In the U.S. there have been thousands of Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse. While it is hard to get an exact number, we know from court documents, news reports, advocacy group databases and statements from Catholic officials that more than 5,300 priests and other clergy have been accused of sexually abusing children in the United States.
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How Many Priests Have Been Accused of Sexual Abuse in the U.S.?
The Catholic Church has worked hard to keep quiet how many priests, monks, nuns and other members of its ranks have been accused of sexual abuse against minors. However, as more lawsuits have been filed and news reports have put pressure on church officials, more data has become available.
Priests Accused of Abuse by State and Diocese
We've broken out the data to provide a more specific view of how many priests have been accused in each state and diocese. Click on the link above each table to get a complete list of priests accused in that state.
Priests Accused of Abuse in Alabama
Archdiocese of Mobile - 23
Diocese of Mobile
Anthony A. Keil
Arthur C. Schrenger
Cordell J. Lang (Deceased)
Edward A. Leary
Edward Eugene Smith
Edward J. Lawlor
J. Alex Sherlock (Deceased)
James A. Havens (Deceased)
John Hardman
John J. Walton
John Rutledge
Johnny S Savoie
Joseph Brown
Joseph C. Gill
Nelson B. Ziter (Deceased)
Nicholas Paul Bendillo
Patrick J. L. Nicholson
Robert Grabowski
Robert L. Nouwen
Thomas J. Cullen (Deceased)
Timothy Evans
Timothy Wayne Evans
Vernon Dahmen
Priests Accused of Abuse in Alaska
Archdiocese of Anchorage - 5
Diocese of Fairbanks - 45
Diocese of Juneau - 2
Diocese of Anchorage
Dominic De Domenico
Francis "Frank" A. Murphy
J. Michael Hornick
John McMuldren
Robert J. Wells (Deceased)
Diocese of Fairbanks
Andrew (Andras) M. Eordogh
Anton Smario
Bernard Francis McMeel
Bradley R. Reynolds
Charles A. Saalfeld (Deceased)
Charles Arnold Bartles (Deceased)
Clint Landry
Cornelius K. Murphy (Deceased)
Francis Fallert (Deceased)
Francis Fox (Deceased)
Francis X. Nawn (Deceased)
Gabriel M. Menager (Deceased)
George S. Endal (Deceased)
Gerald J. Ornowski
Harold J. Greif (Deceased)
Henry G. Hargreaves (Deceased)
Ignatius J. Jakes (Deceased)
James E. Jacobson
James E. Poole (Deceased)
James R. Laudwein
James W. Plamondon (Deceased)
John B. Baud (Deceased)
John J. "Jack" Wood (Deceased)
John P. Fox (Deceased)
Joseph C. Lundowski (Deceased)
Joseph Lake, Sr.
Jules Convert (Deceased)
Norman E. Donohue (Deceased)
Pat Beans, Sr.
Paul Cornelius O'Connor (Deceased)
Paul H. Linssen (Deceased)
Rene Astruc (Deceased)
Richard L. McCaffrey (Deceased)
Robert Benish (Deceased)
Robert F. Corrigal (Deceased)
Segundo Llorente (Deceased)
Sister Evelyn
Sister Marion Jude
Sister Mary Asia
Sister Mary Joanne
Sister Mary Rosalia
Sister Pascal
Sister Rita
Thomas Hatrel (Deceased)
William McIntyre (Deceased)
Diocese of Juneau
Javier R. Gutierrez
Michael Patrick Nash
Priests Accused of Abuse in Arizona
Diocese of Phoenix - 29
Diocese of Tucson - 34
Diocese of Phoenix
Charles Gielow (Deceased)
Dale J. Fushek
George V. Bredemann (Deceased)
Harold P. Graf
Harry R. Morgan (Deceased)
Henry Perez (Deceased)
James S. Rausch (BP)
John D. "Jack" Spaulding
John Maurice Giandelone
John Willliam Vovko
Jorge Ortiz Lopez
Jose Hurtado (Deceased)
Joseph Cervantez Briceno (Brecino)
Joseph John Henn
Joseph Marcel Lessard
Karl LeClaire
Kenneth A. Van de Ven
Laurence (Lawrence) Florez (Flores)
Marcel Salinas (Deceased)
Mark Allen Lehman
Maxwell "Ron" Pelton (Deceased)
Michael Minogue
Patrick J. Colleary
Richard Allen Suttle
Saul Madrid
Solomon Bandiho
Sung Lam
Thomas J. O'Brien (BP) (Deceased)
Wilputte Alanson 'Lan' Sherwood
Diocese of Tucson
Byron Wayne Schoolcraft
Carlos Cocio
Charles Rourke (Deceased)
Claudio Riol
Clemens M. Schlueter (Schleuter) (Deceased)
Fernando L. Manzo
Floyd G. Stromberg (Deceased)
Francis Miller
Gary E. Underwood
George M Dyke (Deceased)
George Pirrung
James Thompson (Deceased)
John A. Oliver
John P. Doran (Deceased)
Jorge Washington Cordova Hernandez
Juan Guillen
Julian Sanz
Lucien J Meunier (Deceased)
Michael J. Teta
Patrick J. Callanan (Deceased)
Paul J. Ranft (Deceased)
Phillip G. Speers
Ray Miranda
Richard Edmund Butler (Deceased)
Richard Judd
Richard Zamorano
Robert A. Gluch (Deceased)
Robert C. Trupia
Ron DeChant (Deceased)
Rosaria Riter (Deceased)
Steven G. Stencil
Thomas Patrick Purcell
Walter F. Rosensweig
William T. Byrne (Deceased)
