List of Accused Priests in California
Sexual abuse has been present in the Catholic Church for decades, including many of the dioceses in California. To date, hundreds of priests have been accused of child sexual abuse or sexual misconduct across the state of California. Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers is committed to seeking justice for California’s sex abuse victims.
Last Name | First Name | Diocese | Status | Accusations (Summary) |
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Torres | Sebastian Altamirano | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | From Nayarit, Mexico, Archdiocese of Guadalajara. Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/2018. It notes a report made in 2018 of incidents 1986-1992, and that Altamirano Torres left the archdiocese in 1990. |
Casey | Edward J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abusing three minors 1974-79, while assigned to Damien Boys High School in LaVerne. In 2004 the L.A. archdiocese counted three accusers. Named in at least one civil suit. Laicized, per the L.A. archdiocese’s list in 12/21. |
Babilonia | Delfin | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | From Lucena City, Philippines. Named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. Noted to have received a report in 2010 of incident(s) in 1962, and that Babilonia left the archdiocese in 1963. |
Moholy | John Ralph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | 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. |
Poon | Stanislaus | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Report noted in 2013 of incidents estimated to have allegedly occurred in 1977. Poon was incardinated into the Oakland diocese in 1982, and retired in 1996. |
Robinson | James Richard | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Multiple alleged victims in the UK, beginning when Robinson was in seminary. The first complaint was reportedly made in 1973. Transferred suddenly in 1986 from archdiocese of Birmingham (UK) to L.A. archdiocese. Reportedly worked in five LA parishes 1986-93. |
Salinas | Gabriel | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | From Spain. First Augustinian Father to come to the U.S. Worked in Nebraska 1917-48. Accused of abuse of a minor 1958-60 at Cristo Rey in Los Angeles archdiocese. Died 11/18/72. Personnel file released 09/09/13. |
Ahumada | Arturo Federico | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Deacon who provided pornographic material to two boys and misdemeanor sexual battery on one of them was sentenced to one year in county jail and five years felony probation. |
Abaya | Rubin | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | In 1984, a 16-year-old girl filed civil suits against seven Filipino priests in Los Angeles for sexually abusing her. One of the priests fathered the girl’s child, who received $500K in a 2007 settlement. |
Aguilar-Rivera | Nicolas | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Charged | Aguilar was accused of abusing at least two boys in the U.S. Archdiocese of Los Angeles, but fled to Mexico where he abused at least 26 boys in 10 months. He was convicted in 2003 but not sentenced. Aguilar was laicized in 2009, and 11 claims were settled in 2014. Two brothers filed a suit in 2014, and their claim was settled in 2015. |
Albalaa | Pierre | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Maronite Rite priest, suspended from ministry in 5/18, due to a credible allegation of sexual abuse of a minor in 2004. |
Anderson | David E. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Report to archdiocese in 2015 of incidents alleged to have occurred 1987-92. Died in 2013. |
Alzugaray | Joseph F. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Bishop Sued 2004 for defamation of character and malicious prosecution, reopened investigation in 2008, retired 10/31/11, died 01/31/14. Noted to have been accused of abuse 1967-93 in L.A. |
Anderson | Roger | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse from 1981-83 at Old Mission Santa Ines. In its 2004 report, L.A. archdiocese counts two accusers. Named in at least one civil suit. Per the archdiocese’s list in 12/21, Anderson is deceased. |
Antlitz | Aloysius (Luis William) | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Luis William Antlitz, a Franciscan friar, was accused of sexual abuse of minors between 1934 and 1966. He was incardinated into the Diocese of Alexandria LA in 1966. |
Arias | Andreas | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Extern priest from Mexico. Accused in a civil lawsuit of abuse in 1936 in Lompoc CA. |
Austin | Edmund | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | The Franciscans were named as abusers in a civil suit filed in 8/08, which alleged that abuse took place in the 1970s. |
Arzube | Juan | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Arzube was accused of abuse of an 11-year-old boy while pastor at St. Alphonsus parish in East Los Angeles. He denied the allegations. |
Balak | Frederick R. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Fred Balak was accused of abuse of one minor during 1967-68, while assigned to St. Augustine’s in Culver City. |
Balbin | Victor | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a teenage girl. L.A. archdiocese counted one accuser in its 2004 report. Extern priest from the Philippines. |
Baker | Michael Stephen | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Baker was accused of sexually abusing two boys, told Cardinal Mahony in 1986, returned to ministry in nine more parishes, continued to abuse many more children, was laicized in 2000, and included in a $660M settlement in 2007. Baker pleaded guilty to abuse of two boys, was sentenced to 10 years and 4 months in prison, released on parole, was arrested for probation violations, and settled with 4 in 3/2013 for $9.9M. |
Baldonado | Felipe | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/2019, and included on the Las Cruces diocese’s list 6/24/2019. |
Barmasse | Kevin P. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Barmasse was sued in 2003 and accused of abuse from 1982-1988. A massive $660M settlement was reached in 2007 for five claiming abuse by Barmasse. |
Bauer | John | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Ordained for the Diocese of Helena, MT, left active priesthood in 1970, taught Social Work classes at Montana State University 1970-1981, opened a sex shop/adult book store in 1981, and another in Spokane in 1981. |
Bautista | Gaspar | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | From Mexico, incardinated into the Diocese of Fresno CA in 2004. Placed on leave in 2016 due to allegations of inappropriate behavior with a minor, but case closed by the Vatican’s CDF in 2018. |
Berumen | Matthias A. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse from 1985-1988. Per L.A. archdiocese in 2004, there was one accuser claiming abuse in 1990. Also named in a civil suit. Per the archdiocese’s list in 12/21L, Berumen was laicized. |
Bismonte | Honesto Bayranta | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Guilty plea | Bismonte, from the Philippines, was arrested in 2002 for abuse of two sisters, ages 12 and 8, and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery in 2003. He received two years probation. |
Berbena | Christopher | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse in 1980, placed on leave in 2006, returned to active ministry in 2008 after the archdiocese could not substantiate the accusation. |
Bond | Robert | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly by the archdiocese as accused on it’s list updated 12/6/18. Allegations of abuse in the 1970s reported to the archdiocese in 2010. Noted to have died in 2007. |
Boley | Robert | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Boley was accused of assaulting a young girl in the early 1980s and left his job as parochial vicar in 2006. Boley was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in the 1980s at St. Cyril’s Parish School in Chicago, including rape. He was settled in 6/2022. |
Bouska | Jerome | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Parish priest, high school chaplain. Held chancery positions 1963-2009. Died 11/20/10. Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
Boyer | Leland | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sued in 2003, accused of abusing 1973-82, retired 1/15/94, died 1/14/03, personnel file revealed three complaints 1990-2002, placed on restricted ministry in 1995, three more complainants known. |
Rivas | Roy | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Rivas was named publicly as accused by the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province in 11/2023. |
Brennan | John Lawrence | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Monsignor. Accused of abuse occurring1954-56. Died in 1983. One accuser, per L.A. archdiocese in 2004. |
| Mark | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sued 2003. Accused of abuse 1979-83. Alleged victim died by suicide. |
Brown | Bernard (Lawrence Maria) | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abusing a minor 1955-1956. Sued, $10M settlement with Carmelites, Los Angeles Archdiocese and 7 people. |
Buckley | Michael Daniel | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Buckley was accused of abuse occurring 1965-75. His files were released as part of a 2007 settlement. |
Burt | Ronald Francis | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Paulist order on its list 3/8/19. It notes allegations reported in in 1986 and 2018 of abuse at Good Shepherd Parish in New York 1973-79. Burt died 10/24/94. |
Cabaong | Honorato | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Extern priest from the Philippines, sued in 1984, settled for $500K as part of $660M settlement in 2007. |
Byrom | Ed | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Ed Byron, a pre-novitiate candidate, left the program in 1988 and was accused of abusing at least one minor at Saint Anthony Seminary. |
Cabot | Samuel Charles | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abusing two young girls, who were cousins, in 1981-1985. Removed from public ministry in 2002, and may be the perpetrator in an 8/2008 civil suit. |
Cairns | James | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse occurring 1971-1973. Listed on the Vincentians list of credibly accused in 11/2020. |
Caffoe | Lynn Richard | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Caffoe sexually abused altar boys in at least 15 parishes, was removed from the priesthood in 1991 and treated at St. Luke’s Institute. He died in 2009. |
Carey | Cleve W. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse between 1963-66. L.A. archdiocese counts two accusers ion its 2004 report. Named in at least one civil suit. Retired in 1976; died 5/31/88. His “personnel file” proffer was released in 1/13. |
Calonge | Felix (Raymond) | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of sexual abuse of a minor in 1965. Named publicly as accused on the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/2019. |
Cano | Juan | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Cano was placed on leave in 1/2018 pending an investigation by the Los Angeles Archdiocese and City Attorney after reports that he engaged in “inappropriate contact” with several women, including a minor, at his parish. |
Carroll | Michael J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Carroll was a priest who served at several parishes in Southern California. He was sued in 2003 and remained in ministry. |
Carriere | David | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | The Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List notes the sexual abuse of a minor 1977-1979, reported in 2004 and 2006. Carrier died in 2000. |
Casey | John Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse 1944-1945 in at least one civil suit. Died in 2000, age 96. |
Hernandez | Raul Carvajal | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Carvajal Hernandez, from Guayaquil, Ecuador, was named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. He left the archdiocese in 1982. |
Casey | Michael Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. Allegations noted to have been received in 2010 of abuse in the 1960s. Casey died 3/24/78. |
Castellanos-Morfin | Gildardo | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Extern priest from Mexico. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on its list in 12/22. Noted to be deceased.Appears to have been assigned to the archdiocese approximately 1982-86. |
Cavalli | Vincent V. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse occurring 1966-68. Per L.A. archdiocese in 2004, there was one accuser. Named in at least one civil suit. |
Cavagnaro | Camillus Charles | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | The Franciscans’ Santa Barbara Province named Cavagnaro publicly as accused of sexual abuse of a minor in 1962-1965. He was also listed as credibly accused in the dioceses of Las Cruces, Gallup, and Tucson. |
Castro | Willebaldo | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Extern priest from Mexico, accused of abusing a 16 year old boy, moved to another parish, accused of molesting another minor, arrested for approaching a security guard in a store bathroom, apparently for sex. |
Chandler | David Paul | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Chandler was named as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese in 2008 and included on the Paulists’ list of credibly accused in 2019. |
Chumik | Gerald T. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Chumik was accused of forcing a boy at ages 12 and 15 to perform oral sex during the 1970s in Canada. He was living in a Franciscan retirement home in Santa Barbara CA for many years. |
Chong | Damien | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Name quietly added to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/2013. Accused of abusing a boy at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino CA, 1984-1986, and of plying him with alcohol. |
Cimmarrusti | Mario | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Minor seminary faculty member, parish priest, and mental health professional who sexually abused hundreds of boys. Cimmarrusti was accused of abuse of boys at St. Anthony Minor Seminary in Santa Barbara. He is said to have used embarrassment, humiliation and threats, and would then pray for his victims while pressing their faces into his groin. The Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list notes allegations of sexual abuse of minors from 1962-1969. |
Coffield | John V. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abusing a boy at Dolores Mission in Los Angeles 1960-62, but not on diocesan list of abusers. Died 2/2/05 in California. |
Colosimo | Eugene J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | A Jesuit priest was named publicly as accused of sexual abuse of a minor in 1957-1959. He taught at Jesuit high schools in San Jose CA, Phoenix AZ, Santa Barbara CA, and Los Angeles CA. |
Cook | Ozias Bailey | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly by the Los Angeles archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. Allegations reported in 2010 of incidents in 1974 or 1975. Cook died in 1984. |
Corcoles | Candido | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Extern priest. |
Corral | Andres S. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse in 1981. The L.A. archdiocese counted one accuser in its 2004 report. Extern priest from Philippines working in Archdiocese. |
Cosgrove | John V. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse occurring 1979-80. Died in 1989. In 2004 the L.A. archdiocese counted one accuser. Named in at least one civil suit. |
Cotter | Patrick J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sued in 2003. Accused of abuse occurring 1963-64. In 2004 the L.A. archdiocese counted two accusers. |
Cousineau | R. David | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse occurring 1970-73. In 2004 L.A. archdiocese counted one accuser. Named in at least one civil suit. Suspended from ministry in 1994 after he married. |
Cremins | Daniel J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse occurring 1965-71. Deceased. In 2004 the L.A .archdiocese counted one accuser. |
Cronin | Sean | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | From Ireland, arrived in L.A. archdiocese in 1972, sued in 2003, accused of abuse between 1972-80, laicized 1/26/11. |
Cruces | Angel | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sued in 1983, accused of abuse of 1 girl, died in 1996. Personnel files released 1/13. |
Cuevas | Jose Luis | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Former Combonian Missionary. Arrested in Mexico in 2012, charged with 8 misdemeanors plus one felony count involving lewd acts with a child, sentenced to 5 years’ probation, community service, sex offender counseling and to register as sex offender. |
Cunningham | Christopher John | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Charged | Cunningham was removed from his parish in 3/2004, no explanation was given, sent to another parish by Cardinal Mahony, included on a list of credibly accused quietly posted on the archdiocese’s website in 1/2013, and was accused of abusing four boys, ages 10-15, in the mid-1990s-early 2000s. |
Daley | Wallace J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse of a boy, excardinated from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1976, and named in at least one civil suit which settled in 2006. |
Dawson | John H. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Placed on sick leave in 1993 after allegations, sent to Paracletes for treatment, on inactive leave in 1995, named in at least one lawsuit. |
Deady | John P. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused 4/23/02 of sexually abusing one person 1956-57. Complainant filed suit. Deady had served as Navy chaplain 1943-46. Died 3/7/89. |
DeFore | Donald | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Per the L.A. archdiocese’s report in 2004, DeFore was accused of abusing a minor 1977-78. |
Day | Declan | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Day was named in one or more lawsuits with claims of child sexual abuse, but the allegations were still under investigation. No evidence found that he was a priest. |
DeJonghe | Harold J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sued in 2003. Accused of abusing a minor 1980-82. Died in 1998. Archdiocese said it investigated and deemed allegations unfounded. |
Peri | Joseph B. Di | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of student at Chaminade High School in Canoga Park in 1977-78, died in 2007 and was included on the Newark archdiocese’s list 2/13/19. |
Devaney | James | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused in a lawsuit of abusing a minor 1968-70. Per the Los Angeles archdiocese’s list in 12/21, Devaney is deceased. |
DeLisle | Harold F. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | DeLisle was assigned to St. Genevieve’s in Van Nuys, St. Andrew’s in Pasadena 1960-65, Ss. Peter and Paul in Wilmington 1965-68, St. Linus in Norwalk 1969-70, St. Athanasius in Long Beach 1970-75, St. Didacus in Sylmar 1975-78 and Our Lady of Grace in Encino 1978-79. |
Diamond | William L. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Publicly named as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Allegations received in 2016 of incidents 1965-74. Diamond died 9/11/82. |
Dittmar | Frederick | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sued. Accused of abuse. |
Dobbins | Dan | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named in 2006 L.A. Times Database of abuse 1979-80 at Rancho San Antonio in Chatsworth. Included in at least one civl suit. |
Doherty | John B. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abusing a minor 1967-69. Suit filed in 12/03. (Name in suit is spelled Dougherty.) Retired in 1987, died in 2002. |
Doherty | Roger J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | The Los Angeles archdiocese named Doherty as accused in 2014 of an incident in 1962. |
Doan | Michael Son Trong | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Alleged to have abused a minor in 1999, but not a member of the Redemptorist Order. |
Diesta | Arwyn N. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Extern priest from Philippines accused of abuse of several students. Cardinal Mahony wrote to Diesta’s Bishop in Philippines and to the Vatican and informed US Military, LA Police and authorities in Philippines. |
Dober | Edward J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Dober was accused of improperly hugging a boy in 1990-91, but was deemed unfounded by the archdiocese and settled with 44 others in 2003. |
Dolan | James E. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1962. Died in 1974. Named in a civil suit. |
Dove | Thomas J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Dove was named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/2018. He was removed from ministry in 2014, living at a Paulist residence in San Francisco, and died in 10/2020. |
Dowd | Francis Leo | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused in a 12/03 civil suit of abuse of a girl 1963-64. Not indexed in the Official Catholic Directory after 1982. Deceased. |
DuFour | Donald J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | DuFour was accused of abuse occurring 1977-79 while assigned to Rancho San Antonio Boys Home in Chatsworth, CA. He was named in a civil suit. |
Duggan | Albert Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Duggan was accused of sexually abusing a boy in 1969 at St. Frances in Azusa, CA. He was also accused of abusing a boy in 1963-67 at same parish. |
Dunne | Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Per archdiocese in 2004, Dunne was accused of abuse of one person in 1993. Law enforcement did not press charges, and Dunne may have returned to Scotland. |
Duplessis | Donald M. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Per the L.A. archdiocese’s report in 2005, Duplessis (at times spelled Duplessius) was accused by one person of abuse occurring 1968-70, while assigned to Servite High School in Anaheim. Lawsuit filed. Reportedly died in 2018. |
Elanjimannil | Sebastian C. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Report noted in 2018 of an incident in 2018. Also noted to have left the archdiocese in 2007. |
English | Thomas Patrick | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Monsignor. Sued in 2003, accused of abuse in 1969. Died 1975. The archdiocese concluded the allegations were unfounded. |
Encinas | Andrew Gabriel | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. It noted that a report was made in 2009 regarding alleged incidents in 1993-94. Encinas went on inactive leave in 1998. |
Eslava | Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Noted on the archdiocese’s list in 12/21 to be deceased. |
Epperson | Mark | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sued and accused of abuse of a minor between 1980-82. Left his order in 2005. |
Evard | Patrick | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Publicly named as accused on the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans’ list in 11/2023, Evard is not in ministry. |
Farabaugh | Clint | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese in its 2004 report. One accuser noted, of abuse occurring 1973-75. Assigned 1970-90 to St. Agnes parish in L.A. One civil lawsuit known. Died 5/13/90. |
