Pa. priest abuse: List of 301 names, with details, from grand jury

On Aug. 14, Pennsylvania released a statewide grand jury report on what the state attorney general's office called an "honest and comprehensive accounting of widespread sexual abuse by more than 300 priests."

The report, more than 800 pages long, lists the name of 301 priests and provides details into specific accusations. The investigation included six dioceses in the state - Allentown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton.

Below are the names listed in the grand jury report, along with where clergy members served and details of allegations.

Diocese of Allentown

Thomas J. Bender

Where served:

5/1961-6/1962 : St. Joseph, Ashland, PA

6/1962-6/1965: St. Joseph, Girardville, PA

6/1965-6/1966: Holy Family, New Philadelphia, PA

6/1965-6/1966 : Marian High School, Tamaqua, PA

6/1966-6/1971 : Nativity High School, Pottsville, PA

6/1966-1/1970 : St. Kiern, Heckscherville, PA

1/1970-6/1970 : St. Mary, St. Clair, PA

6/1970-6/1971 : St. John the Baptist, Pottsville, PA

6/1971-10/1971: Bethlehem Catholic HS, Bethlehem, PA

10/1971- 12/1972: St. Francis Orphanage, Orwigsburg, PA

12/1972-2/1982 Our Lady of Good Counsel, Gordon, PA

6/1973-2/1982: Diocese of Tribunal, Allentown, PA

2/1982-6/1986 Most Blessed Sacrament, Bally

6/1983-6/1987: Liturgical Commission, Diocese of Allentown

6/1986-6/1987: St. Francis of Assisi, Allentown, PA

6/1987- 7/1987: St. Anthony of Padua, Easton, PA

6/1987- 7/1987: Northampton Deanery, Ministry to Aging

7/1987: Regional Director, Council of Catholic Nurses

7/24/1987: Leave of Absence

3/01/2002: Retired

5/06/2005: Dismissed from priesthood

Summary: A review of information received from the Diocese of Allentown indicates that the church was aware of Father Thomas J. Bender's predatory behavior as early as 1972, when Bender was caught in a car with a male student from Nativity High School, where Bender was assigned.

In 1984, a known victim reported that Bender abused him in 1981, while the victim was in seventh grade. The victim reported that he was abused in Bender's bed, where oral and anal sex occured. Bender admitted to abusing the victim. He was sent to psychotherapy but again continued to serve as a priest.

In 1987, Bender was put on a leave of absence. He was eventually arrested, convicted and sentenced to probation. In 2006, while collecting retirement benefits from the church, Bender was arrested in Long Island, New York, while traveling to meet what he believed was a 14-year-old boy for sex. The "boy" was an undercover detective.

Thomas J. Benestad

Where he served:

1970: St. Bernard, Easton, PA

Lafayete College Newman Center

Notre Dame High School

1973 St. Thomas More

1978 Leave of Absence

Holy Rosary

1980 St. Bernard

1988 Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Papal Foundation

2001 Sabbatical

2002 St. Francis of Assisi

2005 Notre Dame of Bethlehem

2006 Leave of Absence

6/2007 Resigned as Pastor

Leave of Absence

9/2007 Ascension, Boca Raton, FL

6/2009 Retired- Pastor Emeritus, Notre Dame of Bethlehem

Summary: Records including email exchanges between the victim and the Diocese of Allentown indicate that in 2001, a known victim reported to the Diocese that Benestad sexually abused him from 1981 through 1983.

The victim was 9 years old when the abuse began. Correspondence demonstrated that the Diocese reported the allegation to the Northampton County District Attorney's Office, which conducted an investigation and found the victim's allegations to be credible.

Robert G. Cofenas

Where he served:

1/1973 - 6/1979: Newman Center, Bethlehem, PA

6/1973 - 6/1975: Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education, Diocese of Allentown, PA

6/1975 - 2/1979: Catholic Students Advisor, Newman Apostolate, Lehigh University, PA

6/1975 - 2/1979: Catholic Students Advisor, Newman Apostolate, Moravian College, PA

6/1975 - 2/1979: Guidance Counsellor, Norte Dame High School, Easton, PA

6/1975 - 2/1979: Director, Newman Apostolate, Diocese of Allentown

2/1979 - 7/1980: Assistant Superintendent of Education, Diocese of Allentown

2/1979 - 7/1980: St. Simon and Jude, Bethlehem, PA

7/1980 - 5/1981: St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland

5/1981 - 6/1988: St. Ignatius Loyola, Sinking Spring, PA

9/1981: Regional Director, American Catholic Overseas Aid Fund

11/1983 - 11/1986: Council of Priests, Diocese of Allentown

6/1988 - 9/1988: St. Ignatius Loyola, Sinking Spring, PA

6/1988 - 10/1989: Diocesan Newspaper

9/1988 - 10/1989: Our Lady of Help of Christians, Allentown, PA

10/1989 - 8/1990: Sabbatical (The Servants of the Paraclete, Jemez Springs, New Mexico)

8/1990 - 6/1997: Our Lady of Help of Christians, Allentown, PA

2/24/1992: Special Advocate, Diocesan Tribunal

6/1997 - 10/2000: St. Catharine of Siena, Reading, PA

2/2000 - 3/2000: Sabbatical (St. John Vianney Treatment Facility, Downingtown)

4/11/2000: Decree of Suspension

2/11/2005: Dismissed from Priesthood

Summary: Records received from the Diocese of Allentown indicate the church was aware of Father Robert G. Cofenas' sexual attraction to young males as early as 1979. While assigned to St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, Cofenas wrote a letter to Bishop McShea dated April 6, 1981. Cofenas wrote: "Yes, I have failed again, but my problem is not so totally out of hand that I cannot with God's help and Dr. Zanni, work to master my situation. Incidentally, prior to now, I had experienced no failure in this matter since 1978."

Cofenas went on to write: "I am deeply sorry for letting you down again. You can imagine how hard it is for me to write this letter-especially when you trusted me and released me to the Mount." Before ending the letter, Cofenas wrote, "I know you want to protect me and I appreciate your concern for me, but I ask you to consider the possibility of my staying at the Mount."

Francis J. Fromholzer

Where he served:

05/1958-09/1959: Holy Ghost, Bethlehem

06/1959-06/1965: Allentown Central Catholic High School

06/1962-09/1962: Holy Ghost (summer assignment)

03/1963-06/1965: Mary, Queen of Peace, Pottsville

06/1965-10/1970: St. Paul, Reading

10/1970-08/1975: St. Mary, Hamburg

08/1975-04/1980: St. Paul, Reading

04/1980-07/1980: Sick leave

07/1980-09/1980: Holy Family Manner, Bethlehem

11/1982-06/1992: St. Paul, Allentown

06/1992-06/1995: St. Peter, Coplay

06/1995-09/2002: St. Paul, Allentown

10/2002: Retired

Summary: Fromholzer sexually abused at least two students while serving as a religion teacher at Allentown Central Catholic High School. On June 12, 2016, the victims testified under oath before the grand jury that they were sexually abused by Fromholzer in 1965 when they were approximately 13 or 14 years old.

One victim was a female, now 68 years old. She recalled that, during a trip to the Poconos in 1964, Fromholzer took her and at least one other girl for a ride in his car. The trip was unsupervised and Julianne' s family was comfortable with the trip since Fromholzer was a trusted priest. Fromholzer groped the girls as he encouraged them to take turns sitting next to him.

James Gaffney

Where he served:

5/1985 - 6/1987: St. Ursula, Fountain Hill, PA

6/1987 - 6/1991: Reading Central Catholic High School

6/1987 - 1/1992: St. Catherine of Siena, Mt. Penn, PA

1/1992 - 6/1992: Sick Leave (The Servants of the Paraclete, New Mexico)

6/1992 - 1/1995: St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton, PA

4/1994 - 1/1995: Sick Leave (The Servants of the Paraclete)

1/1995 - 2/1995: Notre Dame of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA

2/1995 - 6/1995: St. Mary of the Assumption, Coaldale, PA

6/1995 - 6/1999: Assisted with six parishes in Shenandoah

6/1999 - 4/2002: St. Patrick, Pottsville

4/2002: Abandoned ministry

6/26/2015: Dismissed from Priesthood

Summary: Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Gaffney was reported to have been involved in inappropriate and even sexual relations with adult women, one of which had a learning disability and whom he was counseling.

Another victim reported that Gaffney was giving her counseling for depression and he took advantage of her. He eventually had her submit to intercourse with him.

A third victim also came forward.

Joseph Galko

Where he served:

5/1980 - 6/1982: St. Paul, Reading, PA

6/1982 - 1/1983: St. Anne, Bethlehem, PA

1/1983 - 6/1986: St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA

6/1986 - 7/1987: St. Bernard, Easton, PA

2/12/1988: Placed on Administrative leave

6/2010: Dismissed from the Priesthood

Summary: Father Joseph Galko was ordained and began work in the Diocese in 1980. Records received from the Diocese indicate that, as early as 1984, the Diocese was aware of inappropriate sexual conduct by Galko.

Galko admitted to the Diocesan Chancellor in 1984 to having sexual contact with a male parishioner who was eighteen at the time. Galko also admitted that, while at St. Ambrose in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, he inappropriately touched a male while they were in the rectory. Galko performed oral sex on the male and had the male perform oral sex on him. Galko further admitted to "occasional occurrences" over a span of many years.

Edward George Ganster

Where he served:

4/13/1971 - 8/19/1975: Assistant Pastor, Notre Dame, Bethlehem, PA

4/13/1971 - 2/4/1972: Associate Professor, Bethlehem Catholic High School, PA

7/9/1973 - 10/10/1978: Regional Director, C.Y. 0., Bethlehem District

8/19/1975 - 9/9/1976: Assistant, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bethlehem, PA

9/9/1976 - 10/10/1978: St. Joseph, Easton, PA

10/10/1978 - 6/15/1981: Assistant, St. Ignatius Loyola, Sinking Spring, PA

10/10/1978 - 6/15/1981: American Catholic Overseas Aid Fund

6/15/1981 - 5/4/1982: Pastor, St. Joseph, Frackville, PA

9/18/1981 - 4/2919/1986: Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court St. James

10/08/1981 - 2/1/1982: Sick Leave

2/1/1982 - 5/4/1982: Returned as Pastor, St. Joseph, Frackville, PA

5/4/1982 - 9/7/1982: Sick Leave

9/7/1982 - 1/18/1983: Assistant, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA

10/01/1982 - 7/25/1983: Catholic Student Advisor, Penn State University Campus Ministry

1/18/1983 - 4/29/1986: Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, Tower City, PA

1/13/1984: Member, Diocesan Building Committee

2/10/1984 - 4/29/1986: Member, Budget Board, Cardinal Brennan High School

4/29/1986 - 3/3/1988: Holy Ghost, Bethlehem, PA

7/10/1986 - 6/13/1988: Regional Director, Pro -Life, Northampton Deanery, PA

12/27/1987: Sick Leave

8/8/1990: Laicized

7/3/2014: Deceased

Summary: A male reported that when he was when he was 14 years old and an altar boy at St. Joseph in Frackville, he was fondled and groped by Father Edward George Ganster. On one occasion, Ganster dragged the boy across a living room floor, pulling him by the underwear. Ganster also beat the victim repeatedly, once using a metal cross. The abuse at the hands of Ganster lasted for over one and a half years and all happened in St. Joseph's Rectory. The victim made a second report to the Diocese in March 2004.

Ganster eventually left the priesthood to get married, but there were other victims who came forward.

The Diocese later wrote Ganster a reference letter while he was seeking employment at Walt Disney World. With the positive reference from the diocese, Ganster was hired by Walt Disney World and worked there for 18 years.

Francis T. Gilespie

Where he served:

5/1959 - 5/1963: St. Joseph's, Girardville, PA

5/1963 - 10/1965: Nativity HS, Pottsville, PA

6/1963 - 9/1963: St. Patrick's, Pottsville, PA (Asst. Pro Tem)

6/1965 - 3/1969: Notre Dame of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA

3/1966 - 5/1972: St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton, PA / Moravian College (student advisor)

5/1972 - 11/1974: Our lady of Mount Carmel, Minersville, PA

11/1974 - 9/1994: St. Joseph's, Girardville, PA

9/1994 - 11/1996: St. Margaret, Reading, PA

11/1996 - 12/2002: Annunciation of B.V.M., Catasauqua, PA

12/13/2002: Retired

Summary: In September 2002, a victim wrote a letter reporting sexual abuse by Father Francis T. Gillespie. The victim reported that, while he was an altar boy at about the age of ten at St. Joseph's in Girardville, Gillespie began grooming him for future abuse.

The victim reported that he stayed the night at Gillespie's residence on several occasions. The victim reported that Gillespie would drink alcohol during the sleepovers. The victim recalled an occasion when Gillespie gave him cold medication and in addition had him drink alcohol. The victim described this night as a "blackout" and "confusing." The victim recalls waking up naked in bed with Gillespie who had his arm around the victim. In three separate documents regarding the victim, all provided by the Diocese, the victim reported that Gillespie performed oral sex on him.

