Paraniuk placed on leave March 2005 after payment made to accuser from archdioceses victims compensation fund. Died 11/07. First named publicly as accused on the dioceses list 10/31/18. Died 6/17/07. In 4/12, Attorney Mitch Garabedian announced recent settlement of one claim involving Burrill. Name on 4/02 list of priests removed from assignments due to past allegations of abuse. #ipt_fsqm_form_wrap_6 .eform-ui-estimator { Per news in 4/02, Tomicky was not in active ministry because of allegations in the past of abuse of minors. The 1988, 1990 &1993 Catholic Directories show him absent on leave; he is not indexed in either 1995 or 2002 editions. Police learned of the marijuana from an informant who also said he had been in a sexual relationship with Arko since he was 15 and that the priest would give him gifts, money and drugs in exchange for sex. min-width: 240px; ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, Go to the fulllist of names in state order: Laicized, per dioceses list in 6/19. Allegations made after Bennetts death. and to Rome. Banner was a deacon counseling children at the home. Had previously been accused of an inappropriate relationship with agirl in her late teens in the mid-1970s, while in Cleveland. Per a 1993 article, McDonough was no longer a member of the order. Stricker, 84 and retired, was placed on leave by the archdiocese 5/01/08 pending an investigation of claims that he sexually abused a boy in the 1950s at St. William parish, Price Hill. Placed on leave 11/7/17 by diocese due to excessive and questionable text and telephone communications with a minor and potential misuse of church funds. Minor was a 16-year-old boy. Diocese of Toledo, Ohio. He was one of several priests who asked a judge to block diocese from turning past medical records over to the prosecutors office. Administrator of home for mentally handicapped, run by the order. Scharf admitted the conduct and was placed in inpatient therapy. Found guilty at trial 2/13 of sexual touching of a boy. He denied the allegations. As of 4/12, SNAP reports he may be attempting to join Blessed John Catholic Church in Perrysburg,OH. Laicized. In 2002 Man accused Kiffmeyer of abusing him when he was senior in high school and later. In 12/08 Review Board found allegations credible. Were You Sexually Abused or Sexually Assaulted by a Ohio Catholic Diocese Priest or Clergy Member? Arrested at least three times for improper sexual activity. The school released a statement 4/19/18. Per a eulogy posted online, Geiger had been a pastor, teacher, and editor of the diocesan newspaper. Br. accused person. AL AK AR AZ CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY. Assignments included St. Patricks in Hubbard, Ursuline High School, Cardinal Mooney High School, St. Josephs in Maximo, Regina Coeli in Alliance, and Immaculate Conception in Ravenna. On the dioceses list 6/21/19. Civil suit filed 3/04 by a different man alleging abuse from 1986-1991 at Our Lady of Victory. Total of 8 Jane Does, 5 of whom filed suit. ; the time-period for that is unclear. Prior to ordination taught at Eastern Senior High School in the DC public school system 1968-75. Clergy who have been Permanently Removed from Public Ministr morey, Ordination year: Suit also alleges church officials covered up the incident when notified in 1984. Retired in 1997. Diocesan archivist 1988-2008. Rape occurred at a nursing home where the boy had gone to visit family. Accused of sex abuse of a teen boy for four years, 1976-1979, ending when the boy reached adulthood. Lawrence Charles Scharf. Placed on administrative leave in 1994, resigned from active ministry a few months later. Monsignor. Accused in 2003 of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in 1978 at Mercy Hospital; accuser claimed ritual abuse by several priests. First named publicly as accused on the dioceses list 10/29/18. Hemstreet, an admitted alcoholic, convicted child molester and former boy scout leader, was active in protesting the Boy Scouts policy of not accepting homosexual leaders. Remanded to diocese of incardination with full disclosure to the Bishop of Pathanamthitta (2015). Allegations were made after Cunninghams death. Review board deemed allegations credible. You can download this complete dataset at the ProPublica Data Store. Died 10/7/91. Noted to have been suspended from ministry in 1971. only be used as a historical snapshot of the lists published by dioceses and Diocese sent himto treatment center in VA but he walked away from the Center. Louis indicted on rape charges in 1992; sentenced in 1993 to 5-25 years in prison. Accusations deemed credible. In 2003 Weithman was told to ask for laicization or Bishop would ask Vatican to laicize without consent. Vatican ordered permanent removal from active ministry as of 6/14/07. Suit dismissed 2/97 on