Falvey | Mark A. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abusing at least 10 children in the 1950s-1960s, and named in multiple civil suits. Accused of abusing Rodrigo Duterte and received settlements from the Jesuits, the Sacramento diocese and Los Angeles archdiocese. |
Farmer | Donald G. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Arrested | Priest laicized in 1972, worked as marriage and family counselor, was arrested for abuse of four preteens, charges dismissed. |
Farris | John V. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Attended St. John Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri and worked in nine Missouri parishes. Sued in 2003 in CA, accused of abuse of a youth, died in 2003. |
Fatooh | Charles George | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a student 1973-74 at Chaminade College Prep in Canoga Park, left the Marianists and became monsignor, Chancellor, and Moderator of the Curia. |
Feeney | John J.C. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Died 1/16/04. Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
Fernando | Arthur N. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of sexually abusing a minor 1973-75 at St. Pius V in Buena Park. Named in at least one civil suit. |
Faue | Gerald | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Fr. Mathias, accused of abuse in 1965-67 at St. Benedict in Montebello CA, died 1/30/88 and was buried at Saint Gregory Abbey Cemetery in Shawnee, OK. |
Fernando | Walter | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Priest accused of abusing girl, age 17, in 1980-81 while assigned to St. Hilary’s in Pico Rivera. |
Finn | William | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
Fessard | Gerald B. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Fessard was accused of sexually abusing children in 1987 and was sent to Servants of the Paraclete for treatment. He was later accused by a man of abusing him as a boy, age 8 or 9. |
Fitzpatrick | Thomas Q. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a child in 1987, while assigned to Daniel Murphy Catholic High School for Boys. Included in the archdiocese’s 2004 report of accused priests. |
Fitzpatrick | James J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abusing in Los Angeles 1967-68, worked in the Dallas-Ft. Worth diocese 1969-73, died 8/6/73. |
Flannery | Patrick | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Allegations reported to the archdiocese in 2010 of incidents 1955-1960. Flannery died in 1973. |
Flynn | Vincent Stephen | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Allegations reported in 2016 of incidents in 1961. Flynn died in 1969. |
Foley | George | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Foley was accused of abuse of a girl in 1971-74 while he was sexually involved with her mother. |
Cavanagh | Brian | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list in 12/21. Retired, no faculties. |
Ford | James Michael | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | A boy was accused of abuse by Ford, a priest at Mater Dei High School and Holy Family Cathedral, but the archdiocese found no basis for the allegation. Ford was sent to Santa Barbara in 1971. |
Gaioni | Dominic T. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1977, left the Society of the Divine Word in 1998, and is included on the San Bernardino diocese’s list. |
Gallagher | George Michael | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of two minors, per L.A. Report. One woman alleged abuse 1953-62 in a 2003 civil suit. Retired in 1979. Died in 1983. Personnel file released in 1/13. |
Gameros | Miguel | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on its list in 12/21. Appears to have worked in the archdiocese approximately 1982-84. Extern priest from Mexico. Deceased. |
Garay | Jesus | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Extern priest from Argentina, accused in a 2004 lawsuit of raping a 17-year-old girl in 1997. The archdiocese did not inform authorities of the abuse, nor provided medical coverage during the pregnancy or support after the baby was born. |
Garcia | Carmelo | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | From Spain. Named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans on its list 5/31/2019. It notes allegations of the sexual abuse of a minor 1988-1991, reported in 1998. Left the Province in 1989, returned to Spain. |
Garcia | Cristobal | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Arrived in Los Angeles in 1983, left in 1985, was sued in 1988 for abuse of two boys, fled to the Philippines, and was removed without privileges in 2012 on CA allegations. |
Garcia | Ramon D. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Monsignor. Named in a civil suit and in the 2005 addendum to the L.A. Archdiocesan report. His accuser claimed abuse 1950-52. Died 11/29/72. |
Garcia | Richard Francis | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Complaint received in 2002 that Garcia abused a male between 1961-1963. Left the priesthood in 1967. |
Garcia | Peter Edward | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Monsignor Garcia was on leave 1984-2006, laicized 1/3/2006, and died 7/29/2009. He was accused of abusing at least 12 minors between 1961 and 1983, and was included in a 2004 report and a 2007 settlement with 508 plaintiffs. |
Geilenfeld | Michael | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Charged | Brother of the Missionaries of Charity, entering in 1974, founded St. Joseph’s orphanage for boys in Port-au-Prince in 1985. The boys performed as a dance troupe for fundraisers. Allegations first surfaced publicly in 12/1995, when 8 boys on tour told authorities that Geilenfeld sexually and physically abused them at the orphanage. Cyrus Sibert broke the story of allegations against Geilenfeld in 2011 and Paul Kendrick got involved. Geilenfeld was arrested in 2014 and spent a year in jail. He sued Kendrick for defamation and settled in 2019 for $3M. Arrested in Denver CO 1/22/24, pleaded not guilty in Miami federal court 2/16/2024, and was ordered to be held in federal prison while awaiting trial. |
Garcia | Sergio E. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Garcia was named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese’s list updated 12/6/18. Faculties removed 2013. |
Gates | Martin | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Marty Gates was named publicly as accused by the Santa Barbara Franciscans on its list 5/31/2019. He worked in the Guaymas, Mexico in the Diocese of Ciudad Obregon 1971-1999. |
Ginty | Denis | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Ginty was ordained in Ireland, arrived in Los Angeles in 1928, and died in 1985. He was accused of sexually abusing a girl, age 10, in 1968. |
Granadino | David F. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Multiple allegations of abuse. Placed on leave in 2002 due to an accusation of abuse of a boy in the 1980s. |
Grasha | Donald | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Grasha was quietly added to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum, which was posted on its website 1/31/13. |
Grill | Philip L. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Retired in 1989. Entered retirement home in 1998. Accused of abuse in from 1965-1966. At least 1 civil suit. |
Grimes | James | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of 1 person 1958-59. Retired in 1974. Died 1978. At least four instances of “sick leave.” |
Guerrini | Roderic M. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | A woman told the Archdiocese that Guerrini sexually abused her at age 15 at Santa Clara in Oxnard. He was allowed to remain in ministry, but retired in 2002 after the allegations became public. |
Hackett | John Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Died 12/7/88. Accused in a civil suit of abuse of one person in 1969. |
Guzman | Vicente M. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Extern priest from Mexico. Named in a 2003 civil suit. Accused of abuse of a minor 1931-1941 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Sanctuary in Los Angels. Died in 1951. |
Hagenbach | Clinton Vincent | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Multiple allegations of abuse. 16 plaintiffs in trial set for mid-2007. |
Gunst | George A. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of sexually abusing a girl in 1955 while on sick leave and military leave. |
Guerrero | Mateo | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | A civil suit was filed in 2008 against the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans, which named several religious assigned to Santa Barbara as abusers. The “purported victim” was not forthcoming with information despite numerous attempts. |
Hanley | Bernard Brian | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | A woman alleged abuse by Hanley when she was age 4, but the church did not believe the allegations. |
Haran | Michael Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse, died 1973, and one victim alleged abuse in 1948-57. |
Hardy | Paschal | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s list updated 12/6/18. Allegations reported in 2008 of incidents 1958-1961. Hardy died in 1989. |
Harman | Charles W. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Spelled ‘Harmon’ in the 1988 Official Catholic Directory. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Allegations reported 2009 of incidents 1967-1974. Harman died in 2006. |
Hartman | Richard A. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse in 1958-59. At least one civil suit filed. Deceased. On Los Angeles list of abusers and on Orange County diocese list. Personnel file released by L.A. in 1/13. |
Havel | Thomas E. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Havel was accused of sexually abusing a girl 1968-1973, beginning when she was age 13 and seeing Havel for counseling. He was granted laicization in 1997 and employed at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View since 1980. |
Hawkes | Benjamin | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Served as administrative officer and treasurer for archdiocese, died in 1985, and was accused of abuse of two boys, claims settled in 1995. |
Heather | Gerald | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused with Rev. Robert Van Handel, OFM of abusing two choir boys at St. Anthony’s Seminary in Santa Barbara, but not listed in Directory. |
Henry | Richard Allen | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Archbishop Mahony warned in writing in 1988 about Henry’s behavior around young boys. Henry was removed from active ministry in 1993 and was sentenced to eight years in prison. |
Hernandez | Alfred | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Monsignor Hernandez was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a 6-year-old boy, who was a first grader at his parish school, in 1993. The case was settled in 3/17. |
Hernandez | Stephen C. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Multiple victims before 1985. Arrested in 6/04, sentenced to three years probation in 1/25/06 for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. |
Hill | Patrick J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a minor sometime between 1979-81. Archdiocese investigated; allegation deemed unsubstantiated. Included in the archdiocese’s 2004 report on accused clergy. |
Higson | John | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Higson’s name was quietly added to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum, dated 2008, and was noted to be in “a lay state.” |
Hollenbach | Frank | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Priest of the Diocese of Marquette, WI, retired 1984, moved to Mesa AZ in 1989, died 8/3/2005 in AZ. |
Hollinger | William | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum, including rape, of a girl in 1954-58. |
Horne | Peter Alfonse | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Br. Alfonse/Alphonse, a religious brother, was accused of abusing children in CA, WI, DC, NY, GA, IL, and IL. |
Hurley | Daniel | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Monsignor. Ordained in 1921. Died in 1982.Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s list in 2013. |
Hunt | Michael A. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a girl in 1957-58, while assigned to Epiphany parish in El Monte. The girl was a student at the parish school. Died in 1984. Civil suit filed. |
Hurley | John J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | From Ireland, where he was ordained for the L.A. archdiocese. Accused of abuse in 1949, while assigned to Our Lady of the Valley in Canoga Park. Named in a civil suit filed in 12/03. Died in 1992. |
Hurley | Richard | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named in the Los Angeles Archdiocesan Report Addendum with 1 accuser alleging abuse in 1993-1994. Civil suit filed. Remained active in ministry per the archdiocese’s list in 12/21. |
Ilagan | Jose Medrano | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
James | Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of one person in 1958 per Archdiocesan Report in 2004. |
James | Melvin P. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Allegations reported in 2015 of abuse in the 1990s. |
Jaramillo | Luis | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse of two boys in Los Angeles, CA, and of abusing an altar boy in Hermiston, OR, in 1988-1989. Returned to Mexico because he was not responding to treatment, and later worked in Argentina, the Philippines, and Mexico. |
Jayawardene | Tilak A. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Indicted | Indicted for alleged abuse in 1990, Jayawardene fled to Sri Lanka before police could arrest him. |
Jimenez-Pelayo | Emmanuel | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of 1 person in 1975 per 2004 archdiocesan report. |
Johnson | David E. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of two minors 1978-1979 at St. Anthony Seminary and another location, per archdiocesan report. Laicized in 2001, included on Seattle archdiocese’s list, worked at St. George in Seattle 1986-1988, listed on Santa Barbara Province’s list. |
Juarez | Anthony | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of one person between 1958-1958, per 2004 archdiocesan report. |
Juarez | Robert Jesus | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s list updated 12/6/2018. It notes reports to the archdiocese in 1992 and 2009, of incidents alleged to have occurred in 1980-81. ‘Lifetime of Prayer and Penance ‘ imposed in 2017. |
Juarez | Rene | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province on its list in 11/2023. Subject of one or more pending lawsuits. Credibility of allegations not yet determined. Not in ministry. |
Kain | Stephen | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named in a 2004 civil suit as having assaulted at least one student at St. Anthony Seminary. Removed from ministry in 1993, living under restrictions. |
Kavanaugh | Philip | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused in 2002 of abuse in about 1973-74, while assigned to Cathedral Chapel. Placed on leave. Police investigation. Named in 2004 archdiocesan report. |
Kambhampati | Kumara S. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Kambhampati was removed from his assignment at Chaminade College Prep in West Hills and from the Marianists’ West Hills community after inappropriate communication of a sexual nature with a student. |
Kearney | Christopher | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Kearney was removed as head of San Lorenzo Seminary in Santa Ynez in 2002 due to accusations of abusing boys 1971-84. At least two civil suits filed, and five more suits to be filed naming Kearney. |
Keeney | John | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of one 1974-76, per the L.A. archdiocese’s report in 2004. |
Kelly | Matthew H. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Parishioners complained of Kelly’s behavior as early as 1970. He was named in 2003 and 2004 lawsuits. |
Kelly | Patrick | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Patrick Kelly was a visiting priest from Ireland who worked in Zambia in the 1950s, studied in Chicago by 1986, and worked in NY and CA before returning to Ireland in 1991 where he pleaded no contest to charges of sexual abuse. |
Killeen | John F. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Report in 2011 of incidents in 1960. Killeen died in 1991. |
Kenney | John M. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Name sometimes spelled Kenney. Accused of abuse in 1976-77. Appears on both L.A. and Orange dioceses list of accused priests. Subsequently abused in Baker diocese in Oregon. Civil suits filed in L.A. archdiocese and Baker diocese. Died 7/24/77. |
King | Thomas F. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sued. Accused in 2004 of sodomizing an 11-year-old boy in 1967-68 while associate pastor at St. Louise de Marillac parish in Covina CA. Diocese deemed charges unfounded; remained an active priest. |
Kingman | Henry R. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province on its list in 11/2023. Subject of one or more pending lawsuits. Credibility of allegations not yet determined. Left the Province in 1973. Dismissed from the Order in 2009. |
Klikunas | Bruce J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused by one person of abuse 1976-77, per archdiocese in its 2004 report. Named in at least one civil suit. |
Killeen | Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Took final vows in 1929 and worked as nurse in Idaho, Arizona and Washington. Accused of molesting children but order found nothing to substantiate the claims. |
Kohlbeck | Frank | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Seminarian. Accused of abusing four minors 1981-83. Named in at least one civil suit. Included in the archdiocese’s 2004 report. |
Kohnke | John | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Arrested | Arrested in CA in 1974 for oral copulation of a minor and lewd behavior in restrooms. Worked in multiple parishes in WI, MT, PA, TX and CA even after his arrests. |
Krumm | Gustave R. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of sexual abuse of boy in 1980 at a minor seminary in L.A., dismissed in 1981, ordained, transferred to Portland OR, convicted in 2002, removed from Sacramento, laicized, listed on Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list in 2019. |
Lacar | Sylvio | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Extern priest from the Philippines. Accused of abuse of a teenage girl in the early 1980s. Civil suit filed in 1984. |
Lalor | Michael | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | From Ireland. Founding pastor of St. Cyril’s parish in Encino 1949. There until his death 4/9/67. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Report in 2012 of incidents 1959-1962. |
Lane | Timothy R. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old girl, but no criminal charges were filed due to insufficient evidence. |
LaPierre | David | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1983-84 while assigned to St. Francis High School in La Canada, CA. |
Lawless | Fergus | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | From Ireland, arrived in CA in 1934, assigned to a parish in Burlingame, CA. Named Capuchin Custos Provincial in 1962, accused of abusing a minor 1952-53. |
Leon | Juan R. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province on its list in 11/2023. Subject of one or more pending lawsuits. Credibility of allegations not yet determined. Died 1/11/1998. |
Liebrenz | Arthur F. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province on its list in 11/2023. Subject of one or more pending lawsuits. Credibility of allegations not yet determined. |
Leon | Modesto | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse of a boy, ages 14-16, in 1996-99, per civil suit filed 2008. Civil case settled at some point between 2006 and 2010. |
Loofborough | Charles | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse between 1978-1981. Named in a 2003 lawsuit by one accuser. The Los Angeles archdiocese’s list in 12/21 notes that Loofborough was in the “Lay State.” |
Lindner | Jerold W. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | A civil suit alleging abuse of two brothers in 1975 was settled for $625K in 1998. Lindner was named in at least one more civil suit in 2003 with two accusers alleging abuse 1973-1983. |
Llanos | Theodore | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | A man turned himself in to police after arrest warrant in 11/95, faced 38 counts of molesting five boys since 1990, and was sued by six in 1996. He died by suicide in 12/96, age 50. |
Lopez | Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Lopez was accused of abuse of a girl from 1962-66 and left the priesthood in 1970. |
Lopez | Fernando Lopez | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Lopez was arrested in 2004 for abuse of a minor, was convicted in 2005, and had his conviction overturned by an appeals court, but the CA Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal. |
Loomis | Richard A. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Monsignor Loomis was sued 2003, placed on leave in 2004, and later cleared of sexual misconduct allegations. He revealed how Cardinal Mahoney failed to properly deal with abuser Michael Baker. |
Lorenzoni | Larry | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Born in Italy 5/12/1923, Lorenzoni joined the Salesians in 1939, taught 1957-1967 at Salesian high schools in the Los Angeles archdiocese, lectured at Southern IL University 1966-1971, worked at the Vatican Press Office for four years, and died in 2017. |
Lovell | Lawrence Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Convicted in 2004 for abuse of several boys, laicized in 1992, and married a woman with three boys in 1995. Civil suits filed in 1996 and in 12/2003, limited personnel files released in 1/2013, lawsuit settled in 2020 for $1.9M, and included on the Phoenix diocese’s list 10/29/2019. Lovell was released from prison in 5/2021 and laicized in 12/2021. He was included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report. |
Macias | Juan | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sued 1988. Accused with Rev. Cristobal Garcia, O.P. of providing an altar boy with drugs and sexually abusing him in 1983-86. |
MacSweeney | Eugene | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Died 3/26/75. Accused of abuse of a minor in about 1959, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Civil suit filed 12/03. |
Maio | Eugene A. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Maio was accused of sexually abusing a minor at Marymount High School in Los Angeles, while a Loyola University faculty member 1963-67. He left the Jesuits in 1970 and the priesthood in 1971. |
Lyons | Denis | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse in 1979, removed in 2002, charged with abuse in 2003, dropped in 2003 after Supreme Court ruling on SOL, sued several times, sentenced to 1 year jail, 5 years probation, and to register as sex offender. |
Mahony | Roger Michael | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Exonerated by diocese | Mahony was twice accused of abuse, but not substantiated. He was stripped of all administrative and public duties by his successor, Gomez, but remained bishop in good standing. |
Malo | Eugene A. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Central and Southern Province on its list 12/7/2018. Left the priesthood in 1971. |