Priests Accused of Abuse in Arkansas
Diocese of Little Rock - 9
Diocese of Little Rock
Anthony McKay (Deceased)
Donald Althoff
Edward Mooney (Deceased)
John McDaniel (Deceased)
Joseph Correnti (Deceased)
Nicholas Fuhrmann
Robert A. Torres
Robert Dagwell (Deceased)
Timothy Sugrue
Priests Accused of Abuse in California
Archdiocese of Los Angeles - 318
Archdiocese of San Francisco - 35
Diocese of Fresno - 11
Diocese of Monterey - 33
Diocese of Oakland - 30
Diocese of Orange - 26
Diocese of Sacramento - 22
Diocese of San Bernardino - 31
Diocese of San Diego - 51
Diocese of San Jose - 19
Diocese of Santa Rosa - 20
Diocese of Stockton - 13
Priests Accused of Abuse in Colorado
Archdiocese of Denver - 17
Diocese of Pueblo - 11
Archdiocese of Denver
Bennett Colucci
Dorino De Lazzer
Harold Robert White (Deceased)
J. Bart Nadal (Deceased)
John Francis Stein (Deceased)
Lawrence H. St. Peter (Deceased)
Leonard A. Abercrombie (Deceased)
Mark N. Matson
Marshall Gourley
Maurice McInerney
Melvin F. Thompson
Patrick Henry O'Liddy
Prosper Bemunuge
Richard James Kurtz
Thomas Patrick Barry (Deceased)
Timothy Joseph Evans
Wilfred Laurent Carignan
Diocese of Pueblo
Andrew Burke
Barnabus Stelzner
Daniel C. Maio (Deceased)
Delbert Blong
John F. Martin (Deceased)
John G. O'Flaherty (Deceased)
Lucas A. Galvan
Michael Kurz
Richard Chung
William C. Mueller
William Groves
Priests Accused of Abuse in Connecticut
Archdiocese of Hartford - 38
Diocese of Bridgeport - 38
Diocese of Norwich - 38
Priests Accused of Abuse in the District of Columbia
Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. - 36
Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
Aaron Joseph Cote
Alphonsus M. Smith (Deceased)
Arthur J. O'Brien (Deceased)
Dan Paul Stallings (Deceased)
Edward B. Pritchard (Deceased)
Edward T. Hartel (Deceased)
Francis A. Benham
Garrett Orr
George A., Jr. Stallings
James A. Scott (Deceased)
James Aubrey Finan (Deceased)
James J. Powderly (Deceased)
James V. Lannon (Deceased)
Joseph B. Coyne (Deceased)
Joseph Skelton, Jr.
Matthew Miles
Michael Schapfel
Miguel Umana Zelaya
Paul E. Lavin
Paul T. Twiddy (Deceased)
Peter M. McCutcheon
Philip DeRea
R. Joseph Dooley (Deceased)
Raymond Callahan (Deceased)
Robert Joseph Petrella
Roger P. Gallagher (Deceased)
Russell L. Dillard
Salvatore F. Bucca
Thomas C. Chleboski, Jr.
Thomas S. Schaefer (Deceased)
Thomas W. Lyons (Deceased)
Timothy Slevin
Urbano Vazquez
William C. Wert
William J. Walsh
William McSherry Stock
Priests Accused of Abuse in Delaware
Diocese of Wilmington - 38
Diocese of Wilmington
Albert J. Gondek
Carmen D. Vignola (Deceased)
Charles W. Wiggins
Dennis Killion
Douglas W. Dempster
Edward B. Carley (Deceased)
Edward F. Dudzinski, Jr.
Eugene F. Clarahan (Deceased)
Francis G. DeLuca
Francis J. Rogers (in Wilmington, DE)
Francis L. Norris (Deceased)
Francis P. Cornely (Deceased)
Gerald M. Dunne
Harold Hermley (Deceased)
Harold J. McGovern
Harry Dean Walker
Harry Peter Weaver
Henry A. Paul (Deceased)
Henry J. Dreyer (Deceased)
James Edward Richardson (Deceased)
James W. O'Neill
John A. (Alfred J.) Lind, Jr. (Deceased)
John A. Sarro (Deceased)
John F. Heckel (Deceased)
John Francis O'Brien (Deceased)
John M. McDevitt (Deceased)
John X. Harvey (Deceased)
Joseph A. McGovern
Kenneth J. Martin
Leonard J. Mackiewicz (Deceased)
Paul Daleo
Peter P. Harney (Deceased)
Richard F. Gardiner (Deceased)
Richard N. Grant (Deceased)
Robert Drelich
Timothy F. Mullen (Deceased)
Walter D. Power (Deceased)
William E. Irwin (Deceased)
Priests Accused of Abuse in Florida
Archdiocese of Miami - 41
Diocese of Orlando - 13
Diocese of Palm Beach - 6
Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee - 6
Diocese of St. Augustine - 4
Diocese of St. Petersburg - 23
Diocese of Venice - 9
Priests Accused of Abuse in Georgia
Archdiocese of Atlanta - 14
Diocese of Savannah - 14
Archdiocese of Atlanta
Alberto Rodriguez
Anton Mowat
Clarence Biggers (Deceased)
Jacob Bollmer (Deceased)
John Douglas Edwards (Deceased)
Jorge Cristancho
Joseph Paulantonio
Kenneth Joseph Cassity (Deceased)
Leonard Francis Mayhew (Deceased)
Louis P. Rogge (Deceased)
Philip S. Gage
Raymond Horan (Deceased)
Richard Roy Boucher
Sergio Calle Perez
Diocese of Savannah
Adolphe J. Gall
Austin Martin
Bartholomew Keohane
Eugene A. Gavigan (Deceased)
Henry B. Groover
James Harold
Joseph Dean (Deceased)
Joseph Smith (Deceased)
Lorenzo Garcia
Nicholas Quinlan (Deceased)
Robert Murphy
Robert Teoli (Deceased)
S.John Murray
Wayland Yoder Brown, Jr.
