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 TITLE: Father NAME: Louis Affrica BORN: 11/29/1944 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 6/5/2016 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1970-1973: Teacher, Bishop McNamara High School, Forestville; 1973-1974: Deacon, St. Michael-Overlea, Baltimore; 1975-1976: Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Victory, Baltimore; Summer 1976: Temporary Associate Pastor, Holy Trinity, Glen Burnie; 1977: Associate Pastor, St. Michael-Overlea; 1977-1980: Associate Pastor, St. Ann, Hagerstown

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing two children. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Joseph Agostino BORN: 1954 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Working in Philadelphia, 10/6/2023 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Immaculate Conception, Baltimore, 1988-1989

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexual abuse twice by the same individual in 2003 and 2009; upon the second reporting, the individual said he was a minor at the time of the alleged abuse and provided more details, prompting Agostino’s removal from ministry. Agostino denied the allegations in 2009. Agostino did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Deacon NAME: William Steven Albaugh BORN: 1946 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/1/2016 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Baltimore, 1996-2013; Baltimore County Public Schools

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Charged in 2013 for possession of "numerous files of child pornography." Albaugh told police he'd been viewing child pornography since the 1970s. He declined in 2013 to talk to a Sun reporter.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Michael Amy BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Resigned LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND:

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse." According to a Pennsylvania grand jury report, he was alleged to have engaged in child sexual abuse in Maryland. He is listed on the Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, credibly accused list which says he was removed from ministry and later voluntarily resigned from clergy.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Marvin Archuleta BORN: 1937 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Listed as credibly accused by the church, 3/28/23 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. John's Literary Institution, Frederick, Frederick County, 1986-87

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Although he was found not guilty of raping a first grader, Archuleta was accused of sexual abuse in several lawsuits throughout the 1990s and most were settled out of court. As of March 28, 2023, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, included him on its list of credibly accused clergy. Archuleta could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: James Avant BORN: January 1943 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Requested Dispensation from Religious Life, according to the Attorney General's report, 1995 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1972: Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD; 1972-1978: St. Martin’s Church, Baltimore, MD; 1979-1984: Charles Lwanga Center, Baltimore, MD

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing an 8th grade boy. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Francis Bach BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2010 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND:

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse." According to a Pennsylvania grand jury report, he owned a boat in Maryland where abuse allegedly occured. He is listed by the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as accused of sexually abusing a child.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Bruce Ball BORN: 10/6/1947 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 9/15/2002 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1974-1975: Villa Maria, Timonium; 1975-1978: Shrine of the Sacred Heart School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Convicted of child sexual abuse; admitted to abusing at least four boys. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Banko BORN: 1946 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2/29/2016 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1971: St. Joseph, Cockeysville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Convicted twice in New Jersey for sexually assaulting two boys, and sentenced to a total of 34 years in prison; the prosecutor said a court evaluation found him a “repetitive and compulsive” offender. Two men also said Banko abused them as a seminarian. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Michael Barber BORN: 1943 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Pled guilty to an incident of child sexual abuse, removed from ministry, 1994 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1975-1976: Served at St. Ignatius Church, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; Barber pled guilty in 1994 to an incident of child sexual abuse and was removed from ministry. The Maryland Province of Jesuits said he is credibly accused of abuse. As of 2018, he had been removed from ministry and was living in a restricted environment without access to children.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Michael Barnes BORN: 8/24/1945 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 5/20/2017 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1970-1974: Seminarian, St. Paul Parish, Ellicott City; 1974-1976: Deacon, then Priest, St Michael-Overlea, Baltimore; 1976-1982: Associate Pastor then Pastor, St Clare Parish and School, Essex; 1982-1983: Priest in residence/Associate/Education Leave, St. Thomas More; 1985-1986: St Pius X, Rodgers Forge, Towson; 1988: Chaplain, Johns Hopkins Hospital; 1988: Associate Pastor, St Mary, Cumberland; 2001-2009: Lay Employee, St. Raphael, Rockville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of having inappropriate relationships with at least one teenage boy; was later convicted of one count of child abuse and required to register as a Maryland sex offender. The Archdiocese of Baltimore settled a lawsuit by the victim. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Thomas Bauernfeind BORN: 8/7/1938 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1/1/2003 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1964-1968: Associate Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Baltimore; 1968: Associate Pastor, Holy Cross, Baltimore; 1968-1971: Assistant Chancellor, Catholic Center, Baltimore; 1971-1975: Vice Chancellor, Catholic Center, Baltimore; 1975-1978: Chancellor, Catholic Center, Baltimore; 1978-1979: Temporary Administrator, St. Mark Parish, Catonsville; 1979-1988: Pastor, St. Lawrence, Woodlawn; 1988-1991: Pastor, Our Lady Queen of Peace, Middle River; 1992-1995: Associate Pastor, St. Anthony of Padua, Baltimore; 1995-1996: Associate Pastor, Most Precious Blood, Baltimore; 1996-1998: Rector, St. Alphonso, Baltimore; 1998: Retired and in residence, Shrine of the Little Flower, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing two girls while Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore; see Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Vincent Bechtel BORN: 9/12/1919 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 9/19/1994 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1950-1963: Assistant, St. Agnes, Catonsville; 1957: Advocate of Metropolitan Tribunal; 1962-1969: Clergy Teaching Staff, St. Paul Latin High School, Baltimore; 1969-1973: Instructor, Cardinal Gibbons High School, Baltimore; 1973-1979: Administrator & Pastor, St. Lawrence Parish, Woodlawn; 1979-1989: Faculty, Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore (also taught classes at the Institute of Notre Dame, Mount St. Agnes College, and the Paulist Seminary)

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing multiple teenage boys. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: James Behan BORN: 1944 LAST KNOWN STATUS: On Maryland's sex offender registry, 12/13/2023 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Elkton (Cecil County) resident

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Pled guilty in 2005 to repeatedly assaulting a teenager who was his student at a school in Philadelphia; he performed oral sex on the teenager "dozens of times." He is listed as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Raleigh, North Carolina. Behan could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Bellwoar BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1993 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1940-1941: Loyola University Maryland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Jesuits said in 2018 that Bellwoar was accused of sexual abuse in the 1950s and 1960s.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Ronald Belschner BORN: 7/25/1939 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Leave of absence, never assigned a new parish, 1991 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1965-1969: Associate Pastor, St. Mark’s, Catonsville; 1967-1969: Part-time Chaplain, Mount Saint Joseph School, Baltimore; 1969-1970: Associate Pastor, St. Gregory the Great, Baltimore; 1970-1976: Pastor, St. Gregory the Great, Baltimore; 1977-1980: Pastor, All Saints Church, Baltimore; 1981-1989: Pastor, St. Joseph-on-Carrollton Manor, Buckeystown; 1983-1985: Pastor, St. Ignatius, Urbana; 1989-1991: Pastor, St. Mary’s Church, Cumberland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing multiple boys. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Francis Benham BORN: 1936 LAST KNOWN STATUS: On Illinois sex offender registry, 2018 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Jude Catholic Church, Rockville, Montgomery County, 1963-1970; St. Joseph's Church, Beltsville, Prince George's County, 1970-1975; Church of the Holy Spirit, Forestville, Prince George's County, 1975-1979.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced in 2005 to 18 months in prison for sexually abusing two teenagers in the 1970s. He is listed as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Washington. Benham could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Monsignor NAME: Thomas Bevan BORN: 7/17/1936 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 2016 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1963-1974: Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle River and Teacher, Mount Carmel Parish High School, Essex; 1969: Chaplain Baltimore County Police and Fire Departments; 1974-1979: Associate Pastor, St. John the Evangelist Parish, Frederick, and Teacher, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg; 1976-1990: Director, Office of Clergy Education, Archdiocese of Baltimore; 1979-1990: Pastor, St. Mark, Fallston; 1991-1992: Temporary Administrator, St. Mary, Cumberland; 1992: Temporary Administrator, St. Patrick, Mount Savage; 1997-2009: Pastor, St. Patrick, Cumberland; 2006-2009: Vicar Forane for the Western Vicariate of the Archdiocese of Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing several boys; entered an Alford plea in 2010 to one count of child sexual abuse, sentenced 18 months’ home detention with five years’ probation. Bevan did not respond to The Sun's requests for an interview in spring 2023. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Maurice Blackwell BORN: 2/27/1946 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 2004 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1973-1974: Deacon, St. Gregory the Great Parish, Baltimore; 1974-1979: Co-Pastor, St. Bernadine Parish, Baltimore; 1979-2003: Pastor, St. Edward Parish, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing several boys. The Archdiocese of Baltimore entered into settlement agreements with multiple accusers. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Louis Bonacci BORN: 1942 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Placed on Archdiocese of Baltimore's "do not hire" list, 2011 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1978-1982: Asst. Director of Campus Ministry, Loyola College, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing two children. The Baltimore Sun could not reach Bonacci for comment when allegations surfaced in 2011. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: Robert Bonner BORN: 1969 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Convicted, probation before judgement, 8/3/2017 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Essex, Baltimore County, 1992-1999; 2011-2017.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Pled guilty to inappropriately touching a 17-year-old student while he was a Catholic school coach and teacher. Received probation before judgment. His attorney, Mark Sobel, said: “There is currently no conviction on his record. ... the case is eligible for expungement in early 2024.”
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Bostwick BORN: 6/20/1941 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Listed as credibly accused by Archdiocese in 2019 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1972-1974: Pastor, Ascension Catholic Church, Halethorpe; 1974-1976: Pastor, Saint Rita Catholic Church, Dundalk; 1976-1985: Faculty, Mount Saint Mary College, Emmitsburg

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing two boys. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Francis Bourbon BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2007 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1959-1968, 1986-1988: Loyola College, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; Jesuits reported Bourbon "was the subject of a single allegation of an unwanted kiss of a minor in about 1965" in Virginia.
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 TITLE: Reverend NAME: H. Cornell Bradley BORN: 1938 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 2006 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1979-1988: Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus Offices, Baltimore,Resided at Loyola University (1979-1981),Resided at Wheeler House (1982-1988); 1993: Residential psychiatric care, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing at least three boys. Admitted to sexually abusing an adult and did not deny an allegation of abusing a minor. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: William Braun BORN: 1/4/1918 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 10/8/1964 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1942-1949: Curate, St. Dominic’s Church, Baltimore; 1949-1959: Teacher, St. Charles College, Catonsville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing at least one boy. The Archdiocese of Baltimore settled with the accuser. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Robert Brennan BORN: 1938 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Sentenced to five years of probation, including two years of house arrest, 3/31/2022 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Perryville (Cecil County) resident.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced to five years probation for lying to the FBI during a federal probe into priest abuse in Pennsylvania. He was named in more than 20 abuse complaints. Brennan did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Laurence Brett BORN: 3/1/1937 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, December 2010 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1958 & 1959: Summer Employment, St. Gregory the Great, Baltimore; 1967-1973: Weekend work, St. Pius X, Baltimore; 1967: In residence, St. Jane de Chantel, Pasadena; 1969: Summer work, St. Patrick, Cumberland; 1969-1973: Chaplain in residence, Calvert Hall College, High School, Baltimore; 1971-1973: Teacher, Calvert Hall College, High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing or making advances towards at least 14 boys; admitted to one abuse accusation in 1964. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Frederick Brinkmann BORN: 8/21/1949 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Listed as credibly accused by Archdiocese in 2002, 2002 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1976-1978: St. Michael’s Church, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Joseph Brocato (Romanus) BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1992 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1931-1933: St. Mary's Industrial School, Baltimore; 1934: Leonard Hall, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County; 1970-1971: Leonard Hall, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Xaverian Brothers reported in 2019 that in 2002, they received allegations of sexual abuse by Brocato in the mid-1960s.
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 TITLE: NAME: Stephen Brotzman BORN: 4/3/1968 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/31/2005 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1991-1992: Teacher, St. Clement School, Lansdowne; 1993-1999: Teacher, Our Lady Queen of Peace School, Baltimore; 1999-2004: Teacher, St. Louis Catholic School, Clarksville; 2004-2005: Teacher, Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl and sending her and another underage girl sexually inappropriate instant messages and emails. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Wayland Brown BORN: 1944 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 6/8/2019 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1973-1977: Seminarian Assistant, St. Rose of Lima Church, Gaithersburg; 1986: Treatment at St. Luke Institute in Maryland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Pleaded guilty in 2004 to child sexual abuse and battery and received a 15-year sentence with 5 years suspended, 5 years of probation, and was required to register as a sex offender. Pleaded guilty in 2019 in a separate case to nine charges, including six counts of child sexual abuse and received a 20-year prison sentence. The Diocese of Savannah separately settled with two accusers. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: David Brusky BORN: 1926 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2/1/2014 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Ecumenical Campus Ministry Inc., Archdiocese of Baltimore, July 1973

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing several girls in Reno, Nevada. One alleged victim settled with the Diocese of Reno for $50,000 after an investigation. The Sacramento, California, diocese listed him among its credibly accused clergy because of reports he abused girls there between 1985 and 1987.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Robert Buchmeier BORN: 1949 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Suspended, 9/30/2022 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Bernardine of Siena, Hillcrest Heights, Prince George's County; St. Mary's Church, Bryantown, Charles County; Holy Family Church, Mitchellville, Prince George's County; Christ the King Church, Silver Spring, Montgomery County; St. John the Evangelist, Clinton, Prince George's County; St. Nicholas, Laurel, Prince George's County, 1998-2005; St. Columba, Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, 2005-2011; Sacred Heart, La Plata, Charles County, 2011-2015 (during that time, he administered Archbishop Leonard Neale Regional School); Holy Cross Parish, Garrett Park, Montgomery County, 2015-2022.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused in 2022 of sexually abusing minors "decades" before he was ordained in 1991, according to the Archdiocese of Washington, which said in 2022 it was reviewing the allegations. Buchmeier did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Gerard Bugge BORN: 6/4/1943 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 11/20/2004 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1972: St. James and St. John, Baltimore; 1974-1980: St. Mary Church, Annapolis; 1985-1986: St. Mary Church, Annapolis

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Arrested in Baltimore County for DUI and having sexual contact with a 16-year-old. The sex abuse charges were dismissed, but he admitted the abuse to church officials. A man who accused Bugge of raping him as an 8-year-old received a settlement. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: William Burns BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1974 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1956-1957: Mount St. Joseph High

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Xaverian Brothers reported in 2019 that in 2003 they recevied allegations of sexual abuse by Burns in the 1950s-70s.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: C. Jeffries Burton BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2011 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1968-1969: Jesuit Seminary Guild, Baltimore; 1988-1989: Jesuit Mission Bureau, Baltimore; 2006-2007: Loyola Blakefield Jesuit Community, Towson

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Jesuits reported an allegation of unwanted touching over clothing in 1982 by Burton. Burton was removed from ministry in 2007.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Robert Callahan BORN: 4/9/1931 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 11/22/2019 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Pre-1957: Counselor at Camp St. Vincent, Employment at St. Vincent's Orphanage, and other orphanages; 1957-1962: Associate Pastor, St. Elizabeth’s Parish, Baltimore; 1962-1965: St. John Parish, Frederick; 1962-1965: St. Bernard Parish, Baltimore; 1965-1972: St. Rita Parish, Baltimore; 1972-1973: Auxiliary Chaplain, Fort Holabird; 1973-1975: Administrator, Christ the King, Edgemere; 1975-1978: Pastor, Christ the King, Edgemere; June 1978: Leave of Absence