Edward R. Graff

Where he served:

06/1955 - 04/1957: Annunciation B.V.M., Shenandoah

04/1957 - 05/1958: St. Anthony of Padua, Easton

05/1958 - 09/1958: St. Elizabeth's, Pen Argyl

09/1958 - 09/1959: Pius X High School, Roseto

09/1959 - 06/1962: Residence, St. Anthony, Easton

06/1962 - 09/1963: University of Notre Dame

09/1963 - 03/1964: Our Lady Help of Christians, Allentown

03/1964 - 07/1964: St. Elizabeth, Pen Argyl

07/1964 - 02/1965: Pius X High School, Roseto

02/1965 - 11/1966: Holy Rosary, Reading;

Central Catholic High School, Reading

11/1966- 08/1968: Holy Name High School, Reading

08/1968- 10/1969: St. Margaret, Reading

10/1969- 04/1971: St Peter, Coplay

04/1971- 04/1974: Annunciation B.V.M., Catasauqua

04/1974 - 11/1979: Director, Thanksgiving Clothing Drive

11/1979 - 07/1980: Sick Leave

07/1980 - 06/1983: St. Margaret, Reading

06/1983 - 02/1992: Holy Guardian Angels, Reading

02/1992: Departed Diocese of Allentown

1992 - 2002: Served in various capacities in Dioceses in New Mexico and Texas

Summary: During his years in ministry, Graff raped scores of children. The grand jury investigated not only Graff's conduct but the knowledge of the relevant Dioceses. The case of Graff is an example of dioceses that minimized the criminal conduct of one of their priests, while secretly noting the significant danger the priest posed to the public.

The grand jury notes that the use of euphemisms was constant throughout the Dioceses of Pennsylvania, but particularly apparent in the case of Graff. Terms such as "sick leave" or "health leave" were often used to reference an absence from ministry related to child sexual abuse.

Richard J. Guiliani

Where he served:

3/1968 - 5/1968: Assistant, St. Peter, Reading, PA

5/1968 - 6/1969: Regional Director, Thanksgiving Clothing Drive, Berks Co.

6/1969 - 9/1969: Assistant, St. Canicus, Mahanoy City, PA

9/1969 - 6/1970: Assistant, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bethlehem, PA

6/1970 - 6/1970: Professor, Notre Dame High School, Easton, PA

6/1970 - 6/1973: Resident, Sacred Heart, Miller Heights, PA

6/1973 - 6/1974: Vice Principal, Notre Dame High School, Easton, PA

6/1974 - 6/1974: Principal, Cardinal Brennan High School, Fount Springs

6/1974 - 6/1974: Resident, St. Vincent de Paul, Girardville, PA.

1977: Absent without leave from the Allentown Diocese

2011: Last known address: St. Augustine, Florida

Summary:

In October 2003, a victim wrote to Bishop Edward Cullen stating that she had been sexually abused by Father Richard Guiliani. The victim was abused from the ages of 14 to 18.

Guiliani began with hugging and kissing the victim. He then began to fondle the victim's genitals through her clothing.

The victim recalled Guiliani telling her that he would protect her, that she could trust him, and that she should keep coming to him for help. Guiliani told the victim she deserved to be "cared for and loved."

The victim recalled the last time she had contact with Guiliani was when she was a freshman in college. He wanted to have sex with the victim and asked her to marry him. The victim refused to have further sexual involvement with Guiliani and declined his marriage proposal. He never contacted her again.

Joseph D. Hulko

Where he served:

6/1/1967 - 8/24/1970: Priest Professor, Reading Central Catholic High School

6/1/1967 - 8/17/1970: Resident, SS Cyril and Methodius, Reading, PA

7/9/1969: Advocate, Diocesan Tribunal

7/6/1970 - 8/17/1970: Newman Center, Bethlehem, PA

8/17/1970 - 8/24/1970: Resident, St. Catharine of Siena, Reading, PA

8/24/1970 - 6/20/1977: Principal, Nativity High School, Pottsville, PA

8/24/1970 - 6/18/1971: Resident, Mary Queen of Peace, Pottsville, PA

6/18/1971 - 10/18/1971: Chaplain, St. Francis Orphanage, Orwigsburg, PA

10/18/1971 - 6/20/1977: Resident, St. John the Baptist, Pottsville, PA

6/20/1977 - 1/6/1978: Assistant, St. John the Baptist, Pottsville, PA

1/6/1978 - 8/16/1982: Pastor, St. Michael, Lansford, PA

6/20/1978 - 10/1/1982: Regional Director, Family Life Center, Berks, Carbon and East Schuylkill Counties, PA

9/4/1981 - 2/15/1982: Sick Leave

8/16/1982 - 6/20/1985: Sick Leave

6/20/1985 - 6/16/1987: Assistant Pastor, St. Margaret, Reading, PA

11/1/1986 - 11/1/1989: Assistant Pastor Representative, Council of Priests

6/16/1987 - 9/27/1988:Assistant Pastor, St. John Baptist de LaSalle, Shillington, PA

9/27/1988 - 6/14/1990: Assistant Pastor, St. Bernard, Easton, PA

11/1/1989 - 10/31/1992: Pastor Representative, Council of Priests

6/14/1990 - 9/2/1994:Assistant Professor, St. Joseph, Limeport, PA

8/3/1992: Assistant Pastor Representative, Advisory Committee, Priestly Life and Ministry

11/1/1992 - 10/31/1995: Assistant Pastor Representative, Council of Priests

9/2/1994 - 1/01/1995: Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bethlehem, PA

1/1/1995 - 6/15/1995: Resident, Holy Family Villa,

6/15/1995 - 6/13/2000: Assistant Pastor, St. Anthony of Padua, Easton, PA

6/13/2000 - 8/31/2003:Assistant Pastor, Notre Dame of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA

9/1/2003: Retired

Summary: In September 2003, Father Joseph Hulko admitted to the Diocese that he sexually abused a minor female while he was the Chaplain at St. Francis Orphanage in Orwigsburg, between June 1971 and October 1971. Hulko expressed that he had been troubled by it for a number of years, which prompted him to admit the abuse.

Hulko described himself as a “sex addict.”

Prior to Hulko admitting to the sexual abuse of a minor, he was sent for "treatment" six different times between 1982 and 2003.

In a memorandum dated January 15, 2015, a monsignor wrote to administrative personnel that Hulko had moved to Robertsville, Missouri, and "please send his pension checks directly to him."

Joseph H. Kean

Where he served:

3/1964 - 8/1964: St. Joseph, Ashland, PA

8/1964 - 6/1965: St. Mary, St. Clair, PA

6/1965 - 11/1967: St. Paul, Allentown, PA

1/1967 - 8/1970: St. Paul, Reading, PA

8/1970 - 2/1971: Annunciation, Shenandoah, PA

2/1971 - 12/1973: Marian HS, Tamaqua, PA

2/1971 - 12/1973: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Nesquehoning, PA

6/1973 - 6/1975: St. Simon and Jude, Bethlehem, PA

6/1975 - 1/1977: St. Jane, Easton, PA

1/1977 - 1/1983: SS Peter and Paul, Tower City, PA

1/1983 - 9/1987: SS Peter and Paul, Lehighton, PA

9/1987 - 3/1993: St. Joseph, Ashland, PA

2/1/2002: Retired

6/26/2007: Dismissed from Priesthood

Summary: On December 22, 1992, Reverend Francis J. Shuster wrote a letter to Bishop Thomas J. Welsh. Shuster related that he had been in contact with a parishioner who told him that her son was molested by Father Joseph H. Kean, then Pastor in Tower City. The sexual abuse was reported to have occurred when the victim was twelve years old and continued for several years.

Thomas J. Kerestus

Where he served:

6/11/1969 - 10/27/1969: Assistant, Annunciation B.V.M., Shenandoah, PA

10/27/1969 - 1/6/1970: Regional Director, C.Y.O., Mid -Schuylkill County

1/6/1970 - 8/24/1970: Area Chaplain, Appalachian Trail Scouting Council

8/24/1970 - 6/18/1970: Regional Director, Bishop's Overseas Aid, East Schuylkill

County, PA

6/18/1970 - 7/8/1971: Assistant, St. Peter, Reading, PA

7/8/1971 - 11/4/1974: Assistant, Our Lady of Hungary, Northampton, PA

11/4/1974 - 9/9/1976: Regional Director, C.Y.O., Northampton County, PA

9/9/1976 - 12/15/1977: Assistant, Sacred Heart, W. Reading, PA

12/15/1977 - 2/25/1982: Assistant, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA; Regional Director, C.Y.O. West Schuylkill County, PA;

2/25/1982 - 5/29/1986: Pastor, St. John Capistrano, Bethlehem, PA

5/29/1986 - 6/19/1986: Leave of absence

6/19/1986 - 6/14/1990: Assistant Pastor, Sacred Heart, Allentown, PA

6/14/1990 - 7/27/1993: Chaplain, Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA

7/27/1993 - 3/1/2002: Resident, Holy Family Villa

3/1/2002 - 9/17/2014: Retired

Summary: Records of the Diocese of Allentown revealed that parishioners of St. John Capistrano in Bethlehem wrote multiple letters to Bishop Welsh between March 1985 and April 1986 informing him of their concern about Father Thomas Kerestus' relationship with a 16 -year-old boy.

At least three victims came forward reporting sexual abuse by Kerestus.

Francis Joseph McNelis

Where he served:

6/1/1965 - 6/1/1966: Annunciation B.V.M., Shenandoah, PA

6/1/1966 - 11/1/1966: St. Joseph, Girardville, PA

11/1/1966 - 8/4/1967: Regional Director, C.Y.O., East Schuylkill County, PA

8/4/1967 - 6/11/1969: Regional Director, Thanksgiving Clothing Drive, East Schuylkill County, PA

6/11/1969 - 6/3/1970: St. Jerome, Tamaqua, PA

6/3/1970 - 6/9/1970: St. Theresa, Hellertown, PA

6/9/1970 - 9/25/1970: Regional Director, C.Y.O., Northampton County, PA

9/25/1970 - 4/4/1972: St. John the Baptist, Shillington, PA

4/4/1972 - 9/19/1972: St. Francis, Easton, PA

9/19/1972 - 8/30/1974: Regional Director, Thanksgiving Clothing Drive, Northampton County, PA

8/30/1974 - 6/17/1975: St. Ann, Emmaus, PA

6/17/1975 - 6/16/1980: St. Mary, and St. Boniface, St. Clair, Schuylkill County, PA

6/16/1980 - 6/20/1985: St. Mary, St. Clair, Schuylkill County, PA

6/20/1985 - 6/4/1993: St. Mary, Hamburg, PA

6/4/1993 - 1/14/1994: Sick Leave (Jemez Springs, New Mexico)

1/14/1994 - 3/1/2002: St. Ignatius, Loyola, Sinking Spring, PA

3/1/2002: Retired

Summary: In December 1992, a known victim reported that, between 1966 and 1968, Father Francis McNelis sexually abused him when he was between the ages of 10 and 13. McNelis told the victim he wanted to have anal sex with him, but that did not occur.

Other victims came forward and said McNeils forcibly performed oral sex on them.

Gabriel Patil

Where he served:

6/3/1974: Permission to exercise mission within Diocese

Summary: Father Gabriel Patil, a priest of the Clerics Regular of St. Paul, known as the Barnabites, was given permission to exercise his ministry within the Diocese of Allentown. The Diocese provided no other assignment history.

Correspondence between the Diocese and the Barnabites shows that, in 2003, a victim reported to the Diocese that he and four of his friends were abused by Patil. The abuse occurred on the property of the Bethlehem Catholic High School during the late 1970's and early 1980's, when the victims were seven to nine years old.

The victim reported that he and the four other known victims were living near the high school at the time. Patil would invite the boys into his residence at the high school and play hide and seek with the boys. While playing hide and seek Patil would have the boys sit on his lap. He would open the boys' pants and fondle their genitals. It is important for you to note the following.

The reported noted that Father Patil is not a priest of the Diocese of Allentown. He is a member of the Barnabite Fathers religious order, not under the supervision of the Diocese of Allentown.

Patil went on to serve as a priest in Buffalo, New York, Youngstown, Ohio, and then with a delegation in the country of India. In 2010, Patil requested that he be allowed to return to the Diocese and exercise his public ministry. The Diocese did not permit Patil to return.

Henry Paul

No assignment history was noted.

Summary: Father Henry Paul was ordained in 1941 as a religious priest from an Order known as the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. He worked in various positions in the Pennsylvania Dioceses of Erie, Philadelphia, and Allentown, the New York Dioceses of Buffalo and New York City, and Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware.

An individual reported that Paul took the little girls to the rectory and kissed them. One girl went home and told her mother that she knew how to "French kiss." When the mother asked how the little girl knew that, she responded that Father Paul had showed her.

Three or four other children reported that they had kissed Paul and, while they did not use the term, they described a French kiss. None of the children were over the age of 12.