Priests Accused of Abuse in Hawaii
Diocese of Honolulu
Alphonsus Boumeister (Deceased)
Andrew Mannetta
Anthony Pascale (Deceased)
Dominic Stone (Deceased)
Donald Graff
Edward V. Mueth (Deceased)
Eugene E. Blazek
Francis J. Daubert (Deceased)
George DeCosta
Henry B. Sabog
Jack Niland (Deceased)
James A. Jackson (Deceased)
James Ronald Gonsalves
John Paul Medvit (Deceased)
Joseph Bukoski, III
Joseph Ferrario (Bp) (Deceased)
Joseph Michael Henry
Marc R. Alexander
Roberto A. de Otero
Roberto Batoon
William J. Queenan
Priests Accused of Abuse in Idaho
Diocese of Boise
A. J. "Fr. Freddy" Ferreti (Ferretti) (Deceased)
Carmelo Melchior Baltazar
James Worsley
Raul R. Covarrubias
Robert (Rapelyea) Howell
Ruben Idalio Garcia
W. Thomas Faucher
William R. Gould
Priests Accused of Abuse in Illinois
Archdiocese of Chicago - 154
Diocese of Belleville - 19
Diocese of Joliet - 43
Diocese of Peoria - 24
Diocese of Rockford - 15
Diocese of Springfield - 24
Priests Accused of Abuse in Indiana
Archdiocese of Indianapolis - 35
Diocese of Evansville - 12
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend - 20
Diocese of Gary
Diocese of Lafayette
Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Albert Vincent Deery (Deceased)
Ann Daylor
Bernard Knoth
Brennan Harris (Deceased)
Carlton J. Beever
David J. Marcotte
Donald J. Evrard (Deceased)
Edward Theodore Bockhold (Deceased)
Eugene Jack Okon (Deceased)
Frederick Adam Schmitt (Deceased)
George Peter Ziemer (Deceased)
Germain Belen (Deceased)
Haorld Monroe (Deceased)
Jack F. Emrich
James Joseph Shanahan (Deceased)
Jeffrey James Charlton
John Bernard Schoettelkotte
John S. Maung
John Stanley Kramer (Deceased)
Jonathan L. Stewart
Joseph Stanley Kos (Deceased)
Karl Joseph Miltz
Laurence Michael Lynch (Deceased)
Louis Cambron
Michael (Micheal) H. Kelley
Myles Hale Patrick Smith (Deceased)
Patrick A. Doyle
Ponciano M. Ramos
Roger Gerard Rudolf
Samuel Thomas Curry (Deceased)
Thomas Aquinas Schaefers (Deceased)
Thomas J. Amsden
William Kreis (Deceased)
William Leroy Blackwell (Deceased)
William O'Brien (Deceased)
Diocese of Evansville
David Fleck
Francis A. Schroering (Deceased)
Jean F. Vogler
Joseph L. Clauss (Deceased)
Kenneth Graehler
Mark Ciganovich
Mark Kurzendoerfer
Michael E. Allen
Othmar H. Schroeder (Deceased)
Raymond L. Kuper (Deceased)
Richard J. Wildeman
Wilfred "Fred" L. Englert
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend
Brian Carsten (Deceased)
Bruce A. Schutt
Cornelius J. Ryan
Edward Krason (Deceased)
Elden Joseph Miller (Deceased)
Gabriel Hernandez
James F. Seculoff
James R. Blume
James T. Burtchaell (Deceased)
James Trepanier, C.S.C.
John Gillig (Deceased)
Michael J. Buescher
Paul Francis LeBrun
Ralph Luczak (Deceased)
Richard Stieglitz
Richard Thompson (Deceased)
Robert Mahoney
Thomas C. Lombardi (Deceased)
William Gieranowski (Deceased)
William J. Ehrman (Deceased)
Diocese of Gary
Ambrose McGinnity (Deceased)
Donald C. Grass (Deceased)
George Kavungal
Joseph Buczyna (Deceased)
Julian Jercha (Deceased)
Louis Jeziorski (Deceased)
Stanley Staniszewski (Deceased)
Stephen V. Varga (Deceased)
Terrence R. Chase
Diocese of Lafayette
Ambrose Kohne (Deceased)
Arthur A. Sego
Donald Eder
Donald Tracey (Deceased)
Frank Kilcline
Gilbert F. Esser, C.PP.S. (Deceased)
James Grear
Joseph A. Colletti
Kenneth Bohlinger
Raymond H. Wieber (Deceased)
Robert E. Moran
Ronald J. Voss (Deceased)
Priests Accused of Abuse in Iowa
Archdiocese of Dubuque - 29
Diocese of Davenport - 39
Diocese of Des Moines - 9
Diocese of Sioux City - 9
Archdiocese of Dubuque
Albert Carman (Deceased)
Albert J. Forster (Deceased)
Allen M. Schmitt
Dale Soppe
Henry N. Dunkel (Deceased)
John A. Schmitz (Deceased)
John J. Brickley (Deceased)
John Peters (Deceased)
John T. Reed (Deceased)
Joseph I. Patnode (Deceased)
Josephine Schmitz
Julius Olinger (Deceased)
Leo P Riley
Louis E. Wendling (Deceased)
Louis W. Wunder (Deceased)
Michael C. Fitzgerald (Deceased)
Nicholas Cigrand (Deceased)
Norbert F. Showalter (Deceased)
Patrick McElliott (Deceased)
Peter M. Graff (Deceased)
Robert J. Reiss (Deceased)
Robert J. Saunders (Deceased)
Robert V. Swift (Deceased)
Thomas Knox (Deceased)
Timothy DeVenney
William A. Goltz (Deceased)
William G. McLaughlin (Deceased)
William Roach (Deceased)
William T. Schwartz
Diocese of Davenport
Alphonse Wagner (Deceased)
Bernard Brugman (Deceased)
Mark Andrew Quillen
Carl H. Meinberg (Deceased)
Daniel K. Embrich (Emrich)
Donald Redmond
Drake R. Shafer
Eugene Smith
Francis E. Bass (Deceased)
Francis Skube
Frank R. Martinez, Jr.
