/1984
Diocese: Archdiocese of San Antonio TX

Professed vows as a Marianist in 1952. Ordained in 1966. Worked in IL and TX. A woman filed suit in 2004 against the archdiocese and order alleging that McNulty abused her for three years in the 1970s, starting when she was age 12. McNulty was assigned to Holy Rosary Parish at the time of the alleged abuse. Another person told the Assistant Provincial in 1977, but at that time the girl and her family denied the abuse. McNulty was transferred to another assignment in 1980. He died in 1984 in WI. Included on the San Antonio archdiocese's list 1/31/2019. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/2020 list of accused. On the Belleville diocese's list 9/20/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Br. Francis Meder

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 06/10/1976
Diocese: Diocese of Pittsburgh PA

Professed vows in 1911. Worked in OH, NY, PA, CA, HI. Died 6/10/1976. Four individuals came forward in 2014 to allege abuse by Meder, who was at North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh 1952-1967 and again 1970-1976. Diocese said it knew nothing of the allegations until 2014. Head of Marianist Order apologized in writing to Diocese and students. Named in 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. It showed multiple allegations of abuse by Meder of boys and girls, ages 8-11, in the 1950s and 1960s. Included on Marianists' list of accused 6/24/2020.

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PA Grand Jury Report Profile 08.14.18

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Br. Louis J. Meinhardt

Order: SM
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1923 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in IL, MO, MI, IA, TX. In 9/2011 a former St. Louis Chaminade College Prep student came forward to the Order, alleging sexual abuse in the 1970s by Br. Meinhardt and Br. John Woulfe. Letters were sent to 1,600 school alumni who graduated 1958-1982. At least 15-16 responded with credible allegations of verbal and sexual abuse by the two men. Meinhardt worked at the school 1958-1982. He died in 1990. Original accuser had come forward in 2003 and 2009; others had also come forward before 2011. Civil suit filed 2/23/2012. Another suit filed in 12/2015. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/2020 list of accused. On the Diocese of Belleville's list 9/20/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

Fr. Charles H. Miller

Order: SM
Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1953 for the Marianists, St. Louis Province, ordained in 1964. Worked in MO, GA, TX. In 2005 a woman reported to the Marianists that Miller groomed and fondled her at age 14 in 1976 in St. Louis, and that he molested her when she was 17 in 1980 in San Antonio, TX. In 2007 the Order admitted privately that the allegations were "credible." Order found that Miller had been involved with two other women. In 2007, the Order restricted Miller's ministry and moved him from TX, where he was a teacher at St. Mary's University, to their headquarters in Rome. Still there in 2/19. On San Antonio archdiocese's list 1/31/19. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of accused.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Br. Ralph A. Mravintz

Order: SM
Status: Convicted

Died: 05/23/2006
Diocese: Diocese of Pittsburgh PA

Professed vows as a Marianist brother in 1944. Worked in OH, NY, FL, TN and PA. Teacher at Pittsburgh's North Catholic High School. Accused of molesting a male student, age 15, 10/1984-2/1985. Mravintz would hug, say "I love you" to and fondle the boy, who had sought help with studies. Mravintz faced charges of indecent assault and corrupting a minor, but was not removed from his classroom. He pled no contest to disorderly conduct because boy did not want to testify. Diocese denied responsibility because Mravintz was a member of a religious order. Died in 5/2006. In 5/2014, the Archdiocese denied any knowledge of the 1985 charges until notified by an alumnus in response to a request for complaints regarding Br. Hartman, another abusive priest. The Marianists' U.S. Provincial apologized in writing to the Diocese and students. On Order's list of accused 6/24/2020.

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Br. William C. Mueller

Order: SM
Status: Settled

Diocese: Diocese of Pueblo CO

Professed vows in 1957 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in MO, TX, CO. Left the Order in 1986. Multiple lawsuits against the Marianists and diocese in 2005 and 2006. Accused of drugging and sexually abusing at least 40 students in the 1960s-80s. Some litigation filed in TX and MO. Dioceses allegedly knew as early as 2002. One MO suit settled in 10/97. Settlement of 23 suits in 1/08 for $4M from Order and Diocese. Another claim settled in 8/10 for $500K. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of accused.

Br. Ronald N. Nicholls

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD

Accused publicly in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Appears in the report as #153. The archdiocese received a report in 7/2003 that Nicholls sexually assaulted a boy, ages 10-12, in the 1970s. Nicholls was a teacher at the time at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Southwest Baltimore, and a friend of the family. He would take the boy on outings, including overnight trips. Nicholls allegedly fondled the boy's genitals while they shared a bed. He left the Marianists in 1980.

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Br. Joseph P. Nu’uanu

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of San Jose CA

Professed vows in 1956 as a Marianist brother, Province of the Pacific. Worked in CA and HI. Died 1/23/13. Included on the Order's 6/24/20 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor."