Paul G. Puza

Where he served:

6/1975 - 6/1976: St. Bernard, Easton, PA

6/1975 - 6/1976: Lafayette college, Easton, PA

6/1976 - 6/1977: Northampton County Regional Director of Vocations

6/1976 - 6/1977: St. Anne, Bethlehem, PA

6/1977 - 6/1978: Central Catholic High School, Reading, PA

6/1977 - 6/1978: St. Joseph, Reading, PA

6/1978 - 6/1981: St. Casimir, Shenandoah, PA

6/1978 - 6/1981: Catholic Scouting, Schuylkill County, PA

6/1981 - 11/1981: St. Anthony, Easton, PA

11/1985 - 8/1983: St. Stanislaus Kostka, Minersville, PA

8/1983 - 6/1989: St. Anthony of Padua, Cumbola

8/1983 - 6/1989: Nativity B.V.M. High School, Pottsville, PA

6/1989 - 2/2002: St. Richard, Barnesville, PA

6/1989 - 3/2002: Marian High School, Tamaqua, PA

2002: Resigned and ordered to refrain from public ministry

6/2010: Dismissed from Priesthood

Summary: On September 9, 1991, a former seminarian from the Diocese met with Bishop Welsh and told him that he was molested three times, involving oral sex, by Father Paul Puza when he was in the eighth grade.

Dennis A. Rigney

Where he served:

5/21/1966-6/01/1966: Ordained in Cathedral of St. Cathedral of Siena, Allentown, PA. by Bishop McShea

6/1/1966 - 6/1/1966: St. Peter, Reading, PA

6/1/1966 - 3/27/1969: Secretary Tribunal, Diocese of Allentown

3/27/1969 - 7/9/1969: Spanish Apostolate

7/9/1969 - 7/9/1969: Diocesan Tribunal

7/9/1969 - 11/1/1969: Regional Director, Spanish Apostolate, Berks County, PA

11/1/1969 - 1/1/1970: Council of Priests -Diocesan Consultors

1/1/1970 - 10/12/1971: Executive Dire. And Moderator, Social Action Bureau

10/12/1971 - 6/14/1974: Council of Priests -Diocesan Consultors

6/14/1974 - 6/14/1974: Executive Secretary and Coordinator Council of Social Services

6/14/1974 - 6/14/1974: Director, Family Life Bureau

6/14/1974 - 6/14/1974: Director, Catholic Charities & Catholic Social Agency

6/14/1974 - 6/14/1974: St. Peter, Reading, PA

6/14/1974 - 8/19/1975: Pastoral Council, Diocese of Allentown

8/19/1975 - 9/26/1975: Our Lady Help of Christians, Allentown, PA

9/26/1975 - 11/1/1975: Director of Marriage Encounter, Allentown, PA

11/1/1975 - 8/1/1977: Council of Priests -Diocesan Consultors

8/1/1977 - 11/1/1978: St. Paul, Allentown, PA

11/1/1978 - 6/1/1981: Council of Priests -Diocesan Consultors

6/1/1981 - 11/1/1981: Diocesan Consultor

11/1/1981 - 1/26/1982: Council of Priests

1/26/1982 - 9/26/1983: St. Vincent de Paul Society

9/26/1983 - 9/26/1983: Holy Family Manor, Bethlehem, PA

9/26/1983 - 11/15/1983: Holy Family Villa, Bethlehem, PA

11/15/1983 - 11/15/1983: Diocesan director, Holy Family Health Care Agency, Schuylkill County, PA

11/15/1983 - 1/1/1984: Diocesan Director; Project H.E.A.D.

1/1/1984 - 12/31/1985: PCC Administrative Board

6/16/1987 - 6/16/1987: St. Francis of Assisi, Allentown, PA

6/16/1987 - 6/8/1995: Bethlehem Priest Director, Holy Family Manor, (President and CEO)

6/8/1995 - 10/29/1997: Board of Directors Catholic Social Agency

10/29/1997 - 12/3/2000: Board of Seton Manor, Inc.

12/3/2000 - 5/1/2002: Board of Covenant Home Care, Inc.

Summary: A parishioner claimed she was "fondled in the area of the vagina "when she was about 12 or 13" by Rigney. On April 4, 1988, Rigney wrote a 23 page document to Welsh after allegations were made that Rigney "stroked a female minor's vagina." The letter denied any inappropriate touching or actions and painted both the victim and her family as highly dysfunctional and not credible, trying to convince the bishop of the same. Rigney's letter was in response to a letter sent to the Allentown Diocese from a relative of the victim.

On April 9, 2002, a woman telephoned the Chancery stating she had been touched inappropriately by a priest when she was about age nine or 10. The touching occurred over a one-year period from 1966 to 1967. Later that year, Rigney requested early retirement citing medical reasons.

Joseph A. Rock

Where he served:

2/1972 - 9/1972: Sacred Heart of Jesus, Allentown, PA

5/1972 - 5/1975: Catholic Scouting, Allentown Area

6/1972 - 2/1975: Catholic Youth Organization, Lehigh County, PA

9/1972 - 2/1975: St. Catherine of Siena, Allentown, PA

2/1975 - 9/1976: St. Ignatius Loyola, Reading, PA

3/1975 - 9/1976: Scouts, Hawk Mountain, Berks County, PA

6/1975 - 9/1976: Catholic Youth Organization, Berks County, PA

9/1976 - 8/1977: St. Simon and Jude, Bethlehem, PA

9/1976 - 4/1982: Scouts, Minsi Trails Council, Lehigh County, PA

9/1976 - 6/1982: Catholic Youth Organization, Bethlehem, PA

8/1977 - 3/1982: Our Lady Help of Christians, Allentown, PA

3/1982 - 2/1986: St. Francis de Sales, Mount Carbon, PA

6/1983 - 2/1986: Catholic Scouting, Diocese of Allentown

9/1983 - 9/1986: Social Action Bureau Advisory Board, West Schuylkill County

6/1985 - 2/1986: Youth Ministry

2/1986 - 9/1986: Sick Leave

9/1986 - 10/2001: Holy Family Manor

10/1999 - 10/2001: Retired

5/2005: Dismissed from Priesthood

Summary: In 1986, two reports were made to the Diocese of Allentown indicating sexual contact with three boys by Father Joseph Rock. One incident occurred in 1983 when the victim was nine years old. The victim stated that Rock touched him by fondling and masturbation. In addition, two brothers came forward claiming that, in the early 1980's while they were still minors, Rock sexually touched them through their clothes.

In February 1986, Rock was placed on "sick leave.” He was sent to a Chancery for evaluation and the staff later reported back to the diocese, “He…is no longer capable of functioning in a responsible work situation, and his life is unmanageable.”

Several other victim testimonies against Chancery were noted.

Gerald Royer

Where he served:

6/1947 - 1/1948: St. Bartholomew, Brockton

1/1948 - 6/1948: St. Simon and Jude, Bethlehem

6/1948 - 12/1948: St. Bartholomew, Brockton

12/1948 - 6/1950: St. Catherine of Siena, Reading

6/1950 - 5/1952: St. Joseph, Girardsville

5/1952 - 1/1953: Annunciation, Shenandoah

1/1953 - 3/1954: Chaplain, Convent of Divine Love

3/1954 - 11/1955: St. Mary of the Assumption, Philadelphia

11/1955 - 2/1956: Leave of Absence

2/1956 - 5/1956: St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton

5/1956 - 4/1960: St. Paul, Reading

4/1960 - 7/1961: Leave of Absence

7/1961 - 8/1964: Chaplain, St. Joseph's Manor

8/1964 - 2/1965: Left active ministry (laicized)

Summary: Held in the secret archives of the Diocese of Allentown was a folder titled by a victim's name. Inside the folder was information describing the sexual abuse of a minor that occurred in 1948. The abuser was Father Gerald Royer. At the time of the abuse in 1948, the Diocese of Allentown did not exist and the location was under the control of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

In January 2003, the victim, then in his sixties, made a report of sexual abuse to the Diocese against Royer. Because Royer was under the authority of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia at the time of the sexual abuse, the Diocese referred this victim to Monsignor William Lynn, Vicar for Clergy of the Archdiocese.

The Diocese of Allentown began paying for counseling then referred the costs to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in June 2003.He was a fatherless, 12 -year -old boy. His mother was happy that a priest took interest in her son. Royer would kiss the victim and the kissing progressed to molestation. Royer would abuse the child behind the airport in Allentown, in his home, and in the rectory.The child told a friend who did not believe him. During one abuse, the friend hid in the closet and watched Royer molest the victim. The child who witnessed the abuse could not fathom what had just occurred.

The victim never told his wife why he could not hug or kiss his own children, who were boys. He was unable to be affectionate with his grandchildren. To this day, he cannot shake hands with men. He cannot be seen by male doctors or dentists.

Charles J. Ruffenach

Where he served:

6/11/1930 - 6/8/1931: Holy Ghost, Bethlehem, PA

608/1931 - 9/20/1934: St. Mary of the Assumption, Philadelphia, PA

9/20/1934 - 7/2/1979: St. John the Baptist, Stiles

7/02/1979 - 7/4/1980: St. John the Baptist, Stiles Holy Family Villa

7/04/1980: Deceased

Summary:

On August 29, 2001, an adult victim contacted the Diocese to report physical and sexual abuse at the hands of Father Charles Ruffenach beginning in approximately 1945, when the victim was in first grade, and continuing through the eighth grade.

The victim stated that Ruffenach beat, paddled, and sexually abused him when he attended St. John the Baptist school. The abuse took place on the premises of the parish, specifically in the boiler room. The victim also reported at the time of abuse Ruffenach referred to it as "washing his penis." In the late 1980's, the victim confronted Ruffenach regarding the abuse. Ruffenach denied the allegations. However, during the confrontation, Ruffenach claimed that during the time of incident the victim wanted him to "wash his penis."

At the time of the report by the victim, the Diocese responded by stating that Ruffenach was deceased and therefore it could not pursue the victim's claims any further but offered the victim counseling.

J. Pascal Sabas

Where he served:

10/1955 - 10/1957: Vocation Director, New York

10/1957 - 10/1958: House Discretus and Purser, New York

10/1958 - 10/1960: Administrator, St. Vincent de Paul, Pittsburgh, PA

10/1960 - 10/1962: Assistant, Sacred Heart, Yarmouth, Maine

10/1962 - 5/21/1963: Assistant, St. Joseph, Portland, Maine

5/21/1963 - 5/20/1964: Assistant, St. Francis of Assisi, Minersville, PA

5/20/1964 - 9/1/1965: Assistant, St. Francis of Assisi, Allentown, PA

9/1/1965 - 11/1/1966: Assistant, St. Patrick, Pottsville, PA

11/1/1966 - 4/4/1967: Regional Director, Bishop's Relief Agency, West Schuylkill, PA

4/4/1967 - 1/18/1971: Administrator, St. Vincent de Paul, Girardville, PA

1/18/1971 - 8/1/1977: Pastor, St. Vincent de Paul, Girardville, PA

8/1/1977 - 10/1/1977: Administrator, St. Ignatius Loyola, Sinking Spring, PA

10/1/1977 - 3/4/1980: Pastor, St. Ignatius Loyola, Sinking Spring, PA

3/4/1980 - 6/1/1983: Pro -Synodal Examiner

6/1/1983 - 8/16/1983: Priest Representative Diocesan Board of Education, Berks County, PA

8/16/1983 - 10/1/1985: Pastor, St. George, Shenandoah, PA

10/1/1985 - 12/16/1986: Returning to Religious Life

12/16/1986 - 3/19/1987: Assistant, St. Anthony, Easton, PA

3/19/1987 - 6/14/1988: Chaplain, Catholic Daughters of the Americas

6/14/1988 - 6/1989: Assistant Pastor, St. John the Baptist, Shillington, PA

6/1989 - 11/1/1991: Sick Leave

11/1/1991 - 1996: Retired

Summary: At the age of 14, a boy was sexually abused by Father J. Pascal Sabas beginning in 1964. Sabas would come over to the house to play with toy cars, and then abuse the victim while they were alone in the basement. Sabas also abused the victim while in the corridor of his school and after the victim served Mass as an altar boy.

Sabas also threatened the victim, telling him, "Don't tell your parents. They would be very hurt if they knew what you were doing."

The abuse only ended when Sabas was transferred out of the victim's parish.

