Father Ernest Karl Huller – Diocese of Springfield

Also indexed as “Father Karl Huller” and “Father E. Karl Huller”

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1954 Ordained
1955 – 1978 St. Mary’s Church, Springfield, MA
1959 – 1970 Cathedral High School, Springfield, MA
1976 – 1978 “Director of Education,” Diocese of Springfield
1976 – 1983 “Diocesan Consultors,” Diocese of Springfield
1979 – 1991 St. John the Evangelist Church, Agawam, MA
1985 – 1991 “Representative of the Bishop,” Diocese of Springfield
1986 – 1996 “Catholic Stewardship Appeal,” Diocese of Springfield
1992 – 1998 “Episcopal Vicars, Vicar for Finance,” Diocese of Springfield
1992 – 1998 “Representative of the Bishop at Mercy Hospital,” Diocese of Springfield
1992 – 1998 St. Michael’s Cathedral, Springfield, MA
1997 – 1998 “Annual Catholic Appeal,” Diocese of Springfield
Source:

(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 Huller died in 1997.
  • Father Ernest Karl Huller was accused of sexually abusing a female minor child on two occasions in approximately 1964 when the girl was approximately 17 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Huller was assigned to Cathedral High School in Springfield,
    Massachusetts, as a teacher and guidance counselor, and the girl was a student at the school.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Huller included the following: Father Huller fondled the girl’s breasts and squeezed her buttocks, over her clothing.
  • The claim settled in 2021 in the low five figures.