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A total of 301 priests were accused of sexually abusing children: 99 from the Diocese of Pittsburgh, [41] 59 from the Diocese of Scranton, [42] 45 from the Diocese of Harrisburg, [42] 41 from the Diocese of Erie (two of whose names were redacted), [43] 37 from the Diocese of Allentown [42] and 20 from the Diocese of Greensburg.
An allegation of sexual abuse against Erie priest William Presley, who was transferred to the Harrisburg Diocese in 1986, had also been reported to the Diocese by his male accuser in 1982, 1987, and 2002.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas paid $30.9 million in 1998 to twelve victims of one priest ($57.8 million in present-day terms). [8] [9]In early 2002, The Boston Globe covered the criminal prosecutions of five Roman Catholic priests in an article that won an uncontested Pulitzer Prize.
A man born in Neosho in 1960 has alleged that two priests associated with St. Canera's Catholic Church in Neosho, the Rev. Thomas McCarthy and the Rev. Val Reker, abused him on several occasions ...
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Another priest, Father Michael Baker — one of the church's most prolific abusers — had been accused of molesting at least 40 boys during his decades in the priesthood. In 2007, Baker pleaded ...
Louis Edward Gélineau (May 3, 1928 – November 7, 2024) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as bishop of the Diocese of Providence from 1972 to 1997. After his retirement in 2004, Gelineau was named in multiple lawsuits regarding sexual abuse by priests in the diocese during his tenure as bishop.
Ricardo Reyes Mata, a priest with the Catholic Diocese in Dallas, is being held at the Garland Detention Center on $175,000 bond. ... Dallas priest arrested, charged with indecency with children ...