Gerald E. Stouvenel
H. Robert Harness
Herman Bongers (Deceased)
James E. Leu (Deceased)
James M. Janssen (Deceased)
James T. Lawrence (Deceased)
John C. (Fidelis) Forrester (Deceased)
John J. Stack
John L. Bonn (Deceased)
John T. Kennedy (Deceased)
Joseph P. Hines (Deceased)
Lawrence D. Soens (BP)
Louis A. Telegdy (Deceased)
Martin J. Diamond (Deceased)
Michael J. Broderick (Deceased)
Orville DeCoursey (Deceased)
Paul A. Deyo
Placidus Kieffer (Deceased)
Raymond C. Kalter (Deceased)
Richard J. Poster
Richard J. Welsh (Deceased)
Sylvester A. Conrad (Deceased)
Theodore Anthony Geerts (Deceased)
Thomas E. Hackett (Deceased)
Thomas J. Feeney (Deceased)
William F. Dawson (Deceased)
William F. Wiebler (Deceased)
William J. Kerrigan (Deceased)
Diocese of Des Moines
Albert Wilwerding (Deceased)
Francis T. Zuch (Deceased)
Howard E. Fitzgerald
John R. Ryan (Deceased)
Leonard A. Kenkel
Paul A. Monahan
Phillip Hobt
Richard Wagner
Tan Van Tran
Diocese of Sioux City
Brian J. Danner
E. Everett Apt (Deceased)
George B. McFadden
Gerald Hartz
Jerome Coyle
John Kurzak
John Perdue
Nicholas J. Ruba (Deceased)
Peter B Murphy
Priests Accused of Abuse in Kansas
Archdiocese of Kansas City - 15
Diocese of Salina - 2
Diocese of Wichita - 5
Archdiocese of Kansas City
Anthony Putti
Camillus Wurtz (Deceased)
Christopher Rossman
Dennis E. Schmitz
Edward F. Roberts (Deceased)
Finian Meis (Deceased)
James A. Forsythe
John H., Jr. Wisner
Martin Juarez
Norman C. "Chuck" Wolfe
Scott J. Kallal
Thomas F. Cawley
William A. Finnerty (Deceased)
William Bruning
William M. Haegelin
Diocese of Salina
Robert J. Reif
Ronald Sam Gilardi
Diocese of Wichita
Agnesina Metzinger
Daniel B. Mulvihill (Deceased)
Robert D. Blanpied (Deceased)
Robert K. Larson (Deceased)
William A. Wheeler (Deceased)
Priests Accused of Abuse in Kentucky
Archdiocese of Louisville - 66
Diocese of Covington - 7
Diocese of Lexington - 7
Diocese of Owensboro - 9
Archdiocese of Louisville
Anthony Louise Pereira
Anthony Salamone
Arthur L. Wood (Deceased)
Bruce O. Ewing
C. Patrick Creed (Deceased)
Caroline Mary Schneider
Charles F. Dearing
Daniel C. Clark
Daniel Emerine (Deceased)
Donald L. Ryan
Edwin J. Scherzer (Deceased)
Ernest P "Br. Ernan" Bradunas (Deceased)
Eva Marie
Frances Howard
Francis Dominic
George R. Greenwell (Deceased)
Helen Thieneman (Deceased)
Henry G. Vessels (Deceased)
Herman J. Lammers (Deceased)
J. Irvin Mouser
J. Kendrick Williams
James E. Hagan
James E. Hargadon (Deceased)
James Griffith
James Patrick Cronin (Deceased)
James R. Schook (Deceased)
James W. Thompson (Deceased)
Jean Gish
John Donald Gallagher (Deceased)
John E. Magel
John Elder (Deceased)
Joseph E. Carrico
Joseph Edward Bradley
Joseph H. Stoltz
Joseph J. Rives (Reeves) (Deceased)
Joseph Neeson (Deceased)
Joseph T. Herp (Deceased)
Kevin Cole (Deceased)
Lawrence Kuntz (Deceased)
Leon C. Spalding
Linus T. Giesler (Deceased)
Louis E. Miller (Deceased)
Madeline de Paul Galatine
Marvin A., Jr. Carney
Mary Alma Stuecker
Mary Ann Powers
Mary Camilla Donahue
Patrick Mackan (Deceased)
Raymond Joseph Hemmerle
Robert A. Bowling (Deceased)
Robert B. Gray
Robert J. Dollinger (Deceased)
Ronald Borman
Ronald William Bohl (Deceased)
Sister Arthur
Sister Charles
Sister Joseph Anthony
Sister Joseph Michael
Sister Mary Jane
Stanislas Kotska Willett
Stephen A. Pohl
Theodore Meisner
Thomas P. Casper (Deceased)
Thomas P. Creagh
Thomas R. Clark
William Patrick Caster (Deceased)
Diocese of Covington
David M. MacPherson
David Meyer
Douglas F. Fortner (Deceased)
Earl Bierman (Deceased)
Edward J. Fritsch
George J. Schuhmacher
Gerald L. Reinersman
James E. Kleman (Deceased)
John "Jack" Goeke
Joseph Aloysius Browne (Deceased)
Joseph N. Muench
Louis J. Holtz
Mark A. Steidle
Marlene Bertke
Paul M. Arbogast (Deceased)
Paul P. Ciangetti (Deceased)
Richard Frazier
Robert P. Klein (Deceased)
Diocese of Lexington
Carl C. Schaffer
Edward Francis Murray (Deceased)
John B. Modica (Deceased)
Leonard B. Nienaber (Deceased)
Stephen Gallenstein
William G. Poole
William J. Fedders
Diocese of Owensboro
Delma Clemons
Freddie Byrd
Gerald H. Baker
John R. Meredith
Joseph J. Alexander
Joseph J. Pilger
Joseph Robert "Bob" Willett (Deceased)
Louis Francis Piskula
Richard M. Powers
Priests Accused of Abuse in Louisiana
Archdiocese of New Orleans - 72
Diocese of Alexandria - 5
Diocese of Baton Rouge - 7
Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux - 12
