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 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.

Monsignor Thomas M. Jordan – Diocese of Scranton

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1948 Ordained in the Diocese of Scranton
1949 – 1950 Ascension Church, Williamsport, PA
1951 St. Gabriel’s Church, Hazleton, PA
1952 – 1964 St. Ignatius Church, Kingston, PA
1959 – 1967 “Procuratores et Advocati”
1965 – 1968 Central Catholic High School, Kingston, PA
1967 – 1968 Holy Saviour Church (in residence), Wilkes-Barre, PA
1969 – 1970 St. Basil’s Church, Dushore, PA
1971 – 1977 Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas, PA
1978 – 1987 Church of the Epiphany, Sayre, PA
1979 – 1986 “Dean for Bradford and Sullivan Counties”
1984 – 1986 “Council of Priests”
1987 – 1989 St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church
1989 “Dean for Dunmore”
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:
  • Monsignor Jordan died in September 1990.
  • Monsignor Thomas Jordan was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least three occasions from approximately 1979 to 1980 when the boy was approximately 6 to 7 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Monsignor Jordan was assigned to Church of the Epiphany in Sayre, Pennsylvania.
  • The sexual abuse by Monsignor Jordan took place in the elementary school affiliated with Church of the Epiphany. The sexual abuse included the following: Monsignor Jordan fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, skin-on-skin, and forced the boy to perform oral sex on Monsignor Jordan.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the low six figures.

Father Charles Kane – Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1953 Ordained in the Archdiocese of Boston
1954 – 1957 St. Cecilia’s Church, Ashland, MA
1958 St. Joseph’s Church, Medford, MA
1959 St. Theresa’s Church, Revere, MA
1960 – 1967 St. John Chrysostom Church, West Roxbury, MA
1968 – 1972 St. Brigid’s Church, South Boston, MA
1973 – 1975 St. Mary’s Church, Billerica, MA
1973 – 1974 Massachusetts Correctional Institute – Concord (chaplain), Concord, MA
1976 St. Mary’s Church, Georgetown, MA
1977 – 1979 St. Joseph’s Church, Ipswich, MA
1980 – 1981 St. Philip Neri Church, Newton, MA
1982 – 1986 1982 – 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.)

Summary:
  • Father Kane died in 1986.
  • Father Charles Kane was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least three occasions from approximately 1973 to 1974 when the male child was approximately eleven to twelve years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Kane was assigned to St. Mary’s Church in Billerica, Massachusetts, and the male child was a parishioner and an altar boy at the church. The sexual abuse by Father Kane took place inside St. Mary’s Church and in the nearby rectory affiliated with the church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Kane included the following: Father Kane fondled the boy’s genitals, skin-on-skin, and fondled the boy’s buttocks, skin-on-skin.
  • The claim settled in February 2020 in the high five figures.

Father Thomas C. Kelley – Diocese of Erie

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1967 Ordained in the Diocese of Erie
1968 – 1972 St. Peter Cathedral, Erie, PA
1972 – 1978 St. Mark’s Seminary, Erie, PA
1972 – 1979 Our Lady of Mercy Church, Harborcreek, PA
1979 – 1985 St. Mark’s Seminary, Erie, PA
1985 – 1989 North American College (Dean), Rome, Italy
1989 – 1990 St. Michael’s Church, Greenville, PA
1992 – 1994 Diocesan Review Board
1994 – 1995 “Leave of Absence”
1995 – 1996 Southdown Center, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
1994 – 1996 St. Agnes Church, Stockton, TX (Diocese of San Angelo)
1996 – 2001 “Incarnated into Diocese of San Angelo, TX”
Sources:
  • Report I of the 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, released by the Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General, dated July 27, 2018
  • 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 Kelley died in 2005.
  • Father Thomas C. Kelley was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least three occasions in approximately 1968 when the boy was approximately 12 years old. During relevant times, Father Kelley was assigned to St. Peter’s Cathedral in Erie, Pennsylvania, and the boy served as an altar boy at St. Peter’s Cathedral.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Kelley took place inside St. Peter’s Cathedral and included the following: Father Kelley fondled the boy’s penis, skin-on-skin, and forced the boy to fondle Father Kelley’s penis, skin-on-skin.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the high five figures.
  1. Monsignor Joseph P. Kelly – Diocese of Scranton
  2. Father Robert J. Klem, C.S.B. – Congregation of St. Basil, a.k.a. the Basilians, and the Diocese of Rochester
  3. Father Eugene Kwapisz, O.F.M. Conv. - Order of Minors Friar Conventual, St. Anthony of Padua Province - Diocese of Trenton
  4. Serio “Charlie” La Penna - Archdiocese of Boston
  5. Father Victor C. LaVoie - Archdiocese of Boston
  6. Father Roger R. Leblanc - Archdiocese of Boston
  7. Father Theodore F. Llanos – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  8. Father Salvatore Luzzi – Diocese of Erie
  9. Father Gerald F. Lyons – Diocese of Trenton
  10. Father Patrick Francis Magee – Diocese of Trenton
  11. Monsignor Daniel Martin – Diocese of Erie
  12. Father George Maslar, O.M.F.Conv. (Conventual Franciscans)
  13. Father James McAuliffe – Diocese of Scranton
  14. Father Maurus McBarron, O.S.B. (Benedictines)
  15. Father Paul R. McCarthy – Archdiocese of Boston
  16. Father James McDonnell – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  17. Father Joseph McHugh – Diocese of Trenton
  18. Father Joseph F. McGarvey – Diocese of Camden
  19. Father Francis G. McInerney - Archdiocese of Boston
  20. Father Thomas McKenna – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  21. Father William McKeone – Diocese of Trenton
  22. Father Paul J. McLaughlin – Archdiocese of Boston
  23. Father F. Dominic Menna – Archdiocese of Boston (at times indexed as “Fiori D. Menna”)
  24. Father John L. Murray – Diocese of Erie
  25. Monsignor John O’Donnell – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  26. Father Francis E. O’Brien, Jr. – Archdiocese of Boston
  27. Father Denis O’Driscoll, S.M.A. – Society of African Missions
  28. Father Martin O’Hara – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  29. Father George Parme – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  30. Father Gabriel Patil, c.r.s.p. – Diocese of Allentown / The Barnabites
  31. Father Robert Patterson – Archdiocese of Newark
  32. Father John P. Paul – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  33. Father Michael Pecharich – Diocese of Orange
  34. Father John Piatkowski – Diocese of Erie
  35. Father William Presley – Diocese of Erie
  36. Father Joseph J. Pucci, O.M.I.
  37. Father Paul V. Rattigan – Archdiocese of Boston
  38. Father Michael J. Regan
  39. Brother Remigius, C.F.X., a/k/a Francis O’Lone – Xaverian Brothers
  40. Father Joseph P. Rice – Archdiocese of Newark