William J. Shields

Where he served:

5/29/1958 - 5/27/1960: Assistant, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA

5/27/1960 - 2/23/1962: Assistant, St. John Baptist de la Salle, Shillington, PA

2/23/1962 - 9/4/1962: Assistant, St. Mary, Hamburg, PA

9/4/1962 - 10/30/1964: Assistant, Annunciation B.V.M., Shenandoah, PA

10/30/1964 - 12/9/1966: Regional Director, Bishop's Relief, Upper Schuylkill County, PA

12/9/1966 - 11/29/1967: Bishop's Relief Agency, East Schuylkill County, PA

11/29/1967 - 8/30/1968: Assistant, St. Paul, Allentown, PA

8/30/1968 - 3/27/1969: Assistant, St. Lawrence, Catasauqua, PA

3/27/1969 - 3/8/1972: Administrator, St. Ann, Lansford, PA

3/8/1972 - 1/11/1974: Assistant, St. Peter, Reading, PA

1/11/1974 - 6/15/1995: Pastor, St. Nicholas, Weatherly, PA

6/15/1995 - 8/28/2000: Pastor Emeritus, St. Nicholas, Weatherly, PA

Summary: At the time of the abuse, the victim revered priests and the Catholic Church and "did not know how to say no to a priest or nun." Shields asked the victim to sit in the television room of the rectory so Shields could give him a massage. He began by massaging the victim's shoulders and working his way down to the victim's waistline. Shields unbuttoned the victim's pants and began fondling the victim's genitals. Shields then made the victim stand up as Shields knelt in front of the victim and began removing the victim's pants and underwear. At this point, the victim stopped Shields. And as the victim was getting ready to leave, Shields told him, "Let this be our little secret."

The victim went home and told his mother what had happened. The victim's mother advised him not to tell anyone of the incident and to stay away from Shields. The victim told a deacon in the Diocese, and Shields was transferred.

Stephen F. Shigo

Where he served:

6/20/1978 - 6/15/1981: Holy Guardian Angels, Hyde Park, PA

6/15/1981 - 9/1/1981: St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA

9/1/1981 - 7/11/1983: Area Chaplain Catholic Scouting, West Schuylkill County, PA

7/11/1983 - 8/31/1984: Regional Director, CYO West Schuylkill County, PA

8/31/1984 - 12/4/1985: Regional Director, Youth Ministry, South Schuylkill County, PA

12/4/1985 - 11/2/1991: Regional Director, Family Life Bureau, South Schuylkill County, PA

Summary: The victim told the Diocese he was sexually abused by Shigo when he was an altar boy during eighth and ninth grades and at St. Ambrose church. The Diocese offered six months of counseling. However, records indicate the victim was participating in counseling at least through June 2016, for which the Diocese paid. Shigo died in 1991.

David A. Soderlund

Where he served:

6/1965 - 12/1966: St. Peter, Coplay, PA

12/1966 - 4/1971: Sacred Heart, West Reading, PA

4/1971 - 6/1973: St. Catharine of Siena, Reading, PA

4/1971 - 6/1974: Holy Name High School, Reading, PA

6/1971 - 11/1971: St. Catharine of Siena, Reading, PA

10/1971 - 11/1978: Adult Religious Education, Berks County, PA

6/1973 - 1/1974: St. John the Baptist, Shillington, PA

1/1974 - 11/1978: St. Benedict, Reading, PA

6/1974 - 11/1978: Holy Name High School, Reading, PA

11/1978 - 7/1980: St. Joseph, Summit Hill, PA

7/1980 - 9/1980: Sick Leave (Villa St. John Vianney Hospital)

9/1980 - 6/1981: Our Lady of Hungary, Northampton, PA

6/1981: St. Catharine of Siena, Reading, PA

10/1986-1/1989: Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville, PA

2/1989: Administrative Leave (faculties withdrawn)

5/2005: Dismissed from Priesthood

2009: Arrested

Summary: As early as August 5, 1961, while in Seminary, Father David Soderlund expressed a desire to work with children. In 1980, three separate complaints were made against him. The complaints asserted that Soderlund had engaged in sexual acts with three different children. The children were aged 12 to 13 years old. The Diocesan record, a "summary of case" relating to Soderlund, generalized the sexual conduct without referencing specific acts or crimes.

On June 11, 1980, a meeting was held at the Chancery during which photo albums were examined depicting nude photographs of a young boy engaged in sex acts with Soderlund. Soderlund admitted to Chancery officials that he engaged in sexual activity with the three young boys. While documents created at the time of the admission minimized the conduct, the facts became available through a detailed account of the abuse obtained from a victim in 1997 by the Diocese. The victim reported that: he was not a willing participant, but Soderlund threatened to harm or kill him.

Soderlund also took pictures of the victim engaged in sexual acts and threatened to use them to embarrass him. Soderlund offered to leave the priesthood if the victim would go away with him. The victim then indicated that he knew of many other boys who were victimized by Soderlund.

In 2009, Soderlund, now living in Dubois, Wyoming, within the Diocese of Cheyenne was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to incarceration for two to five years for sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography on his computer. He is a registered sex offender in Wyoming.

Henry E. Strassner

Where he served:

6/14/1947-9/2/1947:Assistant Pastor, St. Charles Borromeo, Cornwell Heights, PA

9/2/1947-5/16/1961: Allentown Central Catholic High School, Professor (Res. Notre Dame, Bethlehem, 09/08/1954)

5/16/1961 - 6/19/1962: Regional Director, Holy Name Society, Lehigh County, PA

6/19/1962 - 5/21/1963: Assistant, Notre Dame, Bethlehem (Summer Assignment)

5/21/1963 - 3/20/1964: Principal, Notre Dame High School, Green Pond, PA

3/20/1964 - 12/16/1964: St. Michael, Easton, In Residence

12/16/1964 - 11/9/1966: St. Bernard, Easton, In Residence

11/9/1966 - 8/30/1968: Member, Council of Priests -Diocesan Consultors

8/30/1968 - 11/27/1968: Administrator, St. Paul, Allentown, PA

11/27/1968 - 10/6/1968: Member, Council of Priests -Diocesan Consultor

10/6/1968 - 11/1/1969: Director, Family Life Bureau, Lehigh County, PA

11/1/1969 - 11/1/1972: Member, Council of Priests -Diocesan Consultors

11/1/1972 - 1/17/1974: Council of Priests -Diocesan Consultors, Ex Officio Member

1/17/1974 - 12/1/1974: Pastor, St. Paul, Allentown

12/1/1974 - 12/9/1983: Regional Director, Family Life Bureau, Lehigh County, PA

12/9/1983 - 11/1/1984: Member, Diocesan Development and Endowment Committee

11/1/1984 - 6/22/1988: Dean, Lehigh County Diocese of Allentown

6/22/1988 - 8/1/1993: Member, Advisory Board, Allentown Central Catholic High School, PA

8/1/1993 - 2/18/1994: Sick Leave

2/18/1994 - 3/16/2000: Senior Priest/Assistant Pastor, St. Jerome, Tamaqua, PA

3/16/2000 - 6/17/2003: Council of Priests Rep. Parochial Vicars

6/17/2003 - 11/20/2009: Retired; Pastor Emeritus of St. Paul Church, Allentown, PA

Summary: The victim reported that Father Henry Strassner kissed him four times on the lips, "in the same way a woman would kiss," within the first hour and a half of a counseling session. Strassner, after being confronted and initially denying even knowing the victim, admitted to the conduct but claimed he "did not intend anything sexual." Strassner claimed the victim "was essentially parent less and I wanted to simply affirm his sense of self-worth."

Strassner was sent to see a counselor who, after meeting with Strassner, advised the Diocese that there was "a lot more going on here than Father Strassner has admitted."

Bruno M. Tucci

Where he served:

4/1971 - 4/1972: St. Margaret, Reading, PA

10/1971 - 4/1972: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Berks County, PA

4/1972 - 6/1972: Cardinal Brennan High School, Fountain Spring, PA

4/1972 - 6/1972: Annunciation, Shenandoah, PA

6/1972 - 9/1972: St. Canicus, Mahanoy City, PA

6/1972 - 6/1977: Marian High School, Tamaqua, PA

9/1972 - 6/1974: St. Canicus, Mahanoy City, PA

6/1974 - 2/1975: St. Peter and Paul, Lehighton, PA

2/1975 - 6/1977: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Nesquehoning, PA

6/1975 - 8/1975: Marian High School, Tamaqua, PA

6/1977 - 6/1979: Holy Name High School, Reading, PA

6/1977 - 9/1977: St, Columbkill, Boyertown, PA

9/1977 - 6/1978: Most Blessed Sacrament, Bally, PA

6/1978 - 4/1981: St. Peter, Reading, PA

6/1979 - 4/1981: Central Catholic High School, Reading, PA

4/1981 - 6/1986: Immaculate Conception, Kelayres, PA

6/1986 - 3/2002: Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Immaculate Conception, Nesquehoning, PA

3/1/2002: Retired

2/9/2007: Dismissed from priesthood

Summary: The Diocese of Allentown became aware of Father Bruno Tucci's abuse of children in 1991. A victim called the Chancery and stated he was sexually molested by Tucci when he was 14 years old. Tucci tickled him and put his hands down the back of the victim's pants. On another occasion, Tucci unbuttoned his pants and the victim's pants. Tucci pulled them both down and made skin to skin contact. Tucci normalized the conduct by tickling the victim in front of the victim's parents.

When questioned, Tucci stated that the incidents occurred "exactly as the victim reported." Tucci said it was "just touching" and clarified he had not engaged in "sodomy."

Similar events took place in other parishes years later.

In March 2002, Tucci retired. His retirement came just weeks after the Boston Globe garnered national attention after publishing articles detailing child sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Boston.

Gregory Uhrig

Where he served:

1974: Secretary, Diocesan Tribunal; Assistant, St. Francis of Assisi, Allentown, PA

8/30/1974-6/17/1975: Professor, Allentown Central Catholic High School, PA; Resident, St. Elizabeth, Whitehall, PA

6/17/1975-9/29/1975: Resident and Assistant, Immaculate Conception, Allentown, PA

9/29/1975-6/15/1976: Member, Liturgical Commission

6/15/1976-10/4/1976: Secretary, Diocesan Tribunal

10/4/1976-6/20/1976: Defender of the Bond, Diocesan Tribunal

6/20/1976 - 6/20/1978: Professor, Reading Central High School, PA; Resident, Holy Rosary, Reading, PA

6/20/1978-6/16/1980: Assistant, St. Anthony, Easton, PA

6/16/1980-10/1/1981: Coordinator, CCD Adult Regular Education, Northampton, PA

10/1/1981-2/25/1982: Regional Director, Family Life Bureau, Northampton, PA

2/25/1982-6/20/1983: Assistant Pastor, St. Ursula, Fountain Hill, Bethlehem, PA

6/20/1983-12/8/1985: Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bernardsville, PA

12/8/1985-6/19/1986: Assistant, St. Francis Cathedral, Metuchen, New Jersey

6/19/1986-12/1/1986: Resident, Holy Trinity, Egypt; Chaplain, Muhlenberg/Cedar Crest Colleges

10/1/1986 - 6/14/1988: Resident, St. Thomas More, Allentown, PA

6/14/1988 - 6/15/1989: Assistant Pastor, St. Thomas More, Allentown, PA

6/15/1989 - 9/6/1989: Pastor, John the Baptist, Whitehall, PA

9/6/1989 - 7/15/1993: Regional Director, CCD Lehigh County, PA

7/15/1993 - 1/19/1995: Assigned to ministry in New Jersey

1/19/1995: Excardinated from Diocese of Allentown; Diocese of Metuchen

10/2010: Placed on leave due to allegations stemming from incidents in 1978-1980

Summary: The Diocese of Allentown became aware of Father A. Gregory Uhrig's sexual abuse of children by 2010. On May 5, 2010, a 44-year-old female victim made a complaint to the Diocese of sexual abuse at the hands of Uhrig when she was 13 years old and attended the seventh grade at St. Anthony school in Easton.

In 1995, Uhrig left the Diocese and was incardinated to the Diocese of Metuchen in New Jersey. Following a report to that Diocese, he was placed on leave. The Diocese appears to have reported the complaint to local law enforcement upon receipt of the complaint. However, no prosecution was initiated because the statute of limitations had expired.

Andrew Aloysius Ulincy

Where we served:

6/1/1966 - 9/2/1967: Professor, Marian High School, Hometown, PA

6/1/1966 - 3/27/1969: Resident, St. Joseph, Jim Thorpe, PA

11/1/1966 - 3/27/1969: Regional Director of Vocations, Carbon County, PA

12/9/1966 - 11/1/1970: Secretary, Committee on Ecumenism

3/27/1969 - 10/30/1979: Pastor, St. Mary, Mahanoy City, PA

11/1/1970: Member, Committee on Ecumenism

12/1/1974 - 10/30/1979: Regional Director, Family Life Bureau, E. Schuylkill, PA

10/30/1979 - 12/1/1981: Pastor, St. Simon and Jude, Bethlehem, PA

3/4/1980 - 12/1/1981: Parish Priest Consultor

12/1/1981 - 2/15/1982: Sick leave

2/15/1982 - 5/4/1982: Assistant Pastor, St. Michael, Lansford, PA

5/4/1982 - 1/3/1995: Pastor, St. Joseph, Frackville, PA

12/21/1992 - 12/21/1995: Advisory Board Member, Cardinal Brennan High School

1/3/1995 - 8/21/1996: Assistant Pastor, Holy Rosary, Reading, PA

8/21/1996 - 6/5/1997: Administrator Pro Tempore, Immaculate Conception, Birdsboro, PA

6/5/1997 - 9/11/1997: Administrator, St. Paul, Reading, PA

9/11/1997 - 9/21/2010: Pastor Pro Tempore, St. Paul, Reading, PA

8/28/2001 - 9/21/2010: Spiritual Director, Holy Name Society for Berks Deanery

12/1/2009 - 9/21/2010: Pastors of Berks Deanery, Council of Priests, Representative

3/1/2011: Retired

Summary: The Diocese of Allentown became aware of Father Andrew Ulincy's sexual abuse of children in 1981. On November 16, 1981, a 17 -year-old victim reported to the Bethlehem Police that Ulincy had sexually propositioned him. Ulincy was contacted by the police and admitted that the victim's complaint was true. There is no evidence that the solicitation resulted in any criminal charges.