Mancuso | Sylvester E. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Franciscan friar named publicly as accused by Santa Barbara Province Franciscans, Las Cruces diocese, Gallup diocese, and others. |
Marin | Michael | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | A Franciscan friar named Michael Marin, OFM was named publicly as accused by the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province on its list in 11/2023. |
Jr. | Thomas Reon Paul Marshall, | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Indicted | Marshall was transferred to Canada in 1966 from Chicago, and charged in 2003 with 20 counts of lewd acts upon child under age 14 in Los Angeles 1959-1963. He died in 2012, and is listed on several lists. |
Martin | James Aloysius | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of one 1934-38, per 2004 Archdiocesan report. Retired in 1954. Deceased. |
Martinez | Ernest | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor, and transferred to Mexico, Ernesto was last known to be at Salesian provincial headquarters in San Francisco. |
Martinez-Guevara | Rodolfo | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Charged | Arrested in 9/2023, charged with possession of over 600 child abuse images and videos. Resided in Long Beach after that. |
Martini | Richard M. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse of a boy 1990-91 at Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary, per archdiocese. Suit settled in 2006, still active parish priest. |
Martinez | Ruben D. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse of seven minors, occurring in 1970-1981. Spent time in treatment in the early 1990s at Via Coeli in Jemez Springs, NM, and worked in the Oakland diocese in 2003. |
Mateos | Francisco | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Priest accused of abuse of a minor, but was cleared by the archdiocese. |
Mateo | Leonardo G. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | A 2003 lawsuit alleged abuse in Los Angeles in 1959. A 2014 civil suit claiming abuse in 1980 was settled in 8/2018 for $1.4M. A 2023 Attorney General’s Report notes at least ten “reported survivors”. |
Mayer | Charles Patrick | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Charged | Arrested in 8/18 after sending nude photos of himself online to undercover police, pled not guilty, and was removed from active ministry in 9/00. |
McAsey | Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | The Los Angeles Archdiocese named him as accused in 2008, and he was included on the Jesuits West Province list in 2018. |
McCarthy | Gabriel | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province on its list 2023. Subject of one or more pending lawsuits. Credibility of allegations not yet determined. Died 11/29/1981. |
McCabe | Vincent | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Monsignor named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. Died 2/15/15. |
McCarthy | Kevin J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Ordained for the Diocese of St. John, Newfoundland, Canada, and worked in Fresno, Inglewood, Little Rock, and Los Angeles before dying in 1992. He was named publicly as accused by the Los Angeles archdiocese. |
McDonald | Angus R. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | McDonald was the first priest to be ordained for the Diocese of Fairbanks, worked in Barrow 1966-1971, and retired in 1986. He was accused of sexual abuse of minors in 1956, and sexual misconduct with a vulnerable adult in 1976. |
McDonough | Daniel | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Ten brothers and two laymen were accused of abuse by more than 30 men at three Chicago schools. |
McDonald | Forrest | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | The Santa Barbara Province Franciscans were named as abusers in a civil suit filed in 2008, but the Province has received no allegation involving a minor. |
McElhatton | Thomas | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse of a minor 1943-45; died 10/10/65; one settlement noted; additional allegation established in 4/21. |
McGinn | Finian | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province on its list in 11/2023. Subject of one or more pending lawsuits. Credibility of allegations not yet determined. Died 7/25/2019. |
McGrath | Philip Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list in 12/21. An allegation was reported to the archdiocese in 2017 of abuse in about 1970. McGrath died in 2008. |
McKeon | Martin | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse of two children in the 1960s, per an L.A.archdiocese report. Settled for $28M by the Franciscans in Santa Barbara, and included on the Oakland diocese’s list in 2019. |
McGloin | James J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1963, dispensed from Perpetual vows in 1970, married, raised a family, continued as an educator, died in 2013; personnel files do not actually specify child abuse. |
McLean | William A. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list in 12/21. Noted to be retired with no faculties to minister. |
McGrath | Seán John | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | McGrath was ordained for the Columban Fathers and worked in the Philippines and London, England before being sent to Belize and the United States. |
McHugh | Patrick J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | One person alleged abuse 1972-74; seven sued in 2003; six settled with the Diocese of Monterey in 2006 for $1.5M and lifetime counseling. |
McNamara | Patrick H. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | McNamara was dismissed from the Jesuits in 1968 and named in a civil suit. |
Gonzales | Jose Mejia | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Reported publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Report to the archdiocese in 2015 of incidents alleged to have occurred 1983-85. Noted to have no faculties, and investigation pending in 2015. |
Mendez | Jose J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | After leaving the novitiate in Spain, he attended seminary in Mahwah, NJ, made simple profession at St. Augustine’s Monastery in Kansas City, KS in 1979, and solemn profession at Tagaste Monastery in Suffern, NY in 1982. He was dismissed from the Order in 1996. |
Messenger | William P. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1980, per addendum to archdiocesan report. Was a chaplain at USC when placed on leave in 5/05. The archdiocesan report in 12/21 shows Messenger to have been laicized. |
Meyer | Louis L. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused in 2003 civil suit of abuse of a girl in 1968, withdrew from order in 1974. |
Miani | Titian Athos | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Arrested in 2003, charged with abusing two girls, charges dropped in 2003 due to CA Supreme Court ruling. At least one civil suit filed. |
Miller | George Michael | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Miller was removed from active ministry in 1997, accused of abuse of a boy in the 1970s and 1980s, laicized in 2005, pleaded guilty to abuse of three more boys in 2008, and was sentenced to three years in 2009. |
Molthen | Vincent L. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a minor 1961-62, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died 5/22/95. |
Mitchell | John Dennis | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused by one person of abuse in 1968, he died in 1996. He is listed on the Paulists’ and Diocese of Charleston’s lists. |
Monte | Alfred J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a child in 1947, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1996. Named in at least one lawsuit. |
Moody | Michael Andre | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of two in 1980, per the 2004 Los Angeles archdiocesan report. Named in a 12/03 civil suit. The archdiocese’s list in 12/21 shows that Moody had left the order. |
Morales | Raymond D. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Reports to the diocese in 2005 and 2018 of incidents alleged to have occurred in 1968. Faculties removed in 2018. |
Moreno | Kolbe | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
Murguia | Ralph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor 1957-60 per archdiocesan report 2005 addendum. Named in a civil suit. |
Murphy | Francis J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | The Los Angeles Archdiocese named Murphy publicly as accused of abuse in 1964-1965. Murphy died in 1970. |
Murphy | Joseph L. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a minor at St. Ferdinand’s in San Fernando, 1957-60. Died 3/75. |
Murray | Daniel J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sued in 2003, settled for $500K, placed on leave, accused of sexual misconduct in 1991, but diocese could not substantiate. Laicized. |
Nocita | Michael Stephen | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse of three minors 1975-85, removed in 1991, faculties revoked in 2000, named in at least one suit, laicized in 2006, claims included in $13M settlement, personnel file released 1/13. |
Newell | Jeffrey David | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | A young man told the Archdiocese that Newell had abused him from 1986 to 1991, and Newell was removed from ministry in 1993. A priest in Mexico was found working with children and was removed without privileges in 2014. A second man filed a suit alleging abuse as a young teen by Newell. Newell was still listed as the pastor of Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion in Tijuana, but was no longer listed with the parish. He founded Koinonia, a radio station. |
Nwankwo | Cyril | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1997. Left archdiocese in 1997. |
O’Brien | Kenneth R. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Monsignor. Canon lawyer. Held positions on the archdiocesan tribunal 1949-99. Died 11/22/99. Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
O’Byrne | John F. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1965-66, per archdiocesan report addendum. Named in one lawsuit. Pastor at St. Catherine Laboure in Torrance, CA in 2011. Monsignor. Died 1/27/16. |
O’Carroll | Charles W. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Ordained in Ireland; working in L.A. in 1923. Incardinated into L.A. in 1929. Accused of abuse of one 1956-58, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1987. Named in a civil suit. |
O’Connor | Donal P. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | From Ireland. Accused of abuse of three 1959-61, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Placed on leave and then retired in 2002 without faculties. Named in at least one civil suit. Personnel file released in 1/13. |
O’Donnell | John J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | From Ireland. Ordained in 1916. Monsignor. Died 11/7/69. Accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, age 10, in 1949, while assigned to Immaculate Heart of Mary. Settled in 4/20 in the mid-five figures. |
O’Dwyer | Patrick F. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | From Ireland. Accused of abuse of a minor in 1959, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1971. One civil suit filed. |
O’Grady | James F. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Investigated by police in 1997 after allegation he abused an altar girl years before. Retired to Ireland in 2001. Died 3/17/13. |
O’Leary | Mark | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused by two people of abuse when they were boys, he was removed from ministry in 2002 and died in 2021. |
O’Loghlen | Martin | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse of a minor 1965-68, per 2004 archdiocese report. Removied from assignment at Holy Name of Mary in San Dimas in 2011 after admitting to a sexual relationship with a high school girl. |
O’Rourke | Thomas E. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1968 at Loyola High School, and worked in San Francisco and Los Angeles CA, as well as Phoenix AZ. |
Ochoa | Javier | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/2018. Allegations reported in 2017 of incidents 1995-2002. Ochoa died in 2014. |
Ortiz | Miguel Angel | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | The Jesuits West Province named him publicly as accused of sexual abuse of a minor in 2005. |
Mendoza | Samuel Orellana | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Orellana was accused of abuse of a girl in 1987 and was named in a $60M settlement involving 22 priests. The archdiocese investigated and found no grounds to remove him. |
Pacheco | Mario | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s list 12/6/18. Report to the diocese in 2013 of incidents estimated to have allegedly occurred 1993-95. Faculties removed 2013. |
Peck | Daniel P. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1996, per 2004 archdiocesan report. |
Peguero | Robert H. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Robert Peguero Hernandez, a Franciscan priest, was accused of sexually abusing two girls at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Santa Paula CA, where he was assigned 1978-1992. He denied the allegations, and was still at the parish in 2023. |
Pacheco | Gary | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Two early suits filed, one settled in 1994, Pacheco denied allegations, was removed in 1987, and may also have been named in other litigation. |
Pariante | Mariano J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Marianist who professed vows in 1974, was ordained in 1990, and laicized in 2001. Accused of child pornography. |
Pecharich | Michael P. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Removed in 2002, accused of abusing four minors 1974-84, laicized, and accused of abusing an altar boy ages 9-10 in 1977-78. |
Pena | Amado | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Charged | Seminary student charged with molesting two 14-year-old boys between 1980-1982, but charges may have been dropped after a Supreme Court ruling. |
Carilla | Antonio Perez | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
Perez | Francisco Javier | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abusing a minor 1985-98, per archdiocesan report addendum. The archdiocese’s report in 12/21 shows Perez to be deceased. |
Person | James | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Report to the archdiocese noted in 2013 of incidents alleged to have occurred 1984-87. Went on inactive leave in 1989. |
Pick | Louis V. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a mnor in 1947, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1969. Named in at least one civil suit. |
Pleimann | Bernard Thomas | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Spent much of his early career teaching in Hawaii. Accused of abuse of a minor in 1963, was dispensed from vows in 1973, and died in 1986. |
Plesetz | Gerald John | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Arrested in 2002, accused of abuse of a teenage girl, and fathering her child. Laicized in 1978. |
Pina | Joseph D. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | A/k/a Jose, accused of abuse of a 14-year-old girl in the 1970s, was placed on permanent inactive leave in 1999, laicized in 2006, and worked for Los Angeles Unified School District from at least 2002 until 2011-2012. |
Power | Vincent | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Extern priest from England. The archdiocese’s list in 12/18 shows Power to have been laicized. |
Porter | Thomas A. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor from 1966-68, per 2004 archdiocesan report. On inactive leave 1968-73. Laicized in 1973. Named in civil suit. |
Purcell | Patrick | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Lawsuit in 2003. Settled. Accused of abuse of a boy 1950-51. Included in 10/26 on the Dominicans Holy Name Province list. Noted to have left the Order in 1951 and died in 1964. |
Puthenkandam | Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Member of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
Quatannens | John C. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its updated list 12/6/18. Report in 2009 of incidents 1971-1972. Quatannens died in 1994. |
Quinlan | Celestine | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of four St. Francis of Assisi parish altar boys 1957-62, per 2003 civil suit. The Church told the plaintiffs that Quinlan had been sent to an Indian reservation in Arizona to pay penance for his sins. |
Prochnow | Josef | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | One of several assigned to Santa Barbara who were named as abusers in a civil suit filed in 2008, and included on the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province list in 2019 and the Oakland diocese list in 2020. |
Ramos | Eleuterio V. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Eleuterio Victor Al Ramos, Jr. was a priest of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA and the Diocese of Orange when he was placed on leave in 1985 after admitting to having “slipped”. He allegedly abused at least 25 boys. |
Reagan | Joseph Franklin | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor by the Los Angeles archdiocese, died in 1989, and was included on the archdiocese’s Addendum to the Report to the People of God in 2005. |
Reilly | James P. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | 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 6/24/20. |
Reilly | Patrick | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Monsignor. Accused in a 2003 lawsuit of abuse of a minor 1980-84. In late 2004 the archdiocese deemed the allegations unfounded; Reilly was allowed to continue in active ministry as a retired priest. Died 4/4/18. |
Reilly | Terence John | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused in 2002 of abuse in 1976, civil suit filed 12/03, worked in San Bernardino diocese 1988-93, died in 2016, and was transferred to the Province of the Holy Name in 1974. |
Reina | Nicholas | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | An adult told the Salesians that Reina made an “improper advance” toward him in 2000, and was removed from ministry in 2018. |
Riebe | Loren | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | After ordination, Riebe worked in Santa Monica CA, Mexico, Phoenix AZ, and Mesa AZ before being expelled by the Mexican government in 1995 for believed political activism. He was incardinated in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, in 2008. |
Rodie | Ernest | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1964-65. Named in 2005 Archdiocesan Report Addendum. Named in a civil suit. |
Roche | John | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | In a lawsuit filed 3/18/2021, a boy was accused of sexually abusing Roche at Salesian retreats, in hotels and in Roche’s living quarter at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, CA. |
Rodriguez | Carlos Rene | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Rodriguez was warned in 6/2019 that he was saying mass in homes and was a convicted abuser. |
Macal | Saul Rodriguez | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | From El Salvador. Assigned to L.A. parishes 1982-91, then on Sick Leave 1991-93. Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
Roebert | Michael M. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a boy 1969-70. Sued in 11/2003. Named in 2004 archdiocesan report. Archdiocese investigated in 2004 and decided allegations were unfounded. |
Flores | Fidel Rosas | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Report noted to have been received in 2008 of incidents 2001-05, and “no record of priest serving in archdiocese.” |
Roemer | Donald Patrick | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Convicted in 1981, sentenced to two years in a state mental hospital, and ten years probation for sexual abuse of boys and girls. |
Roper | William C. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused in 2002 of abuse of a girl 1968-1969, named in a civil suit and in archdiocesan report, laicized in 1973, raised a family, last known to be living in Seattle WA. |
Rowe | Dorian G. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused in a 2003 civil suit of abuse of a youth 1967-68. Archdiocese reportin 2004 notes two accusers, with incidents 1967-79. Died in 1991. |
Rincon | Efrain Rozo | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Rozo confessed to sexually abusing nephew and showing him porn in 1967-69, and fondling a 14-year-old seminarian in Colombia previously. He was cleared by a Colombian church tribunal in 2007. |
Ryan | Joseph Francis | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | From Ireland. Placed on leave numerous times 1945 -60. Excardinated to Philadelphia archdiocese in 1965. Died 12/3/76. Accused in 2002 of abuse of a brother and sister in 1945-46. Named in a civil suit. Personnel file released 1/13. |
Ryan | Thomas | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Report to diocese of incidents in 1957. Ryan died in 1988. |
Rucker | George Neville | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Known to have sexually abused little girls from just after ordination, Bishop Manning knew in at least the early 1960s, and was laicized in 2008 after a $60M settlement involving 22 priests. |
Salazar | Armando | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Report to archdiocese in 2016 of incidents in about 1967. Salazar died in 1972. |
Sanchez | Jose G. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Per the archdiocese’s updated list in 12/21, Sanchez had been laicized and excommunicated. |
Sanchez | Juan Francisco | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1992, per 2004 Los Angeles archdiocesan report. In 12/21 the archdiocese’s list shows Sanchez to be deceased. |
Salazar | Alexander | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Auxiliary Bishop Salazar was investigated by law enforcement in 2002 for sexual misconduct with a minor, but the archdiocese didn’t learn of the allegation until 2005. |
Sanchez | Manuel Ontiveros | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Monsignor Sanchez was accused of abuse of a minor, but the archdiocese determined the evidence did not support the charges. |
Salazar-Jimenez | John Anthony | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Sued 1986, convicted 1987 of molesting two boys, banned for life from L.A., moved to Amarillo diocese in 1991, charged with assault of 18-year-old in Dallas, convicted 2005, laicized 2005, released for time served 2013. |
Sandstrom | Lawrence | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Left order in 1997. Accused of abuse of five boys 1955-69 at Maryvale, and of abuse at Rancho San Antonio in Chatsworth in the 1960s. |
Hernandez | John C. Santillan | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a boy, ages 12-17, in the 1970s. Deceased in 2004. |
Sanchez | Jose L. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Reinstated | The Los Angeles archdiocese named Sanchez as accused in 2014, but the allegation was deemed not credible in 2015. |
Santomassimo | Agnes | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Worked in hospitals in Chicago, New York, and Montreal Canada 1950-69, and served as her order’s provincial office secretary treasurer 1969-2001. |
Satterthwaite | Richard | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1961-62 at Cantwell High School in Montebello, per the archdiocesan report addendum in 2005. Named in one civil suit. |