Diocese of Lafayette - 34
Priests Accused of Abuse in Maine
Diocese of Portland
Albert Pellerin
Antonin R. "Tony" Caron (Deceased)
Antonio M. Girardin (Deceased)
Armand "Bro Raymond" Thibault (Deceased)
Armand Cyr (Deceased)
Charles Bigelin (Deceased)
Christian F. Roy
Dominique Doyon
Ernest Justin Hill
Francis J. Kane
Frederick A. Carrigan
George Beaudet
Henry A. Boltz (Deceased)
Herman Delaney (Deceased)
Herve G. Carrier (Deceased)
James P. Vallely (Deceased)
John Crozier (Deceased)
John E. Harris
John J. Curran (Deceased)
John L. Audibert
John Shorty
Joseph C. Dooley (Deceased)
Joseph C. Romani (Deceased)
Joseph R. (J.R.) McGowan (Deceased)
Laurent Laplante
Lawrence A. Sabatino (Deceased)
Leo James Michaud
Louis F. Berube (Deceased)
Louis Philippe Fiset
Lucien Mandeville (Deceased)
Lucien McKeone
Marcel Crete
Marcel L. Robitaille
Michael L. Doucette
Michael L. Plourde
Paul E. Coughlin
Paul L. Gauvin
Peter Paul Gorham (Deceased)
Phillip J. Boivin (Deceased)
Ralph Corbeil (Deceased)
Raymond J. Lauzon (Deceased)
Raymond P. Melville
Renald C. Hallee
Rosario E. Ouellette (Deceased)
Shawn McEnany
Sister Alexis-du-Sacre-Coeur
Thomas Henderson
Thomas M. Lee
William B. Cahill (Deceased)
Priests Accused of Abuse in Maryland
Archdiocese of Baltimore - 72
Archdiocese of Baltimore
A. Joseph Maskell (Deceased)
Alfred A. Dean
Anthony Lorento
Antonio Jorge Velez-Lopez
Arthur R. Maurer (Deceased)
Brian Keith Olkowski
Brian M. Cox
Charles O. Rouse
David G. Smith
Dennis A. Pecore
Donald Dimitroff
Douglas Carroll
E. Neil Magnus (Deceased)
Edmund F. Stroup (Deceased)
Fernando Cristancho
Francis J. Lefevre
Francis M. Sweeney (Deceased)
Frederick C. Brinkmann
Frederick H. Duke (Deceased)
George B. Loskarn
Gerald Tragesser
Gerard (Gerald) Bugge (Deceased)
Henry O'Toole
James Avant
James Glenn Murray
James H. Dowdy
James J. Toulas
Jerome "Jeff" Toohey
John Danilak (Deceased)
John H. Duggan (Deceased)
John J. Carney
John Joseph Mike, Jr.
John L. Lippold
John T. Wielebski
Joseph A. Davies (Deceased)
Joseph Gallagher
Joseph Gerg
Joseph Kruse
Kenneth Farabaugh
Louis A. Bonacci
Luigi Esposito
M. Francis McGrath
Marion Francis Helowicz
Maurice J. Blackwell
Michael J. Spillane
Michael Kolodziej
Michael Lowell Barnes
Paul Knapp
Richard Deakin
Richard E. Smith
Robert "Bob" Flaherty
Robert B. Cullen (Deceased)
Robert F. Hopkins (Deceased)
Robert F. Lentz (Deceased)
Robert Victor Newman
Ronald Mardaga
Ronald N. Michaud
Ross A. LaPorta
Steven P. Girard
Thom Kuhl
Thomas A. Rydzewski
Thomas B. Lee
Thomas J. Bauernfeind (Deceased)
Thomas R. Bevan
Thomas Rochacewicz
Thomas W. Smith
Timothy Murphy
William C. Wehrle (Deceased)
William Earl Krouse, IV
William Q. Simms (Deceased)
William Steven Albaugh
Xavier Langan (Deceased)
Priests Accused of Abuse in Massachusetts
Archdiocese of Boston - 263
Diocese of Fall River - 30
Diocese of Springfield - 47
Diocese of Worcester - 42
Priests Accused of Abuse in Michigan
Archdiocese of Detroit - 72
Diocese of Gaylord - 11
Diocese of Grand Rapids - 14
Diocese of Kalamazoo - 2
Diocese of Lansing - 11
Diocese of Marquette - 12
Diocese of Saginaw - 6
Priests Accused of Abuse in Minnesota
Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis - 78
Diocese of Crookston - 11
Diocese of Duluth - 21
Diocese of New Ulm - 18
Diocese of St. Cloud - 71
Diocese of Winona - 19
Priests Accused of Abuse in Mississippi
Diocese of Jackson
Bernard Haddican (Deceased)
George Broussard
James Kircher (Deceased)
Paul Madden
Paul West
Robert Olivier
Thomas Boyce (Deceased)
William Leimbach
Priests Accused of Abuse in Missouri
Archdiocese of St. Louis - 59
Diocese of Jefferson City - 35
Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph - 26
Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau - 12
Priests Accused of Abuse in Montana
Diocese of Great Falls-Billings - 13
Diocese of Helena - 36
Diocese of Great Falls-Billings
Brother Ryan
Clarence Moreau
Dennis Druggan
Edmund J. Robinson (Deceased)
Emmett Hoffmann
Frederick E. Simoneau (Deceased)
James Reynolds
John J. Brown
Joseph Mikulich (Deceased)
Joseph S. Heretick (Deceased)
Kevin J. Malee
Theodore "Ted" F. Szudera
William M. Cawley
Diocese of Helena
A. M .D. Gillen (Deceased)
Bernard A. Harris (Deceased)
Bernard J McCarthy (Deceased)
Brother Seoriso
Daniel B. Harrington (Deceased)
Daniel B. Hillen (Deceased)
Dusan Anthony Okorn (Deceased)