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1967, when the boy was 11, to 1974, when the boy turned 18. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Edward Carley BORN: 1916 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1998 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Mary Refuge of Sinners Cambridge, Dorchester County, 1948; Church of the Good Shepherd Perryville, Cecil County, 1967; Our Mother of Sorrows Centreville, Queen Anne's County, 1972; St. Dennis Galena, Kent County, 1982.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing at least three boys “hundreds of times.” The Diocese of Wilmington lists him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Carney BORN: 5/19/1931 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 10/30/2020 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1963-1968: Assistant, Our Lady of Victory, Baltimore; 1970-1972: Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Victory, Baltimore; 1965: Teacher, Archbishop Keough High School, Baltimore; 1968-1969: Associate Pastor, St. Peter, Westernport; 1969-1970: Associate Pastor, St. Philip Neri, Linthicum; 1972-1982: Chaplain, Caton Nursing Home and Mt. Wilson State Hospital

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Admitted to sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl. Accused of physically abusing a boy. A woman said Carney was present when A. Joseph Maskell abused her. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Douglas Carroll BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 1998 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1985-1988: St. Leo

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Pallotines informed the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 1990 that Carroll "admitted to soliciting an underage individual in another state."
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Charles Cassetta BORN: 1933 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2022 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Worked in Archdiocese of Baltimore for nine years; left priesthood in 1975; died in Westminster

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Settled a lawsuit that alleges he sexually abused a female student at least 10 times between 1971 and 1972 in Miami. His lawyer said in 2003 that Cassetta denied the allegations.
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 TITLE: Youth minister/Teacher NAME: Kenneth Cassity BORN: 1959 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 6/12/2006 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 1995-1999; Sacred Heart, Glyndon, Baltimore County, July 2001-Sept. 2001.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to molesting two 14-year-old boys in 1999 and 2000 in Georgia.
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 TITLE: Caregiver NAME: Tony Chestnut BORN: 1955 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Incarcerated as of 12/13/2023 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Catholic Charities of Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing a developmentally disabled adult in his care over the course of 13 years. He was also charged for possession and distribution of child pornography that detectives found in his home alongside videos of Chestnut sexually abusing his adult victim. Chestnut could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Thomas Chleboski BORN: 1960 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from clerical state, 1996 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Shrine of St. Jude, Rockville, Montgomery County, 1985-1988; St. Martin's Church, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, 1988-1989.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced to 22 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old Arlington, Virginia, boy in 1990. Chleboski also pled guilty to sexually abusing a boy in Montgomery County. In state property records, he claims a Baltimore house he bought in 2005 as his home; Maryland's sex offender registry includes another man who lives at the same address. Chleboski declined to comment.
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 TITLE: NAME: Frank Cimino BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Resigned as president and founder from the Maryland State Boychoir, 2023 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1987: Fired from role as minister of music at St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, Northeast Baltimore; 1987-2023: Founder, president of the Maryland State Boychoir

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man said Cimino started grooming him in the fourth grade and sexually abused him on overnight trips. He denied the allegations to Church officials at the time and in 2023 told a Baltimore judge they were "hearsay." Cimino went on to found the Maryland State Boychoir, from which he resigned in May 2023 as president after The Sun revealed his identity. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Eugene Clarahan BORN: 1925 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 5/26/1999 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Church of the Good Shepherd, Perryville, St. Agnes, Rising Sun and St. Theresa, Port Deposit, Cecil County, 1983-1987; St. Benedict parish, Ridgley and St. Elizabeth, Denton, Caroline County, 1987-1993.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old in Delaware in 1956. The Wilmington, Delaware, diocese lists him among its clergy with substantiated allegations.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Robert Cofenas BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2013 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1980-1981: Vice President, Mount St. Mary's College

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; Accused of multiple incidents of sexual abuse. The Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, lists him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: David Colella BORN: 1928 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2022 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Sacred Heart Monastery (novitiate training), Pikesville, Baltimore County, 1949-1953; resided at Trinitarians house in Baltimore after 2008 retirement.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexual abuse while a pastor in Victoria, Texas, between 1981 and 1990. He denied the allegations, but the diocese had included him on its credibly accused list by 2019.
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 TITLE: Monsignor NAME: John Corbett BORN: 8/15/1881 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 3/12/1957 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1909-1922: St. Brigid Church, Baltimore; 1943-1957: Pastor, St. Mary Star of the Sea, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: At least eight women accused Corbett of abusing them as children and believed there were more victims. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Francis Cornely BORN: 1924 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1975 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Francis de Sales, Salisbury, Wicomico County, 1949-1950; St. Mary Refuge of Sinners, Cambridge, Dorchester County, 1964-1969.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Details of abuse unknown; the Diocese of Wilmington lists him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Aaron Cote BORN: 1951 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2012 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Jane Frances de Chantal Church, Bethesda, Montgomery County, 1997-1999; Mother Seton, Germantown, Montgomery County, 1999-2002

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced in 2009 to 10 years probation for sexually abusing an altar boy in Germantown in the 2000s, stemming from a 2003 accusation that he denied; his order, the Dominicans, settled with the accuser for $1.2 million. Additional accusations were made in later years, including those involving a 4- and a 6-year-old, and there were previous accusations made in the 1980s. Concerns about Cote's behavior with teenage boys were raised before his ordination.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Brian Cox BORN: 2/22/1939 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized by the Vatican, 2003 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1968-1973: St. Pius V Church, Baltimore; 1975-1978: Chaplain, Archbishop Keough High School, Baltimore; 1978-1989: Associate Pastor, St. John Church, Westminster; 1989-1995: Resided at Resurrection Farm; assisted at St. John and St. Peter, Libertytown

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing at least five boys; pleaded guilty in 2002 to sexual abuse charges and served time in prison in 2003. Admitted to multiple instances of abuse in interviews with the Maryland Attorney General's Office. Did not return calls from The Baltimore Sun seeking comment in 2022. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Charles Coyle BORN: 1/2/1932 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 7/1/2015 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1964-1965: Counselor, Catholic Charities, Baltimore, Director of the Mental Health Institute, Woodstock

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing at least three boys. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Joseph Coyne BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1999 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1960s: St. Andrew the Apostle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County; Church of the Little Flower, Bethesda, Montgomery County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused in 1992 of abusing a girl in 1962, leading to the removal of his priestly faculties in 1995. He is on the credibly accused list for the Washington, D.C., archdiocese.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Fernando Cristancho BORN: 7/15/1956 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for child sexual abuse, 5/11/2022 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1999: Faculties granted by Baltimore Archdiocese; 1999-2002: Assistant Pastor then Pastor, St. Ignatius, Forest Hill; 2002: Faculties withdrawn by Baltimore Archdiocese

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Lost custody of his two sons after a Maryland Department of Social Services investigation found he had abused them, and accused of sexually abusing a third boy. Admitted to creating nude images of five children and was convicted of child sexual abuse. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: William Crouse BORN: 1930 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2009 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1972-1975 Fort Meade, Anne Arundel County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of raping a 14-year-old in New Jersey in the late 1960s, including alongside another priest. Crouse admitted to molesting the boy after the accusation was made in 2002. Named in a Pennsylvania grand jury report in 2016
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Robert Cullen BORN: 1926 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2/15/2005 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1963-1982: Teacher, Loyola Blakefield High School, Baltimore; 1996-2002: Teacher, Loyola Blakefield High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a young girl. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Charles Cummings BORN: 1914 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1995 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1959: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wheaton, Montgomery County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Details of abuse unknown, though the allegation dates to 1968 in Louisville, Kentucky; the Xaverian Brothers include him in a list of brothers who had a child sex abuse allegation levied against them that couldn't be fully investigated but for which there is a "reasonable possibility" that it occurred.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: David Czajkowski BORN: 1963 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Lawsuit settled, 2003 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1995-1998: Shrine of the Sacred Heart School, Baltimore; 1999-2000: St. Peter's Christian Day School, Baltimore County; 2000-2002: St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced in 2002 to five years in prison after he pled guilty to sexually abusing three girls while a teacher at a Catholic elementary school in Hampden between 1999 and 2001. A lawsuit against him was settled in 2003. Czajkowski could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: Catherine Czapski BORN: 1991 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Probation before judgment, 5/18/2016 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Bishop Walsh School, Cumberland, Allegany County, 2013-2015.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Charged with sexually abusing a 17-year-old soccer player while a coach at a Catholic school in Cumberland. Czapski pleaded not guilty to a count of fourth-degree sex offense and received probation before judgement. She did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: John Danilak BORN: 1936 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2003 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Gregory of Nyssa, Beltsville, Prince George's County, 1960s-1970s

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Charged with sexually abusing three children in Ocean City between 1976 and 1978, but died before facing trial.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Joseph Davies BORN: 5/172018 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2/3/1992 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1943-1963: Assistant Pastor, St. Katherine’s of Siena Parish, Baltimore; 1952-1963: Chaplain, Calvert Hall College, Baltimore; 1963-1990: St. Joseph’s Church, Hagerstown; 1963-1990: Chaplain, Maryland Correctional Institution, Hagerstown

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing at least eight boys. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Richard Deakin BORN: 1955 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Dismissed from clerical state, 1993 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1984-1987: Assistant Pastor, St. Martin’s Parish, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Charged and convicted of second degree rape and sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl. The Archdiocese and Capuchins settled a lawsuit by the victim. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Alfred Dean BORN: 1/27/1960 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Faculties remover, placed on administrative leave, 7/3/2002 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1989: Fill-in Pastor, St. Veronica, Baltimore; 1998-1999: Associate Pastor, St. Veronica, Baltimore; 1999-2000: Temporary Administrator, St. Francis Xavier, Baltimore; 2000-2002: Pastor, St. Francis Xavier, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing teenage boys. One victim settled with the Archdiocese after criminal charges were dropped. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Hadmels DeFrias BORN: 1971 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Fired, 3/2019 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Forestville, Prince George's County, resident at time of arrest.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Convicted in 2004 of molesting two boys in New Jersey. He went on to teach English in the Dominican Republic more than 15 years after his arrest, but was fired after news reports came out concerning the abuse. DeFrias could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Francis DeLuca BORN: 1929 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Francis de Sales, Salisbury, Wicomico County, 1958-1961.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Admitted to abusing one Delaware boy in the 1960s and sexually abusing another boy in New York. Sentenced to 60 days in jail and six years probation in 2007 for molesting a teenage boy in Syracuse. Further accused of abusing other children. The Diocese of Wilmington lists him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Douglas Dempster BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Ordered not to celebrate Mass in Baltimore, 2000 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1993: Marydel, Caroline County; 2000: St. Alphonsus, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, notified the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 2000 that Dempster was removed from active ministry in 1993 and was not permitted to function publicly as a priest. But the Archdiocese of Baltimore discovered Dempster celebrated Mass at St. Alphonsus.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Wilfred DesRosiers BORN: 1918 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2012 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1965: St. Pius V (St. Peter Claver), Baltimore; 1966-1967: St. Francis Xavier, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of molesting four children while serving at a church in Rayne, Louisiana in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He denied the allegations, according to the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, in 2002.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: John "Brennan" Devoe BORN: 1931 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2005 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Mary’s Ryken High School, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, 1960-64; St. Mary’s Ryken High School, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, 1978-79; Mother Catherine Spalding School, Helen, St. Mary's County, 1981-86; St. Mary’s Ryken High School, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, 1987-1991

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Details of abuse unknown; the Xaverian Brothers list Devoe as being credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Donald Dimitroff BORN: 7/14/1953 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Faculty at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2010 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1981-1983: Teacher at Bishop Walsh High School, Cumberland MD; 1990s: Teacher at St. Frances Academy, Baltimore; 1991-2002: Lived at Calvert Hall High School, Towson; 2002: Faculty at Loyola College, Baltimore; 2010: Faculty at University of Maryland Baltimore County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Admitted to sexually abusing a teenage boy but said he believed the boy was 18. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Francis Dolan (Brother Fabian) BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/8/1975 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1941-1949: St. Mary’s Industrial School. Baltimore; 1950-1955: Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore; 1956-1958: Ryken High School, Leonardtown; 1959-1960: Xaverian College, Silver Spring

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of raping a teenage boy in the infirmary of St. Mary’s Industrial School, a Baltimore reform school. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Joseph Dooley BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 10/2/2002 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Attended St. Charles College, Catonsville, Baltimore County; Attended St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore; Late 1950s to mid-1960s: Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Bethesda, Montgomery County; Between 1963-1967, at least: St. John Baptist de la Salle, Chillum, Prince George's County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing four minors, including one boy who was 9 years old at the time, in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in Delaware. The Washington, D.C., archdiocese lists him on its credibly accused site and says he was "retired without faculties."
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 TITLE: Father NAME: James Dowdy BORN: 12/3/1943 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Employment separation, 4/14/1997 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1971-1972: Associate Pastor, Church of the Annunciation; 1972-1975: Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Woodlawn; 1975-1980: Associate Pastor, St. Mark’s Parish, Catonsville; 1980-1989: Pastor, St. Jerome’s Parish, Baltimore; 1989-1990: Education Leave; 1990: St. Matthew’s Parish; 1990-1991: St. Patrick’s Parish, Havre de Grace; 1991-1992: Pastor, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Baltimore; 1992: Church of the Annunciation; 1992-1993: Associate Pastor, St. Joseph’s Parish, Cockeysville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing two boys; one man received a settlement. Admitted to abusing two children and “hugging and kissing male high school students.” See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Thomas Joseph Doyle BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2007 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1967-1973: Cardinal Gibbons High School, Baltimore; 1971: St. Paul, Ellicott City; 1970-1971: Marianist Formation Center, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Marianist Province of the U.S. reported in 2020 that Doyle sexually abused a minor.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Carl Drake BORN: 1938 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2019 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1990-1993: Patuxent River Naval Air Station, St. Mary's County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Convicted by way of court martial for committing indecent acts with a 14-year-old boy but acquitted on further charges that he raped the boy from 1989-1993. Drake had custody of the boy at the time of the abuse. His attorney said he maintained he was innocent.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Robert Drelich BORN: 1953 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 2010 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Reported in 2012 by the Wilmington archdiocese as residing in Childs.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Details of abuse unknown; the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales listed him as credibly accused. Drelich did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Henry Dreyer BORN: 1903 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1969 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Teresa, Port Deposit, Cecil County, 1931-33, 1941-50

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Details of abuse unknown; the Wilmington diocese lists him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Edward Dudzinski Jr. BORN: 1950 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Diocesan settlement, 2011 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Saint Peters and Paul Parish, Easton, Talbot County; St. Francis de Sales, Salisbury, Wicomico County, 1983.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Named in at least two Delaware lawsuits in 2008 and 2009 of sexually abusing boys; included in the Diocese of Wilmington bankruptcy settlement in 2011 and named by the diocese as credibly accused. After an earlier lawsuit, he became a substance abuse counselor in Virginia, but gave up his license in 2003 when the Virginia Board of Counseling said he became "personally involved" with teenagers he was seeing. Dudzinski could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Robert Duerr BORN: 12/24/1921 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/11/1982 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1948-1957: Assistant, St. Rita, Dundalk; 1958-1980: Mount de Sales Academy, Catonsville; 1958-1980: Chaplain; 1970-1977: Vice Principal; 1977-1980: Principal; 1975-1980: Associate Pastor, St. Louis, Clarksville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing young children while at St. Rita’s. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Duggan BORN: 1/21/1927 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1/10/2004 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1967-1968: Patient at Sheppard Pratt Hospital, Baltimore; 1968-1970: Teacher, Loyola Blakefield School, Baltimore;