Ronald Yarrosh

Where he served:

11/1974 - 12/1975: Assistant Promotion Director P.I.M.E. (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions), Detroit, MI

2/1976- 6/1976: Language Student, P.I.M.E., Rome, Italy

8/1976- 11/1976: Missionary, P.I.M.E., Hong Kong

2/1977- 11/1981: Mission Appeal, P.I.M.E., Detroit, MI

2/1982- 6/1982: Assistant Pastor, St. Anthony, Easton, PA

6/1982- 10/1985: Assistant Pastor, Holy Rosary, Reading, PA

6/1986- 6/1988: Assistant Pastor, St. Patrick, Pottsville, PA

6/1988- 11/1991: Assistant Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Allentown, PA

5/1990: Incardination into the Diocese of Allentown

11/1991-6/1996: Assistant Pastor, St. Anne, Bethlehem, PA

6/1996-6/1998: Assistant Pastor, St. Margaret, Reading, PA

6/1996-6/1997: Campus Minister, Albright College, Reading, PA

6/1997-7/1997: Assistant Pastor Pro Tempore, St. Peter, Reading, PA

6/1998-6/1999: Assistant Pastor, St. Jane Frances de Chantel, Easton, PA

6/1999-6/2001: Pastor, Holy Family, Sacred Heart Churches,

New Philadelphia, PA

6/1999-6/2001: Pastor, St. Anthony, Cumbola,

6/2001-6/2003: Assistant Pastor, St. Bernard, Easton, PA

6/2003-4/2004: Assistant Pastor, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA

Summary: On April 22, 2004, Pennsylvania State Police searched the rooms of Father Ronald Yarrosh and found a "tremendous amount" of child pornography. On April 29, 2004, Yarrosh was removed from priestly ministry and entered St. John Vianney Hospital for evaluation and treatment. 2004, the Pennsylvania State Police filed charges against Yarrosh, specifically, 110 counts of sexual abuse of children after discovering hundreds of child pornography photos, books, magazines, videos, and DVD's in his possession. As law enforcement began its prosecution, Diocesan Support Services conducted an audit and determined that Yarrosh embezzled approximately $23,000.00 from the parish.

Charges were filed related to this theft. On April 27, 2005, Yarrosh entered a plea of guilty to charges of theft and possession of child pornography. Yarrosh was sentenced pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement to imprisonment for three to 23 months, $250.00 in fines, and restitution to the parish.

On July 21, 2005, Yarrosh left St. Francis Villa and moved into a motel. Yarrosh continued in residence at the motel until August 8, 2005, at which time he was incarcerated in Schuylkill County Prison in Pottsville. Upon his release on November 31, 2005,

Yarrosh registered with the Pennsylvania State Police as a sexual offender. Upon his release from prison, Yarrosh was still a priest. On December 6, 2005, Yarrosh was released from prison as a convicted and registered sex offender. The Diocese granted him residence at St. Francis Villa in Orwigsburg. The Diocese's own designation of Yarrosh noted he was a "moderate to high risk to again use pornography and/or consort with prostitutes."

In November 2006, it was discovered that Father Yarrosh had taken trips to New York City with a seven-year-old child. Yarrosh was also found to be in possession of pornography in violation of his court supervision. The Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas subsequently sentenced Yarrosh to four to ten years in state prison for violating the terms of his supervision.

Finally, in June 2007, the Diocese dismissed Yarrosh from the priesthood.

Joseph A. Zmijewski

Where he served:

8/18/1938 - 7/8/1942: Assistant, St. Ladislaus, Philadelphia, PA

7/8/1942 - 5/8/1961: Chaplain, Bernardine Sisters, Reading, PA

5/8/1961 - 10/27/1961: Defender of the Bond

10/27/1961 - 1/27/1964: Administrator Pro Tempore, St. Mary's, Reading, PA

1/27/1964 - 8/4/1967: Member, Diocesan Liturgical Commission

8/4/1967: Promoter of Justice, The Tribunal

Summary: On October 26, 2004, an adult woman reported to the Diocese of Allentown that she was a victim of child sexual abuse at the hands of a Diocesan priest. While in the ninth grade, the victim met Father Joseph A. Zmijewski. She was in a new school and was experiencing unhappiness. The victim began regular counseling sessions with Zmijewski.

Zmijewski proposed a course of alternative treatment. He directed the victim to come to his personal residence where he could help the victim through hypnosis. The victim complied and attended four hypnosis sessions with Zmijewski at his residence. After the first three attempts were unsuccessful by Zmijewski to hypnotize her, she agreed to a fourth session. In an effort to expedite her "treatment," she faked hypnosis during her fourth session. While she pretended to be hypnotized, Zmijewski instructed her to take off one piece of clothing after another. The victim was scared and complied until she was nude. Zmijewski then left the room for a short period of time and upon his return, he instructed the victim to get dressed. The victim never returned for any further "treatment" and kept the incident to herself into adulthood.

David Connell, Timothy Johnson, and Jim Gross

No further details of their employment history were listed.

Summary: David Connell and Timothy Johnson were Carmelite priests and Jim Gross was a lay person. in September 2007, a known victim reported he had been sexually abused by Gross, a basketball coach at St. Patrick's in Pottsville. He reported that the abuse began in the 1970's while he was in sixth grade. In the summer of 1984, Gross resigned from teaching at St. Francis School in Minersville, Schuylkill County.

In the narrative of his last evaluation from June 1984, the victim also reported that he was sexually abused by a Carmelite priest named Father David Connell and physically abused by a Carmelite brother named Timothy Johnson while attending Nativity High School. The abuse was reported to the Provincial of the Carmelites, Father Michael Kissane, in October 2007. The victim stated that his family's house had burned down and the Carmelites took him and his brother in and had them live in a priory. During the time he was living in the priory, the victim was sexually abused by Connell. The victim remembered drinking juice that Connell gave him and the next memory the victim had was waking up in his own bed naked, with Connell in the room. The victim had no memory of the prior evening but, on waking, he was bleeding from his rectum.

The victim told Johnson he was going to also report the abuse to the police. Johnson told the victim not to report the abuse to the police but the victim insisted on reporting. At this point Johnson began to severely beat the victim with a big leather belt and told the victim that, if he reported the abuse to the police, he would beat him even worse.

Michael S. Lawrence

Where he served:

06/1973 - 06/1974: St. Catharine of Siena, Reading

06/1974 - 11/1974: Notre Dame High School, Easton;

Sacred Heart, Miller Heights

11/1974 - 12/1974: Coordinator of Adult Religious Education, North Hampton

12/1974 - 06/1975: St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton

06/1975 - 12/1975: St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton

12/1975 - 06/1977: St. Anne, Bethlehem

06/1977 - 06/1978: Central Catholic High School, Allentown; St. Lawrence, Catasauqua

06/1978-08/1978: Diocesan Tribunal

08/1978- 03/1980: Holy Trinity, Whitehall

03/1980- 11/1982: St. Catharine of Siena, Reading

11/1982-03/1984: St. Anthony, Easton

03/1984-06/1984: Notre Dame High School, Easton;

St. Anthony, Easton

06/1984 - 08/1984: St. Joseph, Easton; Notre Dame High School, Easton

08/1984 - 01/1987: Immaculate Conception, Jim Thorpe

01/1987 - 06/1987: Sick Leave

06/1987 - 03/1994:St. Paul, Allentown; Diocesan Tribunal;

Ministry to the Aging

03/1994 - 06/1998: Diocesan Tribunal

06/1998 - 01/2000: Catholic University of America; Divine Word College

01/2000 - 03/2002: Courage

03/2002 - 04/2015: Retired

Summary: Suspicions of Lawrence's pedophilic behavior were brought to the attention of the Church as early as 1970 while Lawrence was attending St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. A student evaluation found within the records of the Diocese and obtained by the grand jury indicate that Lawrence was "a mysterious type who craves the attention of younger students" and that Lawrence showed "a little too much interest in younger students." Regardless of these observations, in 1981, Bishop Joseph McShea wished Lawrence well.

The father of the victim reported details of the incident. The victim told his father that he ha been in Lawrence's room for a tutoring session. At the end of the session, the talk between Lawrence and the victim turned to sex. Lawrence then began to touch his genitals, had the victim take down his pants, and began to fondle the victim's genitals. The victim's father reported that his son had told him there had been "a lot of fondling, so much that he felt pain." Additionally, Lawrence made the victim urinate.

William E. Jones

Where he served:

5/27/1960 - 3/12/1963: Annunciation B.V.M., Shenandoah, PA

3/12/1963 - 3/26/1968: St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA

3/26/1968 - 12/119/69: St. Francis of Assisi, Allentown, PA

12/1/1969 - 8/24/1970: St. Jane Frances, Easton, PA

8/24/1970 - 4/4/1972: Notre Dame High School, Easton, PA

4/4/1972 - 6/20/1972: St. Jane Frances, Easton, PA;

Notre Dame High School, Easton, PA

6/20/1972 - 6/11/1973: St. Jane Frances, Easton, PA

6/11/1973 - 6/14/1974: St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton, PA

6/14/1974 - 6/17/1975: St. Mary, St. Clair, PA

6/17/1975 - 7/1/1978: Nativity B.V.M. High School, Pottsville, PA

7/1/1978 - 11/7/1978: St. Joseph, Summit Hill, PA

11/7/1978 - 3/10/1981: St. Vincent de Paul, Minersville, PA

3/1019/81 - 11/7/1983: Representative, Diocesan Board of Education, West Schuylkill County, PA

11/7/1983 - 5/24/1984: St. Patrick's, Pottsville, PA

5/24/1984 - 11/1/1984: South Schuylkill Deanery, Council of Priests, PA

11/1/1984 - 3/13/1985: South Schuylkill Deanery, PA

3/13/1985 - 8/20/1991: Budget Board Nativity B.V.M. High School

8/20/1991 - 11/1/1993: Honorary Prelate of His Holiness, John Paul II

11/1/1993 - 11/26/1996: South Schuylkill Deanery

11/26/1996 - 5/3/1996: Dean of South Schuylkill Deanery (post was held until 11/26/99 in conjunction with the following duties/dates)

5/03/1996 - 10/29/1997: Diocesan Negotiating Team

10/29/1997 - 4/04/1998: Board of Seton Manor, Inc.

4/4/1998 - 3/25/1999: Nativity B.V.M. High School Budget/Audit Board. (held until 09/2001)

3/25/1999 - 10/1/1999: South Schuylkill Deanery, Diocesan Negotiating Team

10/1/1999 - 2/1/2000: President of the Catholic Housing Corporation, Queen of Peace Apartments, Pottsville, PA

2/1/2000 - 9/20/2000: Vicar Forane of South Schuylkill Deanery (held until 1/31/03)

9/20/2000 - 4/11/2002: Pastor designated to consult on removal/transfer

4/11/2002: Resigned as pastor of St. Patrick's, Pottsville, PA

Diocese of Erie

Michael J. Amy

6/23/1978 - 7/05/1979: Asst. Pastor, Our Lady of Peace, Erie, PA

7/05/1979 - 8/28/1981: Faculty, Cathedral Preparatory. Residence at

Blessed Sacrament, Erie, PA

8/28/1981 - 6/14/1985: Faculty, Cathedral Preparatory, Residence at

Holy Trinity Rectory, Erie, PA

4/23/1983: Chaplin, Catholic Scouting Committee

6/14/1985 -1/20/1986: Faculty, Elk Co. Christian, Residing at Holy Rosary

Johnsonburg PA. Weekend Asst. St. Callistus, Kane, PA

1/20/1986: Weekend Asst. Holy Rosary, Johnsonburg, PA

6/14/1985 – 6/17/1988: Faculty, Elk Co. Catholic. Residing at

Holy Rosary, St. Mary's, PA

6/17/1988-1/31/1990: Faculty, Bradford Central Christian HS. Residing at St. Bernard, Bradford, PA

4/19/1989 -12/15/1989: Administration, St. Callistus, Kane, PA

Residing at St. Callistus Rectory, Kane, PA

12/15/1989-12/22/1991: Pastor, St. Callistus. Residing at

St. Callistus Rectory, Kane, PA

12/22/1991-2/05/1992: Sick leave

1/05/1992 - 3/01/1993: Sick leave

11/1993: Living in private residence

Summary: In a 1993 letter, Amy wrote “I took the opportunity to touch the genitals of several boys at night. In 1974, one of them ran away because of my molesting him.” Amy said he was originally brought into custody by state police, but was not arrested or charged. He later admitted that he was involved with male prostitutes in the Erie area, as well as Pittsburgh and Baltimore. In 1993, the diocese acted to remove Amy.

