Priest Assignment Records and Case Details Released

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Detailed information on the assignment records and claim history of these abusers, together with sources, can be accessed by reading below as well as in the pdfs lnked above.

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Father Augustine M. Giella – Diocese of Harrisburg

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1950 Ordained
1951-69 Holy Trinity Church, Hackensack, NJ
1970 Our Lady of Sorrows Church (Italian), Hoboken, NJ
1971-76 Epiphany Church, Cliffside Park, NJ
1977-80 St. Catherine’s Church, Glen Rock, NJ
1981-82 St. Joseph’s Church, Hanover, PA
1983 St. John the Evangelist’s Church, Enhaut, PA
Indexed as “Assignment outside Archdiocese”
1984 St. John the Evangelist’s Church, Enhaut, PA
Indexed as “Assignment outside Archdiocese” St. Joseph’s Rectory, Hanover, PA”
1985-86 St. John the Evangelist’s Church, Enhaut, PA
1987-88 St. John the Evangelist’s Church, Enhaut, PA
Indexed as “On duty outside Archdiocese” St. Joseph’s Rectory, Hanover, PA
1989 Indexed as “On duty outside Archdiocese” 832 Mill Creek Rd. Manhawken NJ
1990-1993 Retired
1993 Died on May 27, 1993
Source:
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons
Summary:
  • Father Augustine M. Giella was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least five occasions from approximately 1984 when the male child was approximately eleven years old until approximately 1986 when the male child was approximately thirteen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Giella was assigned to St. John the Evangelist Church in Enhaut, Pennsylvania, and the male child attended religious services at the church. The sexual abuse took place inside the rectory of St. John the Evangelist’s Church and inside St. John the Evangelist Church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Giella included the following: Father Giella fondled the boy’s buttocks skin on skin; Father Giella exposed his penis to the boy; Father Giella had the boy expose the boy’s penis to Father Giella; Father Giella fondled the boy’s penis skin on skin; and Father Giella made the boy fondle Father Giella’s penis, skin on skin.
  • The claim settled in July 2023 in the low-to-mid six figures.

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.

Father J. Gerard Griffin– Diocese of Trenton, Diocese of Springfield

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1938 Ordained in the Diocese of Trenton
1939 St. Paul's Church in Burlington, NJ
1940—1941 St. Mary's Church in Perth Amboy, NJ
1942 Sick, absent on leave, or retired – Diocese of Trenton
1943—1944 St. Joseph's Church in North Plainfield, NJ
1945 Our Lady of Peace Church in Fords, NJ
1946—1947 Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Long Beach, NJ
1948—1949 Blessed Sacrament Church in Trenton, NJ
1950—1954 St. Anthony's Church (Italian) in Red Bank, NJ
1955—1957 St. James' Church in Basking Ridge, NJ
1958—1959 Holy Cross Church in Sea Bright, NJ
1960 Sacred Heart Church in Trenton, NJ
1961 St. Peter's Church in New Brunswick, NJ
1962—1969 Absent on Sick Leave – Diocese of Trenton
1970—1972 Our Lady of Mercy Church in Englishtown, NJ
1973 Absent on Sick Leave - Diocese of Trenton
1974 Indexed at Sacred Heart Church in Springfield, IL
1974—1976 On Duty Outside of Diocese - Diocese of Trenton
1975 In residence at Sacred Heart Church in Springfield, IL
1977 On Duty Outside of Diocese, St. Ann's Rectory, Baltimore, MD,
Diocese of Trenton
1978—1986 St. Aloysius' Church in Litchfield, IL Diocese of Springfield IL
1987 Necrology – Died August 30, 1986
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.)

 

Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez

Assignment Record: 

DatesAssignment
1962 Ordained
1980 Appointed: Coadjutor Prelate of Marbel, Philippines
1981 Ordained Bishop: Coadjutor Prelate of Marbel, Philippines
1981 Succeeded: Prelate of Marbel, Philippines
1982 Appointed: Bishop Marbel, Philippines
1982 – 2018 Bishop Marbel, Philippines
2018 – 2019 Retired: Bishop of Marbel, Philippines
 
(St. Francis de Sales Church from at least approximately 1970 – 1971 was located in Belle Harbor, New York.)
 
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:
  • Bishop Gutierrez was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least 6 occasions from approximately 1970 until approximately 1971 when the boy was approximately 11 to 12 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Bishop Gutierrez was a visiting priest at St. Francis de Sales Church in Belle Harbor, New York.
  • The sexual abuse by Bishop Gutierrez included the following: Bishop Gutierrez fondling the boy’s genitals skin on skin, and sometimes Bishop Gutierrez fondling himself while he fondled the boy’s genitals.
  • The Diocese of Brooklyn agreed to settle the claim in the low to mid six figures 2021.
  • Bishop Gutierrez died in February 2019.

 

  1. Monsignor James J. Haddad - Archdiocese of Boston
  2. Father Michael H. Hansen – Archdiocese of Newark
  3. Father Patrick J. Healy – Diocese of Erie
  4. Monsignor Herman Heide – Archdiocese of New York
  5. Father Douglas U. Hermansen – Diocese of Trenton
  6. Father Charles Herr – Archdiocese of Newark
  7. Father Donald Hickey – Diocese of Trenton
  8. Father Daniel M. Holihan – Archdiocese of Chicago
  9. Father Ernest Karl Huller – Diocese of Springfield
  10. Monsignor Thomas M. Jordan – Diocese of Scranton
  11. Father Charles Kane – Archdiocese of Boston
  12. Father Thomas C. Kelley – Diocese of Erie
  13. Monsignor Joseph P. Kelly – Diocese of Scranton
  14. Father Robert J. Klem, C.S.B. – Congregation of St. Basil, a.k.a. the Basilians, and the Diocese of Rochester
  15. Father Eugene Kwapisz, O.F.M. Conv. - Order of Minors Friar Conventual, St. Anthony of Padua Province - Diocese of Trenton
  16. Serio “Charlie” La Penna - Archdiocese of Boston
  17. Father Victor C. LaVoie - Archdiocese of Boston
  18. Father Roger R. Leblanc - Archdiocese of Boston
  19. Father Theodore F. Llanos – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  20. Father Salvatore Luzzi – Diocese of Erie
  21. Father Gerald F. Lyons – Diocese of Trenton
  22. Father Patrick Francis Magee – Diocese of Trenton
  23. Monsignor Daniel Martin – Diocese of Erie
  24. Father George Maslar, O.M.F.Conv. (Conventual Franciscans)
  25. Father James McAuliffe – Diocese of Scranton
  26. Father Maurus McBarron, O.S.B. (Benedictines)
  27. Father Paul R. McCarthy – Archdiocese of Boston
  28. Father James McDonnell – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  29. Father Joseph McHugh – Diocese of Trenton
  30. Father Joseph F. McGarvey – Diocese of Camden
  31. Father Francis G. McInerney - Archdiocese of Boston
  32. Father Thomas McKenna – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  33. Father William McKeone – Diocese of Trenton
  34. Father Paul J. McLaughlin – Archdiocese of Boston
  35. Father F. Dominic Menna – Archdiocese of Boston (at times indexed as “Fiori D. Menna”)
  36. Father John L. Murray – Diocese of Erie
  37. Monsignor John O’Donnell – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  38. Father Francis E. O’Brien, Jr. – Archdiocese of Boston
  39. Father Denis O’Driscoll, S.M.A. – Society of African Missions
  40. Father Martin O’Hara – Archdiocese of Philadelphia