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing two teenage boys and an 11-year-old boy along with “inappropriate behavior.’ Admitted to abusing young children. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Frederick Duke BORN: 12/9/1914 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2/17/1992 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1942-1961: Shrine of the Little Flower, Baltimore; 1961-1967: St. Mary’s, Lonaconing; 1967-1971: St. John the Evangelist, Frederick; 1971-1978: St. Mark Parish, Catonsville; 1978-1979: St. Bernard Parish; 1979-1987: Our Lady of Sorrows, Owensville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Admitted to abusing 26 children between 1949 and 1961. Duke settled with one victim. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Heilman Edward BORN: 8/14/1944 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/17/1988 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1979-1981: Deacon, then Associate Pastor, Church of St. Mark, Fallston; 1981-1983: Associate Pastor, St. Isaac Jogues, Baltimore; 1983-1987: Associate Pastor, St. Mark’s Parish, Catonsville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing two children. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Walter Emala BORN: 6/14/1925 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2/20/2008 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1968-1972: Part-time Service, Our Lady Queen of Peace, Middle River; 1972-1975: Temporary Associate Pastor, Our Lady Queen of Peace, Middle,River; 1975: Faculties Removed by Archdiocese of Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of or suspected of abusing teenage boys while a priest in Tennessee, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The Archdiocese of Baltimore settled with an accuser. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Francis Ernst BORN: 3/11/1927 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 4/17/2004 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1971-1974: Associate Pastor, St. Jane Frances de Canthal, Riviera Beach; 1974-1976: Minister, Loyola College, Baltimore; 1974-1976: Weekend staff, Most Precious Blood, Baltimore; 1976-1993: Our Lady of Victory, Arbutus; 1996-1998: Associate Pastor, St. Ignatius, Baltimore; 1998-2004: Associate Pastor, St. Augustine, Elkridge; St. Mark’s, Catonsville; and St. Clement’s, Lansdowne

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of raping a child over several years. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Manuel Gallo Espinoza BORN: 1963 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2022 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Parkdale High School, Prince George's County, 2008-14

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Indicted in 2016 for raping a 15-year-old altar boy in New Jersey in 2003, which he admitted to. Fled to Ecuador, his native country, after the boy reported the rape; he returned and taught in Virginia and Maryland from 2005 to 2014 before returning to teaching in Ecuador. The Newark archdiocese listed him as credibly accused and "permanently removed from ministry.'
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Luigi Esposito BORN: 8/23/1940 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1/28/2021 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1964-2018: Our Lady of Pompei, Baltimore; Associate Pastor (1964-1984); Pastor (1984-2018); Teacher/Coach/Athletic Director at the high school (1964-1987)

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of molesting two teenage girls. After Esposito was relieved of his duties in 2018 an Archdiocese of Baltimore spokesman said Esposito denied the allegations of his first accuser and was unavailable for comment. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Terence Evans BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1984 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1958-1973: Pastor, St. Margaret, Bel Air

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Alfred Ewanowski BORN: 3/26/1939 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 10/18/1990 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1968-1976: Teacher, Archbishop Curley High School

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing two boys while a teacher at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore. One victim settled with the Archidocese and the school. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Kenneth Farabaugh BORN: 6/19/1937 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 12/12/2000 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1963-1964: Immaculate Heart of Mary; 1964-1967: St. Bernardine; 1967: St. Peter, Westernport; 1967-1969: St. Paul Latin High School; 1969-1980: Cardinal Gibbons High School; 1980-1992: Religion Teacher, John Carroll High School; 1992-2000: Associate Pastor, then Pastor, St. Ignatius, Hickory

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing four children and making sexual advances toward another child. The Archdiocese of Baltimore entered into a settlement agreement with one accuser. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Charles Fatooh BORN: 1946 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Retired LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Rented an Ellicott City condo to Father Robert Trupia, who was credibly accused of child sexual abuse.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: As part of a global settlement, the Marianist order settled a 2003 lawsuit with an abuse claim against Fatooh from 1973-1974, when he was principal of Chaminade College Prep in California. Fatooh has said the claim was "meritless." In another case, the Diocese of Monterey, California, settled a 2009 lawsuit for $1.2 million regarding an abuse complaint. Fatooh said in a pretrial deposition that while he led the diocese, he did not report the complaint involving another priest to authorities. Fatooh resigned in 2003 over renting a condo to Trupia, who he also used as a consultant from 1995 to 2001. His attorney, John Duffy, denied Fatooh engaged in wrongdoing and said Fatooh has never been charged with a crime. Duffy said Fatooh "didn't have any connection with Trupia other than he just knew him and he was contacted about renting the condo."
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Alphonsus Figlewski BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 12/5/1948 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1924-1939: St. Stanislaus, Fells Point, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing a boy in the 1930s. Victim reached settlement with the Archdiocese. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: James Finan BORN: 1932 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2013 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Nicholas Church, Laurel, Prince George's County; Holy Redeemer Church, Kensington, Montgomery County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Pleaded guilty to sexually molesting two minors in 1966; he was removed from the priesthood in 1996; the Washington archdiocese listed him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Rev. NAME: Joseph Fiorentino BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1964-1976: Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Pompei, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of molesting students and was regarded as “creepy” by young female parishioners. The Baltimore Sun was not able to locate Fiorentino in May 2023; the Archdiocese of Baltimore does not know his whereabouts. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Deacon NAME: Joseph Firlie BORN: 11/20/1941 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 10/30/2000 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1980s-1990s: Deacon, St. Peter and Paul School, Cumberland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing at least one boy and making advances toward another. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Carl Fisher BORN: 11/24/1945 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 9/2/1993 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1975-1982: Associate Pastor, St. Veronica's Church and Vocations Coordinator at the Generalate, Baltimore; 1982-1987: Pastor St. Francis Xavier Church, Baltimore; 1982: Corporate Board Member of Catholic Charities, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing at least five children; two reached settlements with the Archdiocese. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Robert Flaherty BORN: 1947 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from active ministry, 8/22/2018 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Mount St. Joseph, Baltimore, 1972-93; 2008-2010

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a minor in the mid-1980s while a teacher at Mount Saint Joseph in Baltimore; the individual was not a student. The Xaverian Brothers added him in 2021 to a list of those with credible or established offenses, and said he was "restricted and supervised environment on a safety plan." Flaherty could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Sister NAME: Mary Flood BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 12/1/1988 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1954-Unknown St. Joseph Monastery, Irvington

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a male child. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Sylvan Fondriest BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1976 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1956-1976: SS Peter & Paul, Cumberland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The archdiocese's list cites accusations from two people alleging Fondriest abused them in the late 1950s. In 2007, the list says, a man accused the Capuchin priest of sexually abusing him, and a year later the archdiocese learned that a second person had accused Fondriest of abuse.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Edward Foster BORN: 1925 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2000 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Kensington resident before death, Montgomery County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of repeatedly molesting a middle schooler in the 1960s and listed as credibly accused by the Diocese of Burlington, Vermont. His priestly faculties were revoked in 1994.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Daniel Free BORN: 12/10/1924 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 6/11/2016 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1955–1971: Parochial Vicar and Pastor, St. Joseph’s Monastery, Baltimore; 1974-1976: Parochial Vicar and Pastor, St. Joseph’s Monastery, Baltimore; 1984-2000: Director of Pastoral Care and Hospital Chaplain, St. Agnes Hospital,Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing and torturing two children, along with other men wearing masks. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Volunteer soccer coach NAME: Charles Friedel BORN: 1976 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Sentenced, 5/19/2010 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Mt. Carmel Parish School, Essex, Baltimore County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Pleaded guilty to sexual solicitation of a minor; the soccer coach was accused of propositioning a 14-year-old girl and sending sexually explicit photos of himself to her. Sentenced to 5 years, with all but one year suspended. In a phone interview, Friedel said his conviction was more than ten years ago. "I'm over all that ... I've started over. The past is the past." He said, "people make mistakes," and objected to the republication of his name.
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 TITLE: Coach NAME: Brian Funk BORN: 1971 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Guilty, 7/6/2023 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Archbishop Spalding High School, Severn, Anne Arundel County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced for solicitation of child pornography; Funk was accused of sexting and kissing a student at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, where he was a volunteer track coach. He is on Maryland's sex offender registry. Funk declined to comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Joseph Gallagher BORN: 6/10/1929 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 9/15/2015 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1955-1962: Associate Pastor, Basilica of the Assumption, Baltimore; 1962-1963: Chaplain, Villa Maria, Timonium Faculty, St. Paul’s Latin High School, Baltimore; 1964-1966: Chaplain, Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart, Towson; 1967-1976: Faculty, St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore; 1976-1985: Weekend Assistant, Resurrection Ellicott City, Weekend Assistant, St. Lawrence, Baltimore, Weekend Assistant, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, Weekend Assistant, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Baltimore, Weekend Assistant, CYO Retreat House, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy; admitted to an "inappropriate" encounter with him. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Gallen BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2011 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1968-1975: Woodstock College, Woodstock

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Jesuits said in 2018 that there was a credible allegation of child sexual abuse that occurred in about 1980.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: George Gardiner (Barton) BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Withdrew from Xaverian Brothers, 1970 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1953-1957: Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; Gardiner was accused of sexually abusing at least one person in the 1960s.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Richard Gardiner BORN: 1916 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1989 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Luke, St. Andrew, Ocean City, Worcester County, 1985-1989.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Details of abuse unknown; the Diocese of Wilmington lists him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Stephen Garrity BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2014 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1982-1985: Jesuit Province Office, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; Garrity faced multiple allegations of sexual abusing at least one person in the 1970s. He was removed from ministry in 2007. The Maryland Province of Jesuits said he was credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: Robert Gee BORN: 1956 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Convicted, 1997 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Mount St. Joseph's, Baltimore, 1993-1997; Interim Music Director, Holy Cross Church, Baltimore, 1999.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Convicted of child sexual abuse in 1997 for a three-month sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student while at Mount St. Joseph's. He was hired two years later as the interim music director of Holy Cross Church by the Rev. Thomas R. Malia, who knew of the conviction. Gee could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Geinzer BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from public ministry, 2018 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1980-1990: Associate Spiritual Director, Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse." The Diocese of Pittsburgh said the allegations were not substantiated as child sexual abuse, but Geinzer's priestly faculties are restricted and he is named in a Pennsylvania grand jury report. The report described two cases about which Geinzer told the grand jury his conduct had been "misinterpreted."
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Joseph Gerg BORN: 4/10/1937 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from active ministry by the Benedictines, June 2002 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1967-1969: Associate Pastor, St. Benedict’s Church, Catonsville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl over several years. The Benedictine Order helped pay for her therapy and counseling. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Xaverian Brother NAME: Leo Gillis BORN: 1936 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1/15/2014 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Leonard Hall, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, 1957-1958, 1969-1986.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Details of abuse unknown; the Xaverian Brothers list him as credibly accused on a list for which claims could not be fully investigated but there is a “reasonable possibility” the alleged offense occurred.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Steven Girard BORN: 11/24/1947 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1/18/2018 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1973-1975: Deacon, St. Matthew Parish, Baltimore; 1975: Chaplain and Teacher, John Carroll High School, Belair; 1975-1978: Associate Pastor and Teacher, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish and High School, Middle River; 1978-1982: Administrator, Catholic Youth Organization Retreat House, Sparks; 1982-1987: Associate Pastor, St. Clare Parish, Baltimore; 1987-2002: Pastor, St. Clement Parish, Lansdowne

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing at least one child with unspecified allegations of further abuses. A lawsuit by the child's parents against Girard and the Archdiocese of Baltimore was settled. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: Justin Gordon BORN: 1975 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Guilty, 3/2/2016 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Connelly School of the Holy Child, Potomac, Montgomery County, 2000-2015.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Convicted after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two students at Connelly School of the Holy Child in Potomac. On Maryland's sex offender registry. Gordon did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Richard Grant BORN: 1939 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1993 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Novitiate, Childs, Cecil County, 1960; DeSales Hall, Hyattsville, Prince George's County, 1964-1969

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sued in 2009 by a former student at Salesianum School in Delaware who said Grant sexually abused him from 1982-84; Oblates of St. Francis De Sales listed him as credibly accused when it settled multiple lawsuits against its priests in 2011.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Sherman Gray BORN: 1943 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 2004 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, Frederick County, 1984-85; St. Bernard, Riverdale, Prince George's County, 1986

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Resigned after being accused, along with two other priests, of sexually abusing a teenage boy in Connecticut from 1979-1983. He is listed as credibly accused by the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Gray could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Donald Grecco BORN: 1940 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Settlement, 2021 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Studied at Loyola University of Maryland, Baltimore, 1998-2000

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Convicted in two cases for abuse in Canada in the 1970s and 1980s, received his second sentence in 2017 and served six months. A victim received a $1 million settlement in 2021 from the Catholic diocese of St. Catharines in Ontario. Grecco could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Mark Haight BORN: 7/12/1948 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Sued for sexual abuse outside of the Arcdiocese of Baltimore on three occassions, 2004, 2018 and another instance. Settlement reached for at least one in 2022. LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1973-1974: Chaplain at Spring Grove Hospital, Baltimore; 1974-1975: Associate Pastor, St. Ambrose Church, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing four children while a St. Mary’s Seminary student and a priest in Albany, New York. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Hammer BORN: 11/3/1952 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 2006 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1985-1986: Leave of Absence, Treatment at St. Luke Institute; 1986-1989: St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing at least three children. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Peter Harney BORN: 1923 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2000 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore; St. Teresa's, Port Deposit, Cecil County, 1953-56; St. Benedict's. Ridgely, Caroline County, 1968-74