Savarianandam | Arulappan | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Removed in 2002. Accused of abuse of a girl. Left for India. |
Scheier | Maurice | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Scheier was accused of abuse of one in 1948, per a 2004 report, and died in 1991. The Santa Barbara Province Franciscans had no information on Scheier. |
Schaller | Emmett Gilroy | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of one person 1979-80, may have left priesthood, admitted during treatment of his sexual behavior. |
Scott | George M. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Monsignor was accused of abusing both a boy and a girl, ages 7 or 8, during 1947-58. |
Selmo | Louis | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Ordained for the Congration of St. Joseph (c.s.j.). Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/18. Report to archdiocese in 2014 of incident(s) around 1982. Died in 2005. |
Sharkey | Joe | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor 1967-68, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Named in a civil suit. Included on the Diocese of Orange list of accused clergy. |
Serratos | Avdon | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | A priest from Mexico sexually abused a 15-year-old girl during confession. He was deported back to Mexico and was serving at Lord of Mercy temple, Villa de Alvarez, Colima. |
Sharpe | Joseph F. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sharpe was sued in 2003 for abuse of a high school boy, and died in 1999. |
Shelton | Charles | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
Shepherd | John R. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/2018, and included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. Assigned to Jesuit high schools in CA and AZ until 1958, and died 10/23/1991. |
Simon | Francis R. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Fr. Francis Simon was accused of sexual abuse by a man in 2002. |
Shimmaly | Edward E. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor, assigned to Immaculate Conception in Monrovia, CA, military chaplain, retired, still absent on sick leave in 1984, and died 5/2/99. |
Sintef | Michael | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Sintef was included on the archdiocese’s list 1/31/13, after being involved sexually with a teen girl when he was age 30 and she was 17. He left the priesthood and went on to practice hypnotherapy. |
Silva-Flores | Fidencio Simon | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | From Mexico, assigned to a parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1978, removed from ministry in 1998. Accused of abuse of 28 boys, many sued, criminal charges dropped, personnel file released, one alleged victim filed suit against the Vatican, included on the San Bernardino Diocese’s list. Assigned in 1998 to St. Philip Neri in Lynwood, removed in 11/1998, and reported in 5/2019 to be working in Mexico. |
Spader | Robert William | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese’s list 12/6/18. Reports 2007-2008 to archdiocese of incidents 1972-1973. Spader died 8/3/82. |
Speciale | Stephen Emmett | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of sexual abuse 1985-1986, settled in 1993 for $60K, and named in 2004 Los Angeles archdiocese report. Dismissed from the order in 1989. |
Sprouffske | Matthew Michael | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Arrested | In 1986, a priest was accused of abuse of a female relative under age 14. In 2006, a settlement was reached with the Order, the L.A. archdiocese, and 7 people alleging abuse by 5 priests. |
Stadtfeld | William | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse of two sisters between 1958 and 1966; both sisters settled as part of $660M settlement in 7/07. |
Stallkamp | Louis G. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of two minors 1974-79. Died in 1994. Named in the 2004 archdiocesan report. Civil suit filed in 12/03. Also worked in the Diocese of Orange. |
Stiechen | Raymond | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. Per the archdiocese’s list in 12/18, Stiechen had been laicized. |
Su | Stanislaus | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Member of the Congregation of St. John the Baptist (CSJB). Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
Tacderas | Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1983, per 2004 archdiocesan report. |
Tamayo | Santiago L. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Tamayo was accused of abuse of a minor, and was also alleged to have abused a boy. He fled to the Philippines, and died in 1996 or 1999. |
Sutphin | Carl Maurice | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Arrested | Accused of abuse of one boy and possibly two 1964-1970, retired and faculties removed in 2/02, arrested in 2003, charges dropped in 7/03 due to CA Supreme Court ruling, laicized 12/16/05. |
Sullivan | Thomas J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Sullivan was sued in 2003 by a man who claimed abuse 1956-1958. He worked in San Francisco, Santa Clara, Azusa and Los Angeles, and was assigned to the University of Hawaii Newman Center 1969-1978. |
Terra | Michael | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused in 2002 of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old girl 1979-80. Left ministry and was placed on inactive leave in 1991. Named in 2004 archdiocesan report. Named in a civil suit. Laicized, per the archdiocese’s list in 12/21. |
Tepe | Raymond Jose | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of two minors between 1958-1968 per archdiocesan report. Died in 1969. |
(Telema) | Lukas Bao Teluma | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of a minor in 1995, remained an active priest in 2004, and died in 2011. |
Thing | Tom | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | One of several named in a 1995 lawsuit; settled. Accused of abusing at least one student at Saint Anthony Seminary; settled in 3/2011; officially released from Order in 2004. |
Thorne | Vance Zebulon | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of one person in early 1970s, also worked in the Dioceses of Austin TX, Jackson MS, and Trenton NJ. At least 3 civil suits and 2 criminal indictments filed 1986-1987 in MS. |
Tresler | Carl D. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Removed in 1998. Accused of abuse of a boy. Reportedly active in Peru in 3/05. Named in the 2004 in L.A. archdiocesan report. |
Turba | Jerome | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list updated 12/6/18. Report noted to have been received in 2011, of incidents alleged to have occurred in the 1960-1970s. Turba went on inactive leave in 1973. |
Tugade | Valentine | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Extern priest from the Philippines, accused of abusing a girl 1978-84, returned to the Philippines, and was named in 2004 archdiocese report. |
Ugarte | Jose I. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accusations against Ugarte were revealed for the first time in personnel files released by the archdiocese. He was ordered to return to Spain and not to celebrate Mass in public for 7 years. |
Valcovich | Giles | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named publicly as accused by the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province on its list in 11/2023. Subject of one or more pending lawsuits. Credibility of allegations not yet determined. Died 6/22/1997. |
Liefde | Chrisian Van | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Van Liefde was accused of inappropriate sexual conduct toward a minor in 1973-74. |
Toolen | Leo (Vincent) Van ter | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Settled | Accused of abuse in 1962-1964. Named in archdiocese report and civil suit. |
Verhart | John | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor 1957-58, per archdiocesan report. Named in at least one civil suit. |
Vasquez | Pedro | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | One of several religious assigned to Santa Barbara who were named as abusers in a civil suit filed in 2008, but the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans have received no allegation involving a minor. |
Vetter | Henry Xavier | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Early priesthood was in AL, then preached retreats and missions throughout the Midwest. Was assigned to a Mater Dolorosa Monastery in Sierra Madre, CA, 1953-1973, and started a non-profit in 1963, establishing and supporting orphanages and schools in Baja CA. Suspected of child sexual abuse in Detroit MI, in the 1940s, and in the 1960s and early 1970s. Several other allegations later received of abuse occurring 1953-1973. |
Villoria | Luis | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added, along with 23 others, to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/13. |
Gomez | Gillmero Nemoria Villa | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | In 1994, the Los Angeles Archdiocese received reports of Villagomez’s involvement with children. A man had alleged in 2002 abuse as a boy by Villa, and in 2008 the archbishop of Guadalajara refused to collaborate in the investigation of an allegation. |
Villaroya | Ernesto Corral | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Monsignor was an extern priest from Philippines working in the L.A. archdiocese without permission. He was moved to Dallas diocese in 1996 where he was allowed ministry. |
Vita | William S. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of a minor 1947-53, per archdiocesan report addendum. Named in a civil suit. Died in 1964. |
Vorisek | Rudolph T. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Vorisek was named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese’s updated list 12/6/2018, on the Baltimore archdiocese’s list 4/24/2019, and on the Paulists’ list 3/8/2019. |
Wadeson | John H. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Reinstated | Accused of abuse of two 1973-77, per 2004 L.A. archdiocesan report. Banned from working in L.A. archdiocese, found working as priest in Guam, apparently since at least 2000, denied all allegations, and left Guam, possibly to San Francisco. |
Walsh | James Joseph | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Named in a lawsuit by one person alleging abuse in 1967-68. Died in 1984. Named in archdiocesan report, Errata notice # 1. |
Warren | A. Thomas | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Warren was accused of abuse of five minors in 1991. He died in 2001. |
Weitz | Wilfred | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of one 1959-61, per 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1991. Named in at least one lawsuit. |
Weber | Francis J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Accused of abuse of two minors in 1959, per the 2004 archdiocesan report. Died in 1989. |
Wempe | Michael Edwin | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Accused of abuse of 13 children during 1972-95, sued several times, re-arrested in 2003, convicted on one count in 2006, laicized in 2006, and settled a claim of abuse of a boy in 1974-75. |
Wertz | Gerald | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | A 15-year-old boy accused Wertz of abuse at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower 1993-94. Wertz was not disciplined and was living at the Salesian Provincial Residence in San Francisco in 2011. |
Wolfe | Philip Mark | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Convicted in 1989 of abuse of a boy, died by suicide in 1994. Named in Los Angeles archdiocese report with three accusers and incidents 1975-1989, settled in 1991 civil suit, and named as abuser in two suits filed fall 2009. |
Wishard | John W. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Convicted | Wishard pled no contest to charge of oral copulation of a child in 1980, was sentenced to 5 years probation, was dismissed in 2002, and was reportedly laicized in 8/02. |
Wood | William J. | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Accused | Name quietly added to the Los Angeles archdiocese’s Final Addendum posted on its website 1/31/2013. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. |
Ziemann | George Patrick | Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA | Sued | Ziemann resigned as Bishop of the Santa Rosa diocese in 1999 after a priest sued him over sexual a relationship. He lived in Tucson without faculties until his death in 10/09. |
Armstrong | Peter Gomez | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | Monsignor Armstrong held numerous chancery positions, including chaplain for the San Francisco 49ers. |
Aylward | James W. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Settled | Aylward was accused of abuse of a boy in 1997. He admitted to inappropriately touching numerous boys over a 12-year period. |
Pech | Theodore Baquedano | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | Baquedano Pech was a priest of the Archdiocese of Yucatan, Mexico, assigned in the Archdiocese of San Francisco CA 1967-1975. A 30-year-old woman reported him sexually abusing her for several years, beginning when she was 11. |
Billante | Salvatore | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Guilty plea | Billante abused as many as 25 boys from 1969-1989, was sentenced to eight years’ prison in 1989, released in 1994, and registered as a sex offender. |
Bongila | Jean-Pierre | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Settled | Accused of sexually abusing a girl 1996-2000, Bongila was cleared in 2006 and began work as the founding director of the International Leadership Program at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis MN in 2006. |
Bravo | Roberto | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | Bravo was accused of abuse of six teenage girls in 1999, transferred to Utah, and then to San Francisco. He was placed on the Holy Name Province Domincans’ list in 2021. |
Carter | Daniel E. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | A woman filed a police report accusing Carter of sexually abusing her when she was an 8-year-old student at Notre Dame des Victoires School in the late 1970s. The archdiocese found the allegations inconclusive and allowed Carter to remain active. |
Cloutier | Edmond G. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | Ordained for the Diocese of Portland, ME, accused of sexually abusing four boys at Star of the Sea in San Francisco, removed/retired 12/31/1980, died 4/9/2003. |
Cunha | Arthur Manuel | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Convicted | Cunha was arrested for molesting two boys in 1986 and was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 4 months at a counseling center. At least three civil suits were filed. |
Dabbene | Bernard | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Convicted | In 1959 a 9th grade boy reported to Dabbene’s superior that Dabbene had molested him twice. In 1971 allegations were reported to the Diocese of Oakland, and in 2000 Dabbene was arrested for molesting a 17-year-old boy. |
Danielson | Harold | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | Associate pastor at Saints Peter and Paul parish denied allegations of child sex abuse in 2005. |
Durkin | Charles J. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | Durkin retired in 2002, just after the San Francisco D.A.’s office requested church records related to years of allegations of abuse. He died in 2006. |
Ellis | Hal | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Settled | Ellis was accused of abuse by at least two priests at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, a retirement home for priests. |
Nguyen | Linh Tien | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | A boy was sexually abused by Nguyen from 2005-2008. He was placed on leave in 10/2022 and reinstated two months later. |
Gemmet | Robert J. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | Accused of repeatedly sexually abusing an altar boy, beginning when the boy was age 10 in 1967. He was assigned to St. Timothy in San Mateo and St. Christopher in San Jose and St. Mary in Gilroy. |
Geary | Elwood F. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | Geary was accused of sexually abusing a boy in 1968 at Our Lady Queen of Apostles in San Jose. He was the parish’s founding pastor. |
Ghiorso | David A. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | The Archdiocese announced that Ghiorso had been accused of sexual abuse of a minor 30-40 years previously, and placed him on leave pending investigation. Three suits were filed by 6/23/2022. |
Greenlaw | Martin F. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | Accused in a 2022 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, age 8, in the 1980s. Greenlaw pleaded guilty in the mid-1990s to embezzling from the church. He died in 2018. |
Harriman | Michael D. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | Monsignor sued under the CA Child Victims Act, but the review board did not substantiate the claim. |
Heaney | John P. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Indicted | A former senior chaplain for the San Francisco Police Department was placed on leave after allegations that he abused two brothers. |
Ingels | Gregory G. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Charged | Ingels was a well-known church legal scholar who was accused of having oral sex with a 15-year-old boy. He was placed on leave in 2002 and was later charged with sexual misconduct. |
Ivey | Frank | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | Named publicly as credibly accused by the St. Barbara Province Franciscans in 9/2020, and dismissed in 2016. |
Keegan | Austin Peter | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Settled | Ordained for San Francisco, moved to Santa Rosa diocese, stripped of duties by the San Francisco Archdiocese in 1982, moved to Baja Mexico, found there by a news crew in 1994, indicted in 2002, fled to Mexico, charged with abuse of 75 children, charges dropped in 2003. |
Kavanaugh | John P. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | A 53-year-old man claimed Kavanaugh sexually abused him over three years, beginning when he was age 7. He told two nuns and his teacher, but there was no action taken. |
Keohane | Daniel T. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | Koehane was placed on administrative leave in 3/2011 after an old allegation surfaced. He denied the allegation. |
Leach | Jerome | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Arrested | Leach was accused of molesting an altar boy in 1976, but the charges were dropped because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. |
Lewis | Epiphanius | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | The Santa Barbara Province Franciscans named him publicly as accused of sexual abuse of minors 1964-1968. |
Lynch | John A. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | Accused in a lawsuit[s] between 2020-2022 of child sexual abuse. Died in 1961. Longtime pastor of St. Teresa’s in San Francisco. |
McCrillis | Philip E. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Settled | Two sisters filed suit against McCrillis in 2004 alleging that he had abused them and had a sexual relationship with their divorced mother in the 1960s. They won a low six-figure settlement. |
Myers | William S. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | After allegations of boundary violations with a 17-year-old boy, Father was removed from St. Raymond’s in Menlo Park and was in treatment for sexual addiction to adults. |
Moriarty | John | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Settled | Moriarty was accused of abusing a 17-year-old boy at the Christian Brothers Retreat House at St. Helena CA, where he was assigned 1974-1978. He died 5/9/2013 at Mt. La Salle. |
Murnig | Guy Anthony | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Settled | Accused by two women of sexually abusing them when they were high school students, left the priesthood in 1978, and was laicized by Pope John Paul II. |
O’Connor | John J. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | In 2002, O’Connor was placed on leave by the San Francisco archdiocese after a recent allegation of improper contact with a boy. |
O’Shea | Patrick J. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Charged | Monsignor O’Shea was criminally charged for abuse of at least nine boys in the 1960-1980, but the charges were dismissed. He was arrested in 2002 for abuse of a boy, and convicted of theft of over $200K from the Archdiocese. |
Pacheco | Danilo | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | Pacheco was accused of molestation at two different Catholic high schools in Southern California. He also worked in the Oakland diocese. Died 7/25/2005. |
Presenti | Richard P. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | Presenti admitted to abusing a 14-year-old boy in 1973, and was kept in active ministry. He was sued by three men alleging abuse as teenagers, and was included on the Oakland diocese’s list in 2019. |
Riley | Miles O’Brien | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | Riley, a well-known author and actor, was accused of having consensual contact short of intercourse with a female parishioner in the early 1970s. |
Sandholdt | Christian | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | Sandholdt was accused of sexual abuse of minors and died by suicide in 1979. He was involved with the charismatic movement and worked with teenagers. |
Scanlon | Francis Joseph | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Sued | A lawsuit was filed in 2020 against Scanlon for sexually abusing an altar boy at St. Andrew’s in Oakland. The abuse allegedly occurred numerous times and included forced oral sex and sodomy. |
Schipper | Carl Anthony | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Convicted | Arrested in 3/2000, he pled no contest to holding explicit sexual conversations with someone he thought was a 13-year-old boy in an internet chat room. |
Smith | Lawrence Gerard | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Convicted | Member of an “old Catholic sect”. Sentenced to 8 months in jail for molesting Vietnamese boys. |
Stanislaus | Wellington Joseph | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Indicted | After being accused of molesting teenage boys, he was transferred from San Jose to Phoenix and was dismissed from the Jesuits in 1972. He was also listed on the Jesuits West Province list in 2018. |
Superiaso | Jose | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Convicted | Ordained in the Philippines, arrived in the US in 1989, and was arrested in 2003 on charges of abuse of a girl, ages 12-13, in CA 1994-1995. |
Trainor | Henry J. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | Trainor was placed on leave in summer 2002 from his position as chaplain at Lagunda Honda Hospital, and was suspended in 2002 after prosecutors were given information about the allegations. |
Tubbs | Leo Donald | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Accused | A Dominican priest was accused of non-genital touching over clothing of a 14- to 17-year-old boy in the mid-1980s in Oregon. He was removed from public ministry in 1992 and died in 2021. |
Handel | Robert M. Van | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Convicted | Van Handel was the founding director of Santa Barbara Boys’ Choir and principal of St. Anthony’s Seminary High School. He was admitted to his pedophilic behavior to his Provincial in 1992, sent to treatment, and was sentenced to eight years in prison for abuse of one student. |