Emmett F Lowney (Deceased)
George Ferguson (Deceased)
Harry Butori (Deceased)
James Barry (Deceased)
James W McCormick (Deceased)
John Delane (Deceased)
John P Kerrigan (Deceased)
Joseph A. Balfe (Deceased)
Joseph Obersinner
Leonard J. Spraycar (Deceased)
Louis J. Geis (Deceased)
Louis J. Taelman (Deceased)
M.A. (Augustine) Dimier (Deceased)
Martin H. Philipsen (Deceased)
Mother Camellia
Mother Cecelia (Cecilia)
Mother Henrietta
Mother Loyola
Patrick N. Stimatz (Deceased)
Paul Kirchen (Deceased)
Peter P. Pritzl (Deceased)
Rene Gallant (Deceased)
Robert J O'Donnell (Deceased)
Robert J. Hartman (Deceased)
Rudolph "Rudy" Carl Bullman
Sister Joan
Sister Lawrence
Sister Marion
Wilson F. Smart (Deceased)
Priests Accused of Abuse in Nebraska
Archdiocese of Omaha - 37
Diocese of Lincoln - 4
Archdiocese of Omaha
Alfred J. Salanitro
Aloysius J. McMahon (Deceased)
Andrew Syring
Anthony D. Palmese (Deceased)
Anthony Petrusic (Deceased)
Daniel J. Kenney
Daniel P. Herek
Donald M. Cleary
Duane Thome
Duane W. Lukes (Lucas) (Deceased)
Edward Bryan Gill (Deceased)
Emilio Morales Jordan
Francis A. Nigli
Franklin Dvorak
James M. Gaughan (Deceased)
Jay L. Kruse
Jeffrey L. Zyla
John C Starostka (Deceased)
John C. Rizzo
John M. Fiala (Deceased)
John R. Buckson
Joseph Finch
Joseph Henry
Joseph Hiepvan Ho
Larry Toms Kulangara
Mark K. Merkel
Michael J. Kelly (Deceased)
Patrick Henry
Richard Colbert
Richard M. Arkfeld (Deceased)
Robert Allgaier
Robert O. Steinhausen (Deceased)
Robert Pickett
Roland A. Peschel
Thomas Glennon
Thomas Sellentin
Tom Purnell
Diocese of Lincoln
James F. Benton
Jerome C Murray
Paul Margand
Robert C. Hrdlicka
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Priests Accused of Abuse in Nevada
Diocese of Las Vegas - 2
Diocese of Reno - 4
Diocese of Las Vegas
Mark Thomas Roberts
Robert Petekiewicz
Diocese of Reno
David Brusky (Deceased)
Eugene Braun
Harold F. Vieages (Deceased)
Honesto Agustin
Priests Accused of Abuse in New Hampshire
Diocese of Manchester - 92
Diocese of Manchester
Aime Boisselle
Albert J. Morel (Deceased)
Albert L. Boulanger (Deceased)
Albert LaFlamme (Deceased)
Albert Lirette
Albion F. Bulger
Alfred Constant
Alfred L. Jannetta (Deceased)
Alfred Lapoint
Andrew Meehan (Deceased)
Antony Muthu Hilary
Armand A. Turgeon
Brother Dennis
Brother Henry
Charles Authier (Deceased)
Conrad V. LaForest
Denis P. Downey (Deceased)
Donald Matthew Osgood
Edmund Lemire
Edouard J. Duval
Edward D. Richard
Edward Zalewski (Deceased)
Eugene Pelletier
Eugene Turcotte (Deceased)
Fernando Cutanda
Francis A. Talbot
Francis Lamothe (Deceased)
Francis McMullen (Deceased)
Frederick L. Guthrie
George H. Robichaud
George St. Jean (Deceased)
Gerald F. Joyal (Deceased)
Gerard (Gerald) F. Chalifour
Gerard Beaudet (Deceased)
Gordon J. MacRae
Gregoire Dumont (Deceased)
Guy Beaulieu
Harvey Lamothe (Deceased)
Hubert Mann (Deceased)
J. Delphine Gagne (Deceased)
J. Joseph Sands
James W. Haller
Jeanne Wilfort (Deceased)
John Boyd (Deceased)
John J. Sullivan (Deceased)
John R. Poirier
John Thomas Sullivan (Deceased)
John Voglio
John W. Nolin
Joseph A. Cote
Joseph E. Shields
Joseph T. Maguire (Deceased)
Karl E. Dowd (Deceased)
Leo Alfred Shea (Deceased)
Leo Allyson (Deceased)
Leo Gilbert (Deceased)
Leon Cyr
Marcel Genereux (Deceased)
Mark Fleming (Deceased)
Mark Gauthier
Maurice Leclerc
Maurice R. Boulanger (Deceased)
Michael Ledoux
Patricia A. Long
Patrick Dubreuil
Patrick, L.C. Walsh
Paul E. Groleau
Paul G. Stevens
Paul L. Aube
Paul L. Gregoire
Paul Vadenboncoeur (Deceased)
Philip A. Petit
Raymond H. Laferriere
Richard Connors
Richard T. Lower
Robert J. Densmore
Rocco C. Memolo
Roger Argencourt (Deceased)
Roger Armand Fortier
Roger E. Fournier
Roland E. Tancrede
Roland P. Cote
Roland W Veilette (Deceased)
Romeo J. Valliere
Ronald E. Corriveau
Russell J. Neighbor (Deceased)
Stephen Scruton
Sylvio Beaudet (Deceased)
Thomas Crowe
Wilfred (Wilfrid) F. Bombardier (Deceased)
Wilfred Houle (Deceased)
William P. Neiman
Priests Accused of Abuse in New Jersey
Archdiocese of Newark - 81
Diocese of Camden - 43
Diocese of Metuchen - 16
Diocese of Paterson - 40
Diocese of Trenton - 39
Priests Accused of Abuse in New Mexico
Archdiocese of Santa Fe - 69
Diocese of Gallup - 26
Diocese of Las Cruces - 11
Priests Accused of Abuse in New York
Archdiocese of New York - 96
Diocese of Albany - 64
Diocese of Brooklyn - 65