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Fr. Robert R. Osborne

Order: SM
Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

President of St. John Vianney High School when accused in a lawsuit in 2006 of "sexually, physically and emotionally" abusing a student. The boy had recently disclosed abuse to his therapist and family. Osborne stepped down from his position pending the investigation. A second student also came forward. Osborne denied the allegations. He did acknowledged having been accused in 1982 of inappropriate behavior with a high school boy in Creve Coeur. Vianney High School officials asked him to leave in 8/06 because the lawsuit would distract from his job. In 10/06 the prosecutor announced there was no evidence to support criminal charges. Civil suit settled with Order in 6/07. As of 2/08, Osborne claimed to be chaplain for Kirkwood Police Dept. Faculties removed in 5/09 by interim bishop Herrmann after news of previous investigation. Osborne died 4/27/14 in a care facility for Marianists in Cupertino, CA.

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Fr. Mariano J. Pariante

Order: SM
Ordained: 1990
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Professed vows as a Marianist in 1974. Ordained in 1990. Worked in CA, NY, HI, TX, OH. Left the Order and was laicized in 2001. Included on the Order's 6/24/2020 list of accused. Allegations involved child pornography. Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/2022.

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Br. Anthony R. Parlangeli

Order: SM
Ordained: 1997
Status: Convicted

Died: 08/5/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Miami FL

Professed vows as a Marianist in 1963. New York Province. Worked in Fl and Puerto Rico. Per news in 3/2002 a man said that at age 15 he was drugged and raped by Parlangeli on an overnight camping trip. Parlangeli said he was too tired to camp and rented a hotel room. The drugs caused convulsions; Parlangeli took the youth to a hospital ER. Police were notifed; he was arrested. Charges were later reduced to administering drugs illegally. Spent a brief time in jail. Transferred to Baltimore where he also abused. A 1994 civil suit settled. Left the order in 1973, married and raised three children. Moved to CA. Died in 1997. Included on the Order's 6/24/2020 list of accused.

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Br. Anthony J. Pistone

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 12/6/2017
Diocese: Diocese of Fort Worth TX

Professed vows in 1953 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in IL, MO, WI, OK, TX. Campus minister at Chaminade Prep in St. Louis, MO. Left his job in 3/2005 after allegations that he had groped a youth at Nolan Catholic High School in Fort Worth, TX in the 1980s. Pistone denied the allegations; internal investigation could not substantiate. Director of West Hills, CA Marianist community 2003-present as of 2/2009. Briefly at Province offices in St. Louis, MO in 2007. On Fort Worth diocese's list updated 10/9/2018. It notes that he was removed from ministry in 2005 and died 12/6/2017. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/2020 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor." On the Belleville diocese's list 9/20/2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Br. Bernard Thomas Pleimann

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 06/14/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Plleimann much of his early career teaching in Hawaii. Accused of abuse of a minor in 1963 while a teacher at Junipero Serra High School in Gardena, CA. Name spelled Ploughman in the 2/17/2004 Los Angeles Archdiocesan Report; name corrected to Pleimann in Errata 1. Per his personnel file, released by the Order in 7/2013, Pleimann took perpetual vows in 7/1940, was dispensed from vows in 5/1973 (while teaching in Japan) and died 6/14/1986.

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L.A. Times Database 04.20.06

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Br. James P. Reilly

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA

Professed vows as a Marianist brother, Province of the Pacific, in 1958. Assigned to Chaminade College Prep in West Hills, CA. Left the Order in 1968. Included on the Marianists' list of accused 6/24/2020.

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Marianists US Province list 06.24.20

Br. Francis A. Russell

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 06/19/1991
Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH

Professed vows in 1939. Worked in OH, Puerto Rico, KY, Washington DC, NY, PA. In 11/2019 an anonymous former Purcell High School teacher told a news outlet that Br. Frank Russell was known to sexually abuse students. He said that in 1978 a student told him and another teacher that Russell raped him; the former teacher said he immediately reported the abuse to the school. As vice-principal, Russell was in charge of detention and would allegedly take students who were in trouble to a motel and sexually abuse them. The Marianists denied receiving the 1978 report and said they did not receive another until 1994, after Russell's death. Russell left Purcell in 1978, was assigned to the Diocese of Covington's Office of Religious Ed then to Holy Cross High School in Latonia, KY. Retired in 1983. Died in 1991. Included on the Marianists' list of accused 6/24/2020. On the Covington diocese's list 7/31/2020.

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Diocese of Covington List 07.31.20

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Br. Lawrence W. Sandman

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 01/5/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH

Named publicly as accused by the Marianist Order on its list 6/24/2020. Professed vows as a brother in 1944, Province of Cincinnati. Worked in CA, OH and HI. Withdrew from the Order in 1959. Died in 2009.

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Br. Marvin F. Sanneman

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1951 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in TX and MO. Died in 1987. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of accused.

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Marianists US Province list 06.24.20

Br. John N. Schlund

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Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1980 as a Marianist brother, Province of St. Louis. Worked in TX and MO. Removed from public ministry in 2004. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor."