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Details of abuse unknown; Diocese of Wilmington lists him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Thomas Harrison (Bosco) BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Withdrew from Xaverian Brothers, 1973 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1944-1948: St. Patrick School, Baltimore; 1963-1970: Xaverian College, Silver Spring, Montgomery County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse." The Xaverian Brothers said there was an allegation of sexual abuse in the late 1950s in 2009 in Danvers, Massachusetts.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Edward Hartel BORN: 1936 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2013 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Mark, Hyattsville, Prince George's County, 1962-1965; St. Bernadette, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 1965-1970; Holy Cross, Garrett Park, Montgomery County, 1970-1975; St. Mary of the Mills, Laurel, Prince George's County, 1975-1985; Sacred Heart, La Plata, Charles County, 1985-1987; leave of absence 1987-1988; Holy Cross, Garrett Park, Montgomery County, 1988-1990; Shrine of St. Jude, Rockville, Montgomery County, 1990-1995.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Acquitted in 1995 of molesting an altar boy. Church officials said Hartel admitted to misconduct; his attorney at the time denied that. Listed as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Washington.
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 TITLE: Sister NAME: Catherine Hasson BORN: 9/4/1922 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1991 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1943-1945: Teacher, St. Katharine School,Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A woman said Hasson raped her several times a week when she was in the first grade; she also alleged Hasson physically abused other students. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Marion Helowicz BORN: 7/31/1945 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 2017 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1973-1974: Deacon, St. Mark’s Church, Catonsville; 1974-1980: Associate Pastor, St. Michael’s Parish, Frostburg, Chaplain, Bishop Walsh High School, Cumberland; 1980-1981: Associate Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Severna Park; 1981-1984: Associate Pastor, St. Stephen’s Parish of Bradshaw, Baltimore; 1984-1988: Associate Pastor, St. Mary’s Parish, Cumberland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing three children; admitted to two, and pleaded guilty to performing fellatio on one minor victim and was sentenced to probation and community service, but not required to register as a sex offender. The Archdiocese of Baltimore entered into a settlement agreement with the victim. Helowicz did not return a phone call from The Baltimore Sun in spring 2023. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Robert Hermley BORN: 1927 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2009 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: DeSales Center, Childs, Cecil County, 2003-09

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Pleaded guilty in 1982 to indecent assault on two teenage boys in Pennsylvania while he watched an X-rated film with them at a drive-in theater. The Arlington, Virginia, diocese lists him as credibly accused of abuse elsewhere.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: J. Grant Higgins BORN: 1926 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 11/23/2016 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Pius, Baltimore, 1962; St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart House of Central Administration, Baltimore, 1963-74

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A 2019 lawsuit accused him of sexual abuse in 1990 and 1991 of a child while he worked at Most Precious Blood Church in Angola, New York. The Buffalo diocese lists him as credibly accused of multiple allegations.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Joseph Hill BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 7/18/1990 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1964-1971: Our Lady of Lourdes, Baltimore; 1982-1983: St Joseph's Church and St Michael’s Villa, Emmittsburg

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl, who later died by suicide as an adult, for several years. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Monsignor NAME: Robert Hiltz BORN: 3/17/1925 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 12/14/1985 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1953-1963: Assistant Pastor, St. Anthony of Padua Church, Baltimore; 1963-1968: Assistant Pastor, St. Martin Church, Baltimore; 1968-1970: Pastor, St. Martin Church, Baltimore; 1971: Temporary Pastor, Our Lady, Queen of Peace, Middle River; 1971-1981: Co-Pastor, St. Patrick Church, Havre de Grace; 1981-1985: Associate Pastor, Sacred Heart of Mary Church, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing two children. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: George Hopkins BORN: 5/30/1913 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, September 1980 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1939-1942: Associate Pastor, St. Brigid Church, Baltimore; 1942-1946: Associate Pastor, Basilica of the Assumption, Baltimore; 1946-1954: Assistant Chancellor, Basilica of the Assumption, Baltimore; 1954-1965: Chancellor and Rector, Basilica of the Assumption, Baltimore; 1965-1966: Pastor, St Patrick Church, Cumberland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a child and raping an adult woman. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Joseph Hopkins BORN: 11/30/1907 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/19/1961 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1936-1943: Assistant Pastor, St. Ambrose, Baltimore; 1943-1949: Assistant Pastor, St. Cecilia, Baltimore, Maryland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing an altar boy, who believed there was another victim. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Robert Hopkins BORN: 5/17/1920 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 12/12/2006 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1948-1958: Assistant Pastor, St. Mary Parish, Cumberland; 1950: Assistant Director of the Propagation of the Faith for Western Maryland; 1958-1962: Administrator, St. Mary Parish, Cumberland; 1962: Assistant Pastor, St. Mildred’s Parish, Gray Manor; Saint Adrian,Parish, Inverness; 1967-1968: Administrator, Our Lady of Hope Parish, Dundalk; 1968-1971: Pastor, St. Jerome Parish, Baltimore; 1971-1982: Pastor, Church of St. Mary of the Annunciation, Lonaconing; 1982: Associate Pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Cumberland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Admitted to "sexual contact" with at least 14 victims. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Rev. NAME: Thomas Hudson BORN: 4/24/1948 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Resigned from St. George’s Episcopal Church in Allegany County, 2023 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Mid-70s: Public high school teacher, Frederick; Mid-70s: Active at St. John Catholic Church, Frederick; Unknown: Calvert Hall, Towson; Unknown-2023: St. George, Allegany County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man said Hudson attempted to sexually abuse him when he was 15 on a camping trip. Contacted by The Sun in May 2023, Hudson declined to comment on the allegation. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: William Irwin BORN: 1938 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2005 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Immaculate Conception Church, Elkton, Cecil County, 1964-66; St. Francis de Sales Church, Salisbury, Wicomico County, 1976-86

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Details of abuse unknown; the Diocese of Wilmington listed him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Guillermo Izquierdo BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2015 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1995: Granted faculties in the Archdiocese of Baltimore; Unknown dates: Teacher, Woodmont Academy, Cooksville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; According to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Legionaries of Christ reported that investigators had concluded Izquierdo abused minors while he served as novice director in Cheshire, Connecticut from 1982 to 1993.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: William Jameson BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/19/1973 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1942: Associate Pastor, Blessed Sacrament Parish, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accusing of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Stephen Jeselnick BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Priestly faculties removed, 2014 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Beginning in 1997: Veterans Administration Hospital, Baltimore; Prior to 2003: Provided assistance at St. Augustine, Elkridge, and Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; People who contacted a Pennsylvania grand jury in 2017 alleged that Jeselnick had sexually abused children, which Jeselnick denied, according to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The Baltimore archdiocese removed his faculties in 2003 and the Diocese of Erie in 2014, each based on alleged misconduct with adults. He is a retired airforce colonel and chaplain.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Carleton Jones BORN: 1943 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Sued, 2019 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Ss. Philip and James Church, Baltimore, 2011-12

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sued and accused of grooming and molesting an 8-year-old in New York during the early 90s; was exonerated in an internal investigation by the Dominican Friars Province of Saint Joseph prior to the lawsuit. His lawyer has denied the allegations in the past and the case is ongoing. His lawyer, Joseph D’Avanzo, declined to comment on Jones’ behalf.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Albert Julian BORN: 7/19/1932 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, June 2006 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1958-1963: Assistant Pastor, Saint Dominic’s; 1963-1964: Assistant Pastor, Saint Patrick’s; 1964-1967: Assistant Pastor, Saint William of York, Baltimore; 1967-1968: Residence at Saint Paul’s; 1968-1970: Part-time Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Good Counsel; 1969-1970: Tribunal Auditor, Saint Anthony of Padua

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing two girls, one multiple times a week for years; admitted to at least one instance. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Deacon NAME: John Justice BORN: 7/22/1923 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 5/27/2015 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1975-1989: Deacon, St. Louis Clarksville; 1989-1990: Substitute Chaplain, Bon Secours Hospital

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Admitted to sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: Joanne Kahn BORN: 1951 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Guilty; probation, 1997 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Calvert Hall College, Towson, Baltimore County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to child abuse for her sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student at Calvert Hall College in Towson. Kahn could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Donald Keenan BORN: 1916 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1995 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Joseph's Passionist Monastery, Baltimore, 1970-75

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A Boston archdiocese document describes a report that he sexually abused two boys, including a 13-year-old, in Massachusetts.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Thomas Kelly BORN: 1/14/1907 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 3/4/1987 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1940-1955: Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Star of the Sea Parish, Baltimore; 1955-1960: Assistant Pastor, St. Matthew Parish, Baltimore; 1960-1970: Pastor, St. Thomas More Parish, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl, and a pattern of fondling young women and girls. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Thomas Kelly BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1976 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1934-1938: St. Mary’s Industrial School. Baltimore; 1944-1949: St. Mary’s Industrial School. Baltimore; 1962-1967: Leonard Hall, Leonardtown; 1968-1976: Retired, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a boy while a Xaverian Brother at St. Mary’s Industrial School. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Joseph Kenney BORN: 3/26/1916 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1/16/2001 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1943-1963: Curate, Shrine of the Little Flower, Baltimore; 1963-1967: Pastor, St. Joseph, Taneytown; 1967-1973: Pastor, St. Rita, Dundalk; 1973-1987: Pastor, St. Clement I, Lansdowne

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing at least seven children. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: John Kennington BORN: 1934 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2022 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Baltimore, 1981

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Admitted in 2001 to playing strip poker in New York with an 8-year-old boy and his 13-year-old sister to the point of nudity; the individuals said further abuse occurred in Florida. The brother settled in 2001 for an undisclosed sum, and Kennington admitted no guilt.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Simon Kenny BORN: 4/14/1913 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 7/2/1999 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1938-1943: St. Mary’s Church, Hagerstown; 1946-1950: St. Mary’s Church, Hagerstown; 1967-1968: Holy Family Church, Randallstown; 1967-1985: St. Mary’s Church, Pylesville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually assaulting an adult woman and her 16-year-old daughter. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Walter Anthony Klick BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1979 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1940-1941: St. Michael School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; In 2020, the Marianist Province of the United States reported that Klick had been found to have sexually abused a minor.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Paul Knapp BORN: 1/11/1947 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Dismissal from order and priesthood, 1995 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1973-1981: Associate Pastor, St. Mary’s, Annapolis Chaplain, St. Mary’s High School, Annapolis

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Michael Kolodziej BORN: 7/14/1944 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Suspended, 2013 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1975-1979: Teacher at Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore; 2001-2010: Minister of the Provincial Order, St. Anthony of Padua Province, Ellicott City

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing several teenage boys in Baltimore and New York. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Joseph Krach BORN: 3/7/1931 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1/19/2013 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1957-1961: Assistant Pastor, St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Baltimore; 1961-1966: Assistant Pastor, St. Peter Church, Oakland; 1966-1968: Assistant Pastor, St. John’s Church, Severna Park; 1968-1974: Associate Pastor, St. Matthew Church, Baltimore; 1974-1975: Acting Administrator, Church of St. Peter the Apostle, Baltimore; 1975-1983: Temporary Chaplain at Church Home Hospital, Baltimore, In residence, St. Brigid Rectory; 1983: Temporary Chaplain, University Hospital, Baltimore; 1983-1990: Associate Pastor, St. Rose of Lima Church, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of having inappropriate relationships with altar boys and young adults. Admitted to "homosexual" involvement with people "aged 17 and older."See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: William Krouse BORN: 10/8/1945 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Sentenced to six 10-year prison terms for six counts of unnatural and perverted practice, 1996 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list, Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list, Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1970s: St. Frances Catholic Deaf Center, Landover Hills; 1970s: Maryland School for the Deaf, Frederick

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Convicted of sexually abusing deaf children. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Joseph Kruse Jr. BORN: 9/11/1957 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 2017 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1982-1984: Intern, St. John, Westminster; 1984-1987: Associate Pastor, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore; 1988-1989: Chaplain, Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore; residing at Our Lady Queen of Peace

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Admitted to sexually assaulting two teenage boys, ages 16 and 18. The 18-year-old received a settlement. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Rev. NAME: John Krzyzanski BORN: 8/9/1954 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Listed as credibly accused by the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 2023 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND:

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Was found in possession of child pornography, which he admitted to viewing, and he took and displayed “thousands” of pictures of young girls. He was accused in a civil suit of sexually abusing a six-year-old boy. He did not return calls from The Baltimore Sun seeking comment in May 2023. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Deacon NAME: Thomas Kuhl BORN: 10/19/1948 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2015 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1980s: Religious Education Teacher, Sacred Heart Church, Baltimore; 1985-2000: Teacher, Our Lady of Pompei High School, Baltimore; 1988-2006: Deacon, Our Lady of Pompei, Baltimore; 2000-2004: Teacher, Our Lady of the Rosary High School, Baltimore; 2004-2006: Teacher, Towson Catholic High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing two teenage boys. The Archdiocese of Baltimore settled with an accuser. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Michael Kuhn BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 2022 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 2009: Youth Apostles Community House, Thurmont; 2016-2018: St. John’s Catholic Prep, Frederick

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; An allegation that Kuhn had explicit, sexual verbal communications with a minor led the Diocese of Fall River Massachusetts, to place the priest on its "credibly accused" list in 2022, according to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Kuhn has denied the allegation. Kuhn's ministry in the Baltimore archdiocese ended upon his suspension in 2018 following an accusation that he sexually abused at least on child in Virginia in the 1970s, before he was ordained. The Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, also suspended him but found the accusation to be unfounded.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Robert Kurilec BORN: 1939 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Said to have committed abuse in Maryland, but location or assignments could not be found.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abuse in Indiana, Illinois and Maryland in 1970 and 1972, but no further details are known; the Diocese of San Bernardino, California listed him as credibly accused in 2018 and said he had been removed from ministry.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Raymond Laferriere BORN: 1930 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Attended St. Mary's Seminary and received psychiatric treatment in the same period for what his doctor described as "homosexual tendencies."