After the laicization process, an additional allegation was made against him by a victim who was a student at Erie Cathedral Prep in the early 1980s. In an email in 2002, the victim said Amy got him alone in a confessional booth and questioned him about touching himself. Amy went on to fondle the victim on more than one occasion.

Michael G. Barletta

6/04/1966 - 5/30/1975: Secondary Education Kennedy Catholic

High School, Hermitage, PA

6/04/1966 - 6/03/1970: Weekend Asst. Sacred Heart, Sharon, PA

6/03/1970 - 6/30/1975: Weekend Asst. St. Joseph, Sharon, PA

1975 Teen Action Club at Cathedral Preparatory, Erie, PA

5/30/1975 - 9/07/1994: Secondary Education Erie Cathedral Preparatory HS

5/30/1975 - 9/07/1994: Weekend Assistant, St Luke's, Erie, PA

9/07/1994 - 8/01/1995: Sabbatical, Other

Sabbatical at Southdown Treatment Center Toronto, Canada for

Psychological Treatment

8/01/1995 - 2/28/2002: Dioceses Office, Catholic Charities, Erie, PA

8/01/1995 - 2/28/2002: Dioceses Office, Office of Matrimonial Concerns, Erie, PA

8/01/1995 - 2/28/2002: Resident St. Patrick's Resident, Erie, PA

2/28/2002 Retired

Summary: The grand jury received several documents describing Barletta’s behavior and heard testimony from a retired priest who saw Barletta with his genitalia exposed in the presence of a child under 18 between 1969 and 1970. Father John Fischer testified that he walked in on Barletta and a young high school student in private chambers, and that the student was naked from the waist down, trying to pull up his underwear and pants as Barletta watched. Fischer recalled that Monsignor Hastings dismissed the report, and that fellow priests laughed it off.

Later on, Bishop Trautman recorded details of a conversation that he had with Sister Donna Markham about Barletta. Trautman wrote that Barletta abused 5 children. Barletta was confronted with allegations of oral sex, naked messages, digital anal penetration and masturbation against a victim in 1994. When confronted, Barletta admitted his guilt to Trautman. The diocese paid for the victim’s counseling, but once the victim shared the story of abuse with a newspaper, Trautman advised that the victim should seek payment directly from Barletta.

From 1975 though 1994 when he was dismissed from Erie Cathedral Prep, Barletta admitted abusing 25 children and young men. After 1994, there are documents that proved Barletta was still allowed to minister in the Diocese of Erie.

Donald C. Bolton

1952 -1954: Mt. St. Alphonsus, Esopus, NY

1954 -1959: Bela Vista, Mato Grosso, Brazil

1959 – 1962: Campo Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil

1962 – 1967: Bela Vista, Mato Grosso, Brazil

1967 – 1969: Monte Alegre, Parana, Brazil

1969 – 1970: Rocio, Parana, Brazil

1970 – 1974: Notre Dame Retreat House, Canadaigua, NY

1974 – 1984: St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, North East, PA

1984 – 1987: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, Brooklyn, NY

1987 – 1990: Holy Family Retreat House, Hampton, VA

1990 – 2003: St. Alphonsus Villa, Redemptorist Fathers and Brothers, New

Smyrna Beach, FL

2003 – 2006: St. John Neumann Residence, Sarasota Springs, FL

10/27/2006: Death

Summary: In 1986, parents of a 7-year-old girl came to Erie County District Attorney’s office with a complaint that Bolton molested their daughter. As a result, Bolton was charged with indecent assault and corruption of minors. He pled guilty in 1987 and was sentenced to three years probation.

One of Bolton’s victim would file a lawsuit and received a settlement of $100,000. Her abuse began when she was 7 and continued until she was 11. Bolton came to her house to console the family over the death of a grandparent. The victim said held her on his lap and rubbed her back, legs, bottom and rear. Other instances of assault occurred when the victim was in confession, at ski resort and at a cottage in New York. At different times, Bolton fondled her, rubbed his penis against her and put his fingers in her vagina.

In another file, a mother of five children alleged that Bolton may have sexually assaulted four of them. No details were provided to the grand jury as the diocese’s representatives were corresponding with the family to offer them assistance with counseling.

Another documented victim was a fourth-grade boy who reported he was sexually assaulted between 1976 and 1977. The diocese made arrangements to counsel the victim and arranged for various agencies to assist him and his family financially.

Robert F. Bower

5/23/1959 - 8/29/1964: Gannon University, Erie, PA

8/29/1964 - 6/03/1970: Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of the Lake, Edinboro, PA

6/03/1970 - 8/20/1993: Faculty, Newman Center, Edinboro University

8/29/1992 - 3/11/1999: Pastor, St Anthony, Cambridge Springs, PA

8/29/1992 - N/A: Resident, other, Private Residence, Edinboro, PA

8/31/1993 - 8/29/1998: Weekend Asst., Our Lady of the Lake. Edinboro, PA

3/11/1999 - 3/01/2001: Leave of Absence.

3/01/2001 - N/A: Special ministry, Weekend Asst. Johnsonburg, nursing home,

Meadville, PA

Summary: In 1981, Bower was found collecting child pornography. Seventh graders found the images while they served as janitors at Edinboro University. One of these kids, now an adult, testified the images to the grand jury. He testified that photos in Bower’s office depicted children having sex with adults.

The witness’s mother began working for the diocese in 1977. In 1981, she was fired two days and she and thee coworkers reported that Bower’s had a problem with pornography.

Bowers retired from active ministry in the early 2000’s but still lives on the Edinboro campus.

Dennis Chludzinski

6/05/1976 - 6/02/1977: Sacred Heart, Sharon, PA

6/03/1977 - 1/23/1978: Holy Rosary, Erie, PA

1/24/1978 - 6/30/1979: Leave of Absence

7/01/1979 - 8/24/1980: Unassigned / Under Father Kelly's Supervision

8/25/1980 - 6/00/1984: Faculty at Villa Maria High School Erie, PA

St. Benedict's Academy Erie, PA

Mercyhurst Preparatory Erie, PA

6/00/1984 - 10/08/1984: Attending Gannon University, Our Lady of Mercy

10/09/1985 - 8/31/1986: No Information provided by the Diocese of Erie

9/01/1986 - 8/02/1987: Chaplain, Sisters Community at Mercyhurst College, Hamot

Medical Center

Summary: In testimony to the diocese, Chludzinski admitted that in 1984 he has inappropriate sexual conduct with an 18-year-old boy. In a letter dated 1991 detailing his progress in therapy, Chludzinski admitted that he and a friend engaged in sexual contact with an 18-year-old male. This included masturbation and oral sex and occurred approximately four times. Chludzinski also noted that after being granted a leave, he became sexually involved with a 14-year-old boy for about nine months.

In 2004, it was reported that a father discovered that Chludzinski had molested his young son years ago during a camping trip. The victim stated he met Chludzinski as an altar boy and that the abuse happened approximately six times over about six months. When informed of the allegation, Chludzinski replied, “sorry.”

Donald Cooper

6/1963-5/1964: Bradford Central High Christian High School, Bradford, PA

5/1964-6/1971: St. Titus, Titusville, PA

6/1971-6/1975: St. George, Erie, PA

6/1975-11/1984: St. Charles, New Bethlehem, PA

11/1984-6/1987: Mount Calvary, Erie, PA

6/1987-3/1988: Assumption, Oil City, PA

3/1988-6/1989: St. Catherine, DuBois, PA

3/1988-4/1989: St. Anthony, Walston, PA

6/1989-7/2002: St. Joseph, Force, PA

7/2002-6/2005: Christ the King, Houtzdale, PA

10/2002-6/2005: Holy Trinity, Ramey, PA

6/2005: Retired

Summary: In 2005, a man sent an email to the diocese reporting he had been subject to inappropriate sexual contact by Copper between 1981 and 1982. The victim state Cooper abused him multiple times and left him with years of emotional trauma. Cooper would convince the young victim to take a shower with him and would massage the victim and fondle him genitals, as well as masturbate in front of him.

When confronted about the abuse in 2005, Cooper admitted his did shower with and massage the victim. He did not admit to the masturbation. Copper agreed to retire, and the church and the victim came to an agreement where the Diocese would pay for the victim's past and future therapy and medication and also pay off $19,530 of the victim's personal debt.

Michael R. Freeman

6/10/1972: St. Margaret, Buffalo, NY

2/15/1975: St. Lawrence, Buffalo Part-time teacher, Bishop Turner High School

7/31/1976: Sacred Heart, Niagara Falls, NY

7/01/1980: Chaplain, United States Army

11/09/1981: Ecclesiastical Endorsement revoked

9/11/1982: St. Christopher, Tonawanda, PA

9/01/1984: St. Mary, Lancaster, PA

3/21/1989: Faculties Revoked

Summary: The grand jury learned that Freeman had some contact with the Diocese of Erie but he was not incardinated into the Diocese as a priest. He was a priest in Buffalo, and in five of his six subsequent assignments he admitted to inappropriate sexual behavior with young men. The abuse occurred while he was a priest in Buffalo but also ministered in Pennsylvania. Freeman admitted sexual misconduct at both St. Margaret and St. Lawrence Parishes in New York, and the Diocese of Buffalo first became aware of Freeman's criminal activity in November 1981.

The grand jury found no evidence that the Dioceses of Buffalo or Erie ever notified law enforcement officials, despite the fact that Freeman admitted to sexually violating children in at least five of his six ministry assignments.

Gregory P. Furjanic

1985: Staff, Kennedy Catholic High School

1985 – Unknown: Unknown duties, St. Anthony of Padua Sharon, PA

1987 – Unknown: Residing in a Convent at 1039 East 27th Street., Erie PA

7/08/1996: Faculties removed

2003 – Unknown: Croatian Franciscan Friars, Chicago, IL.

2005 – Unknown: Lutheran Social Services, St. Petersburg, FL

Summary: In 2005, there was an accusation made against Furjanic related to an incident in the early 1970s. Another incident occurred in the mid-1980s. Records show that in the 1990s another accusation came against Furjanic. The diocese sent him for counseling and then advanced counseling. In 1996, the Congregation for Institutions of Consecrated Life and of Societies of Apostolic Life removed Furjanic’s priestly authority.

The grand jury later learned one of the victim’s later died by suicide.

Chester Ggawronski

More information not available.

Herbert G. Gloeker

6/1949-9/1967: Sacred Heart, Erie, PA

9/1967-10/1974: St. Bibiana, Galeton, PA

10/1974-1/1985: Mount Calvary, Erie, PA

1/1985: Died, St. Mary's Home

Summary: Gloekler was accused of sexually abusing young females during the 1950s at Sacred Heart. Most of the allegations involved girls who helped sort paperwork in the rectory. One victim described her abuse in an article for the Erie Times-News because she wanted to bring to light the abuse in the Catholic Church. Other victims wrote letters to Bishop Trautman supporting the claims in the newspaper. One victim said Gloekler would fondle her breasts. Another reported that he pulled her into an empty room and kissed her, and instructed her to keep the interaction private. Two other woman contacted Trautman and said they weren’t victims but had witnessed sexual abuse by Gloekler.

Robert E. Hannon

6/03/1954 - 2/03/1955: Assistant Pastor, Holy Rosary, Erie, PA,

2/03/1955 - 3/27/1957: Assistant Pastor, Sacred Heart, Sharon, PA

3/27/1957 - 2/03/1958: Assistant Pastor, St. Boniface, Kersey, PA

Resident Pastor (Hacherl) asked to have Hannon Removed

2/03/1958- 5/31/1958: Assistant Pastor, St Luke's, Erie, PA

Resident Pastor (Goodill) asked to have Hannon Removed

5/31/1958 - 6/12/1965: Administrator, Sacred Heart, Genesee, PA

9/01/1959 - N/A: Appointed Assistant Director of Lay Retreats for the Diocese

6/12/1965 - 6/4/1966: Holy Cross, Brandy Camp, PA

6/04/1966 - N/A: Administrator, St. Mathew, Erie, PA

6/06/1966 - 6/16/1967: Administrator, St. Cyprian, Waterford, PA

6/16/1967 - 6/01/1979: Pastor, St. Mathew in the Wood, Erie, PA

4/13/1978: Requests transfer to Diocese of Hawaii

6/01/1979: Released to Diocese of Hawaii

9/19/1979 - 7/18/1980: Asst. Pastor, St. John the Apostle, HI

7/18/1980 - 6/1/1981: Associate Pastor, St. Cattistus, Kane, PA

6/01/1981: Associate Pastor, St. Elizabeth, Aiea, HI

4/26/1984: Holy Trinity Church, Honolulu, HI

7/17/1984: Incardinated into Diocese of Hawaii

10/20/2003 - 1/16/2006: Residence at Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Diocese of

Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

1/16/2006: Death Announcement

Summary: In 2003, in response to the John Jay College study on clergy sexual abuse, the Diocese of Erie acknowledged the existence of eight known victims of Hannon' s sexual assaults. The grand jury has found documents that the Diocese of Hawaii and possibly the Diocese of Erie knew Father Hannon had admittedly abused at least twenty youths between ages 12 and 19.