Diocese of Buffalo - 91
Diocese of Ogdensburg - 31
Diocese of Rochester - 35
Diocese of Rockville Centre - 56
Diocese of Syracuse - 57
Priests Accused of Abuse in North Carolina
Diocese of Charlotte - 8
Diocese of Raleigh - 6
Diocese of Charlotte
C. Jeffries Burton
Damion Jacques Lynch
Justin Paul Pechulis (Deceased)
Michael Joseph Kelleher (Deceased)
Patrick Leonard
Richard B. Farwell
Robert Yurgel
William J. Kuder (Deceased)
Diocese of Raleigh
Andre Anthony Corbin (Deceased)
Edgar Sepulveda
Francis "Drew" A. Perry
James E. McSweeney (Deceased)
Kenneth R. Parker
Thomas F. Watkins
Priests Accused of Abuse in North Dakota
Diocese of Bismarck - 6
Diocese of Fargo - 8
Diocese of Bismarck
Father Frank
James W. Pommier
John Owens
Maurice G. McNeely
Norman J. Dukart
Stephen R. Zastoupil (Deceased)
Diocese of Fargo
Abraham Anthony
Alan Storey
Charles Fischer, Jr.
David D. Wild (Deceased)
Fernando Sayasaya
Gregory (Zbigniew) Patejko
Thomas Feltman
Timothy C. Conlon
Priests Accused of Abuse in Ohio
Archdiocese of Cincinnati - 31
Diocese of Cleveland - 50
Diocese of Columbus - 32
Diocese of Steubenville - 18
Diocese of Toledo - 33
Diocese of Youngstown - 33
Priests Accused of Abuse in Oklahoma
Archdiocese of Oklahoma City - 6
Diocese of Tulsa - 4
Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
Benjamin Zoeller
Daniel C. Keohane (Deceased)
David "Dave" Imming
James J. Mickus
Robert L. Foster (Deceased)
Stephen D. Cude
Diocese of Tulsa
John Jangam
Kenneth Lewis
Morris Dale Vanderford (Deceased)
Paul Eichhoff
Priests Accused of Abuse in Oregon
Archdiocese of Portland - 88
Diocese of Baker - 5
Archdiocese of Portland
Aldo Carlo Orso-Manzonetta (Deceased)
Aloysius A O'Doherty
Angel Armando Perez
Anthony Smith
Archibald M. McDowell (Deceased)
Carl Wachter (Deceased)
Cathal Brennan (Deceased)
Claude Riffel
Clement Frank (Deceased)
Cosmas White
Dolores Price (Deceased)
Donald A. Durand
Edmund K. Ryan
Edmund Raleigh (Deceased)
Edward D. Altstock (Alstock)
Egon Mallman (Deceased)
Emanuel W. Clark (Deceased)
Emmerich Vogt
Erasto Guzman-Chavez
Eugene E. Pierre (Deceased)
Francis (John) Ford (Deceased)
Francis Duffy (Deceased)
Francis W Callan (Deceased)
Gary Jacobson
Genevieve Marie
Gerald Dezurick (Deceased)
Gerald McCray
Gordon L. Keys (Deceased)
Gregory Sullivan
Henri Arata (Deceased)
J. William McLeod (Deceased)
James Creel
James M. Harris (Deceased)
James McCarthy
James P. Hurley (Deceased)
James P. McSorley (Deceased)
Jeanne Clare Frolick
John Harrington (Deceased)
John Larkin (Deceased)
John MacNaughton
John Maloy Goodrich (Deceased)
John R. Thatcher (Deceased)
John Schwartz
Jose Jaime
Joseph A. Baccellieri
Juan Jose Gonzalez Rios
Kenneth Jacques
Lawrence M. Halsey
Leonard A. Kohlman (Deceased)
Leonard E. Plocinski (Deceased)
Louis Charvet (Deceased)
Louis G. Rodakowski
Louis McKean (Deceased)
Martin Doherty
Martin H. Thielen
Martin M. Donnelly
Martin Richard Senko (Deceased)
Mary Eucharistica (Deceased)
Mary Freddrick
Mary Luke
Massimo Ghilardi (Deceased)
Maurice R. Grammond (Deceased)
Melvin Bucher
Michael J. Raleigh (Deceased)
Michael Sprauer
Michael Susbauer
Michael T. Patrick
Pacome "Jocelyn" St. Arnaud (Deceased)
Patricia Mary Anne
Patrick Kiernan (Deceased)
Patrick O'Flynn
Patrick O'Reilly (Deceased)
Philip Steigerwald (Deceased)
Pius Brazauskas (Deceased)
Remy Rudin (Deceased)
Richard Pauson (Deceased)
Robert Michele
Rocco Perone (Deceased)
Sylvester Penna (Deceased)
Theodore J. St. Hilaire
Thomas B. Laughlin (Deceased)
Thomas E. Connolly
Vincent Minh
Vincent Scott
William "Bill" Karath (Deceased)
William Hamilton
William Norbert Bischoff (Deceased)
William T. Nash (Deceased)
Diocese of Baker
David Hazen (Deceased)
Harold H Ernsdorff (Deceased)
Jose Joaquin Estrada Arango
Joseph B. Hayes (Deceased)
Ronald James Anthony Warren
Priests Accused of Abuse in Pennsylvania
Archdiocese of Philadelphia - 140
Diocese of Allentown - 50
Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown - 44
Diocese of Erie - 55
Diocese of Greensburg - 22
Diocese of Harrisburg - 55
Diocese of Pittsburgh - 103
Diocese of Scranton - 71
Priests Accused of Abuse in Rhode Island
Diocese of Providence - 39
Diocese of Providence
Alfred R. Desrosiers (Deceased)
Anthony A. DeAngelis (Deceased)
Armand Ventre (Deceased)
Barry Meehan (Deceased)
Bede Gorman (Deceased)
Biagio Samuel Turillo
Brendan Smyth (Deceased)
Daniel M. Azzarone, Jr.