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually assaulting at least two boys in New Hampshire; also accused of inviting two boys into his rectory room where there was pornographic material on the walls. At least one victim received a settlement. The Diocese of Manchester lists him among priests who committed abuse.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Michael LaMountain BORN: 3/5/1949 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/25/2010 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1974-1976: Volunteer at Most Precious Blood, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing boys in multiple states; convicted in Rhode Island. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Geoffrey Langan BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1984 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1941-1952: Teacher, Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore; 1959-1960: Teacher, Lasalle, Cumberland; 1960-1985: Teacher, Coach, Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing at least three teenage boys.Two received settlements. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: James Lannon BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 3/19/1984 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list, Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list, Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1933-1939: St. Rose of Lima, Baltimore; 1940-1943: All Saints, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a girl and another child, and had a “documented history of sexual impropriety with teenage boys.” See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Ross LaPorta BORN: 1/15/1927 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2/8/2015 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1951-1963: Associate Pastor, St. Matthew, Baltimore; 1963-1971: Associate Pastor, St. Charles, Pikesville; 1971-1978: Pastor, St. Bernard, Baltimore; 1978-1991: Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Woodlawn; 1991-1998: Pastor, St. Mark, Catonsville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually absuing multiple children. The Archdiocese of Baltimore settled a lawsuit from one of LaPorta's accusers that also alleged abuse by another priest. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Regis Larkin BORN: 10/8/1914 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 6/23/1981 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1945-1964: Assistant Pastor, St. Michael’s, Frostburg; 1964-1965: Assistant Pastor, St. Ursula, Baltimore; 1965-1974: Administrator, St. Peter Church, Oakland; 1974-1981: Pastor, St. Patrick’s, Cumberland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing several children. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Paul Lavin BORN: 1944 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 2004 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Catholic youth retreat at an unspecified location in Maryland; Mother Seton, Germantown, Montgomery County; Mount Calvary Parish, Forestville, Prince George's County; Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing five people, including an 8-year-old and a 16-year-old, in the 1970s. Lavin denied the allegations in 2002. The Washington archdiocese lists him as credibly accused. At least one of the men who accused him received a portion of a 2006 settlement from the archdiocese. Lavin did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: David Leary BORN: 9/3/1922 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 10/7/1994 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1956-1957: Associate Pastor, St. Patrick, Baltimore; 1958-1961: Associate Pastor, St. Joseph, Fullerton; 1961: Associate Pastor, St. Patrick, Havre de Grace; 1961-1967: Associate Pastor, St. Thomas Aquinas, Baltimore; 1972-1994: Associate Pastor, Shrine of the Little Flower, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a fourth-grade boy. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Thomas Lee BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Lived at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Towson., 1974 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1970-1974: Lived at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Towson.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; In 1993, someone accused Lee of sexually abusing at least one person in the early 1970s, according to the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: John Thomas Matthew Lee BORN: 1966 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Incarcerated as of 12/13/2023 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Chaplain at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges in 2015; “tens of thousands” of images were found on his devices and he got several minors to send him pornographic images of themselves. Convicted earlier of forcible sodomy on a midshipman and failing to disclose his HIV status to an Air Force officer he had sex with. The federal public defender’s office declined to comment on Lee’s behalf.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Francis LeFevre BORN: 3/26/1943 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Leave of absence, 1995 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1971: Associate Pastor St. Anthony Padua, Baltimore; 1976: Vocation Office, Catholic Center; St. Anthony of Padua, Baltimore; 1977: St. Anthony of Padua, Baltimore; 1978: Vocation Office and residing at St. Ursula, Baltimore County; 1979: Associate Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Hydes; 1980-1987: Associate Pastor, St. Ursula, Baltimore; 1987: Our Lady Queen of Peace, Baltimore; 1987-1990: Fund Development Office and Planning and Council Services, Catholic Center, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Admitted to multiple instances of sexually abusing children. At least two victims reached settlements. See Maryland Attorney General’s report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Robert Lentz BORN: 6/26/1936 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 9/15/2007 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1964-1973: Associate Pastor, St. Mark’s, Catonsville; 1966-1970: Chaplain, Baltimore County Police and Related Agencies; 1973-1974: Faculty & Residence, Cardinal Gibbons Faculty House, Baltimore; 1973-1976: Catholic Youth Organization, Baltimore; 1976-1978: Director, Archdiocese of Baltimore Youth Office; 1978-1980: Associate Pastor, St. Augustine, Elkridge (part-time) Consultant to Search Program (part-time); 1981: Associate Pastor, Church of the Ascension, Halethorpe; 1983-1988: Pastor, Prince of Peace, Edgewood; 1988-1990: Pastor St. Pius X, Baltimore; 1990: Temporary Administrator, St. Jerome, Baltimore; 1990: Temporary Administrator, St. Matthew, Baltimore; 1990-1991: Associate Pastor, St. Mark, Fallston; 1991: Associate Pastor, St. Clement, Lansdowne; 1991-1997: Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Baltimore; 1998-2002: Associate Pastor, St. Dominic, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Several men accused Lentz of giving them alcohol as minors and then sexually abusing them. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: John Lind BORN: 1931 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1997 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Francis de Sales, Salisbury, Wicomico County, 1960-62

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of repeatedly abusing an altar boy. The Wilmington diocese lists him as a credibly accused priest.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Robert Aloysius Lindemann BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1995 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1974-1975: Cardinal Gibbons High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; In 2020, the Marianist Province of the United States reported that Lindemann had been found to have sexually abused a minor.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Phillip Linden BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: St. Francis Xavier, Baltimore, 1973 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1969-1973: St. Francis Xavier, Baltimore; 1980s: Ministered at Stella Maris, Timonium

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; Someone accused Linden of abusing him in the 1970s while Linden was associated with St. Francis Xavier in Baltimore, according to the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Lippold BORN: 6/14/1931 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1/27/2017 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1957-1962: Associate Pastor, St. Bernard’s Church, Baltimore MD; 1962: Auxiliary Chaplain Ft. Detrick; 1962-1967: Associate Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Frederick; 1967-1973: Associate Pastor, Ss. Philip & James Church, Baltimore; 1973-1974: Associate Pastor, Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Baltimore; 1974-1976: Pastor, All Saints Church, Baltimore; 1977-1978: Associate Pastor, St. Philip Neri Church, Linthicum Heights; 1978-1989: Pastor, St. Mary Star of the Sea, Baltimore; 1981: Temporary Administrator, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Baltimore; 1989: Pastor, Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Baltimore; 1989: Associate Pastor, St. Philip Neri Church, Linthicum

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Two women accused Lippold of sexually abusing them, one when she was 16 and one when she was 11. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Robert Lochner BORN: 7/22/1930 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 12/7/1967 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1956-1958: Assistant Pastor, Sacred Heart Church, Glyndon; 1958-1964: Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Locust Point; 1962: Director, Southern Area of the Archdiocesan Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Baltimore; 1964-1967: Assistant Pastor, Church of St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, Rosedale; 1967: Assistant Pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Baltimore; 1967: Chaplain, 29th Infantry Division, Maryland National Guard; 1967: Co-Moderator, Catholic Youth Organization, North County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Several men said that Lochner sexually abused them as boys, often on several occasions. The Archdiocese of Baltimore entered settlements with two accusers. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Arthur Long BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2004 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1957-1963: Loyola Blakefield High School; 1968-1974: Loyola College; 1969-1970: Good Samaritan Hospital; 1988-1989: Mercy Hospital

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; According to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Long admitted to sexually abusing at least one person multiple times. He was named in a Pennsylvania grand jury report in 2018. He was reported for having inappropriate relationships with girls 1987.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Anthony Lorento BORN: 11/21/1945 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Ceased serving as a priest, 1998 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1980-1982: Pastor, St. Leo the Great, Little Italy, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A woman accused Lorento of trying to forcibly kiss her when she was 16 and a man reported Lorento sexually abused him when he was 12. The man settled with the Archdiocese. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: George Loskarn BORN: 1935 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 6/19/2014 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1965-1972: Associate Pastor, St. Bernard Parish, Baltimore; 1972-1975: Associate Pastor, St. Michael-Overlea, Baltimore; 1975-1985: Pastor, St. Thomas More, Baltimore; 1985-2002: Pastor, St. Dominic, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Admitted to grooming and sexually abusing a child. Another man accused Loskarn of abusing him as child. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Rev. NAME: Samuel Lupico BORN: 12/24/1939 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Suspended pending the outcome of an investigation, 2022 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND:

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Two men, one of whom lived with Lupico, said that Lupico sexually abused them as minors. Lupico did not return calls from The Sun in spring 2023. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Auxiliary Bishop NAME: Thomas Lyons BORN: 1923 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1988 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. John the Evangelist, Silver Spring, Montgomery County; director of education for Archdiocese of Washington schools from 1964 to 1974; regional bishop for Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's counties, 1981-1988.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused in 2002 of sexually abusing two minors in 1965 and 1976, according to the archdiocese, which lists him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Leonard Mackiewicz BORN: 1931 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1994 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Immaculate Conception Church, Marydel, Caroline County, 1958-60; St. Francis de Sales, Salisbury, Wicomico County, 1970-71, St. Mary Refuge of Sinners, Cambridge, Dorchester County, 1972-75,

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing young boys and girls and listed as credibly accused by the Diocese of Wilmington.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Edward Neil Magnus BORN: 12/18/1937 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 11/27/1988 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1963-1969: Assistant Pastor, St. John’s, Long Green; 1964-1969: Part-Time Teacher, John Carroll High School, Belair; 1969: Associate Pastor, St. Jane de Frances Parish, Pasadena; 1969-1972: Teacher, Archbishop Keough High School, Baltimore; 1969-1973: In residence, Cardinal Gibbons High School, Baltimore; 1969-1982: Weekend Assistant, St. Lawrence Parish, Baltimore; 1972: Summer Associate Pastor, St. Lawrence Parish, Baltimore; 1972-1982: Chaplain, Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore; 1982-1984: Principal, Towson Catholic High School, Baltimore; 1984-1988: Procurator-Advocate of the Tribunal; 1984-1988: Weekend Assistant, St. Joseph, Fullerton

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Many who accused Father Joseph Maskell of child sexual abuse said Magnus participated in or observed their abuse. Eight women accused Magnus of sexual abuse and one man accused him of physical abuse. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Ronald Mardaga BORN: 8/5/1948 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Request for dispensation granted, March 1992 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1975-1976: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Baltimore; 1976-1980: St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore; 1980-1981: Deacon Internship, St. Pius X Parish, Baltimore; 1981-1984: Associate Pastor, Church of the Resurrection, Ellicott City; 1984-1986: Transferred to St. Stephen Parish, Bradshaw

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man accused Mardaga of abusing him in a “very violent” manner when he was a teenager. Mardaga admitted to an "illicit relationship/affair," but the Archdiocese of Baltimore stepped in to help him avoid criminal charges. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: William "LaSalle" Marinan BORN: 1929 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2014 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Leonard Hall, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, 1960-62; Leonard Hall, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, 1968-70; St. Jerome's, Hyattsville, Prince George's County, 1970-74; St. Jude's, Rockville, Montgomery County, 1974-90; St. Catherine Laboure, Wheaton, Montgomery County, 1990-91; St. Philip the Apostle School, Camp Spring, Prince George's County, 1991-97; Our Lady of Grace, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 1998-2010

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused in 2011 of sexual abuse in the early 1970s in Massachusetts; further details unknown. The Xaverian Brothers list him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Kenneth Martin BORN: 7/3/1945 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Formally removed from the Church, 2008 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list, Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list, Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1970-1986: Teacher at Loyola Blakefield, Towson; 1986-1989: St. Camillus Parish, Silver Spring

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Martin pled guilty to one count of felony child abuse and was sentenced to a five-year probation; he was accused of abuse by two former students. Martin did not return calls from The Baltimore Sun upon being charged in 2001. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: A. Joseph Maskell BORN: 4/13/1939 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 5/7/2001 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1965-1966: Assistant, Sacred Heart of Mary, Baltimore; 1966-1968: Assistant, St. Clement, Lansdowne; 1968-1970: Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Victory, Baltimore; 1969-1970: Part-time Chaplain, Archbishop Keough High School, Baltimore; 1970-1975: Counselor, Archbishop Keough High School, Baltimore, Assistant, St. Clement, Lansdowne; 1975-1980: Psychological Services, Archdiocese Division of Catholic Schools, Assistant, St. Clement, Lansdowne; 1980-1982: Associate Pastor, Annunciation, Baltimore; 1982-1992: Pastor, Holy Cross, Baltimore; 1993-1994: Administrator, St. Augustine, Elkridge

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: More than three dozen people have reported they or someone they know were sexually abused by Maskell, whose alleged abuse is covered in “The Keepers” and often involved other abusers. He denied abusing students before his death. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Arthur Maurer BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1993 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1960-1961: St. Francis Xavier, Baltimore; 1966-1970: Lived in Baltimore, including serving as a chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital, Baltimore County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; In 1993, Maurer pled guilty to a child sex offense in a state other than Maryland, according to the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Benedict Mawn BORN: 12/25/1917 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 7/17/1998 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1955-1957: St. Joseph’s Monastery Parish, Baltimore; 1960-1962: St. Joseph’s Monastery Parish, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Two adults accused Mawn of sexually abusing them as children. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: Glen Mayers BORN: 1968 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Sentenced, 11/10/1999 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Teacher at St. Camillus Catholic School, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, coach at DeMatha Catholic High School, Hyattsville, Prince George's County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Pleaded guilty to displaying pornography to a former student who was a minor and admitted to molesting the same minor. Sentenced to three months in jail. A man who said he was Mayers' brother declined to comment on his behalf.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: William McCandless BORN: 1964 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Incarcerated as of 12/13/2023 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Resident, Elkton, Cecil County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced in Pennsylvania to three years of prison after pleading guilty to accessing and attempting to access child pornography. He accessed over 3,000 web images of child sexual abuse, in addition to dozens of stories that detailed the sexual torture of young boys. McCandless' attorney, Michael Diamondstein, declined to comment on his behalf.
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 TITLE: Cardinal NAME: Theodore McCarrick BORN: 1930 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Incompetent to stand trial, 11/22/2023 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Cardinal of Archdiocese of Washington, which includes part of Maryland.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Starting no later than 1994, McCarrick was accused of sexually harassing and inappropriately touching adult seminary students, resulting in at least two settlements. He was removed from ministry in 2018 after being credibly accused of molesting a 16-year-old in the 1960s; he said in a 2018 statement that he had no recollection of the teen's abuse. McCarrick has twice been found incompetent to stand trial in Wisconsin and Massachusetts in 2023. His Wisconsin lawyer, Jerome Buting, said he “is unavailable to comment due to having progressed dementia. He is in a care facility in Missouri, and unable to comprehend or communicate with others.”
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Constantine McCarthy BORN: 6/18/1920 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1970s LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1944-1947: St. Patrick School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man said he was sexually molested as a child by McCarthy and he believed there to be two additional victims. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John McCarthy BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1997 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1946-1949: Loyola Blakefield High School, Towson, Baltimore County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; In 2018, the Jesuits reported multiple allegations of sexual abuse in the 1970s, according to the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: James McCormack (Pierre) BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Unknown, left ministry in 1987 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Ryken HS, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, 1965-67; Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wheaton, Montgomery County, 1968-72

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abuse at St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky, in the early 1980s; the Xaverian Brothers list him as credibly accused. McCormack could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Monsignor NAME: William McCrory BORN: 10/2/1916 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 5/9/1993 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1943-1948: St. John, Westminster; 1948-1959: St. Peter the Apostle, Baltimore; 1959-1968: Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Brunswick; 1968-1991: St. Patrick, Havre de Grace

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A woman accused McCrory of repeatedly sexually abusing her between the ages of 7 and 9, often in her own home. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Peter McCutcheon BORN: 1952 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 2004 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Peter's Church, Waldorf, Charles County; St. John Baptist de la Salle, Chillum, Prince George's County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to molestation charges in 1986; reduced to probation on the condition that McCutcheon move to a church-run treatment center in New Mexico. McCutcheon was accused of sexually abusing three Maryland teenagers in the 1980s. A lawsuit by one of the victims was settled out of court. McCutcheon could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: John McDevitt BORN: 1924 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1999 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: DeSales Centre, Childs, Cecil County, 1994-99

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing minors in Delaware and Pennsylvania in the 1980s. In 2012, the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Wilmington-Philadelphia announced settlements with some 40 victims totaling more than $25 million. McDevitt was one of the abusers named. A Pennsylvania grand jury report named him in 2018 as an offender.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Harold McGovern BORN: 1940 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 2008 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Novitiate, Childs, Cecil County, 1959

