Monsignor John O’Donnell – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Partial Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1923 – 1938 St. Augustine Church, Culver City, CA
1939 – 1969 Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Los Angeles, CA
Sources:

(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:
  • According to the Official Catholic Directory, Monsignor O’Donnell died in 1969.
  • Monsignor John O’Donnell was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least two occasions in approximately 1949 when the male child was approximately ten years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Monsignor O’Donnell was assigned to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Los Angeles, California. The sexual abuse took place inside Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.
  • The sexual abuse by Monsignor O’Donnell included the following: Monsignor O’Donnell fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, skin-on-skin, and Monsignor O’Donnell performed oral sex on the boy.
  • The claim settled in April 2020 in the mid five figures.