Walsh | Milton T. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Indicted | Accused in 1984 of abuse of a 13-year-old boy, Walsh was heallowed to remain in active ministry until 8/2002, when criminal charges were dropped after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the statute of limitations. |
Yost | Peter J. | Archdiocese of San Francisco CA | Settled | Yost was accused of inappropriate physical contact with a boy, about age 12, in the early 1960s. He was judged not to be a danger to children by a clinical professor of psychiatry. |
Darmady | Francis X. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Named publicly as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese on its list in 2021. Noted to have been assigned to St. Alphonsus in Fresno 1936-38. He died 3/27/55 in his native St. Louis. (Name on Fresno list misspelled “Darmaddy.”) |
Angelino | Henry F. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Arrested | In 1952, Angelino was arrested and charged with two counts of immoral conduct with a boy, and admitted to “improper conduct” with two boys for over more than a year. He died in 1986. |
Boyle | John J. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Ordained for the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno. Died in 1987. Named as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese on its list in 8/21. |
Bradley | John A. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Sued | A woman filed suit against a priest who abused her while she was pregnant in the early 1960s. He is not indexed in the Catholic Directory after 1970. |
Brown | Tod David | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | A man came forward to allege abuse by Bishop Baker in 1965 when he was approximately 12 years old. Bishop Baker admitted to the abuse and the church had investigated. |
Ceniza | Hermy Dave O. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Sued | A civil lawsuit was filed in 4/10 against Ceniza, who was ordained for the Archdiocese of Davao, Philippines. The suit alleges fraud on the part of the diocese. |
Chavez | Gerald F. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Named publicly as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese on its list in 8/21. Per his obituary, Chavez was placed on permanent medical leave of absence in 2017. He died in 2020. |
Collins | James | Diocese of Fresno CA | Settled | Collins was accused of sexually abusing a girl for five years in the early 1960s, while assigned to St. Mary’s in Buttonwillow CA, and another girl multiple times 1958-60 when she was about ages 8-10. |
Crowley | Frederic P. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Monsignor. Died in 1972. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Fresno on its list in 8/21. |
Davis | Robert | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Named publicly as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese on its list in 8/21. It notes that Davis’ faculties were suspended in 2004. Laicization in process. |
Morelos | Jose | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Fresno on its list in 2021. It notes that Morelos was a transitional deacon from Mexico and was visiting friends in Fresno at the time in question. |
Diaz | Raul | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Assigned to St. Catherine’s in Dinuba when placed on leave in 5/19 during an investigation of allegations of the sexual abuse of minors. Diocese informed by law enforcement. |
Dodgson | William C. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Sued | Dodgson was a Philadelphia priest until his transfer in 1958 to Fresno CA. He was arrested in 1955 for fraud, and resurfaced as an active priest in 1958 in the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno. |
Esquivel | John | Diocese of Fresno CA | Sued | Esquivel was accused of sexually abusing a 17- or 18-year-old girl in the mid-1980s at St. Joseph’s in Bakersfield. He was suspended for a few months during investigation, and remained in active ministry in 1/20. |
Farrell | Thomas | Diocese of Fresno CA | Indicted | Thomas Farrell was named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Fresno on its list in 2021, and was noted to have left the diocese in 1945. He died in 1962 at the Servants of the Paraclete’s Via Coeli. |
Flores | Miguel | Diocese of Fresno CA | Sued | A 16-year-old girl accused a priest from Guadalajara, Mexico of sexual assault in 2002. He was acquitted by jury and returned to active ministry, but his case was reopened in 2019 after new information deemed credible. |
Tambourin | Sauveur | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Sam Tambourin was ordained for the Diocese of Tarbes-Lourdes, France, incardinated into the Diocese of Fresno in 1971, and died in 1994. He was a US Navy chaplain for 20 years. |
Gabriel | Benjamin S. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Sued | Gabriel was accused of abusing a boy at St. Jude’s in Earlimart for two years in the mid-1970s. He died in 1986. |
Gamel | Robert | Diocese of Fresno CA | Indicted | Removed 8/15/14, investigated by police for alleged internet-related sex crimes involving at least one teenage boy. Pleaded no contest to possessing child porn, sentenced to 11 months in jail and 4 years probation, ordered to register as a sex offender, released from jail in 12/16. |
Garcia | Louis Aloysius | Diocese of Fresno CA | Convicted | Accused of abusing several developmentally disabled patients at Porterville State Hospital, Garcia was sentenced to 6 years in 1983 and listed on California sex offender registry. |
Gaynor | John J. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Fresno on its list in 8/21. His faculties were revoked five years after his 1935 ordination. He reportedly left the diocese in 1941 without permission and died in 1953. |
Forunda | Jorge de Jesus Gomez | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Jorge Gomez was ordained in Guatemala and worked as an extern priest in the Diocese of Fresno. |
Gomez | Ramon Salvador | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Gomez was named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese of San Antonio on its list 1/31/2019. He was dismissed from the San Antonio diocese after law enforcement from California informed the archdiocese that he was accused of child sex abuse in that state. |
Harrison | Craig F. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Monsignor Harrison was suspended in 4/19 for inappropriate touch of a boy, ages 14-16, decades prior in Firebaugh. Two more men alleged abuse as minors by Harrison, who filed a slander lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Faithful and the diocese. |
Herdegen | Anthony G. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Settled | Monsignor Herdegen was sued for abuse of two brothers, ages 5-19 and 10-15, starting in 1959. The lawsuit was dismissed on the statute of limitations, and Herdegen’s name was included on the Fresno diocese’s list of credibly accused in 8/21. |
Villarreal | Ronald LaBarrera | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Ordained for the Diocese of Trujillo, Peru, and worked as an extern priest in Fresno, California. |
Lewis | Robert H. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Sued | Lewis was accused of sexual abuse of minors, and lived in Mexico until his death in 1978. |
Mangan | Michael J. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Monsignor. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese in 2021. |
McGrath | Patrick J. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Indicted | Monsignor. Ordained in 1906 for what was then the Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles. Died in 1943. Included in 2021 on the Diocese of Fresno’s list of credibly accused. |
Merola | Pascal | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Merola was ordained for the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno, but his faculties were suspended in 1934. He later joined the Benedictine order. |
Moreno | Anthony | Diocese of Fresno CA | Settled | Accused of sexually abusing a girl, age 12, in 1979-80 at St. Philip the Apostle in Bakersfield. Moreno was placed on leave in 1981 and stopped serving as a priest in 1995. |
Nacauili | John Naldoza | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Ordained for the Archdiocese of Jaro, Philippines, returned to the Philippines in 1991, and died in 1998. |
Nicholson | Walter | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Ordained in 1926 for the Diocese of Ossory, Ireland. Incardinated the same year into the Diocese of Cheyenne. Worked as an extern priest in the Diocese of Fresno 1944-47. Died in 1947. |
O’Connell | Vincent A. | Diocese of Fresno CA | Sued | O’Connell was from Ireland, worked in Nigeria, and was assigned to St. Anthony of Padua in Fresno in 1970. He was accused of manually raping a 16-year-old girl, and was living in Ireland in 2013. |
Solvyns | Bernardine | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Ordained in Belgium. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese on its list in 8/21. Noted to have been pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in California City1969-1985. |
Swearingen | Eric | Diocese of Fresno CA | Settled | Pastor of Holy Spirit Parish when sued in 2002; briefly placed on leave; diocese deemed allegation not credible; allowed to return to ministry after DA’s office did not pursue criminal charges; named rector of diocesan high school in 12/07; died 1/18/20, age 58. |
Sanchez | Jose Luis Vega | Diocese of Fresno CA | Accused | Vega was ordained for the Diocese of Tulancingo, Mexico, and incardinated into the Diocese of Fresno in 1990. He retired to Mexico in 2004. |
Chavira | Marcos Capistran | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Accused of abusing at least one male student at Palma High School in Salinas. No other information found but lawsuit may be filed 1/1/14 if Calif. SB 131 goes into effect. Died at age 70 in 5/02. |
Daly | Patrick J. | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Monsignor. From Ireland. Ordained in 1915, began work in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles the same year. Named publicly as accused on the Monterey diocese’s list 1/2/19. Report to diocese in 2002 of abuse in 1958. Died 11/14/66. |
Meyer | Gilbert Roman | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Monsignor. Named publicly as accused on the Monterey diocese’s list 1/2/19. Abuse in 1961-1964 reported to the diocese in 2010. Included in 8/21 on the Fresno diocese’s list of credibly accused. Retired in 1990. Died 11/5/20, age 105. |
Migliazzo | Felix | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Ordained for the Maryknoll Order. Arrived in Monterey in 1967, retiring there in 1987. Monsignor. Died 5/21/05. Named publicly as accused on the Monterey diocese’s list 1/2/19. Report received in 2007 of abuse in the 1970s. |
Abinate | Phillip | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the diocese’s list 1/2/19. Incidents of abuse in 1970, 1971, 1975 were reported to the diocese 2003. Abinate died 6/27/08. |
Battagliola | Orlando Alberto | Diocese of Monterey CA | Sued | Battagliola arrived in the Monterey-Fresno diocese in 1963 and was found murdered in a San Francisco motel room in 2/77. He was included on the Monterey diocese’s 1/2/19 list of credibly accused. |
Campbell | Stuart Bede | Diocese of Monterey CA | Sued | A case filed in Fresno County in 2003 or 2004 accused Campbell of abuse 1956-1959, before the Diocese of Monterey was created. He was included on several lists of credibly accused priests, including the Fresno diocese’s list in 2021. |
Condon | Thomas | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Monterey diocese on its list 1/2/19. It notes a report received in 2003 of abuse in 1959, and that Condon died 7/29/83. |
Cortes | Antonio | Diocese of Monterey CA | Convicted | Cortes was arrested for sexual assault and providing alcohol to a 16-year-old boy, as well as child porn possession. He was sentenced to one year in jail and probation, and fled to his home state of Jalisco, Mexico. |
Crews | Edward | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the Monterey diocese’s list 1/2/19. Noted to have received a report in 2002 of abuse in 1954. Died in 1985. |
Drum | Ronald Gordon | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Drum was accused in 1972 and left the order the same year. He was a retired typesetter for the State of California. |
Dwyer | Vincent | Diocese of Monterey CA | Settled | Trappist monk from Worcester, MA, accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl for 13 years. He received numerous awards and honors for his writings. |
Esquivel | Juan Carlos | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the diocese’s list 1/2/19. Seminarian. Accused in 2007 of abuse the same year. |
Faria | Carl | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the diocese’s list 1/2/19. Incidents in 1968-1971 and 1973-1976 reported to the diocese in 2002. Faculties removed in 2002. |
Fitz-Henry | Edward | Diocese of Monterey CA | Settled | Fitz-Henry was ordained in Ireland, worked in Monterey for over 20 years, was removed after complaint received 1/11 of abuse, and sued the Diocese, which settled for $500K. He left the priesthood and requested laicization. |
Garcia | Luis | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Seminarian. Named publicly as accused on the diocese’s list 1/2/19. Abuse in 1982 reported to diocese in 2009. |
Hall | Henry | Diocese of Monterey CA | Sued | From Ireland, ordained in Dublin, pastored Holy Trinity in Greenfield CA, retired to Escondido, died in 2005, accused of child sexual abuse. |
Haskins | Edward T. | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the Monterey diocese’s list 1/17/19. Report to diocese in 1996 of abuse in the 1950s and 1960s. Haskins died 2/22/81. Included in 8/21 on the Fresno diocese’s list of credibly accused. |
Velez | John Jairo | Diocese of Monterey CA | Settled | A Salinas CA altar boy was abused by Velez and another priest. The Monterey Diocese expelled Velez and notified his Order, which recalled Velez to Mexico and sent an escort to ensure his return. |
Jimenez | Manuel | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Seminarian. Named publicly as accused on the diocese’s list 1/2/19. Report of abuse 1994 reported to the diocese in 1999. |
Kareta | Gregory | Diocese of Monterey CA | Sued | Kareta was accused of abuse of an 11-year-old boy in 1973-1974, but the charges were dismissed due to a Supreme Court ruling regarding statutes of limitations. He also admitted abusing a youth in the 1960s in WI. |
McCarthy | Scott | Diocese of Monterey CA | Reinstated | McCarthy was reported for abuse in 1976, retired, had his faculties removed, appealed to the Vatican, and was removed from the diocese’s list of credibly accused in 2021. |
McDonald | Michael | Diocese of Monterey CA | Settled | McDonald was ordained in Ireland and incardinated in 1958 into the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno. A man alleged that McDonald sexually abused him many times between 1964 and 1967. |
Mengon | Albert | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Former teacher at Salesian High in Richmond, allegedly abused youth at a Salesian camp, and worked in the Oakland diocese. |
Moore | Charles L. | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | “Fr. Charlie.” Named publicly as accused on the diocese’s list 1/2/19. Abuse in 1974 reported to the diocese in 2003. Moore died 12/9/07. |
Neary | Thomas J. | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Monsignor Neary was accused of abuse in 1958 and died in 1983. |
O’Connor | Colman | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | From Ireland. Retired in 1993 and returned to his native country. Named publicly as accused on the Monterey diocese’s list 1/2/19. Report of 1979-1980 abuse to diocese 1993. O’Connor died 3/3/96. |
Pacheco | Joseph | Diocese of Monterey CA | Settled | Monsignor was sued in 2003 for abuse of a youth. The diocese agreed to pay $750K to settle the lawsuit. |
Pierson | John W. | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the diocese’s list 1/2/19. Report received in 1995 of abuse 1973-79. Pierson died 12/14/92. |
Sheehan | Joseph | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the Monterey diocese’s list 1/2/19. Diocese received a report in 1992 of abuse 1971-1975. Deceased. |
Spada | Rino | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the Monterey diocese’s list 1/2/19. Report to the diocese in 2011 of abuse 1967-69. Spada died 8/20/02. |
Valdez | Paul R. | Diocese of Monterey CA | Settled | A nun in 1999 told a teacher that Valdez had placed his hand on her groin during confession. The teacher and the principal embarrassed the child in class, and the parents sued the diocese. |
Watt | Joseph R. | Diocese of Monterey CA | Sued | Fr. Joseph R. Watt was assigned to the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno in 1965. Watt was accused of sexually abusing an altar boy in the mid-1970s. Watt and Marini were accused of plying a man with drugs to get him to engage in sex acts. Both men left the parish in 1985. |
Wisecaver | James | Diocese of Monterey CA | Accused | Professed perpetual vows in 1967 and taught math and science at high schools, universities and colleges. He was named publicly as accused in 1997 of abuse. |
Cabral | Kenneth J. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Accused of abuse at St. Catherine of Siena in Martinez 1964-65. Absent on sick leave 1987-91. Removed from ministry/retired 6/30/91. Named publicly in 2004 at one of the diocese’s apology services. Died 3/3/96. On diocese’s list in 2019. |
Colloty | Philip | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list 5/31/2019. It notes sexual abuse of a minor in 1955, reported in 2010. Colloty died in 1976. Included on the Oakland diocese’s list 6/1/2019. |
McConnell | Mary Rosella | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Accused in a lawsuit sometime between 2020-2022 of sexually abusing a girl, ages 15-16, from September 1969 to June 1971. McConnell was vice-principal of Presentation High School in Berkeley 1967 through 1979. The girl was a student. |
Acebo | Jeffrey N. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Acebo confessed to Bishop Cummins in 1986 that he had molested a 16-year-old girl. He was sent for treatment and reassigned, and given a life of prayer and penance. |
Begin | Floyd | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Begin was accused of sexually abusing a girl, age 12, in 1968. He died in 1977. |
Binh-Minh | Thomas Duong | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 2019. It notes abuse in 1987. Removed from ministry in 4/02. |
Breen | Vincent Ignatius | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | At age 70, Breen was forced to retire, seek treatment, and leave area to avoid prosecution for fondling eight girls over a 1 1/2 year period. There may have been as many as 100 victims, 1950s-1980s. |
Broderson | Donald Eugene | Diocese of Oakland CA | Settled | Broderson was accused of molesting an altar boy many times in the 1970s. He was forced into retirement in 1991 and officially retired later. |
Castillo | Alexander Q. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | From Costa Rica, Castillo arrived in the U.S. in 2008 and was assigned to parishes in Oakley and Fremont. He was placed on leave during an investigation of sexual misconduct toward a minor, and fled the country. |
Chavez | Ricardo | Diocese of Oakland CA | Settled | In late 2020, Rev. Michael Chavez was settled for $3.5M for sexually abusing an altar boy at St. Peter Martyr in Pittsburg CA. The plaintiff’s attorney said that Chavez had been accused of molesting minors in the 1990s. |
Clark | James A. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Settled | Arrested and convicted in 1963 of oral copulation with a 19-year-old man, Clark was transferred to Corpus Christi parish in Fremont in 1965 and allegedly abused “numerous” children. |
Cooper | Hilary | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Oakland diocese on its list in 2019, he was removed from ministry in 1995 and given a life of prayer and penance. |
Coutts | Virendra | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Oakland diocese on its list in 2019. Doesn’t specify if priest or deacon. |
Crespin | George E. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Settled | Crespin was accused of molesting a boy in 1975 while pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary in Union City. He denied all charges, and the Diocese paid plaintiff $600K as part of a global settlement in 2005. |
Custodio | Sidney J. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Alleged in a lawsuit to have abused a girl at St. Gregory parish in San Mateo 1960-63. Last known address was in Menlo Park. |
Donovan | Pearse P. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Donovan was accused in 2003 of molesting a boy beginning in 1978 at St. Clement and of passing him on to an abusive Holy Cross brother, Lawrence O’Brien. |
Eagleson | Donald W. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Settled | Accused of abuse in 1971 when he was a Holy Cross brother teaching at Moreau High School in Hayward. Suspended in 2002 and partially settled a 2004 civil suit in 2005. |
Ferreira | Joseph A. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Settled | A woman filed a lawsuit against Ferreira in 2006, claiming she was molested by him in 1973 and 1974. She also claimed he stalked and harassed her throughout the years. |
Finnegan | Patrick | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Oakland diocese on its list in 2019. It notes abuse in the 1960s and 1973. Removed from ministry 2/6/73. Died 9/28/80. |
Freitas | Robert E. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Convicted | After two boys alleged sex abuse, Freitas was sent to treatment and placed on “restricted ministry”. A man told the diocese that Freitas molested him in 1979, and Freitas admitted abuse and was arrested. |
Francis | George J. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Settled | Francis was accused of raping a 7-year-old girl in 1959. A woman who claimed that Francis abused her from 1979-1982 filed a lawsuit in 2002; the diocese admitted abuse and that there were other victims. |
Furman | Adrian | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Franciscan priest named publicly as accused of sexual abuse of minors. Furman died in 2003. |
Garcia | John G. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | A 34-year-old man claimed that Garcia sexually abused him over two years, beginning when he was an 8-year-old altar boy in the late 1990s. Garcia was accused of raping a boy, age 12, in the late 1960s. |
Green | William S. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Convicted | Arrested in 4/99 for sending sexually explicit messages and pornography to a 14-year-old boy. Sentenced to two years in prison. |
Gutierrez-Cervantes | Joseph | Diocese of Oakland CA | Settled | Jesse Gutierrez was dismissed from the Hanna Boys Center in Sonoma in 1986, and was accused of abusing a boy at De La Salle High School. He was listed on the Oakland diocese’s list in 2019. |
Hofstee | A. Leo | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Named publicly by the Dominicans Holy Name Province on its list in 10/2021, Hofstee worked in the Philippines among lepers from 1945 until his death in 1986. |
