Father Denis Ginty – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Partial Assignment Record:

YearsAssignment
Approx. 1927 Ordained in the Diocese of Los Angeles and San Diego
1930 Our Lady of Loretto Church, Los Angeles, CA
1931 St. Brigid’s Church, Los Angeles, CA
1932 – 1938 Transfiguration Church, Los Angeles, CA
Approx. 1936 Begins serving in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
1939 All Souls Church, Alhambra, CA
1940 – 1941 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Long Beach, CA
1942 – 1984 Nativity Church, El Monte, CA
1983 – 1984 “Retired”
Source:
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons

(The years listed above are the publication years of the Official Catholic Directory. According to the Directory, the assignments provided for a given year are effective as of January 1 of that year. This means that a priest listed in the Directory for a given year at a parish or school was likely at the same assignment for at least part of the previous year as well.)

Summary:
  • Father Ginty died in 1985.
  • Father Ginty was accused of sexually abusing a female minor child on one occasion in approximately 1968 when the girl was approximately 10 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Ginty was assigned to Church of the Nativity in El Monte, California, and the girl was attending CCD classes through Church of the Nativity.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Ginty took place on a playground near Church of the Nativity and included the following: Father Ginty reached into the top of the girl’s top and fondled her breasts, skin-on-skin.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the low five figures.