statute of limitations. Assignment They may not publicly perform any function connected to Sacred Ordination or present themselves publicly as clerics. Matter sent to Rome. Robert Fisher. Second man came forward in 2004 to allege abuse for two years when he ages 12-14 and a resident at Parmadale Childrens home. Pled guilty and charges involving six other boys dismissed. A woman claimed that he abused her in 1967 when she was age 12. Arrested and convicted in 1991 on charges of compelling prostitution by paying to perform sex acts on a 17-year-old boy. Retired in 1998. Boys were 6-10 at time of alleged abuse. prior to 1995 ordination. Permanently removed from ministry by Vatican 10/05 but not laicized. The graph above indicates the year substantiated abuse occurred (blue line), and the year the substantiated allegation of abuse was reported to the Diocese of Toledo (dotted orange line). This database was last updated in January 2020 and should only be used as a historical snapshot of the lists published by dioceses and religious orders. The eight women filed suit in 9/03, alleging abuse 1953-67. Laicization announced 10/14. Please wait for a few seconds and try again. He told his family in 1993 and they reported it to Palm Beach Bishop Symons and to police. Allegation against Lang was based on report of sexual activity with a minor in the U.S. Settled for possibly $500K in 2006. Exonerated 2003 by Kalamazoo diocesan review board, which cited it found no credible evidence. The Catholic Diocese of Richmond urges individuals who have been sexually abused by a priest, deacon, religious, lay employee or volunteer of the Diocese to report abuse directly to law enforcement, including Child Protective Services (CPS) at 1-800-552-7096, and by calling the Attorney Generals Clergy Abuse Hotline at 1-833-454-9064. One accuser said he told an archdiocesan employee in 1963 but nothing was done. No evidence of abuse in Tucson. Learned in 2011 that he was working in Detroit area as late as 1/11 as church organist. Sent for treatment in 1988 after allegations of child abuse in 1983. He is accused of spanking their bare bottoms. First named publicly as accused on the dioceses list 10/29/18. Per the dioceses list 6/21/19, Ischay was on administrative leave pending the Vaticans decision regarding laicization. You Have Rights! Rogers, a religion teacher at Central Catholic High School, was placed on leave 12/02 after being caught with internet child porn. Five claimants settled with the diocese in 2003. previously. Laicization announced 12/26/08. He died 7/31/88, at age 51. Died 9/8/08. Died 11/25/91. Deceased, per dioceses list in 6/19. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 3/1/19. Placed on leave 7/02 after allegation he molested a teenage boy over a 6-year period in the late 1980s. Civil authorities notified. Sued 2002. One man filed civil suit in Feb. 2006 alleging abuse by Meiring when he was a priest in Toledo Diocese between 1967-1969. WebWelcome to the Diocese of Toledo Office of Priestly Vocations! Permanently removed from public ministry. Abandoned ministry (1987). Died 9/25/86. Friar John McGuire, formerly Gather Conrad McGuire. Laicized in 1988. Also, Administrator Pro Tem at St. Catharine of Siena in Columbus (1978) and Ascension in Johnstown (1981-1982). Listed by the diocese in 4/02 as as no longer in active ministry because of allegations in the past of abuse of minors. Two civil suits filed in 1993. Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list 6/21/19. Diocese had known of allegations for some time and Ellifritz had been under supervision for years. Monsignor. Bishop began process to remove Loyd permanently. Diocese says allegations were credible. License finally revoked 12/06. Seminarian at Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus OH. Has been dismissed from clerical state per 4/08 status report. Laicized. He admitted the abuse, which continued until late 1991 or early 1992 on his trips back to U.S. His victim and a second woman accusing Pater of abuse as a teen in the early 1980s sued in 2004. Died 3/15/91. In 2002 he was working for Toledo Public Schools as dean of students at a high school. Ordained for the Diocese of Youngstown. On the Cleveland dioceses list 6/21/19. Diocese paid for his treatment at St. Lukes. Reinstated by Vatican 2/08 after ruling of no merit to accusations of abuse of youth. Maintained administrative leave status until he was laicized in 2006. Dismissed from the clerical state (2007). Retired 2005. He would talk to the minors about sex in the seminary he attended, admit he was gay and that he was available to them in a sexual way. On Youngstown dioceses list 10/29/18. Ft. Worth helped her with therapy until she could approach Cleveland 6/08. On dioceses list 3/1/19. 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