Jaques | Domingos S. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | A priest from India was accused of child sexual abuse and died in 2016. |
Kiesle | Stephen M. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Convicted | Kiesle was convicted of lewd conduct in 1978 and sentenced to three years probation. He was arrested in 2002 on 13 counts of child molestation and sentenced to six years in prison for abuse of a girl in 1995. Accused of abuse of a girl, ages 11-13, and a boy, age 10-11, in the 1970s. Kiesle was accused of abuse of a girl and a boy in Pinole, 1972-1975. The victim’s adult children filed a lawsuit against the diocese. |
LaGasse | Ronald J. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Arrested | Arrested in 1984 on suspicion of molesting a 17-year-old boy. Placed on leave for a year, then reassigned, and excommunicated in 2008. |
Lanuevo | Tarcisio D. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Settled | The parents of two girls, ages 7 and 2, filed a civil suit against Lanuevo, claiming that their pastor had promised them that he would receive treatment and never be around children if they dropped the criminal charges. |
Leehan | Cornelius P. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Cornelius Patrick Leehan was accused of raping a 5-year-old boy at St. Alphonsus Liguori in San Leandro in the late 1950s-early 1960s. He was also accused of fondling the boy 7 years later, after he was reassigned to the parish. |
Lopez | Macias | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Holy Name Province Dominicans on its list in 10/21. Noted to have made profession of religious vows in 1981 and to have been removed and dismissed from the Order in 1988. |
Luiz | Gary M. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Accused of abusing a boy at St. Edward’s in Newark, NJ, Luiz earned a canon law degree from Catholic University in DC in 1993, and was sent to a Berkeley, CA monastery by 1995. |
McCracken | John T. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Parish priest and pastor, Catholic Social Services/Charities director, accused of raping a boy during 1972-1974. Three more people have filed suit with claims they were sexually abused as children by McCracken. |
McGinty | Michael J. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Monsignor. Accused in a 2022 lawsuit of sexually and physically abusing a boy, age 8 or 9, decades prior. McGinty died in 1996. |
McKinnon | Bede | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Franciscan friar named publicly as accused by Santa Barbara Province, died in 1998, and was assigned to St. Elizabeth’s in Oakland. |
McLeod | Daniel | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Oakland diocese on its list in 2019. Incardinated into the diocese 4/16/70. Abuse noted to have occurred in 1969. Removed from ministry/retired 1/18/87. Died 12/17/01. |
Vela | Hector David Mendoza | Diocese of Oakland CA | Convicted | A priest from El Salvador was arrested and accused of sexually abusing a boy over 18 months in 2016-17. He was sentenced to 4 years, 8 months in prison and included on the diocese’s list of credibly accused. |
Mockel | George E. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Accused of sexually abusing a teenage altar server, but a former federal prosecutor found the allegations not credible. |
Moreno | Joaquin | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | A Franciscan friar was named publicly as accused in 1996 of sexually abusing a minor. He was laicized in 2010. |
O’Brien | Lawrence | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Accused in a 2003 civil suit. Abuse was said to have occurred in the 1970s and 1980s, of at least one youth, at Hayward’s Moreau High School. O’Brien is deceased. |
Odom-Green | William | Diocese of Oakland CA | Convicted | Convicted of abusing in the Oakland diocese, named publicly as accused by the Owensboro diocese. |
Ponciroli | Robert F. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Arrested | Ponciroli was removed from ministry 2/9/95 and sent to therapy due to an allegation. He was arrested 2/03 for abuse of two brothers and laicized in 2005. |
Prieto | Jesus Garcia | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Monsignor. Accused in a 2022 lawsuit of sexually assaulting an elementary school student in Oakland repeatedly in the 1960s. Prieto allegedly plied the boy with wine and pornographic magazines. |
Prindeville | James E. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Prindeville left the priesthood at some point after 1961 and married. He was accused of molesting a 16-year-old girl in 1952-53. |
Reams | Benedict | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Joseph Ambrose Reams was a De Las Salle Christian Brother who taught at Mont La Salle and St. Mary’s College. He was accused of sexual abuse of minors in a lawsuit filed sometime between 2020-2022. |
Ribeiro | Arthur A. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Ribeiro was removed from ministry/retired in 1992, confronted in 1996 by two priests about his sexual misconduct, and died in 2000. Three men filed suit in 2003. |
Slane | Anthony P. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Named in a lawsuit as having abused at St. Alphonsus Ligorui in San Leandro, CA, and also worked in the Seattle archdiocese, including 1981-1988 at Our Lady of Good Help and Sacred Heart in Seattle. |
Tollner | Gary B. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Tollner’s sister accused him of molesting his special needs nephew, and parishioners spoke of “suspicious behavior” involving young boys, alcohol and drugs in the hot tub Tollner had installed on the rectory roof. He was removed from ministry in 1995. |
Varela | Ramon | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | Varela was named publicly as accused by the Franciscans’ Santa Barbara Province on 5/31/2019, and was included on the lists of the Oakland diocese, Stockton diocese, and Fresno diocese. |
Vas | John | Diocese of Oakland CA | Accused | A woman accused Vas of molesting her for nearly seven years, beginning in the 1960s, when she was seven. |
Verngren | Francis | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | A man filed suit against Verngren in 2003, alleging abuse by Verngren 1966-70, when Verngren was principal and head dorm resident at a Catholic school in Berkeley. The suit settled in 2003. |
Wilcox | Gordon | Diocese of Oakland CA | Settled | Wilcox was named in a 2004 suit against Rev. Donald Eagleson, which was partially settled in 2005. He was also named as an abuser of a male student in 1971 at Moreau High School in Hayward. |
Whelan | Stephen | Diocese of Oakland CA | Settled | A man alleges abuse by Whelan when he was a student at Salesian High School in 1969-early 1970s. A civil suit was filed in 2003, and the jury awarded the plaintiff $600K. Whelan was removed from ministry in 2008. |
Wong | Terrence D. | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | Marianist brother accused of abuse at St. Joseph High School in Alameda. |
Young | Larry | Diocese of Oakland CA | Sued | A boy, age 6-7, was accused of being sexually abused by Young. Young stated that the allegations were “absolutely false”. |
Andersen | Andrew Christian | Diocese of Orange CA | Convicted | Convicted of 26 counts of felony molestation of four boys, sentenced to five years probation, arrested in New Mexico, sentenced to six years prison, laicized. |
Aranda | Sofronio A. | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | Aranda was born in the Philippines, worked in Corona for five years, and was named by the diocese in 2004 as one of six priests accused of sexual abuse of minors. |
Atherton | Gregory | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | Sued in 1993, accused of abuse of three boys. Also accused of abuse in the Diocese of Orange, but settled in 2005 for $4,169,325 and was not included on its list of accused priests. |
Baird | Lawrence J. | Diocese of Orange CA | Accused | Monsignor Baird was accused of abusing a girl who came to him for advice after being abused by Rev. John Lenihan. |
Buckman | Franklin | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | Accused of abuse between 1962 and 1981. Resigned from parish in 1984 because of abuse allegation, transferred to Diocese of Baker, OR, removed from ministry at some point, settled in 2005 for $1,959,700. |
Casimano | Santino Anthony | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | Accused of abuse of two brothers while in the Diocese of Orange, and paid $4.2M in a 2005 settlement. Died in 2005. |
Delahunty | Richard | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | Delahunty was placed on leave pending investigation of allegation that he sexually molested a boy in 1981. Civil suit filed, settled in 2005, Delahunty retired in 2016. |
Falvey | Sinon F. | Diocese of Orange CA | Sued | Pastor of St. Norbert Church in Orange, died 2/7/05 at age 85, named as abuser in civil suit file 6/25/09. |
Fitzpatrick | Kevin M. | Diocese of Orange CA | Sued | Fitzpatrick was accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1976 to 1992. Four more former students filed claims of abuse against Fitzpatrick in 9/22, and three more filed several months later. |
Foley | Robert C. | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | In 1985, the then-chancellor of the Orange diocese, Michael Driscoll, begged a priest in Liverpool, England to take Foley, who had just admitted to molesting an 8-year-old boy. Foley never faced prosecution for the molestation. |
Harris | Michael A. | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | The mother of one youth who died of AIDS made allegations against Harris to the diocese, and a third accuser settled for $5.2M in 2001. Several other victims filed suits in 2003. |
Horvath | Bertrand W. | Diocese of Orange CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of an altar boy in the early 1970s, Horvath’s order sued the L.A. archdiocese in 2002, and he was placed on leave and retired in 2001. |
Jimenez | Edgardo Arrunataegui | Diocese of Orange CA | Accused | Jimenez was ordained in Peru, worked in Honduras, and the Diocese of Orange CA. He left Orange in the early 1990s to perform “missionary work” in Peru, but was found in 2017 working as a hospital chaplain in Chimbote, Peru. |
Knoernschild | John (Gregory) | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | Knoernschild was accused by a former Crespi Carmelite High School student of sexually abusing him in 1977-1978. He was included in a $10M settlement with the Order and L.A. Archdiocese in 10/2006. |
Lenihan | John Peter | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | From Ireland, Lenihan was accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in the 1970s, but the charges were dropped due to a Supreme Court ruling on statutes of limitation. He is suspected of fleeing to Mexico after allegations were made in the U.S. |
Lord | John | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | Lord was named by the Diocese of Orange as one of six priests accused in 2003 of the sexual abuse of minors. He died from complications of AIDS in 2/89 at age 46. |
Manville | Alexander | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | A man filed suit against Manville and Krumm, alleging abuse at age 8. The case was settled out of court, but the order didn’t. |
Mohan | Thomas Joseph | Diocese of Orange CA | Sued | Monsignor Mohan was first accused publicly in a lawsuit filed 10/2/2018 by a man who said Mohan sexually abused him as a child over a two-year period, beginning in 1978. Mohan died in 2002. |
Nguyen | Dominic | Diocese of Orange CA | Accused | Nguyen was sent from the Diocese of Orange to Idaho in 2002 after an ‘affair’ with a woman, and was returned to Orange in 2003 after a repairman found child porn on his computer. |
Pillon | Gordon John | Diocese of Orange CA | Sued | In 2006, the Peoria diocese placed Pillon on leave after learning of allegations of sexual misconduct dating back to the early 1980s. In 2009, a former priest filed suit alleging abuse by Pillon when he was a teenager in CA. |
Poettgen | Edward | Diocese of Orange CA | Sued | Poettgen was accused of molesting a boy, age 6, while assigned to a St. Polycarp in Stanton in 1994. He was placed on administrative leave at some point before 1/29/20. |
Ramirez | Luis Eduardo | Diocese of Orange CA | Convicted | Arrested in 2008, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery and burglary and was sentenced to six months in jail and three years probation. |
Ramaekers | Timothy | Diocese of Orange CA | Sued | The diocese notified parishioners that a man had recently alleged that Ramaekers had abused him as a minor. The review board found no credible evidence to support the allegation, and Ramaekers was kept in ministry. |
Ruhl | John Edward | Diocese of Orange CA | Settled | Ruhl was a priest for the Vincentians, and was accused of abuse of at least three minors from 1970-1982. He died in 2018, and is included on the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese’s list updated 4/1/2019. |
Salazar | Cesar | Diocese of Orange CA | Accused | Salazar was placed on leave while the diocese investigated charges that he downloaded child pornography. The FBI also investigated. |
Sheahan | John A. | Diocese of Orange CA | Sued | Sheahan was accused of abuse of four children from 1961 to 1965, and of medical retirement in 2003. |
Tanilong | Gerardo Jarencio | Diocese of Orange CA | Convicted | Monsignor Tanilong was arrested after a 15-year-old girl complained that he had molested her earlier in the week. He was placed on leave and was sentenced to six months in jail and three years probation. |
Prouix | Michael | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento on its list 4/30/19. Allegation received in 2011 of rape of a boy under age 14 in the 1950s. Prouix was assigned to Sacred Heart in Alturas 1945-59. |
Allender | Thomas G. | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | A priest was named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento on its list 4/30/2019. He was removed from ministry and living under a safety plan. |
Arroyo | Alejandro | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Deacon named publicly as accused by the diocese of abuse of girls under 14, occurring 1977-83. Removed from ministry and faculties withdrawn in 2012. |
Rico | Gerardo Beltran | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Indicted | Rico was arrested in Mexico in 2008 for alleged abuse of young girls, but was released before extradition. New allegations surfaced in 2019 and 2020 that he sexually abused boys under age 18 and 14. |
Boyle | Edward | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Sued | A woman filed a suit in 2002 against the Sacramento diocese after being molested by Boyle in 1967. |
Brady | Vincent | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Settled | Brady, who was ordained for Sacramento, was accused of sexually abusing girls in the 1970s. He was sent for therapy, reassigned, and retired. |
Casey | James | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | From Ireland. Ordained for Sacramento. Retired 1974. Died in 1992. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 4/30/19. Allegation to docese in 2011 of abuse of a boy in the 1950s. |
Casper | Robert | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Berthold Rudolph Caper was publicly accused by the Sacramento diocese of abuse of a boy in 1962. |
Coffey | Andrew | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | From Ireland. Incardinated into Sacramento diocese 1953. Retired 1994. Died in 2010. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 4/30/19. Accused in 2002 of inappropriately kissing a 10-year-old girl in 1972. |
Conway | Malachy | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | From Ireland. Ordained for the Sacramento diocese. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 4/30/19. Accused in 1997 of “nudity in the presence of minors and attempted sexual touching.” Faculties withdrawn in 1997. |
Cortes | Pablo | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | From El Salvador. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento on its list 4/30/19. Worked in the diocese 1970-73. Allegation to diocese in 1990 of abuse in 1970 of a girl younger than 14. |
Gonzales | Hector Coria | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Guilty plea | Approximately 42 when ordained in 1/2011. Arrested on charges of statutory rape and oral copulation of a 16-year-old, girl beginning in 2013, and was sentenced to 90 days in jail, three years probation and sexual offender counseling. |
Crowley | John | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | From Ireland. Ordained for Sacramento. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 5/22/19. Allegation in 1988 of abuse, possibly between 1965 and 1985, of a girl under age 14. Faculties removed in 1988. |
Delgado | Rodolfo | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Sued | A priest was accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy, and was permanently removed from ministry in 2006. He was sentenced to a life of prayer and penance by the Holy See. |
Dermody | Thomas | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Dermody was accused of abusing minors in the Sacramento diocese, and retired in 2002. |
Dermody | Michael | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Settled | Accused of ‘affairs’ with three women he counseled, Dermody won $1.4 million judgment against him in 1992, but not against Diocese, and $3 million judgment against him in 1993, but was dismissed from insurance policy. |
Dowling | John W. | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Dowling was ordained for the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, worked in the Sacramento diocese 1947-1981, and was dismissed after a report of child pornography. He was accused of abuse of boys under age 14 in 1954-1981, and was included on the Atlanta archdiocese’s list of credibly accused in 2019 and 2020. |
Falvey | Arthur A. | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Settled | The Jesuits settled with a man in 2009 who alleged that Arthur Falvey raped him repeatedly over a four-year period. Arthur 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. |
Feeser | William | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Feeser was accused of sex abuse of a girl at Our Lady of Assumption in Carmichael in 2010 and 2016 and of abuse of a boy at Our Lady of Assumption between 1977 and 1978. |
Figueroa | Oscar | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | From Mexico, Figueroa was ordained for the Sacramento diocese in 2008, but had his faculties removed in 2009 after an allegation of sexual misconduct with a young adult male. |
Foley | James Patrick | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Foley was named publicly as accused on San Diego diocese’s 9/18 list. He was suspended in 7/10, removed in 8/15, and was listed on the Santa Rosa diocese’s list 1/12/19, the Sacramento diocese’s list 4/30/19, and the Oakland diocese’s list in 2019 |
Ortiz | Francisco Javier Garcia | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Settled | Garcia was ordained in Mexico and incardinated into the Diocese of Sacramento in 1989. He fled to Mexico in 1995 after a dozen felony molestation charges were filed against him in Yolo and Colusa counties in CA. |
Hall | Sidney P. | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Sued | Hall was accused of sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl in 1966, and was asked to step down as pastor from St. Peter’s in 2002 due to concerns about his health. He died in 2016. |
Hannan | John | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Retired in 2004. Allegation to the diocese in 2011 of abuse of a minor female in 1977. Faculties withdrawn. Died in 2017. |
Henson | Jerome M. | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Settled | In 1981, he was caught in a graveyard at night with a 13-year-old boy in Sacramento. He was sent to Reno under Bishop McFarland, who sent him to Orange in 1984. |
Cota | David Hernandez | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | He was ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento CA, but excardinated and incardinated into the Diocese of Nuevo Casas, Mexico. |
Hernandez-Tovar | Francisco | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | A man had alleged that Hernandez molested him 1986-1987 at age 13, while Hernandez was assigned to Our Lady of Lourdes in Colusa. |
Hoan | Joseph Nguyen | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | The Diocese of Sacramento named Hoan on its list of those with credible allegations against them in 5/19. |
Hold | William B. | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Accused of abuse at Holy Rosary in Woodland in 1982. Moved to Central Point, OR in 1998. |
Jaramillo | Roberto L. | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Jaramillo was accused of sexually abusing a girl under the age of 14 from 1996 to 1999, and of kissing a boy in 1999. The Diocese and law enforcement determined that there was insufficient evidence, and Jaramillo denied the abuse. |
Klingenbrunner | Gunter | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | The Jesuits West Province named him publicly as accused of sexual abuse of a minor in 1981-1984. |
Kristy | Mark | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Convicted | Kristy was trained as a psychotherapist and assigned to parishes in Tucson AZ and Los Angeles CA. He was accused of sexually abusing a girl under the age of 14 from 2001 through 2004. |
O’Halloran | Louis Michael | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | O’Halloran was named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento in 5/19 and was removed from public ministry in 2004. |
Lynch | Michael | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | From Ireland. Ordained for Sacramento. Retired 1993. Died 1993. Allegation to diocese in 2003 of sexual assault, including rape, of a girl in 1965. |
Magallanes | Jesus | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Deacon named publicly as accused of sexual abuse of two females, allegedly occurring 1975-80. |
Marsicek | Robert | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Convicted | Assigned to St. Pius X parish in Wauwatosa WI in 2001, removed 3/28/13 when a teacher reported questionable behavior with a student at school, charged with felony child sexual assault in 2017, sentenced 12/17 to 1 year in House of Corrections. |
Mennis | James Finbarr | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Mennis was accused of abuse of a girl in 1967-69 and became a Navy chaplain for thirty years. |
Mistretta | Vito | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 4/30/19, and died 10/13/09, after allegations of abuse of a boy in 1984. |
Monaghan | James Thomas | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Convicted | A Jesuit priest was convicted in 1992 of fondling a girl, age 7, while pastor of St. Ignatius in Sacramento. He was sentenced to 5 years probation and 120 hours community service, and died in 2004 at age 89. |
Moreno | Jorge | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Settled | A priest from Mexico was placed on leave after an allegation of sexual abuse. He fled to Mexico while criminal charges were pending and died in 2014. |
O’Connor | Cornelius F. | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | A lawsuit was filed in the early 2020s alleging abuse by O’Connor of an 8-year-old boy at Our Lady of the Assumption in Carmichael beginning in 1987 when the boy was age 8. |
