Assignment Record:
| Dates | Assignment |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Ordained |
| 1961 – 1962 | Unknown / Not indexed |
| 1963 | St. Peter Chanel Seminary, San Rafael, CA (Archdiocese of San Francisco) |
| 1964 – 1967 | All Hallows Church, San Francisco, CA (Archdiocese of San Francisco) |
| 1968 – 1973 | Holy Cross Church, Kalaheo, HI (Diocese of Honolulu) |
| 1974 | All Hallows Church, San Francisco, CA |
| 1975 – 1978 | Star of the Sea Church, Honolulu, HI (Diocese of Honolulu) |
| 1979 | Notre Dame des Victoires Church, San Francisco, CA (Archdiocese of San Francisco) |
| 1980 – 1990 | St. Paul’s Church, Nampa, ID (Diocese of Boise) |
| 1991 – 1996 | St. Catherine Church, Kapaa, HI (Diocese of Honolulu) |
| 1997 – 1999 | Not indexed |
| 2000 | Notre Dame des Victoires Church, San Francisco, CA (Archdiocese of San Francisco) |
| 2001 | St. Louis King of France Church, St. Paul, MN (Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis) |
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 Fisher died in 2001.
Summary:
- Father Merle Fisher, S.M. was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least six occasions from approximately 1967 to 1970 when the boy was approximately 8 to 11 years old. During the period of sexual abuse, Father Fisher was assigned to Holy Cross Church in Kalaheo, Hawaii.
- The sexual abuse by Father Fisher occurred in the rectory affiliated with Holy Cross Church and included the following: Father Fisher smacked and squeezed the boy’s buttocks, skin-on-skin, and Father Fisher fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, skin-on-skin.
- The claim settled in 2020 in the low six figures.