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Removed from ministry after a claim of sexual abuse in Delaware from the 1960s was substantiated. The Oblates of St. Francis de Sales and the diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, list him as credibly accused. McGovern did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Joseph McGovern BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Ordered to find his own residence, 6/19/1990 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Frances de Sales, Salisbury, Wicomico County, 1978; St. Mary Refuge of Sinners, Cambridge, Dorchester County, 1979; treated at St. Luke Institute, Silver Spring, Montgomery County.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abuse in 1986 but further details unknown; Diocese of Wilmington lists him as credibly accused and he was named in a 2005 grand jury report in Philadelphia. It said he performed public Mass from 1987 until 1990 and lived at a Philadelphia parish, despite having been removed from ministry. The cardinal in Philadelphia ordered him to find his own residence in 1990. McGovern could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Francis McGrath BORN: July 1950 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from active priesthood, sent to St. Luke Institute, 1995 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1972-1973: Assistant Teacher, Gilman School, Baltimore; 1973-1974: Deacon, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Baltimore; 1974-1976: Teacher, Calvert Hall High School, Towson; 1976-1977: Assistant Teacher, St. Anthony of Padua, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Eight men accused McGrath of sexually abusing them as minors. One victim settled with the Archidocese. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Eugene McGuire BORN: 6/3/1916 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 11/21/1984 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1960s: St. Joseph’s Monastery Parish, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Two women and two men accused McGuire of sexually abusing them as children. See Maryland Attorney General's Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: Patrick McIntyre BORN: 9/1949 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Fired from Immaculate Conception School, name placed on "not eligible fro hire/service" list, May 2007 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1975-1981: Teacher, Bishop John Neumann School, Baltimore; 2004-2007: Teacher, Immaculate Conception School, Towson

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Two men accused McIntyre of molesting them as children, leading McIntyre to be fired from his school position in Towson. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Neil P. McLaughlin BORN: 1928 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 2007 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1954-1956: Loyola Blakefield High School, Towson, Baltimore County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: In December 2018, the Maryland Province Jesuits included him on a list of those accused of sexual abuse. McLaughlin had been named earlier that year in a Pennsylvania grand jury report. The Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, lists him as credibly accused. McLaughlin is believed to have abused children from the 1950s to the 1980s. There were accusations from Maryland, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. He was removed from ministry in 2007.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: John McMahon (Damian) BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2015 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1957-1965: Mount St. Joseph High School

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; In 2019, the Xaverian Brothers reported that in 2010 someone accused McMahon of sexually abusing at least one person in the late 1980s, according to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The archdiocese said that McMahon's interactions with minors were restricted in 2010.
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 TITLE: Sulpician Father NAME: John McManus BORN: 1913 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 6/21/1986 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Faculty, St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore 1941-43; Residence of the Sulpician Fathers, Baltimore, 1968-73

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Details of abuse unknown; the Archdiocese of Seattle lists him among clergy who have admitted to abuse of a minor or have established or credible allegations against them.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Luanus Meegan BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 7/27/1977 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1943-1949: St. Mary’s Industrial School, Baltimore; 1951: St. Patrick School, Baltimore; 1952-1956: Mount St. Joseph School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man reported that when he was 13, he was repeatedly sexually abused by Meegan and several other Xaverian brothers. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Raymond Melville BORN: 2/26/1942 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 3/1/2020 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1979-1985: Seminarian, St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore; 1980-1984: Volunteer, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Baltimore; 1982-1983: University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Melville was accused by four men of child sexual abuse; Melville admitted to one instance. Two accusers successfully sued Melville for damages. The Diocese of Portland settled with one accuser. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: John Merzbacher BORN: 11/2/1941 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, May 2023 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: ~1960-1962: Teacher, Highlandtown Elementary School, Baltimore; ~1963-1970: Teacher, John Ruhurah Public School 228, Baltimore;~1970-1972: Teacher, Patterson Park Public School 13, Baltimore; 1972-1979: Teacher, Catholic Community Middle School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Convicted for rape and child sexual abuse of one victim and sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors accused of abusing an additional 13 children; there may be more than 40 victims. His abuse was characterized as violent and frequently included the use of a gun. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Joseph Messer BORN: January 1924 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 7/16/2014 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1961-1970: Associate Pastor, St. Clare, Essex; 1970-1982: Associate Pastor, St. John the Evangelist Church, Severna Park; 1982-1986: Associate Pastor, St. William of York, Baltimore; 1986-1994: Associate Pastor, Church of the Good Shephard, Glen Burnie; 1994-2007: Retired & in residence, Church of the Good Shephard, Glen Burnie

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man reported that when he was 16 or 17, he was sexually abused by Messer every Saturday for a year. He "strongly denied" the abuse. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Ronald Michaud BORN: 2/13/1947 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Name submitted by the Diocese of Portland to the Vatican for laicization, 2007 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1972-1973: Deacon, Shrine of the Little Flower, Baltimore; 1973-1976: Associate Pastor, St. Ann’s Church, Hagerstown; 1970s,Chaplain, St. Maria Goretti High School, Hagerstown; 1976: Temp. Associate Pastor, St. Mary’s Church, Cumberland; 1976-1978: Associate Pastor, St Rose of Lima, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Several adults accused Michaud of sexually abusing them as children; Michaud served with another priest on the Maryland Attorney General's list and was described as “messing” with the girls at the parish. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Robert Michele BORN: 1927 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2020 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1986-1989: Johns Hopkins University Newman Apostolate

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Paulist Fathers told the Archdiocese in 2018 that Michele "acknowledged sexual misconduct with a minor female more than 40 years earlier" in Oregon after an allegation was made in September 2018. An allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor was also made in 2002, but was found inconclusive.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: William Migliorini BORN: 12/8/1924 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 3/19/1992 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1959-1965: St. Clare, Essex; 1965-1973: Associate Pastor, Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Baltimore; 1973-1975: St. Pius X Church, Baltimore; 1975-1981: Pastor, St. Rita Church, Dundalk; 1981-1991: St. Patrick, Havre de Grace

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Migliorini was accused alongside three other people of giving an altar boy wine and then raping him in several locations. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Joseph Mike BORN: 4/27/1949 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Placed on leave of abscence, never returned to ministry, 1988 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1973-1974: Seminarian Intern, Nativity, Timonium; 1974-1975: Deacon, Most Precious Blood, Baltimore; 1975-1981: Associate Pastor, Church of the Ascension, Halethorpe; 1981-1987: Associate Pastor, St. Louis Parish, Clarksville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Pleaded guilty to one count of physical child abuse and received probation but was accused of the physical abuse, sexual abuse and torture of at least seven teenage boys.The Baltimore Sun was unable to reach Mike for comment in April 2023. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Michael Miller BORN: 1970 LAST KNOWN STATUS: On the Connecticut sex offender registry, 7/2/2018 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1994-1995, 2003-2006: Faculty member at Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore; 2003-2006: St. Isaac Jogues, Baltimore County and St. Margaret, Bel Air, Harford

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; Pled guilty in 2013 in Connecticut for possession of child pornography, publishing an obscenity and risk of injury to a minor. He was sentenced to five years in prison 2013. In 2023, a man reported to the Archdiocese of Baltimore that when he was a student at Archbishop Curley High School, in the early 2000s, Miller exchanged inappropriate photos with him.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Jerome Moody BORN: 12/17/1946 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1/22/2006 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1975-1984: Pastor, Saint James and Saint John Church, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: One man accused Moody of sexually abusing him for three years, starting when he was 14. He said he confronted Moody, who apologized. The Baltimore Police Department received several additional accusations of sexual abuse against Moody. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Eugene Morgan BORN: 12/9/1934 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2/4/2019 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1966-1977: Brother, Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore; 2002-2019: Retired, La Salle Hall, Beltsville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Morgan is accused of making high school boys swim naked in a school pool and molesting at least one, in addition to accusations of physical violence. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: William Morgan BORN: 1919 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2008 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND:

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Morgan admitted to molesting children while a missionary in New Guinea and was accused of molesting young girls in Maryland. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Thomas Morrissey (Gabriel) BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Living in a restricted environment on a safety plan, 2019 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1998-2002: Xaverian Brothers Generalate, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; In July 2019, the Xaverian Brothers included him on a list of members with a credible or established offense. They said Morrissey faced allegations of abuse reported in 2002 in Massachussetts 1960s to early 1970s. The Xaverian Brothers reported that Morrissey is "currently living in a restricted environment on a safety plan."
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Mountain BORN: 6/18/1898 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 11/27/1979 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1929-1931: Assistant Pastor, Shrine of the Little Flower, Baltimore; 1931-1941: Assistant Pastor, St. Patrick’s, Cumberland; 1941-1943: Assistant Pastor, St. Jerome’s, Baltimore; 1945-1950: Pastor, St. Lawrence, Jessup; 1951-1958: St. Peter’s, Libertytown; 1958-1968: Pastor, St. Jerome’s, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man reported that he was sexually abused intermittently between the ages of 11 and 17 by Mountain. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Timothy Murphy BORN: 7/25/1940 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, May 2004 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1967-1970: Part-time Faculty, DeMatha Catholic High School, Hyattsville; 1970-1972: Associate Pastor, St. Charles Borromeo Church, Pikesville; 1991-1999: Residence, Holy Trinity Monastery, Pikesville; 1993-1996: Director, Holy Trinity Monastery & Spiritual Center, Pikesville; 1996-1999: Guest Master, Holy Trinity Monastery & Spiritual Center, Pikesville; 1997-1999: Part-time Chaplain, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Towson

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man said that he was sexually abused by Murphy for about a year when he was 12 years old. The Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Trinitarians settled with the accuser. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: J.Glenn Murray BORN: 1950 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 2011 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1981-1985: Teacher and Assistant Principal, St. Frances-Charles Hall, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man reported that he was abused by Murray while a high school student and Murray was removed from ministry. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: Helene Murtha BORN: 1955 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Fired, 2014 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Seton Keough High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused in 2014 of sexually abusing a former student at what was then Archbishop Keough High School in the mid-1980s; fired as a result. Baltimore County police investigated, but said no charges were placed because of the victim's wishes. Murtha declined to comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Alan Nagle BORN: 6/5/1941 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 7/6/1997 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1966-1967: All Saints Church, Baltimore; 1967-1973: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Towson; 1973-1978: St. Margaret’s Church, Bel Air

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Two men reported they were sexually abused as minors by Nagle. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Christian Neetz BORN: 1938 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2002 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: The Provincialate, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 1970-72; St. Mark's Church, Hyattsville, Prince George's County, 1974-1978

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused in 2009 of sexually assaulting a child in the 1950s. Named in a 2016 Pennsylvania grand jury report.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Robert Newman BORN: 9/7/1947 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from the Archdiocese of Hartford, 2002 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1982-1985: St. Jerome Church, Baltimore; 1985-1987: Most Precious Blood, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Newman admitted to the Archdiocese of Baltimore that he had sexually abused 12 boys. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Ronald Nicholls BORN: 7/14/1948 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Left the Marianists and released from final vows, 1980 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1975: Started at Marianist Community at Cardinal Gibbons High School for boys; 1977-1980: Marianist Community at Glen Burnie; Unknown: Online teaching volunteer, Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Rehoboth Beach

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man said Nicholls sexually abused him when he was a preteen. In spring 2023 Nicholls did not return messages from The Sun and no one answered the door at his home. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Rev. NAME: Joseph O'Brien BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Voluntarily left priesthood, 1978 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Unknown dates: Stationed in Baltimore and Hagerstown

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A woman said that she was sexually abused by O’Brien as a high schooler. O’Brien voluntarily left the priesthood but worked as a counselor for Catholic Charities. O'Brien denied the accusation in an interview with The Baltimore Sun in May 2023. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Arthur O'Brien BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2011 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Pius X, Bowie, Prince George's County, 1983-84

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Abuse reported in 1983 in the Washington archdiocese, which said he was "treated and cleared for return to ministry" in 1984. Convicted in 1992 of sexually abusing a 10-year-old in Hawaii; he pleaded no contest and maintained his innocence. The Washington archdiocese lists him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Eugene O'Brien BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2019 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: College of the Sacred Heart, Woodstock, Howard County, 1956-57

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: The USA Northeast Province Jesuits list him as credibly accused, saying he admitted abusing minors in the 1960s at Fordham Prep in New York.
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 TITLE: Deacon NAME: Leo O'Hara BORN: 8/21/1930 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, January 1994 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1976: Minister for Distribution of Communion, St. Athanasius, Baltimore; 1977-1980: Candidate for Permanent Deacon, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: O’Hara admitted to molesting more than 100 children and was charged with 16 counts of sexual offenses and 16 counts of child abuse. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Francis O'Lone BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1983 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wheaton, Montgomery County, 1959-1972; Residence, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wheaton, Montgomery County, 1974-81

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: An allegation of sexual abuse between 1947-1953 at a summer camp in New Jersey; reported in 2008. The Xaverian Brothers list him as a deceased brother with an allegation of an offense against a minor that could not be fully investigated to determine credibility, but for which there is a reasonable possibility it occurred.
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 TITLE: Rev. NAME: Joseph O'Meara BORN: 7/12/1940 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from St. Agnes/William of York Parish in Catonsville, 2020 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND:

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: O’Meara was accused of kissing children on the mouth and inappropriately touching a 7-year-old. Reached by The Sun in spring 2023, an attorney for O’Meara said he could not address the allegations. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Donald O'Toole (Alois) BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 1989 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1958: Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Xaverian Brothers reported in 2019 that in 1989 they received allegations of sexual abuse by O'Toole in the late 1950s to early 1980s. O'Toole was removed from ministry in 1989.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Henry O'Toole BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 3/14/2003 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1962-1980: Our Lady of Fatima in East Baltimore; 1979: St. Michael’s Parish, Baltimore; 1980-1983: St. Wenceslaus, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A woman said O’Toole sexually abused and physically threatened her when she was 12 or 13. He admitted to "an indiscretion." See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: NAME: Brian Keith Olkowski BORN: 1972 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Guilty, 1995 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Worked for Archdiocese of Baltimore while in seminary.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in 1995 for giving a 14-year-old Essex boy alcohol and then molesting him. Sentenced to one year in jail and 500 hours of community service. Olkowski declined to comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Garrett Orr BORN: 8/1/1953 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Pled guilty to two counts of third-degree sex offense, sentenced to 5 years of probabtion and required to register as a sex offender., 2011 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1984-2003: Georgetown Preparatory School, North Bethesda;2004-2006:Loyola College, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Orr pled guilty to two counts of third-degree sex offense after two former students accused him of sexual abuse. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Claude Ory BORN: 1938 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 2007 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 2000-2007: Loyola College, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Jesuits reported in 2007 multiple allegations of sexual abuse from the 1970s. Ory was removed from ministry that year.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Padian BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 10/29/1995 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1960s-1970: Deacon, All Saints Church, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A woman said she was groomed and sexually abused by Padian when she was 12 years old, though she met him as a toddler. The Diocese of Brooklyn sent her an unsolicited check. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Marianist Br. NAME: Anthony Parlangeli BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1997 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Marianist Home, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of drugging and sodomizing a 15-year-old boy from Hollywood, Florida, Parlangeli was arrested in 1971 and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. He was transferred to a Marianist community house in Baltimore, where he abused another boy, according to a lawsuit against the order and the Miami archdiocese. The civil case was settled and Parlangeli is listed as credibly accused by his order.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Peacock BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 5/27/1995 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1934-1938: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Baltimore; 1938-1952: St. Andrew’s Church, Baltimore; 1952-1973: Pastor, Our Lady of Victory, Arbutus

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Two women accused Peacock of sexually abusing them when they were in elementary school. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Dennis Pecore BORN: February 1951 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Received dispensation and left priesthood, 1995 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1973: Seminarian, Holy Trinity Parish, Glen Burnie; 1975-1976: Holy Trinity Parish, Glen Burnie