Onorato | Charles A. | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Jesuit brother, named publicly as accused by the Jesuits West Province on its list 12/7/2018, was removed from ministry in 2003 and sent to live under a safety plan. |
Ojeda | Uriel | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Convicted | Ojeda was born in the U.S., raised in Mexico, and attended seminary in Oregon 1998-2007. He was arrested on two counts of felony lewd and lascivious acts with a teen girl 2007-2009, and sentenced to eight years in prison. |
Perez | Z. Enrique | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | From Colombia, Oratorian, named publicly as accused by the Sacramento diocese on its list 4/30/19. Retired in 2003, returned to his Order. |
Petrich | Vernon | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | Petrich was named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Sacramento on its list 4/30/19. |
Pinal | Jose Antonio | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Sued | Costellano Jose Pinal, aka Antonio Pinal, was accused in 1989 of twice sodomizing a 14-year-old boy and fondling the boy on a trip to Mexico. He was incardinated into Cuernavaca diocese in 1991 and worked there for decades. |
Blanco | Mario Porras | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Settled | Originally from Costa Rica, Blanco was removed from ministry in the Diocese of Sacramento in 1973. At least 17 men have accused him of sexual abuse, and a civil trial was set for 7/05, but 16 cases settled just prior to trial. |
Storan | William | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | From Ireland. Ordained for Sacramento. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 4/30/19. Allegation to diocese in 2001 of abuse of a female between age 18 and 25 in 1974. Faculties retired/faculties withdrawn in 2001. |
Twomey | Simon | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Sacramento. Allegation to the diocese in 2018 of abuse of a girl 1975-76. Investigation pending. |
Urbina | Jose Luis | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Convicted | From Mexico, ordained for Sacramento, pled guilty 1989 to committing lewd acts with a child under 14, fled to Mexico before sentencing, and was found working as a priest in 2005. |
Wallace | Murrough | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Sued | Wallace was accused of sexually abusing a boy, age 10, in 1965, at Holy Angels church and school in Yuba City, CA. He was reportedly deceased at the time of the filing. |
Walsh | Michael G. | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Settled | Walsh was placed on leave in April 2002 after allegations of sexual abuse surfaced. |
Watts | John | Diocese of Sacramento CA | Accused | The Diocese of Sacramento named him on its list of accused priests on 4/30/19. He worked at Christ the King Retreat Center. |
Ayala | Saul | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Settled | Ayala was placed on leave after an allegation of sexual harassment and misconduct involving a minor was filed. Two sisters filed suit alleging he abused them at ages 7 and 9 in 1988 and 1989 when he baby-sat them. |
Barco | Roberto A. | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Accused of child sex abuse in 2009-10. Removed from San Bernardino diocese list 10/9/18. |
Ball | Edward Lawrence | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Convicted | In 1992, he was indicted on four counts of abuse of a minor. In 1999, he was charged with 31 counts of abuse of two other boys. |
Bell | Joseph C. | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | The San Bernardino diocese was first aware of allegations in 1985 and named a priest as accused in October of that year. |
Benson | Gustavo | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Convicted | Benson Sotomayor was accused of sexually abusing at least three boys in the 1970s and 1980s. He was transferred to the Diocese of Tijuana, México in 1987 and remained an active priest in St. San Judas Ta Deo Church, Ensenada, México. |
Bucaro | Michael | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Settled | A man sued Bucaro in 2004 alleging he was abused by Bucaro at St. Matthew’s Church in Corona and in San Diego in the 1980s. The suit settled in 2008. |
Castillo | Alejandro Jose | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Guilty plea | From Mexico City, ordained in 1981 for the Society of the Divine Word, assigned in Los Angeles, CA. Removed from Our Lady of Guadalupe in Ontario CA in 6/2010 after allegations that he abused two brothers within the previous two years. |
Covas | Peter | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Sued | Covas resigned in 1983 as first financial director of the diocese after loaning $225K to a man who had been convicted of fraud. He was arrested twice for public sexual misconduct. |
Silva | Owen da | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Sued | A 2004 amended pleading named da Silva as the first Santa Barbara perpetrator of child sexual assault and said that he abused an altar boy in 1936-1937 at St. Anthony’s Seminary. |
Dominicis | Daniel De | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | First named publicly as accused on 10/9/18, of abuse occurring 1975-85. Left the San Bernardino diocese in 1978. |
Donat | Robert J. | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Donat worked in San Diego Diocese 1966-69 and 1969-93. He was pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in Montclair until 2006 and was sentenced by Vatican to Prayer and Penance. |
Dominguez | Jesus A. | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Guilty plea | Jesse, a priest from Chihuahua, Mexico, was charged with abusing two boys in 1988-1989, but fled to Mexico before he could be arrested. Six men filed civil suits. |
Dunne | Kevin | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Dunne was one of several religious accused in 1993 of abuse of students at St. Anthony Seminary. He was living with his Order at St. Mary’s Basilica in Phoenix, serving as their treasurer, doing housework and without contact with children. |
Etienne | Clifton Raymond | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Sued | Accused of abuse at Divine Word Seminary, died in 1998, and was included on the San Diego diocese’s 9/2018 list. |
Fertal | Joseph | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Settled | After being suspected of abuse in 1989, he returned to his order’s seminary in Riverside, CA, then assigned to parishes. He was accused of molesting a 16-year-old boy from a catechism class in 1995, but the criminal investigation was dropped for lack of evidence. |
Garcia | Rodrigo Marciel | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Garcia was named publicly by the Diocese of San Bernardino on its list of credibly accused in 5/21. |
Garduno | Anthony Martinez | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Convicted | Garduno was accused of asking an adult man to strip during premarital counseling, was removed from the clerical state, and was sentenced to 2 years prison on drug and gun charges. |
Gil | Rudi | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Gil arrived in the San Bernardino diocese from Canada in 1987, was accused of sexual misconduct in 1993, was treated at a facility run by Servants of Paraclete for “sexual identity issues”, and was removed from the priesthood in 2002. |
Macouzet | Maximiliano Gomez | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Settled | Monsignor from Mexico, ordained in 1946, graduated from Rome in 1948, and left the San Bernardino diocese in 1966. He was sued for assault and battery in 1966 and awarded $35K. |
Hayes | J. Ernest | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | First named publicly as accused on the diocese’s list 10/9/18. It notes diocese aware in 6/87 of alleged abuse 1978-83, 1981 and 1987. Hayes died in 1990. |
Jablonski | Joseph | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Jablonski was first named publicly as accused on the San Bernardino Diocese’s list 10/9/2018. He was added to the Rockford IL Diocese’s list in 10/2020 and to Joliet’s list 2/2021. |
Jost | Dennis Raymond | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Convicted | Raised in the San Angelo TX diocese, spent years in CA training to be a deacon, was removed from the program, and convicted of child abuse in 1992. Worked in the Dallas diocese until his past was uncovered. |
Keppel | Timothy F. | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Keppel was removed from the Order after it received an allegation of sexual misconduct involving a teenage boy in the San Bernardino Diocese in the late 1970s. He was sentenced to a life of prayer and penance in 2012 by the Vatican. |
Kurilec | Robert | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Kurilec was first named publicly as accused on the Diocese of San Bernardino’s list 10/9/2018. He was sentenced by Vatican to Prayer and Penance and died in FL in 9/2019. |
Luque | Peter H. | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Sued | Monsignor Luque was placed on leave in 4/02 due to old allegations of sexual abuse. He was charged in 4/03 but the charges were dismissed after a Supreme Court ruling. |
McCormick | Peter | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | McCormick was accused of sexually abusing a boy in 1990 at a church near L.A. He was removed from ministry in 2000 and contacted law enforcement two years later. |
Melzer | Howard | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Melzer was first named publicly as accused on 10/9/18 and reported to Order on 10/17/93. |
Nguyen | Paul | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Ordained in Oslo, Norway, then Rome, then San Bernardino, CA. Resigned as parish pastor after accused of sexual misconduct with minor. |
Nunez | Joseph R. | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Sued | Monsignor, accused of molesting a boy in 1956-1957, was incardinated in 1937 and assigned to a San Bernardino CA parish. |
Perreault | Louis G. | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Sued | Perrault worked in Phoenix, AZ (HS teacher 1963-71), Lake Charles, LA (parish priest/pastor), Hemet CA (parish priest/pastor 1986-2000), and Henderson NV (hospital chaplain 2000-08), and was named publicly as accused on the San Bernardino diocese’s list 11/17/18. |
Trujillo | Esteban | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Visiting priest from Mexico, removed from the San Bernardino Diocese in 2002, after his Order cleared him of an allegation of past sexual misconduct. |
Waltos | Bernard | Diocese of San Bernardino CA | Accused | Waltos was named publicly as accused on 10/9/2018 and was assigned to Queen of Angels in Riverside 1981-1991. Abuse alleged to have occurred 1984-1990. |
Flynn | Herman Francis | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Born in Canada. Worked in SC, MI and VA, then in the Diocese of San Diego 1963-1977. Included on list of priests with credible allegations released by the San Diego diocese 3/30/2007. Died 4/13/1977. Personnel file released 10/25/2010. |
Kurlandski | Lawrence | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | Accused by a woman in a 2003 lawsuit of molesting her at St. Joseph’s in Fontana 1947-1949. Kurlandski died in 1990. Included on the Resurrectionists’ list of credibly accused 10/27/2021. Named in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report. |
Beatty | John M. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Parish priest, high school teacher, hospital chaplain. First named publicly as accused on the San Diego diocese’s 9/14/2018 list, added to the Diocese of Joliet’s list in 2/2021, and included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report. |
Booth | James T. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | A woman filed suit in 2/03 and a second woman filed suit in 12/03 against Booth, alleging that he molested them when they were young. He denied all allegations. |
| Thomas | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | Sued. Accused of abuse. Called “Brother Thomas” |
Buchanan | Robert | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | Sued in 2003, accused of abuse of a girl in 1972, retired in 2006, and was no longer in the ministry. |
Carrillo | Arthur | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Carrillo was removed from public ministry pending investigation for sexually abusing a female minor in the early 1970s. |
Chavarin | Jose | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Chavarin was accused of abusing three boys in San Diego in the 1980s and fled to Mexico. |
Creaton | James | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | Creaton’s personnel file was among documents released in 2010 concerning priests of the diocese accused of child sexual abuse. |
D’Amora | Edito | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | D’Amora was accused of abusing a 10-year-old girl in 1991 while a Navy chaplain. He settled the case. |
Daly | John Joseph | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | Daly was accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy at St. Joseph’s in Holtville in 1977. The case was dropped after the bishop visited the D.A. Diocese moved Daly out of the area and the civil suit was filed in 2002. |
Damasco | Nelson C. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Damasco was a priest of the Nueva Segovia diocese in the Philippines, and was listed on 3/30/07 as credibly accused. He was reportedly stationed at Fort Hood in the Austin TX diocese. |
Francisco | Luis Eugene de | Diocese of San Diego CA | Arrested | A priest from Colombia was accused of abusing children of migrant workers and was told to leave the US and never return. He was removed from ministry in 1960 and believed to have died in the early 1990s. |
Doxie | Donald F. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | Accused of sexually abusing boy 1969-1972 starting at age 15. Died 11/16/76. |
Eagen | I. Brent | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | A woman claimed in a 2003 lawsuit that she was raped by Msgr. Eagen, who was assigned as parish priest at a nearby mission and later became Chancellor of San Diego diocese. |
French | Michael | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | The San Diego diocese named a priest as accused of abusing a boy in 1980, and the victim received settlement. The priest died in 1995. |
Galindo | Rudolph | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | Accused of sexual improprieties with a Vietnamese altar boy, Galindo denied the accusations, was suspended from ministry, reassigned, retired, and permanently removed from the priesthood. |
Ganahl | James A. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | Ganahl was accused of abusing four girls between 1961-1963 and was retired in 1987. The family chose not to pursue criminal charges. |
Gill | Paul | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | A civil suit was filed in 2002 against Gill, alleging abuse of a 14-year-old boy in 1977. Gill was barred from public ministry in 1998. |
Higgins | Michael K. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Higgins was accused of soliciting sex from a boy in a confessional, and was removed from active ministry in 1982. He sued the Bishop and others, and was laicized in 1999. |
Holtey | Gary Michael | Diocese of San Diego CA | Convicted | Placed on leave during investigation of child pornography ring; pled guilty and was sentenced to 3 years probation. |
Houck | Richard L. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | Houck was named publicly as accused of molesting a 10-year-old altar boy in 1968. |
Hughes | Patrick J. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Convicted | From Ireland, accused of abuse of a 12-year-old boy in 1974. Transferred to San Diego in 1988 with recommendation from Irish Bishop, whereabouts unknown until 2007. |
Kearney | Patrick J. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Kearney’s personnel file was among documents released as a non-monetary provision of the San Diego settlement. |
Keith | John Charles | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | Keith was accused of molesting a 12-year-old boy in 1985. The case was settled in 1999 for $95K, and he admitted to being a recovering alcoholic. |
Koerner | Robert S. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | Koerner worked in TX, MT and CA. He was named in three lawsuits and four other settlements, and was accused of molesting minors during his 27-year tenure at St. Patrick’s parish in Calipatriam, CA. |
Kowalczyk | Adalbert J. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | Sued in 2002, accused of abuse of at least one girl in 1993, dismissed on statute of limitations, included on the Resurrectionists’ list, died in 1972. |
Kraft | William Armstrong | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | Monsignor was accused of abuse of several boys and at least one girl. Several civil suits were filed and one settled in 2001 for $250K. |
Lally | George | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | A boy reported abuse by Lally to the church’s pastor, and Lally was transferred and paid college costs for the boy. He left the priesthood in 1979, married a former nun, and was living in California. |
Langille | Justin | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | In 2002, Langille passed a polygraph test and was unassigned from the diocese, but in 2018 the Review Board found “significant new information” that led to his removal. |
MacCourt | Michael M. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | MacCourt was ordained in Northern Ireland and sent to the U.S. where he worked at St Columban’s in NE 1923-24 and St Columban’s in Silver Creek NY 1924-30. He died in 1977. |
Marron | Michael Victor | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Priest of the Clogher Diocese in Ireland, named on list of priests with credible allegations, who left diocese at bishop’s request. |
Marron | Peter Joseph | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | Born in Ireland, Marron arrived in the U.S. at age 16, served at St. Rita High School in Chicago, St. Mary’s parish in Rockford, Navy Chaplain 1945-1969, and formation community at Cole St. in San Francisco, before retiring in 1975. |
Marrufo | Ramon | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | Marrufo was accused of sexually abusing a boy for several years in the 1970s, and was assigned to St. Peter the Apostle in Fallbrook 2010-19. |
McGinn | Malachy M. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Monsignor, member of the Salesian order in Ireland prior to ordination, worked in the San Bernardino diocese and was accused of sexual abuse of a 21-year-old female in 1968. |
McNamara | Patrick Carl | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Received a law degree prior to ordination, took a sabbatical in 1993, left the priesthood in 1994, and later married. |
Medaer | Mark A. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Monsignor Medaer was named publicly as accused on San Diego diocese’s 9/18 list and was accused of molesting a boy in 1982 while pastor of Our Lady of Guadelupe in Calexico. |
Mejia | Ricardo | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Name included on list of credibly accused priests released by the San Diego diocese 3/30/07. Mejia died in 2016. |
Moloney | Thomas | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | Monsignor Moloney was ordained for the San Diego diocese, but spent first years after ordination working in England. A man filed a civil suit against the diocese, and Moloney died in 1986. |
Montagna | Paolino | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Montagna was accused of molesting two girls in the San Diego diocese, but is thought to be deceased. |
Neri | Ephren Cirilio | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | From Mexico, Ephrem Neri was accused of raping a girl aged 7 while he was assigned to Christ the King parish in San Bernardino. He was also accused of fathering a child, which he denied. |
Nikliborc | Robert Daniel | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | Accused of abuse of an 11-year-old boy at Boys Town of the Desert, sued in 2005, and was convicted of tax evasion in 1968. He was redirected to St. Anne’s in San Diego in 1971 and retired in 2001. |
O’Connor | Michael | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | From Ireland, ordained in Ireland for the Diocese of Los Angeles and San Diego. Died 10/31/65. |
O’Donohoe | Michael Raymond | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | From Ireland, ordained in Ireland for the San Diego diocese, left the diocese 4/10/61, faculties revoked, assigned to parish work in Tucson, AZ, died 8/9/67. |
O’Keeffe | Patrick J. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | Monsignor from Ireland was accused of abusing several girls, but the charges were dropped due to a Supreme Court ruling. He was laicized and the case settled for $198.1M. |
Omemaga | Emmanuel O. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Charged | From the Philippines, arrived in San Diego in 1990, was charged in 1993 with 40 counts of abusing a 14-year-old girl, surrendered faculties in 10/93, and fled to the Philippines. |
Polizzi | Daniel | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | In 1996, a 16-year-old hospitalized boy told hospital workers that he had been fondled by a priest. The priest was suspended and later permanently impeded from priestly ministry. |
Rodrigue | Edward Anthony | Diocese of San Diego CA | Convicted | Rodrigue admitted to abusing 150 children, “four or five” boys every year of his 22-year career. He was sentenced to probation in 1979, 10 years’ prison in 1998, laicized in 1992, released from prison in 2006, died in 2009. |
Robier | Franz | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | Several suits filed in 2003 against missionary priest from Austria, accused of abuse of as many as 24 girls in late 1950s-early 1960s. Trial suspended when the San Diego diocese filed bankruptcy. |
Rossell | Joseph | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | Accused in a lawsuit filed in 1/2020 under the CA Child Victims Act. Reportedly had assignments in National City, San Diego, Carlsbad, El Cajon and Oceanside. |
Rossell | Joseph | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | From Spain, he was ordained as for the Sons of the Holy Family, arrived in CO in 1947, and was incardinated in the Diocese of San Diego in 1954. He was named in a number of lawsuits. |
Roll | David | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Name included on list of priests with credible allegations of abuse released by San Diego diocese 3/30/07. |
Savord | William R. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Included on list of priests with credible allegations as released by San Diego diocese 3/30/07. Transferred to San Bernardino diocese in 1984. |
Sheehy | Edward Augustine | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | A priest was named publicly as accused by the Paulist Order in 2019 of abuse in San Diego, 1955-1957. He worked in Boston, San Francisco, Johannesburg, S.A., Los Angeles, New York and Baltimore. |
Sheridan | Gregory Sierra | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | A priest named Sheridan was ordained for the Augustinians and worked in KS, TX, NE, CA before arriving in San Diego in 1948. Several women have come forward alleging abuse by Sheridan as young girls over 30 years prior. |