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Fr. John J. Sheehan

Order: SM
Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Professed vows in 1950 as a Marianist, New York Province, ordained in 1961. Worked in MD, NY, NJ, PA. Laicized in 1997. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/2020 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor." Added to the Baltimore archdiocese's list in 2020. A lawsuit filed 1/6/2021 alleges abuse by Sheehan and Br. Al Koch of a girl, age 14, in summer 1974. The girl was a volunteer camp counselor at the Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Br. Richard Strathern

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Covington KY

Name included on the Diocese of Covington's list of those with substantiated allegation(s). Assigned to Covington Catholic High School 1966-1972. Withdrew from the Order 4/16/1973.

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Diocese of Covington List 07.31.20

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Diocese of Covington List 07.31.20

Fr. Joseph P. Tedesco

Order: SM
Ordained: 1983
Status: Accused

Died: 12/2/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Cincinnati OH

Professed first vows as a Marianist in 1971, Cincinnati Province. Ordained in 1983. Worked in OH and FL. Died 12/2/2016. Named publicly as accused by the Marianist Order on its list 6/24/2020. Included in 2/2022 on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list of those with substantiated allegations against them.

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Br. Ronald M. Tissier

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 03/9/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1958 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in MO and WI. Left the Order in 1964. Died in 2021, per the Marianists' list in 11/2021.

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Fr. Daniel A. Triulzi

Order: SM
Ordained: 1981
Status: Settled

Died: 08/20/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1966 as a Marianist, St. Louis Province. Ordained in 1981. Placed on leave from parish in Ft. Worth TX diocese in 8/05 after recent claim of sexual misconduct with a minor in 1996 at Chaminade College Prep in St. Louis. Accuser had just filed suit in circuit court in St. Louis. Taught at Nolan High School in Ft. Worth 1983-87 before transfer to parish. Suit settled in 2007; announced in 2/08. Died in 2017. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor." Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/22. Noted to have been removed from ministry.

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Fr. Thomas F. Watkins

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Order: SM
Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Raleigh NC

Placed on leave in 4/02 after diocese received an allegation that Watkins had proposed sex to an 18-year-old seminary student 26 years before. Watkins denied the allegation. Ordained as a Marianist; became diocesan priest in 1996. Had been accused of sexual misconduct and had undergone psychological treatment before coming to Diocese in 1991. New allegation in 1995 involved an adult. Granted indefinite medical leave of absence 6/02 after refusing counseling.

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Br. Vincent A. Wayer

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1956 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Worked in MO, WI, TX, MO, IN. Removed from public ministry in 2002. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/2020 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor."

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Marianists US Province list 06.24.20

Fr. James C. Williams

Order: SM
Ordained: 1998
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Rockville Centre NY

Suspended from ministry in 5/16 by Order due to credible allegation he sexually abused a boy, who was a Chaminade High School student, in 2011. Williams was on staff 1991-2012, and President for 12 years until he resigned in 2011. Denied the abuse. Order notified the diocese. Law enforcement was notified in 2/15. Statute of limitations expired in 2013. Per his LinkedIn account 9/18 he was in the Greater NYC Area, having been a PhD student at the U. of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome 8/12-7/16. Accused in a lawsuit 8/19 of abuse of a Chaminade student, ages 14-16, in 1990-93.

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Br. James Wisecaver

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 10/17/2015
Diocese: Diocese of Monterey CA

Professed perpetual vows in 1967. Taught math and science at high schools in San Jose CA, Gardena CA, Wialuko, Maui HI. Also, Dean of Students at Chaminade University of Honolulu, Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the San Antonio TX Archdiocese, and Education Professor at Cal State University in Northridge. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 1/2/2019. Report in 1997 of abuse the same year. Died 10/17/2015 in San Antonio.

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Br. Terrence D. Wong

Order: SM
Status: Sued

Died: 04/19/1997
Diocese: Diocese of Oakland CA

Professed vows as a Marianist brother, Province of the Pacific, in 1958. Left the Order in 1989. Accused in a civil suit of abuse at St. Joseph High School in Alameda 1967-1970. Died 4/19/1997. Included on the Oakland Diocese's list of credibly accused in 2019. On the Marianists' list 6/24/2020.

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Br. Robert D. Wood

Order: SM
Status: Accused

Died: 12/6/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1945 as a Marianist brother, St. Louis Province. Educator. Worked in MO, TX, IL. Also Canada, Japan, Peru, Mexico. Died in 2016. Included on the Marianists' 6/24/20 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor." Location of abuse not indicated - placing him in the St. Louis archdiocese for now.

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Br. John J. Woulfe

Order: SM
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Professed vows in 1958 for the Marianists, St. Louis Province. Worked in MO and TX. Accused in a 2002 lawsuit, along with Rev. William A. Christensen, of sexual abuse of a boy, ages 15-17, at Chaminade Prep in St. Louis. On appeal, the MO Supreme Court ruled that repressed memories were admissible and the suit was not time-barred. New accusations in 9/11 and confirmed by letters to school alumni in 2012. Woulfe was at the school for 9 years before leaving the Order in 1977. Died in 2005. New suit filed by a man 4/9/14 alleged abuse at Chaminade Prep in about 1970. Suit filed in 11/15 claimed Woulfe sexually abused a Chaminade student 1968-71, including masturbation and oral sex during "college counseling" meetings. On the Order's 6/24/20 list of those "found to have sexually abused a minor."