Of the eight victims acknowledged by the Diocese of Erie, one is categorized as "claim denied, not verified" based upon a denial by Hannon. This victim was abused in Hawaii and occurred when Hannon was visiting the victim’s parents. While tucking her into bed, he allegedly fondled her under her underpants.

When the victim was interviewed in 2004, the Diocese of Hawaii found her “extremely credible.” But the Diocese of Erie sided with Hannan, as he had previously admitted to abusing only boys. Hannon denied abusing females stating, “they do not have a penis.”

There are eight known victims within the Diocese of Erie. It is unknown if the Diocese ever informed law enforcement officials about Hannon's conduct.

James P. Hopkins

Unknown Dates: Pastor St. Titus Church in Titusville, PA

1920s: Pastor at unknown church in East Brady, PA

Summary: In 1993, a victim wrote a letter to Bishop Trautman at the Diocese of Erie where she stated in in 1945, when she was 13, she experienced abuse at the hands of Hopkins in the rectory of St. Titus. She stated that Hopkins would, "grab our face in his hands, force us to look up, and then plant a sloppy kiss on our mouths … and fondle us wherever he pleased."

In 1994, the victim wrote another letter to Trautman. The bishop wrote back that "Since Monsignor Hopkins died in July of 1957, there is no possible way to investigate your accusation."

Barry M. Hudock

8/01/1997 - N/A Catholic University, Faculty, Washington, DC

Summary: Hudock was 27 in 1996 when he engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with a girl in her junior year of high school. Bishop Trautman detailed that the victim was a junior at Mercyhurst Preparatory when she was targeted by Hudock. This sexual abuse occurred in several different locations within the victim's parish community. Trautman documented that Hudock and the victim had engaged in kissing prior to a trip to Wasington, D.C. Records revealed that Hudock groped and kissed the victim on numerous occasions, and it was reported he showed he pornography.

In 2008, the victim was having a difficult time dealing with the psychological issues from being victimized by Hudock. The Diocese agreed to pay for her medical bills and provided her with airfare to be seen at St. Luke's Institute in Suitland, Maryland.

Hudock' s current employment status is not known, but he operates his own religious website titled, "Faith Meets World" and has written religious books for Liturgical Press under his given name, as well as the pen name "Barry Michaels."

Joseph W. Jerge

5/18/1951 -6/30/1952: Parochial Vicar, St. Boniface, Erie, PA

6/30/1952- 5/23/1959: Parochial Vicar, St. John the Baptist, Erie, PA

5/23/1959 - 8/29/1964: Parochial Vicars, St. Joseph, Oil City, PA

8/29/1964 – 6/03/1970: Pastor, St. Hippolyte, Guys Mills, PA

6/30/1970 - 12/04/1989: Pastor, St. Callistus, Kane, PA

4/19/1989 - 11/22/1989: Sick Leave

12/04/1989 - 6/14/1991: Parochial Vicar, St. John the Evangelist, Girard, PA

6/14/1991 - 9/01/1992: Parochial Vicar, St. Francis Xavier, McKean, PA

9/01/1992 – 2006: St. Patrick's Retirement Resident, Erie, PA

Summary: The Diocese of Erie was first made aware of sexual abuse allegations against Joseph W. Jerge in early 1989. That year, he was sent for psychological therapy. In the fall of 1989, he was released and signed an aftercare contract that restricted his contact with young boys. He was placed back into ministry at St. John the Evangelist.

In 1991, Jerge had a meeting with several members of the clergy where concern was voiced about him violating his post-care contract. Bishop Trautman re -assigned Jerge to St. Francis Xavier parish.

One victim is well-documented by the ministry. He was a high school sophomore when Jerge took him on trips along and fondled him on multiple occasions. Later in the victim’s life, he was blackballed from employment and blocked from attempts to be admitted to seminary. The grand jury found documentation that Bishop Trautman personally instructed school administrators not to hire the victim, noting that he might be homosexual and might have attempted suicide. It is also noted that the Diocese paid at least $1,200 of the victim’s counseling fees.

Another victim stated that he was sexually abused by Jerge between approximately 1981 and 1985. He stated that all of the assaults took place in Jerge’s car. The victim made his history of abuse known to Trautman in 2003 and obtained an attorney. A letter stated Trautman advised Jerge to consider both legal and canonical counsel. According to the letter, Trautman called the District Attorney of Erie County to tell him of the situation and assure him of their compliance with the applicable standards and guidelines.

Stephen E. Jeselnick

5/01/1976: Associate, Our Lady of the Americas, Conneaut, PA

6/03/1977: Granted full faculties of the Diocese of Erie

9/06/1977: Faculty, Venango Christian HIGH SCHOOL w/residence at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Oil City, PA

2/09/1987: Requests new assignment/residence. Wanted campus ministry

6/23/1978: Associate, St. Brigid and Campus Minister, Allegheny College w/Father William Karg

1/12/1980: Requests to be assigned to Notre Dame, IN (Holy Cross)

6/19/1980: Associate, St. Michael, Greenville, PA

7/31/1980: Appointed Defender of the Bond/Advocate for the Tribunal

3/31/1981: Bishop Watson agrees/recommends to release to

Notre Dame, IN

6/02/1981: Accepted into Graduate Candidate Program at Notre Dame

11/06/1982: Withdraws voluntarily from Holy Cross, IN (Novitiate)

12/03/1982: Permitted to minister in Denver, CO, for a six-month assignment by Bishop Murphy

12/10/1982

12/18/1982: Accepted by Archbishop Casey, Denver, CO

Spring 1983: Assigned to St. Mary's, Littleton, CO

3/18/1983: Re -assigned to Shrine of St. Anne, Arvada, CO

4/08/1983: Requests to enter/serve as Military Chaplain

5/13/1983: Bishop Murphy approves appointment to Military

9/12/1985: Requests incardination into Diocese of Colorado Springs, CO

10/10/1985: Incardination denied; Requests Leave of Absence

11/5/1985: Colorado Springs withdraws their faculties

4/1/1986: Requests permission to enter Air Force to be Chaplain and Additional Leave of Absence

8/11/1986: Requests to enter Archdiocese of Military

10/03/1986: Residence at Ecclesia Center, Erie, PA

4/21/1987: Parochial Vicar, St. Catherine, DuBois, PA; Chaplain, DuBois

Medical Center; and Father Brugger's weekend assistant at Sigel

and Corsica, PA

11/18/1996: Military Archdiocese to facilitate the change from active to reserve; the following month the Military endorses for inactive reserve duty

7/14/1997: Veterans Administration Hospital, Baltimore, MD

5/01/2014: Faculties revoked

Summary: Jeselnick’s file listed only two known victims who were both over the age of legal adulthood. Three other victims not included in the diocese files testified in person about the abuse. Their accounts include genital fondling, oral and anal sex, occurring in the late 1970s when Jeselnick was stationed in Meadville. All three men and several of their sisters testified that Jeselnick and a previously unidentified deacon would come to their house and get intoxicated. Once the adults were drunk, Jeselnick would find the boys and pray on them.

In 2014, Jeselnick sent a letter seeking suitability for ministry. After reviewing his file, Bishop Lawrence Persico denied the request.

Thomas C. Kelley

7/25/1968 - 7/16/1972: Parochial Vicar, St. Peter Cathedral, Erie, PA

7/16/1972 - 3/17/1978: Special Ministry, St. Mark's Seminary, Erie, PA

7/16/1972 - 5/05/1979: Weekend Asst., Our Lady of Mercy, Harborcreek, PA

3/17/1979 - 5/05/1979: Special Ministry, St. Mark's Seminary, Erie, PA

5/05/1979 - 9/01/1985: Special Ministry, St. Mark's Seminary, Erie, PA

9/01/1985 - 6/30/1989: Dean, North American College, Rome, Italy

8/28/1989 - 3/27/1990: Administrator, St. Michael, Greenville, PA

3/27/1990 - 6/15/1994: Pastor, St. Michael, Greenville, PA

3/01/1992 - 6/15/1994: Diocesan Review Board

6/15/1994 - 12/31/1995: Leave of Absence, Odessa, TX/Erie, PA

9/18/1995 - 9/22/1995: Psychological Assessment, Southdown Treatment Center, Canada

4/1996 - 9/1996: Residential Treatment, Southdown Center, Aurora, Ontario, Canada

9/06/1994 - 12/31/1995: Pastor, St. Agnes, Ft. Stockton, TX

3/31/1996 - 11/25/1996: Chaplain, Holy Faith Monastery

2/21/2005: Death

Summary: Kelley served in two different dioceses in two states as well as in Europe over the course of his 30 year career. He was accused of inappropriate sexual conduct with at least five victims. His victims of choice were 18 to 25 year old men in high school or in seminary. Kelley engaged in mutual masturbation, oral and anal sex with his victims.

Gary L. Ketcham

9/10/1977 - 1/23/1984: St. Bonaventure University, Faculty Franciscan Friars, NY

5/1983-1/23/1984: St. Patrick's, Buffalo, NY

1/23/1984 - 9/11/1985: Parochial Vicar, St. John the Baptist, Erie, PA

9/11/1985 - 8/01/1989: Parochial Vicar, St. George, Erie, PA

3/05/1989 - 6/14/1989: Health Leave, Guest House, Rochester, MN

6/14/1989 - 6/08/1990: Health Leave, St. Luke's Institute, Suitland, MD

6/08/1990 - 7/16/1990: Health Leave, St. Patrick's/St. Hedwig Cluster, Erie, PA

11/13/1998 – 2004: Suspended/Other

2004- Present: Privately employed; not functioning as a Priest

Summary: Sometime prior to March 1989, allegations of sexual misconduct came to light. He was accused of molesting two boys while in a drunken state while visiting friends in Mobile, Alabama. Ketcham was officially charged with two counts of sexual abuse of minors. He was sent to therapy after the incident and housed in a diocese-owned treatment facility.

Ketcham pled guilty to both counts and was ordered to pay a $15,000 fine. In 2002, Bishop Trautman initiated the laicization process to formerly remove Ketcham from the church. Ketcham cooperated with this process.

Thaddeus Kondzielski

Where he served:

6/16/1967-8/31/1986: Secondary Education, Cathedral Preparatory., Erie Facility

6/16/1967-6/03/1970: Weekend Asst., St. Stanislaus, Erie, PA

6/03/1970-8/31/1986: Weekend Asst., St. Hedwig, Erie, PA

8/31/1986-10/01/1988: Health Leave, Other

10/01/1988-6/30/1994: Administrator, St. Philip (Crossingville) Edinboro, PA

6/30/1994-5/04/2000: Pastor, St. Philip (Crossingville) Edinboro, PA

5/04/2000-6/29/2006: Pastor, St. Philip (Crossingville) Edinboro, PA (Reappointed 2nd 6 yr. term)

6/30/2006-8/31/2012: Pastor, St. Philip (Crossingville) Edinboro, PA (Reassigned 3rd 6 yr. term)

9/01/2012-4/28/2013: Pastor, St. Philip Crossingville) Edinboro, PA (Reappointed 4th 6 Yr. term)

4/29/2013: Retired

Summary: Father Thaddeus Kondzielski was assigned as a teacher at Erie Cathedral Preparatory for January 2013, a victim contacted the Diocese to advise that 30 years earlier, when he was a sophomore at Cathedral Preparatory, Kondzielski would ask him to assist with grading papers in the rectory.

On one occasion, Kondzielski asked him to stay and lift weights. When he said he did not have the proper clothes, Kondzielski suggested that they lift weights naked. They then proceeded to lift weights together while they were naked. When he told his parents about the naked weight lifting incident, they were shocked and told him to stay away from Kondzielski.

When confronted with this allegations, Kondzielski claimed he did not remember the incident, but did not deny it because it could have happened.

Gerard Krebs

Where he served:

7/26/1964 - 6/3/1970: Secondary Education Venango Christian, High School, Oil City, PA

7/26/1964 - 6/3/1970: Weekend Assistant, St. Stephen's, Oil City, PA

6/3/1970 - 9/8/1970: Parochial Vicar, Our Lady Queen of the Americas, Conneaut Lake, PA

6/3/1970 - 9/8/1970: Resident, St. Stephen's Rectory, Oil City, PA

9/8/1970 - 12/6/1978: Parochial Vicar, Erie, St. John the Baptist

12/6/1978 - 1/27/1983: Pastor, Holy Cross Church, Brandy Camp, PA

1/27/1983 - 6/30/1990: Pastor, St. Patrick, Erie, PA

3/1/1990 - 5/4/1990: Health Leave, Guest House, Rochester, MN

6/30/1990 - 1/6/1992: Pastor, St. Patrick, Erie, PA

1/6/1992 - 12/31/2003: Director of RCIA, Diocesan Office, Erie, PA

1/6/1992 - 2/4/1994: Resident, Blessed Sacrament, Erie, PA

2/4/1994 - 3/27/2004: Resident, St. Joseph/Bread of Life, Erie, PA

4/10/1996 - 10/1/1996: Chaplain, Soldiers & Sailors Home

11/17/1996 - 5/8/1997: Weekend Assistant, St. Patrick, Erie, PA

11/22/1996 - 12/31/2003: Director of Activities/Coming Millennium, Diocesan Office, Erie, PA

1/1/04 - 5/25/2005: Retired, Priest Retirement Residence, Erie, PA

Summary: Three known victims came forward indicating that they were sexually abused by Father Gerard Krebs.