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Pecore was convicted twice for sexually assaulting two boys, including his own nephew. Accused of abusing three other children. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: Ryan Penalver BORN: 1990 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Guilty, 2019 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Frances Academy, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Charged in 2018 with having an inappropriate relationship with a student; pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 5 years of probation. On Maryland's sex offender registry. Penalver declined to comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Robert Petrella BORN: 1944 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Guilty/laicized, 2003 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Bernardine of Siena, Suitland, Prince George's County; St. Columba, Oxon Hill, Prince George's County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing at least three boys in the 1960s and 1970s. Petrella was convicted of battery in 1997 and perverted sex practices in 2003. Abuse was reported in 1966 to the Washington archdiocese, but Petrella was returned to ministry after treatment. He was removed permanently after additional abuse was reported in 1989. His abuse is cited in a lawsuit filed in 2023 against the archdiocese using Maryland's new Child Victims Act. Petrella did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Nun NAME: Clare Pisaneschi BORN: 1929 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2014 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Our Lady of Pompei, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed as credibly accused of abuse by the Archdiocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania; no details provided.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Adrian Poletti BORN: 9/8/1907 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 12/24/1980 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1952-1959: Pastor, St. Joseph’s Passionist Monastery Parish

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man and woman said Poletti sexually abused them when they were minors. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Walter Power BORN: 1918 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1998 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Francis de Sales, Salisbury, Wicomico County, 1952; St. Mary Refuge of Sinners, Cambridge, Dorchester County, 1957; Immaculate Conception, Marydel, Caroline County, 1960; St. Gertrude Convent, Ridgely, Caroline County, 1960; Sacred Heart, Chestertown, Kent County, 1964; Holy Name of Jesus, Pocomoke City, Worcester County, 1968; St. Mary Refuge of Sinners, Cambridge, Dorchester County, 1969; Immaculate Conception, Elkton, Cecil County, 1979; Residence at Good Shepherd, Perryville, Cecil County, 1983

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Alleged to have abused several boys in Wilmington, Delaware, in the 1950s before being assigned to parishes on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Listed as credibly accused of abuse in 2006 by the Wilmington diocese. Accused by at least three men in lawsuits.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Edward Powers (Kyrin) BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Withdrew from the Xaverian Brothers, 1988 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1953-1957: Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Xaverian Brothers reported in 2019 that in 2013 they received allegations of sexual abuse by Powers in the 1970s in Brooklyn, New York. Powers withdrew from the Xaverian Brothers in 1988.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: William Presley BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2012 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1977-1978: University of Maryland Baltimore; 1989-1990: St. Mary, Cumberland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Pennsylvania grand jury reports multiple allegations of sexual abuse against Presley. The 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report said the Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, kept Presley in ministry for years even though it knew he had abused at least two children as early as 1987. He is listed as credibly accused by the Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Blair Raum BORN: 1945 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 5/31/2003 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1970-1971: St. Ann Parish, Baltimore; 1971-1977: Associate Pastor, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Baltimore; 1977-1995: Pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Baltimore; 1995-2003: Director, Project Rachel, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Raum is accused of grooming two girls as teenagers to pursue sexual relationships with them as adults and sexually abusing two other minors. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: William Brennan Rettino (Vincent De Paul) BORN: 1940 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Retired from ministry, 2006 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Ryken High School, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, 1973-1975; Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wheaton, Montgomery County, 1993-1994

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexual abuse in 1992 spanning multiple years from the late 1960s to early 1970s while serving in Brooklyn, New York. Listed as credibly accused by the Xaverian Brothers. Rettino could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Thomas Rochacewicz BORN: 6/17/1944 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 5/10/2015 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1968-1972: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Ellicott City; 1972-1986: St. Michael Church, Baltimore; 2015: St. John Neuman Residence at Stella Maris, Timonium

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: At least nine women told the Archdiocese that Rochacewicz sexually abused them as girls. The Archdiocese of Baltimore settled with an accuser. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Francis Roscetti BORN: 8/3/1929 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 9/5/1991 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1967-1972: Associate Pastor at both St. Peter and Paul Church, Cumberland and, St. Anthony Church, Ridgely, WV; 1977-1989: Pastor at St. Ambrose’s Church, Cresaptown

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a second grade boy and a girl for five years beginning when she was 15. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Charles Rouse BORN: 6/19/1950 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Resigned, 4/24/1995 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1976: Associate Pastor, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Baltimore; 1981: Associate Pastor, St. Mark, Catonsville; 1983: Associate Pastor, St. Isaac Jogues, Carney; 1990: Associate Pastor, St. Anthony of Padua, Baltimore; 1992: Pastor, St. Rose of Lima, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Rouse admitted to sexually abusing two minors and several others accused Rouse of molesting them as minors. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Thomas Rydzewski BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Released from federal prison, 11/15/2004 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1998-1999: St. Agnes; 2000-2001: the Cathedral Mary Our Queen

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; Federal investigators arrested Rydzewski in December 2001 on charges of child pornography. His "faculties to perform ministry were removed and he entered a residential treatment program." He pled guilty to possession of child pornography in July 2002. On November 1, 2002, he was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Joseph Sabadish BORN: 1918 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1999 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Holy Trinity, Baltimore, 1982

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing at least three children in the 1960s and 1970s in Pennsylvania, according to a 2005 Philadelphia grand jury report. Assigned to Holy Trinity during one of his multiple leaves of absence. Listed as credibly accused by the Philadelphia archdiocese.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Michael Salerno BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2021 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1997-2007: St. Leo, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Archdiocese in 2007 learned of an allegation of sexual abuse against Salerno occurring in the 1970s, when he was at All Saints Catholic Church in Brooklyn, NY. An investigation by the Diocese of Brooklyn confirmed that Salerno sexually abused a boy who was approximately 13 at the time of abuse. Salerno admitted to sexually abusing the boy from 1975 to 1978. His "faculties to function as a priest were removed."
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: John Sarro BORN: 1941 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 7/25/2018 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Elkton, Md. resident

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Died before he could be tried for molesting a girl in Delaware in the 1990s; he had pleaded not guilty. Admitted to church officials to abusing another girl when he was a missionary in the 1970s in Papua New Guinea, but denied abusing that girl's brother. He also said what happened with the girls was an "accident." The Wilmington diocese lists him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Thomas Schaefer BORN: 1926 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2009 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Andrew the Apostle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 1961-1966; Sacred Heart, Bushwood, St. Mary's County, 1966-1971; St. Matthias, Lanham, Prince George's County, 1972-75; St. John the Evangelist, Clinton, Prince George's County, 1975-82; Leave of absence, 1982-83; St. Hugh's, Greenbelt, Prince George's County, 1983-86; Carroll Manor Nursing Home, Hyattsville, Prince George's County, 1986-1995

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Convicted, most of 16-year sentence suspended in 1996 in lieu of treatment for abusing five boys between 1966 and 1982 in Prince George's and St. Mary's counties. The Washington archdiocese removed him only temporarily from ministry after complaints of abuse in 1967 and 1982. After he was permanently pulled from parish ministry in 1986, he worked as a nursing home chaplain until 1995.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: David Scharf BORN: 1957 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 2022 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Luke's, John Vianney halfway home, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 2000s

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Admitted to St. Luke’s Institute for treatment in 2003 after complaints of massaging minors' feet; left a halfway home without completing program, admitted to masturbating to images of children's feet. Attended St. Luke’s continuing care workshops until 2010. Sought to return to ministry in 2007 and 2008. St. Luke's staff quoted in 2018 Pennsylvania attorney general's report as saying he was at "high risk" for reoffending. Scharf did not respond to request for comment.
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 TITLE: NAME: Michael Scriber BORN: 1/31/1956 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Order of the Most Holy Trinity stopped considering Scriber's interest in joining the Trinitarians after the Archdiocese of Baltimore notified them of abuse allegation, 2003 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Unknown dates: Seminarian and Scout leader at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, East Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Scriber is accused of sexually abusing and assaulting several Boy Scouts, who he was in charge of. In a phone interview with The Baltimore Sun in May 2023 Scriber denied the allegations. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Patrick Shannon BORN: 1940 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 2005 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Camp Brisson, Cecil County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of abusing a 16-year-old counselor-in-training during an overnight trip at a Cecil County summer camp in 1973. Church officials in 2005 said he admitted the abuse and removed him from ministry. Listed in the 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report as an offender and cited by the Harrisburg diocese as accused. Shannon could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: John "Jeron" Shea BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Leonard Hall, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, 1965-69

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Xaverian Brothers list an accusation made in 2004 stemming from an incident in the late 1960s; he withdrew from the order in 1970.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Joseph Sheehan BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 1997 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1968-1974: Cardinal Gibbons High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Marianist Province of the U.S. reported in 2020 that Sheehan had been found to have sexually abused a minor.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Edward Sheehy BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1988 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1968-1969: St. Peter's Minor Seminary (Baltimore)

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Paulist Faithers reported in 2019 that in 2003 they received allegations of sexual abuse by Sheehy that occurred from 1955-1957 in San Diego.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Marius Shine BORN: 4/7/1890 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 3/21/1974 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1921: Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore; 1924-1929: St. Mary’s Industrial School, Baltimore; 1931-1948: St. Mary’s Industrial School, Baltimore; 1962-1963: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Silver Spring; 1965-1973: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Silver Spring

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man said that he was sexually abused and beaten by Shine, who oversaw him and other boys in a school dormitory. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: William Simms BORN: 6/9/1936 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 9/30/2005 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1950s: Seminarian, St. Martin’s Summer Camp, Baltimore; 1962-1966: Assistant Pastor, Basilica of the Assumption, Baltimore; 1966-1971: Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph Parish, Cockeysville; 1969-1978: Chaplain Baltimore County Police and Fire Departments; 1971-1978: Associate Pastor, St. Ursula Parish, Parkville; 1978-1981: Pastor, St. Joseph-on-Carrolton Parish, Buckeystown; 1981-1985: Pastor, St. Andrew by the Bay Parish, Cape St. Claire; 1986: Chaplain Trainee, Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland; 1987-2002: Tribunal of the Archdiocese, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Simms is accused of sexually abusing several children, often requiring them to dress in costume before he committed the abuse; the church fought to keep Simms from criminal prosecution, discouraged families from filing lawsuits and allowed Simms to reenter ministry. The Sun's attempts to reach Simms upon his retirement in 2002 were unsuccessful. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: Alexander Sims BORN: 1963 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Guilty, 2015 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Ursula Catholic Church, Parkville; Cub Scout packs (St. Ursula and St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Nottingham)

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Convicted of abusing a child over multiple days. Soccer coach” to “Convicted of abusing a child over multiple days while a soccer coach at St. Ursula and a Cub Scout leader in Baltimore County. Listed on Maryland's sex offender registry. Sims did not to respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Timothy Slevin BORN: 1938 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Guilty, 1986 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. James, Mount Rainier, Prince George's County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Pleaded guilty in 1986 to sodomy and admitted to abusing six boys more than 50 times over six years. Released from federal prison in 1988. Left the priesthood in 1974 after undergoing treatment for fondling children, but remained active in the church as a volunteer school basketball coach. Slevin declined to comment.
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 TITLE: Teacher NAME: Terrence Shondry Smalls BORN: 1990 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Incarcerated as of 12/13/2023 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Church of Nativity, Timonium, Baltimore County, 2016

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a minor. As a volunteer in the daycare room of Church of Nativity in Timonium, Smalls sexually abused a 4-year-old girl in the bathroom. His attorney, Thomas Maronick, said, "He was very remorseful about the pain he caused the victim, and wants to be a better person."
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Gerard Smit BORN: 1924 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2022 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Immaculate Conception Church, Elkton, Cecil County, 1987-1996

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Louisiana State Police found “credible” evidence that Smit raped two altar boys in the 1960s and 1970s, but were unable to prosecute due to the age of the case. The Lake Charles, Louisiana, diocese acknowledged sending him for treatment before a transfer to the Wilmington, Delaware, diocese. It lists him as credibly accused of child abuse involving more than one victim in the 1950s and 1960s, and the dioceses of Wilmington and Lafayette, Louisiana, also list him as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: David Smith BORN: 1/3/1947 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Retired, 2008 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1972-1973: Deacon, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Towson; 1973-1980: Associate Pastor, St. Mark Parish, Catonsville; 1980-1991: Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Essex; 1984-1990: Vice-Principal, Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School, Baltimore; 1992-2000: Pastor, Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Locust Point, Baltimore; 1994-2000: Teacher, Bishop John Neumann School, Baltimore; 2000

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man accused Smith of sexually abusing him “every couple of weeks” for three years, starting when he was 15, and received a settlement from the Archdiocese. Smith pleaded guilty to "perverted practice" in that case and received probation. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Monsignor NAME: Richard Smith BORN: 1/17/1940 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 10/25/2008 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1966-1967: Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Woodlawn; 1967: Assistant Pastor, St. Bernard Parish, Baltimore; 1968-1973: Associate Pastor, St. Mary Parish, Cumberland; 1973-1978: Associate Pastor, St. Mark Parish, Fallston; 1978-1983: Associate Pastor, St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Riviera Beach; 1983-1987: Pastor, St. Clare, Essex; 1987-1996: Our Lady of Sorrows, Owensville; 1996: Pastor, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Crofton; 1996-2007: Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ellicott City

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexual abuse and inappropriate touching of several boys and girls. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Thomas Smith BORN: 10/1/1924 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/20/1993 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1950-1952: Assistant Pastor, St. Jane Frances De Chantal, Riviera Beach; 1952-1970: Assistant Pastor, St. Michael-Overlea, Baltimore; 1970-1973: Pastor, Most Precious Blood, Baltimore; 1973-1993: Pastor, St. Stephen’s, Bradshaw

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Dozens of men said they were sexually abused by Smith as boys and Smith told the Archdiocese he sexually abused multiple boys before his death by suicide. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Alphonsus Smith BORN: 1925 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 11/28/2005 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. John the Evangelist Parish, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 1964; St. Hugh Parish, Greenbelt, Prince George’s County, 1964-1970; St. Francis Xavier Parish, Newtowne, St. Mary’s County, 1970-1972; St. John the Evangelist Parish, Clinton, Prince George’s County, 1972-1975; Church of St. Matthias the Apostle Parish, Lanham, Prince George’s County, 1975-1982; Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Takoma Park, Montgomery County,1982-1990; St. Bernardine of Siena Parish, Suitland, 1990-1995

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced to 16 years in prison for child molestation; sentenced modified to four months incarceration and psychiatric counseling in Missouri.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Michael Spillane BORN: 1/8/1943 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Retired, 2002 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1969-1973: Associate Pastor, St Thomas More Parish, Baltimore; 1973-1974: Associate Pastor, St Paul Parish, Ellicott City; 1974-1975: Associate Pastor, Church of the Resurrection Parish, Ellicott City; 1975-1976: Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Fields, Millersville; 1975-1976: Administrator, St Elizabeth Ann Seton, Crofton; 1976-1986: Pastor, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Crofton; 1984-1985: Pastor, St. Mary’s Cumberland

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Spillane told church officials he abused six “young men” and named one victim, whose lawsuit the Archdiocese of Baltimore settled. Spillane did not respond to telephone or email messages from The Baltimore Sun when the paper reported on new allegations in 2002. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Philip Michael Spoelker BORN: 1942 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Guilty; living in church care, 10/4/2023 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Ryken High School, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, 1966-1982