| Bridgette | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | In 2003, a girl filed a lawsuit against Sr. Bridgette, the director of the Nazareth House Orphanage. |
Spain | William D. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Accused | Monsignor. Name included on list of priests with credible allegations released by the San Diego diocese 3/30/07. Retired in 1986 due to “ill health” and moved to Hawaii. Died in 7/93. San Diego personnel file released10/25/10. |
Thompson | Matthew J. | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | A man came forward to allege abuse when he was an altar boy in the late 1950s-early 1960s. A $200M settlement was reached in 2007. |
Uboldi | Victor | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | A woman filed suit in 1992 against Uboldi for abuse when she was 12-17. At least one other victim came forward. |
Valverde | William | Diocese of San Diego CA | Settled | In the mid-1970s, Valverde exposed two men to alcohol, drugs, cigarettes and deviant sex. He was named in a civil suit, but the two plaintiffs were NOT included in the 2007 San Diego settlement. |
Vinyard | Barry | Diocese of San Diego CA | Sued | A man filed suit in 2003 against Vinyard, alleging that he was abused as a boy. Vinyard was included on the diocese’s list of credibly accused. |
Dunn | Raymond V. | Diocese of San Jose CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits West Province on its list 12/7/2018. It notes an allegation reported of the sexual abuse of a minor in 2002. It is unclear when the report was made. Dismissed 6/15/2001. Died 6/3/2012. |
Bettencourt | Thomas | Diocese of San Jose CA | Sued | Bettencourt was named publicly as accused on the diocese’s 10/18/18 list, and died of AIDS 2/25/90. A man filed a lawsuit in 2021. |
Burke | Edward Thomas | Diocese of San Jose CA | Convicted | Burke admitted to his Jesuit superior that he sexually abused a dependent adult man living/working at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, and was sentenced to two years in prison at age 80. |
Connor | Charles Leonard | Diocese of San Jose CA | Convicted | Connor admitted to inappropriate touching of two intellectually disabled adult men at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, and was sent to live at the all-boys Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. The victims received a $7.5M settlement. Connor was returned to Sacred Heart Jesuit Center after being accused of abusing Jesuit Fr. James Chevedden in 1998. The complaint was deemed unproven by Jesuit Provincial Fr. Tom Smolich. Chevedden died in 2004 after falling from a courthouse parking garage. His family received $1.6M from the Jesuits. |
Dondero | L. Joseph | Diocese of San Jose CA | Accused | Dondero was first named publicly as accused in 2002, and was included on the Jesuits West Province’s list in 2018 for sexual abuse of a minor. |
Farrington | William C. | Diocese of San Jose CA | Sued | After allegations of abuse at Jesuit High and Loyola Marymount University, Farrington was sent to live under supervision at the Sacred Heart Retreat Center in Los Gatos. A lawsuit was filed in 2020 claiming abuse in the 1960s of a Bellarmine Prep student. |
Flickinger | Don D. | Diocese of San Jose CA | Settled | A 13-year-old boy and a woman sued the church for sexual abuse. The church authorities were aware of the abuse, and settled the cases in 2013. In 10/2018, Flickinger was a priest of the Fresno diocese. In 1/12/2019, he was listed as credibly accused in Santa Rosa. |
Gray | Robert A. | Diocese of San Jose CA | Convicted | Convicted of sexually abusing a teenage boy while teaching him karate, given 5 years probation, removed as head of cemeteries department, and placed on permanent leave. |
Harrison | Arthur | Diocese of San Jose CA | Settled | In 2003, he was charged with sex abuse of a 10-year-old girl in 1961. In 1988, he was accused of molesting two San Jose girls, but was not charged. |
Largente | Laurent | Diocese of San Jose CA | Accused | Largente was first named publicly as accused in 1994 of sexual misconduct with a child. |
Larkin | Alexander C. | Diocese of San Jose CA | Settled | Larkin was placed on leave in 12/04 after allegations that he had abused two youths between 1975 and 1980 at Our Lady of the Rosary in Palo Alto. No criminal charges filed. |
Mariano | Angel Crisostomo | Diocese of San Jose CA | Convicted | Mariano was a cross-dresser who was convicted of child molestation in 1998. He was reprimanded by Jesuit leaders at least 5 years prior to the 1998 incident and permanently banned from ministry. |
Moniz | John Rodrigues | Diocese of San Jose CA | Convicted | In 1995 Moniz was convicted of lewd conduct with a young girl and sentenced to three years probation. He later moved to Vianney Renewal Center in Dittmer, MO and died in 2008. |
Moss | George | Diocese of San Jose CA | Accused | Moss was accused of sexual misconduct with children while assigned to St. Joseph’s in Mountain View 1963-76. He retired in 1976 and died in 1986. |
Noia | Leonel C. | Diocese of San Jose CA | Convicted | Noia was accused of showing pornography to boys and rubbing their genitals during a camping trip. He was sentenced to jail for six months, five years probation and psych treatment, and was permanently banned from ministry in 2002. |
Nu’uanu | Joseph P. | Diocese of San Jose CA | Accused | 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.” |
Pritchard | Joseph T. | Diocese of San Jose CA | Settled | At least 19 children accused him of abuse, and 23 suits were filed. He died in 1988. |
Senevirante | Noel | Diocese of San Jose CA | Accused | A report was made in 2002 that Senivirante sexually abused a child while assigned to St. Leo the Great School. |
Stretch | Edward M. | Diocese of San Jose CA | Accused | The Jesuits West Province named him publicly as accused of sexual abuse of a minor in 2012, and the year of the abuse is “TBD”. |
Sunseri | Phil | Diocese of San Jose CA | Accused | Sunseri was named publicly as accused of sexual abuse of children in 1986 and 1987. He was permanently banned from ministry in 1988 and died in 1991. |
Toro | Hernan | Diocese of San Jose CA | Convicted | Toro was named publicly as accused on the San Jose diocese’s list 10/18/18, but was currently in jail, accused of molesting two girls, one age 4 and 6 in 2011, the other age 11 in 2016. |
Putten | Benedict Van der | Diocese of San Jose CA | Accused | Member of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, accused of molesting a teen girl in 2000, sent to Southdown Institute in Canada for treatment, laicized, moved to Hawaii, divorced, had four children, moved to Oklahoma. |
Pallathuparambil | Xavier | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the diocese’s list 1/112/19. Ordained for the Diocese of Vijayapuram, India. Worked in Santa Rosa diocese 2/2/84 until he was dismissed 4/13/84. Died in India 5/29/04. |
Bolger | Anthony | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Sued | Bishop Ferrario was accused of abusing a boy at St. Anthony’s in Kailua, HI, and was allowed to retire for ‘medical’ reasons in 2002. He died in 2015, and was listed on the Santa Rosa diocese’s list in 2019. |
Brenkle | John J. | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Cleared | Brenkle was investigated and exonerated by the diocese after a man complained that he had molested his 7th grade son. |
Corley | James F. | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Sued | Corley was accused of sexually abusing a minor at age 7 in 1977 at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Windsor. He died of AIDS in 1990. |
Crews | John S. | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Crews was executive director of Hanna Boys Center in Sebastopol beginning 1984, resigned 2/6/13 after report of an inappropriate relationship with a minor male 1971-75, and was accused of sexual abuse by two men in 1999-2001 and 1984-1985. |
Gleeson | Patrick | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Settled | A man filed a civil suit against the diocese in 2002 alleging abuse as a boy by Gleeson 1968-72, and two cases were settled in 2005 as part of a $7.3M deal with 8 people. |
Hannon | Patrick A. | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Named as accused on the Diocese of Santa Rosa’s list 1/12/19. Noted to have been an order priest, without specifying. Accused in 2000 of abuse in 1981. Worked in the diocese 1980-81. Died in 1993. |
Kelly | Michael Emmet | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/12/19. Accused in 1999 of abuse occurring 1971-99. Suspended 10/24/99. Laicized 10/15/04. |
Kimball | Donald Wren | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Convicted | Placed on leave 1990, accused of abuse of boys and girls. Convicted of child molestation in 2002, sentenced to 7 years in prison, but Supreme Court overturned law under which he was criminally convicted. |
McCabe | Patrick Joseph | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Convicted | From Dublin, Ireland, abused 6 boys in Ireland 1973-1981. Laicized in 1988, found by Interpol in 2003, interviewed by Gardai in 2007, and extradited to Ireland in 2011. |
Meenan | John A. | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 1/12/19. Accused in the 1960s, on leave 1971, laicized 5/23/75. Died 4/21/09. |
Neville | Francis E. | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Named publicly as accused on the Santa Rosa diocese’s list 1/12/19. Ordained of the Diocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Worked in Santa Rosa 1983-84. Accused in 1993 of abuse in 1983. Died in 10/02. |
O’Neill | Vincent | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Settled | Five former altar boys accused O’Neill of abusing them when they were age 13 in the 1970s. The diocese settled with the five in 1/97 for an undisclosed sum. |
Ochoa | Francisco Xavier | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Indicted | Francisco Xavier Ochoa Perez was ordained in Mexico for the Jesuits, began working in the Santa Rosa diocese in 1988, was placed on leave in 2006, admitted past history to bishop, and fled to Mexico before bishop reported him to police. |
Oswald | Ted | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Settled | Oswald was a religious brother of the Brothers of Our Lady of the Poor in Tucson 1976-1977 before entering seminary. He was permanently removed from the priesthood in 2008 due to a civil suit claiming sexual abuse by R. Trupia. |
Parker | Thomas G. | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Parker admitted to abusing a youth at St. Apollinaris parish in Napa in 2007 and was laicized in 2008. |
Rogers | John K. | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Rogers, noted religious scholar and former campus minister at Humboldt State University, died by suicide after being ordered back to the US to face accusations of molestation. |
Salas | Jorge Hume | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Salas was placed on leave after 4 men reported that they had been sexually accosted by him. He filed suit against Bishop Ziemann and was awarded $535K. |
Sheehy | Wilfred L. | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Accused of sexually abusing a minor, he was accused of abusing her between 1972 and 1977. |
Sobalvarro | Alfredo | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Ordained for the Archdiocese of Washington DC. Worked in the Santa Rosa diocese 1972-76. Named publicly as accused on the Santa Rosa diocese’s list 1/12/19. It notes he has been “out of ministry since 2003.” |
Stack | Jerome | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Parish priest, high school and college instructor, state psychiatric facility chaplain, and secretary general for six years for his order. Removed from active ministry in 2019 after an allegation of sexual abuse. |
Timmons | Gary | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Convicted | Timmons founded Camp St. Michael in Leggett and was sentenced to two concurrent 8-year prison terms for sexually abusing 8 boys. He was released from prison in 2000 and was listed on the Sex Offender Registry. |
Walsh | James E. | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Monsignor, who was accused of abuse in 1965, was assigned to St. Helena’s in St. Helena CA. |
Ward | Bernard | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Convicted | Left priesthood in 1979 or 1980, married and had children, became a radio talk show host, was indicted on federal internet child porn charges, pled guilty to one count, and was released from prison in 12/14. |
Wiecek | Ron | Diocese of Santa Rosa CA | Accused | Wiecek was accused of having “overzealously spanked” a boy in the 1970s and of trying to pick up a gay man about 30 years prior. |
Arakal | Francis | Diocese of Stockton CA | Settled | Arakal, who was from India, was accused of touching the breasts of a 13-year-old girl and a younger girl in 2001. He was cleared of sexual battery but awarded $20K to the family. |
Camacho | Antonio | Diocese of Stockton CA | Accused | Extern priest from Mexico accused of abuse of two high school boys in the Dioceses of Stockton and Oakland CA. Removed from ministry and returned to Mexico at request of Bishop Mahony. |
Clavell | Didachus | Diocese of Stockton CA | Accused | Didacus was assigned to St. Mary’s High School in approximately 1964. He was included on the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list in 2012-2013. |
Fahy | Murty M. | Diocese of Stockton CA | Sued | Associate pastor at St. Anne’s Church, Lodi, accused of abuse of a girl in the mid-1990s at his church’s elementary school. Police conducted investigation but were unable to substantiate the allegations. |
Guarin-Sosa | Julio Cesar | Diocese of Stockton CA | Not Guilty | Visiting priest from Colombia arrested for molestation of a minor, sexual battery and illegal entry. Released on bail, found not guilty by jury of misdemeanor charges. |
Kelly | Michael Eugene | Diocese of Stockton CA | Indicted | Accused of sexual abuse of multiple children, including rape, and was found liable in 2012 by a civil jury. He fled to Ireland and was arrested in 2016 for unlawful flight, but the charges were dropped after his 26-year-old accuser died. Kelly helped found a youth soccer lead in 1979 and was sued in 2022. |
Mascardo | Editho | Diocese of Stockton CA | Reinstated | Mascardo was placed on leave in 2001 after a report of inappropriate conduct toward minor. A review board told the bishop it “did not determine sexual abuse occurred”. |
Noonan | Edward | Diocese of Stockton CA | Accused | From Ireland, monsignor Barry O’Reilly was accused of sexual abuse by several victims. He was named publicly as accused by the Stockton diocese in 2017. |
O’Grady | Oliver Francis | Diocese of Stockton CA | Convicted | From Ireland, abused 25 boys and girls. Laicized, fled Ireland 10/06, settled with Irish Archdiocese for $3M, sued again 12/07, settled again 6/10, released from jail 4/14, living unsupervised. |
Pelaez | Oscar A. | Diocese of Stockton CA | Convicted | Extern priest from Colombia accused of abuse of a boy for three years. Sentenced to six years prison, released on parole after three. |
Torrez | Eduardo Perez | Diocese of Stockton CA | Accused | Eduardo De Jesus Preez Torrez, a priest from Colombia, sexually abused a 15-year-old girl in 1999. The diocesan review board was investigating. |
Rodriguez | Antonio Munoz | Diocese of Stockton CA | Accused | Visiting priest from the Archdiocese of Tijuana, Mexico, was removed from his posts by then-Stockton Bishop Mahony immediately, after parents met with him and alleged that the priest sexually abused several high school students. |
Suarez | Leo | Diocese of Stockton CA | Settled | In 2009, Suarez was permanently removed from his position as associate pastor at St. Anthony’s in Hughson after admitting that he had abused a minor girl. He was sent for treatment and settled for $300K with one person in 2010. |
Villalobos | Fernando | Diocese of Stockton CA | Sued | A 2/2003 civil RICO suit claimed that Villalobos abused a boy, ages 12-15, and a brother, and that the Bishop and other diocese officials covered it up. A 12/2019 suit claimed abuse of a boy, age 16 |
About Clergy Sexual Abuse
California Clergy sexual abuse includes a misuse of power to sexually abuse or exploit a child or vulnerable adult in the church. Numerous priests have been accused of sexual abuse in California, including in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and Santa Rosa.
When proven guilty, offenders are subject to criminal charges and civil claims. Sexual abuse lawyers play an important role in helping California abuse victims overcome a history of being sexually abused in the church. The legal system gives child victims a voice to overcome clergy abuse.
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Legal Support for Survivors in California
A civil suit alleges abuse occurred and aims to seek justice through the financial recovery of damages. While receiving compensation doesn’t forgive the abuse, civil or private settlements can help victims pay for the resources they need to assist in recovery. Credible accusations also help bring light to a bigger problem while ensuring the accused can no longer hold that same power over other members.
Laws and Regulations in California
California laws aim to protect victims of sexual misconduct and abuse. The California Child Victims Act recognizes that it can take decades for victims of child abuse to come forward. Years of healing and recovery are usually required before a victim is comfortable making accusations of abuse. The act allows victims to seek damages from both the priests accused and any clergy members or officials found guilty of covering for a person accused.
In January 2020, California passed the AB218 bill, which extended the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse victims. It also created a three-year lookback window, which has since expired.
Many felony sexual misconduct and assault cases involving children in California don’t have a statute of limitations. This means that victims of child sexual assault can file criminal charges at any time. Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers is here to help clergy sexual abuse victims report, investigate, and recover damages.
Filing a Clergy Sexual Abuse Lawsuit in California
Filing a clergy sexual abuse lawsuit in California brings light to a larger problem, helping others seek justice and protect future generations from the same abuse. A civil suit includes the following steps:
- Contact Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers – Our law firm offers a free, confidential consultation and represents those seeking justice against California priests.
- Investigation – The California legal system presumes priests accused of sexual abuse are innocent until proven guilty. Investigation into the alleged abuse allows us to prove guilt through witness reports, personal statements, and diocese records. Reviewing published accused priests lists also allows us to consider other situations in which survivors filed suit against the same priest accused.
- Settlement – Clergy officials commonly settle with victims to keep prior abuse quiet. However, settlement offers can hide a history of sexually abusing children in the church.
- Trial – Should you or your loved one decide to present your case in front of a jury, our legal team will prepare and represent you every step of the way.
Contact Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers today to explore your legal options.
Support Resources for Survivors in California
Counseling and legal support services can help California victims overcome the lasting damage of sexual abuse in the church. Here are a few support resources available to California residents:
- East Los Angeles Women’s Center: The East Los Angeles Women’s Center has a 24/7 crisis hotline available at 800-585-6231.
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center: The National Sexual Violence Resource Center has a Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP). Connect with resources at 877-762-7432.
- Survivor Ministry: The Diocese of Oakland has created a Survivor Ministry, offering counseling services to those affected by priest abuse. Reach the hotline at 510-267-8373.
- LA Catholics: The LA Catholics victims assistance ministry is available through the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Reach out to LA Catholics at 213-637-7650.
A civil suit filed can also help victims recover the funds they need to seek support services.
Notable Cases and Outcomes in California
California has a lengthy history of clergy abuse, many of which have led to lawsuits and settlement offers. A Los Angeles list of credibly accused victims led to the archdiocese paying millions of dollars in settlement offers to over 500 abused victims. The Diocese of Orange settled 90 cases of abuse. The Saint Anthony Seminary and Los Angeles Archdiocese have also been the subject of sexual abuse settlement cases. Pedophile priests, troubled priests, and clergy official cover ups paint a distrusting picture, and our team is here to help seek justice.
More recently, California dioceses have also been releasing their own lists, bringing to light the priests accused over decades of church services. Many California dioceses have also filed for bankruptcy following an influx of accused priests, making it important to consider your legal options soon. Our attorneys have reviewed public and private settlement data related to California clergy abuse settlements. Depending on the circumstances of your case, these cases may be fairly valued in the $400,000 to $950,000 range. In cases of extreme conduct or if your case were to go before a jury, damages could exceed $1 million.
Why Choose Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers?
The Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers legal team seeks justice and empowers victims to take action. The level of sexual abuse and abuse of power in the Catholic Church is becoming more prevalent.
$14 Million Priest grooming and handling | $4 Million Deacon assault and rape | $3 Million Clergy child abuse filed in adulthood |
$3 Million Volunteer-perpetrated Catholic church abuse | $2 Million Religious school priest teen sexual abuse | $2 Million Clergy abuse case filed against a deceased priest |
Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers is dedicated to helping its clients overcome decades of sexual abuse and misconduct. Our compassionate lawyers understand the discretion and sensitivity required when handling sexual abuse cases. We also have the necessary experience to successfully represent victims when going up against the largest California dioceses.
Contact a Clergy Sexual Abuse Lawyer Today

Are you ready to seek justice for the abuse you had to endure while entrusting the church? Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers is here to help you every step of the way. Our legal team of California clergy abuse lawyers offers a free, confidential consultation so you can explore your legal options with no obligation. Whether filing a claim against a former or current priest or bringing awareness to an archdiocese coverup, our team has the experience you need to get successful results.
Contact Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers today at (888) 424-5757 to schedule your consultation. Fill out our online form if you prefer to have one of our California clergy lawyers contact you.
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