One victim alleged that Krebs led him through "a series of sexual rituals to both prove my faith and the fact that I was not a homosexual.

The grand jury found no documentation indicating that law enforcement was ever notified about any of Krebs interactions with his victims.

Jerry (John) Kucan

Where he served:

1952-1954: St. Anthony's, Sharon, PA

1954-1961: St. Joseph's, Bethlehem, PA

1961-1972: St. Mary's, Steelton, PA

1972-1973: Our Lady of Peace Friary, Beaver Falls, PA

1973-1977: St. Anthony's, Sharon, PA

1977-1978: Sacred Heart, Milwaukee, WI

1978-1979: Beaver Falls Friary, Beaver Falls, PA

1979-1982: St. Mary's, Steelton, PA

1982-1985: St. Jerome' s, Chicago, IL

1985-1986: Sacred Heart, Milwaukee, WI

1986-1988: St. Anthony's, Chicago, IL

1988-1994: St. Augustine' s, West Allis, WI

1994-1995: Sacred Heart, Chicago, IL

1995-2005: St. Anthony's Friary, Chicago, IL

Summary: In February of 2005, a 29 year old man wrote a letter to the Diocese of Erie in which he stated that he had attended St. Anthony's School in Sharon, Pennsylvania and that in

1974 he began serving midnight mass. Victim #1 stated that "Father Jerry" began an inappropriate relationship with him at that time. They would have special meetings together. Kucan told the victim that if he ever told anyone about their relationship, his mother would lose her job in the school kitchen and he would be kicked out of school. The victim wrote in the letter that he would go to confession weekly to confess his sins and that Kucan would tell him that the slate was wiped clean.

Kucan would perform oral sex on the-then eight year old. The letter also alleged that Kucan would have a brother in a brown robe present on some occasions and that this brother would also perform oral sex on the victim.

Father Kucan was taken out of the ministry in March 2005, when the Order received its first complaint against him. The Order settled with the victim filing the complaint. The file note also indicated that Kucan was then in his mid- eighties and in the early stages of dementia.

There is nothing contained in this file that shows that any actual correspondence between the Church and the District Attorney occurred.

Louis Lorei

Where he served:

9/1981 - 9/1985: Pastor, Our Lady of Peace, Erie, PA

Unknown: Possibly Gannon University

Summary: In December 2009, Father Mark Hoffman called the Bishop's office to report an allegation involving child sexual abuse by Monsignor Louis Lorei. The parents of a boy had approached him to report that their son stated he "was touched by Monsignor Lorei" in the early 1980's. Bishop Trautman later met with the victim.

The victim stated that about 1980 or 1981, he was a student, roughly age 11 to 13, at Our Lady of Peace school. He was also an altar server during early mass with Lorei. On one occasion, Lorei invited him into the rectory and into his bedroom. Lorei had the victim sit on the bed while Lorei sat next to him and hugged and kissed him on the lips. This would occur several days in a row, stop, and then begin again. The victim eventually refused to serve mass with Lorei.

Lorei was soon removed by then -Bishop Murphy. In his own handwritten words, Trautman expressed the personal belief that Lorei' s sudden departure may likely have been indicative of some kind of significant event. Trautman offered the victim counseling services. Financial assistance was also discussed. In a memorandum dated March 30, 2007, Hoffman also documented an additional victim of Lorei. Hoffman found out through the father of the second victim that his son was allegedly abused by Lorei. The victim reportedly described the incident during a United Methodist retreat in 2000.

A small note in the file states "Review Board found no merit in processing since supposed victim did not come forth even after requests."

It is unknown who the request refers to.

Salvatore P. Luzzi

Where he served:

6/09/1962 - 8/29/1968: Faculty, Venango Christian High. Residence at St. Joseph, Oil City, PA

8/28/1968 - 8/28/1969: Sp. Ministry, St. Mark's Seminary, Erie, PA

8/28/1968 - 7/16/1972: Dean/Collegians, St. Mark's Seminary, Erie, PA

7/16/1972 - 5/05/1979: Sp. Ministry, St. Mark's Seminary, Erie, PA

5/05/1979 - 7/19/1994: Pastor, St. Joseph, Warren, PA

3/19/1991 - 8/01/1994: Sp. Ministry, Dean/Warren Co. Deanery, St Joseph, Warren, PA

7/19/1994 - 2/10/1995: Sick Leave

5/05/1979 - 9/15/1995: Resided at St. Joseph

9/15/1995 - currently: Faculties removed

Summary: After several years teaching at Venango Christian High School, Reverend Salvatore P. Luzzi was moved to St. Mark's Seminary, where he filled several roles. Over the course of his 30 year ministry, he was accused of sexual misconduct by eight male victims ranging in age from early teens to early twenties. Some of these victims were groped, inappropriately kissed, hugged, and/or fondled. He also faced allegations of responsibility for the suicide of a former student/victim.

Luzzi worked extensively with young would-be priests at St. Mark's where he and fellow priest Leon Muroski served as Spiritual Directors to the seminarians. Luzzi's inappropriate touching and fondling of at least two seminarians prompted the Diocese to settle with those seminarians for large sums of money. The first former Seminarian's case was settled in civil court for $34,500 and this individual received several thousand dollars over the course of the many years that the Diocese paid for his counseling and medication costs.

Several other former juvenile victims of Luzzi received letters or phone calls of apology from the Diocese. These victims were counseled by the Diocese through correspondence or in person interviews wherein Luzzi's behavior was dismissed as "Sal's way of expressing himself and his "touching approach" to ministry was attributed to his Italian upbringing.

In 1994, Bishop Trautman sent both Luzzi and Muroski to St. Luke's Institute for therapy. The Diocese publicly announced that Luzzi was going on an extended sabbatical for "personal, spiritual and academic growth." Once Luzzi was discharged, the Bishop welcomed him back into pastoral ministry by letter on February 14, 1995. However, the welcome also came with several conditions and a Penial Precept, a formal notification in the church that restricts ministry.

Trautman directed Luzzi to refrain from all contact with youth under 19 years of age and to avoid travel and social interaction with such parishioners. Later that same year, in September 1995, Trautman had Luzzi' s faculties as a priest removed and Luzzi began residing in a private residence, where he remains today.

Ricahrd D. Lynch

Where he served:

6/01/1963 - 5/26/1972: Secondary Education Bradford Central Christian High School, Bradford, PA

5/26/1972 - 2/18/1983: Headmaster, Secondary Education Bradford Central Christian High School, Bradford, PA

2/18/1983 - 8/30/1999: Pastor, Erie Holy Rosary, Erie, PA

1984-1994:Dean, East Erie Deanery, Erie, PA

8/31/1999 - Death: Pastor, St. Mark's the Evangelist, Erie, PA

Summary: The victim claims Lynch slammed him into the wall and this resulted in a trauma to his head.

In a letter dated June 3, 2016, the victim stated that he wanted to write the Bishop to get some things off his chest. He alleged that Father Richard Lynch was responsible for the sexual abuse that he went through while attending Bradford Central Catholic Christian High School 1978-1979. He said he told Bishop Trautman about some physical abuse, but was too ashamed to talk about the sexual abuse.

Daniel Martin

Where he served:

1943 - 1945: Parochial Vicar, Sacred Heart, Sharon, PA

1945 - 1962: Faculty, Erie Cathedral Preparatory High School, Erie, PA

1948 - 1962: Assistant Headmaster, Erie Cathedral Preparatory, Erie, PA

1950-1962: Chaplain, Mercyhurst College

1962-1970: Pastor, St. Boniface, Kersey, PA

1962-1970: Headmaster, Elk Co. Christian High School, St. Mary's, PA

1970-1974: Pastor, St. Joseph, Oil City, PA

1974- 1986: Pastor, St. George, Erie, PA

1984: Prelate of Honor, titled Monsignor

1986-1987: Retired, Residence at Mt. Calvary, Erie, PA

1987: Chaplain, Mercyhurst College for Religious women

2003: Blessed Sacrament, Residence

Summary: Monsignor Daniel Martin was a priest the in the Diocese of Erie for 43 -three years who faced two known allegations of sexual abuse. The grand jury's review of his files found very little documented evidence of his abuse of a teenager who was an alter server in his parish. That victim would go on to become a priest himself and appeared in front of the grand jury to tell his story.

He reported that when he was upset over the troubles of his life, he would seek Martin's counsel. He testified that Martin sexually fondled him on at least sixteen occasions between the ages of sixteen and nineteen.

Other victims came forward with similar encounters.

Redacted – pending litigation

The name of the priest, where he served and the exact incident was entirely redacted in the grand jury report.

Leon T. Muroski

Where he served:

6/11/1960 - 9/01/1967: Parochial Vicar, St. Luke, Erie, PA

3/30/1961 - N/A: Chaplain, Erie County T.B. Hospital

9/01/1960 - 6/16/1967: Special Ministry, Faculty, St. Mark's, Erie, PA

6/16/1967 - 10/12/1982: Diocese Office, St. Mark's Seminary, Erie, PA

10/12/1982 - 9/01/1995: Pastor, Our Lady of the Lake, Edinboro, PA

5/1994: Sent to St. Luke's Institute for Psychological Treatment

9/01/1995-6/01/1997: Retired, St. Casimirs, Rectory, Erie, PA

6/01/1997-4/01/2001: The Christophers, Unknown duties, New York, NY,

5/03/2001: Resident, St. Patrick's, Erie, PA

9/01/2001 - 3/11/2002: Chaplain, Pleasant Ridge Manor West, Girard, PA

1/2320/03 - N/A: St. Patrick's, Unassigned

12/10/2015 - Present: Diocese Retirement Home, Erie, PA

Summary: After 20 years of administrative duties, Muroski finally got his own parish. This ministry lasted from 1982 until1995, but was abruptly halted when in the early 1990s Muroski was accused of sexual misconduct while he was a Spiritual Director at the seminary. Muroski was sent to St. Luke's Institute in Suitland, Maryland, for individual psychotherapy in 1994 after he admitted to inappropriate contact with the seminarians under his watch. These seminarians were all male, eighteen to twenty-three-year olds, when Muroski would counsel them. This counselling included allegations of full body massages, kissing, masturbation and fondling of the seminarians' buttocks and genitals. Muroski would eventually be placed back into ministry after therapy at St. Luke's and served in the Diocese of Erie and in The Christophers program in New York City.

In 2001, Muroski returned to the Diocese of Erie from The Christophers and was retired. Muroski was permitted to move into the retired priest home in 2002, which is where he still resides. In 2016, the Diocese rostered a list of all the retired clergy living in the home and made it public. Muroski was not listed as a resident. It was at this residence that the grand jury found him living in 2017, however.

Edmundus Murphy

No further details regarding where he served were provided.

Summary: On December 21, 2007 an e-mail communication was sent to Monsignor Robert Smith, Vicar General of the Diocese of Erie from the Society of the Divine Word in Techny, Ilinois. The purpose of the e-mail was to inform Smith that a victim was sexually abused by a staff member while he was a minor at Sacred Heart High School in 1964. This school was operated by the Society of the Divine Word Missionaries in Girard.

The victim claimed that during the summer between his freshman and sophomore years of high school, Brother Edmundus Murphy, who was 33 years of age at this time, was the wrestling coach at the school. Murphy encouraged the victim to join the team and, under the pretense of teaching him some wrestling moves, the two wrestled naked "as the ancient Greeks and Romans did." The victim alleged that during these "wrestling" sessions he was sodomized by Murphy.

Immediately after the incident, the victim asked Murphy what he was doing and, according to the victim, Murphy sat on the floor and began to cry.

The grand jury investigation found no documentation that the Diocese notified local law enforcement or the District Attorney's Office about Murphy's behavior. The only note in the file was a handwritten notation on top of the printed out e-mail which read; "not responsible-Priest/Deacon only."

John L. Murray

Where he served:

5/31/1947 - 5/28/1955: Sacred Heart, Parochial Vicar with Residence, Sharon, PA

5/28/1955 - 6/11/1960: St. Paul, Parochial Vicar with Residence, Erie, PA

8/25/1959 - 6/11/1960: St. Paul, Parochial Vicar with Residence. Special Duties, Part-Time Faculty, Erie Cathedral Preparatory, Erie, PA

6/11/1960 - 8/01/1966: Special Ministry, Erie Cathedral Preparatory, Erie, PA

8/27/1966 - 1/31/1969: Special Ministry, DuBois Central Catholic HS, Special Duties, Headmaster, DuBois, PA

6/16/1967 - 10/15/1968: St. Bernard, Administration with Reside