Father Thomas J. Crum – Diocese of Youngstown

Assignment Record:

YearsAssignment
1975 Ordained in the Diocese of Youngstown
1975 St. Mary’s Church, Massillon, OH (indexed as “Rev. Mr. Thomas Crum”)
1976 – 1977 Cardinal Mooney High School, Youngstown, OH
1978 St. John’s Church, Campbell, OH
1979 St. John the Baptist Church, Campbell, OH
1980 – 1985 St. Christine’s Church, Youngstown, OH
1986 – 1988 Immaculate Conception Church, Ravenna, OH
1989 – 1991 St. Mary’s Church, Canton, OH
1992 Not indexed
1993 – 1994 St. Anthony’s Church, Canton, OH
1995 – 1997 1995 – 1997
1998 – 1999 St. Charles Borromeo Church, Boardman, OH
2000 – 2005 St. Peter of the Fields Church, Rootstown, OH
2006 – 2009 Our Lady of Peace Church, Canton, OH
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.)

  • Father Crum is not indexed after the 2009 Official Catholic Directory.
Summary:
  • Father Thomas J. Crum was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on one occasion in approximately 1981 when the boy was approximately 12 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Crum was assigned to St. Christine’s Church in Youngstown, Ohio. The sexual abuse took place in a hotel in Colorado during a trip Father Crum took with the boy.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Crum included the following: Father Crum gave the boy alcohol to drink, and the boy felt the effects of the alcohol. Father Crum then removed all of his clothing and instructed the boy to remove his own clothing. Father Crum then placed the boy’s hand on Father Crum’s erect penis, skin-on-skin.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the low five figures.