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced to 18 months incarceration in 2007 after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a minor in 1978 while teaching at Ryken High School. An allegation had been reported in 1982; he was treated in Jimenz Springs, New Mexico, and returned to teaching. In 2009, an allegation was made of abuse in Birmingham, Alabama, in the late 1980s. The Xaverian Brothers list him as credibly accused. On the Missouri sex offender registry. Spoelker did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Albert Stallings BORN: 7/8/1908 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 11/18/1990 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1938-1945: St. Charles College, Baltimore; 1945-1950: St. Luke’s Parish, Baltimore; 1956-1983: St. Clare Parish, Essex (Retired)

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man said Stallings sexually molested him several times and assaulted him once when he was a child. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Deacon NAME: Dan Paul Stallings BORN: 1936 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2/25/2015 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. John the Evangelist, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 1986-2007

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sentenced in 2008 to prison for sexual abuse in Silver Spring. He pled guilty to incest and sexual assault; according to a prosecutor, he started abusing a girl when she was 5 years old.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Carl Steffen BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2015 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1969: Manresa Retreat House, Annapolis; 2007-2008: St. John, Westminster

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report listed multiple allegations against Steffen. It said the Harrisburg diocese learned of allegations against Steffen in 1966. Other complaints were made in 1993 and 1997. The Harrisburg diocese said he was accused of indecent behavior and abuse.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: William McSherry Stock BORN: 1943 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Guilty, 2007 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Bethesda, Montgomery County, 1969-73; Mount Calvary, Forestville, Prince George's County, 1973-74; St. Peter's, Olney, Montgomery County, 1974-83

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Charged twice in 2006 for sexually abusing teenagers in Olney and Silver Spring. Convicted in 2007 of unnatural or perverted practice. The Archdiocese of Washington lists him as credibly accused. Stock could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Edmund Stroup BORN: 7/25/1925 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 3/12/2001 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1949-1955: St. Charles, Pikesville; 1955-1961: St. John, Westminster; 1961-1973: St. Vincent de Paul, Baltimore; 1973-1975: St. Rita, Baltimore; 1976: St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, Rosedale; 1977: Our Lady of Sorrows, West River; 1977-1979: Holy Rosary, Baltimore; 1980-1981: Holy Family Mission, Davidsonville; 1982-1990: St. Ursula/GBMC & Immaculate Conception, Towson

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Stroup was arrested on charges of fondling a minor and he faced several additional allegations of child sexual abuse. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Cuthbert Sullivan BORN: 9/29/1920 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 5/15/1999 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1950s: St. Joseph’s Monastery Parish, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man said Sullivan and another priest sexually molested him when he was a 13 years old. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Francis Sweeney BORN: 7/30/1934 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/8/2013 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1972-1976: University of Maryland Base Community of Relay, Relay; lived in Paulist residence at Johns Hopkins University; 1982-1993: University of Maryland Base Community of Relay, Relay; 1982-1993: Chaplain, Charlestown Retirement Community, Catonsville; 1985-1987Faculty, St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore; 1992-1993: Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Sweeney admitted to abusing two boys. Another man said Sweeney raped him when he was six. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: William Tasch BORN: 7/28/1892 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 4/17/1982 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1955-1964: Pastor, Church of the Fourteen Holy Martyrs, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Two men accused Tasch of sexually abusing them while they were boys in school. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Joseph Thibault BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1971 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1958-62: Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of molesting high school students. Multiple civil claims against Thibault and others in a Massachusetts lawsuit were settled. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: Thomas Tomasunas BORN: 6/25/1926 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2001 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1959-1965: Capuchin Brothers Training Program, Cumberland MD; 1959-1965: Sts. Peter and Paul, Cumberland; 1968-1977: Sts. Peter and Paul, Cumberland; 1977-1978: St. Conrad, Annapolis

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man accused Tomasunas of sexually abusing him when he was a 12 or 13-year-old altar boy. The Archdiocese of Baltimore settled with the victim. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Jerome "Jeff" Toohey BORN: 4/25/1946 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 2008 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1977-1984: Associate Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Baltimore; 1980-1990: Board Member then Board President, John Carroll High School, Baltimore; 1987-1990: Chaplain, Baltimore County Police Department; 1982-1993: Chaplain, Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore; 1984-1993: Chaplain to the Deaf Community; 1984-1993: Weekend Associate, St. John the Evangelist, Hydes

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Toohey was accused of sexual abuse by at least four boys, some of whom received settlements, and he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing one. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison, with all but 18 months suspended, and was released after 10 months in jail. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: James Toulas BORN: 3/10/1928 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2000 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1979-1981: St. Christopher, Kent Island; 1981-1993: Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Fatima, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy on multiple occasions. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Gerald Tragesser BORN: 9/27/1929 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2013 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1956-1957: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Towson; 1958: St. Clare Catholic Church, Essex

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Tragesser was accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. He was prosecuted and after a private trial, left Maryland as a condition of avoiding jail time. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Brother NAME: David Trichtinger BORN: 1954 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from job, 2018 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Calvert Hall College, Towson, Baltimore County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Removed in 2018 from job as counselor and assistant athletic director at Calvert Hall College in Towson after he was accused of sexually abusing a minor in 1986 while working at a Pennsylvania school. As of 2023, living at Maryland retirement home for his Christian Brothers order. Trichtinger did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Monsignor NAME: Robert Trupia BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from priesthood, 2004 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 2003: Lived in Ellicott City; 2010: Lived in Rockville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; Removed from ministry by the Diocese of Tucson, Arizona, due to allegations of sexual abuse of minors. He was charged in one case, but never tried because the statute of limitations had expired. The Diocese of Tuscon settled 11 lawsuits against him in 2002 for an undisclosed amount.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Bruno Michael Tucci BORN: 1942 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 2007 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Charged in 2012 with sex offense and child abuse for allegedly assaulting a child in an Ocean City hotel room in 1981. Charges were dropped. Reported as living in Maryland in 2018.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused of sexually abusing at least three boys and admitted to sexually abusing one in 1991, according to the 2018 Pennsylvania Attorney General grand jury report. He was removed from active ministry in 2002 and defrocked in 2007. Tucci did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Paul Twiddy BORN: 1922 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 7/2/2009 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Jerome's, Hyattsville, Prince George's County; St. Mark's, Hyattsville, Prince George's County

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Was accused of abuse in 1965 and in 1971, but returned to ministry twice after psychological treatment. Is listed by the Archdiocese of Washington as credibly accused.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Miguel Santos Umana-Zelaya BORN: 1968 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Laicized, 2003 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Deacon at St. Raphael, Rockville, Montgomery County before being ordained a priest in 1996.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Archdiocese of Washington lists Zelaya as credibly accused with abuse reported in 2000. Zelaya could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Urbano Vazquez-Ortega BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: In jail as of April 2020 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list; Archdiocese of Washington's list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list; Archdiocese of Washington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 2013-2014: Our Lady of the Mountains Parish (Western Maryland)

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; In November 2018, Vazquez-Ortega was arrested and charged by Washington D.C. police with sexually abusing minors at Shrine of the Sacred Heart Parish starting around 2015. He was convicted by a jury in 2019.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Jorge Velez-Lopez BORN: 1/17/1956 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Convicted of sex abuse of a minor and sentenced to 25 years with all but nine suspended, 2020 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 2001-2010: St. John the Evangelist, Columbia

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Velez was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor; he admitted to sexually abusing a 15-year-old, who he eventually impregnated. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: William Virtue BORN: 1948 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry by the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, 2006 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 2000-2002: Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; In 2006, the Archdiocese learned through a newspaper article that Virtue had been removed from ministry by the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois, because of allegations of sexual abuse from 25 years prior. Virtue denied the allegations. Virtue taught at Mount St. Mary's University but "did not have faculties from the Archdiocese of Baltimore." The Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, lists him among clergy with substantiated allegations of abuse.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Rudolph Vorisek BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2011 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1957-1968: St. Peter's Minor Seminary, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; The Paulist Fathers reported in 2019 that in 2013 they received an allegation of sexual abuse by Vorisek that occurred in 1970.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Francis Wagner BORN: 3/11/1914 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1/17/1984 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1946-1959: Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Essex; 1959-1963: Pastor, St. Joseph, Taneytown; 1963-1983: Pastor, St. Joan of Arc Church, Aberdeen; 1983: Pastor Emeritus, St. Joan of Arc Church, Aberdeen

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A woman who received a settlement said that she was sexually abused by Wagner when she was 11 or 12 years old. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: William Walsh BORN: 1923 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2018 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1956-1961: Maryland Province Office of the Society of Jesus, Baltimore; 1978-1985: Maryland Province Office of the Society of Jesus, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A niece of Walsh’s said that he sexually abused her and four of her sisters “hundreds of times” starting when she was 5 years old. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Michael Walsh BORN: 1937 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Sentenced, 2017 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Student, St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Accused in 2016 of molesting five boys; abuse occurred 40 years earlier, when he was an altar boy supervisor at St. Brendan's in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Walsh attended seminary in Baltimore after the alleged abuse. Pled guilty and was sentenced in 2017 to a year in a Massachusetts prison for three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney. Release date unknown. Could not be reached for comment
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 TITLE: Father NAME: William Wehrle BORN: 1/1/1921 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/25/1995 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1950-1951: Sacred Heart Parish, Woodstock; 1952-1960: Immaculate Conception Parish, Mechanicsville; 1960-1966: St. Ignatius Parish, Hilltop; 1960-1966: Sacred Heart, La Plata; St. Catherine of Alexandria, McConchie; 1981-1985: St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Parish, Woodstock; Good Samaritan, Hospital, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Wehrle was accused of taking “improper” photos of several children. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Monsignor NAME: Thomas Whelan BORN: 2/8/1906 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 4/21/1987 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1941-1942: Assistant, St. Mary of the Assumption-Govans, Baltimore; 1946-1957: Assistant, St. Thomas Aquinas, Baltimore; 1957: Assistant, St. Bernard, Baltimore; 1957-1959: Assistant, St. Mary of the Assumption-Govans, Baltimore; 1959-1964117: First/Senior Assistant, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore; 1964-1965: Administrator/Rector, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore; 1965-1968: Pastor, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore; 1968-1971: Pastor, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore; 1971-1987: Retired/Pastor Emeritus, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A woman accused Whelan of sexually abusing her when she was 6 years old. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: John Wielebski BORN: 10/23/1947 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Resigned, 2010 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1974-1978: Intern, Sacred Heart, Glyndon; 1981-1983: Superior, Holy Trinity Monastery, Pikesville, Maryland; 1983-1984: Redeemer House Shelter, Baltimore; 1984-1985: Temporary Administrator, St. Bernard’s Church, Baltimore; 1985-1988: Associate Pastor, St. Dominic’s Church, Baltimore; 1988: Incardinated into the Archdiocese of Baltimore; 1988-1991: Director, Monsignor Clare J. O’Dwyer Retreat House; 1991-1996: Pastor, St. Patrick’s Church, Cumberland; 1996-1999: In residence, Sacred Heart, Glyndon; 1999-2009: Pastor, Resurrection of Our Lord Church, Laurel

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Wielebski was accused of sexually abusing and grooming at least three teenage boys whom he was counseling. He called the accusations "false" in an email to former parishioners. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Charles Wiggins BORN: 1957 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 2003 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: St. Francis de Sales, Salisbury, Wicomico County, 1987-1991; Our Lady of Good Counsel, Secretary, Dorchester County, 1992-1993.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: The Wilmington diocese said the abuse took place in 1987. Wiggins was given psychological treatment, then returned to work at St. Francis de Sales Church in Salisbury. Prosecutors said Wiggins was accused of a misdemeanor, but a statute of limitations had expired. The diocese lists Wiggins as credibly accused. He fought to keep his personnel file from being released as part of a diocese bankruptcy case. Wiggins did not respond to requests for comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Wayne Wigglesworth BORN: 1940 LAST KNOWN STATUS: On Indiana's sex offender registry, 12/13/2023 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Served in Baltimore-area churches from 1967 to 1982.

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Stopped by police in Chicago and Indiana with boys in his car. Sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in 2012 for coercion and enticement of a child; described as an ex-priest. Released in 2018. Listed on the Indiana sex offenders’ registry. Wigglesworth declined to comment.
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 TITLE: Priest NAME: Alfred Willis BORN: 1944 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Removed from ministry, 1985 LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
LISTS: Additional names published by The Baltimore Sun in 2023
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Attended St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: The Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, acknowledged as part of a lawsuit that he had been suspected of sexual conduct issues while a student at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. The diocese said in 2019 that he was credibly accused of abuse. Removed from ministry in 1985 and subsequently laicized. Willis could not be reached for comment.
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 TITLE: Monsignor NAME: Roger Wooden BORN: 1/4/1899 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 11/18/1976 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1927-1943: Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Baltimore; 1943: Administrator, St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Baltimore; 1943-1949: Pastor, Lady of Mount Carmel, Thurmont; 1949-1958: Pastor, St. Jerome Church, Baltimore; 1958-1971: Pastor, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Baltimore; 1971: Retired, Pastor Emeritus, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A woman said Wooden sexually assaulted her as a teenager and ads placed in The Baltimore Sun suggested there were other victims. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Howard Yeakle BORN: 6/25/1926 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 2/15/1988 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1951-53: St. Augustine’s Church, Elkridge; 1953-55: St. Patrick’s Church, Baltimore; 1955-57: All Saints Church, Baltimore; 1957-61: St. Mildred Church, Gray Manor,St. Adrian Church, Inverness; 1961-69: St. Brigid Church, Baltimore; 1970-71: St. Augustine’s Church, Williamsport,St. Michael Church, Clear Springs

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Yeakle is accused of sexually abusing several boys. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Sister NAME: Francis Marie Yocum BORN: 3/9/1909 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 3/25/1994 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1950s: The Catholic High School, Baltimore

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A woman said Yocum sexually abused her for a year when she was in high school and Yocum was giving her voice lessons. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Monsignor NAME: Henry Zerhusen BORN: 1/10/1925 LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 8/9/2003 LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Maryland Attorney General's report, Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: Summer 1953: Temporary Assistant Pastor, St. Martin Church, Baltimore; 1953-1964: Associate Pastor, St. Clement Church, Rosedale; 1964-1968: Associate Pastor, Our Lady, Queen of Peace, Middle River; 1968-1987: Associate Pastor, “Shared Ministry,” St. Ambrose Church, Baltimore; 1987-1995: Pastor, St. Anthony Church, Gardenville; 1995-2000: Senior Priest, St. Mark Church, Catonsville; 2000: Retired Priest in Residence – St. Mark, Catonsville

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: A man who received a settlement said Zerhusan sexually abused him as a child. See Maryland Attorney General’s Office report for more details.
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 TITLE: Father NAME: Raynor Ziemski BORN: LAST KNOWN STATUS: Deceased, 1981 LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
LISTS: Archdiocese of Baltimore list
KNOWN TIES TO MARYLAND: 1939, 1968-1969, 1972-1973: St. Casimir, Baltimore; 1967-1968: Franciscan Mission House, Ellicott City

ACCUSATION DESCRIPTION: Listed in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's "List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse"; In 2019, the Order of Friars Minor Conventual told the Archdiocese that two people had alleged that they were sexually abused by Ziemski in the 1960s and 1970s.