Edmund C. Micarelli
Edward J. Sadowski, Jr.
Geoffrey Chase
James D. Campbell (Deceased)
James M. Silva
John C. Allard (Deceased)
John F. Ferry (Deceased)
John M. Walderman
John N. Petrocelli
Joseph A. Abruzzese
Joseph D'Angelo
Joseph J. Rocha
Kevin R. Fisette
Laurence Gagnon
Louis M. Diogo (Deceased)
Louis Ward Dunn (Deceased)
Michael V. LaMountain (Deceased)
Normand J. Demers (Deceased)
Paul Henry Leech
Peter Claver (Deceased)
Peter L. Tedeschi (Deceased)
Philip A. Magaldi (Deceased)
Richard L. Meglio
Robert A. Carpentier (Deceased)
Robert A. Marcantonio (Deceased)
Robert J. McIntyre
Roland M. Lepire
Ronald E. Brassard
Sister Mary Claudine
Timothy J. Gorton
William C. O'Connell (Deceased)
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Priests Accused of Abuse in South Carolina
Diocese of Charleston - 13
Diocese of Charleston
Eugene L. Condon (Deceased)
Freddy Washington
Frederick J. Hopwood
Gerald J. Ryfinski
Hayden Vaverek
J. (James) Robert Owens-Howard
John F. Bench (Deceased)
Juan Carlos Castano
Justin L. Goodwin (Deceased)
Lawrence Sheedy (Deceased)
Paul F. Seitz
Raymond DuMouchel (Deceased)
Thomas A. Evatt
Priests Accused of Abuse in South Dakota
Diocese of Rapid City - 10
Diocese of Sioux Falls - 24
Diocese of Rapid City
Clarence J. Vavra
Cletus Adams (Deceased)
Dennis R. Riss
Donald Murray (Deceased)
Gilbert Stack (Deceased)
John Corry
John Praveen
Joseph C. Gill (Deceased)
Kenneth T. Walleman
William Lambert
Diocese of Sioux Falls
Brother Leroy
Brother Tim
Bruce Duncan MacArthur (Deceased)
Edward Hess
Francis Chapman
Francis Suttmiller (Deceased)
Frank J. McNeil
Gregory Cholewa
Henry Busman
J. Vincent Fitzgerald (Deceased)
John Pohlen
Paul Frey
Robert "Bob" Krantz
Sister Boganina
Sister Gabrini
Sister John
Sister Katherine
Sister Lagenda
Sister Lucy Marie
Sister Theresa
Theodore Kowalski
Thomas Lind
William J. Neuroth
William Pitcavage
Priests Accused of Abuse in Tennessee
Diocese of Memphis - 9
Diocese of Nashville - 10
Diocese of Memphis
Daniel T. Dupree
James William Murphy (Deceased)
Joseph aka Edward Nguyen
Juan Carlos Duran
Milton J. Guthrie (Deceased)
Paul Wiley St. Charles (Deceased)
Richard L. Mickey
Walter Emala (Deceased)
William R. Kantner (Deceased)
Diocese of Nashville
Edward Albert Walenga (Deceased)
Edward James Cleary (Deceased)
Edward Joseph McKeown (Deceased)
Franklin T. Richards
James Arthur Rudisill (Deceased)
Joseph L. Reilly (Deceased)
Paul Frederick Haas (Deceased)
Roger R. Lott (Deceased)
Ronald W. Dickman
William Floyd Davis (Deceased)
Priests Accused of Abuse in Texas
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston - 18
Archdiocese of San Antonio - 26
Diocese of Amarillo - 7
Diocese of Austin - 8
Diocese of Brownsville - 5
Diocese of Corpus Christi - 9
Diocese of Dallas - 22
Diocese of El Paso - 16
Diocese of Fort Worth - 15
Diocese of San Angelo - 4
Priests Accused of Abuse in Utah
Diocese of Salt Lake City - 19
Diocese of Salt Lake City
Charles LaPenta (Deceased)
David R. Gaeta
Edward J. Konat
Francisco Gomez
George F. Davich
Glen M. Shrope
James F. Rapp
James M. Greenwell
Joseph M. Baraniewicz (Deceased)
Lawrence M. Spellen (Deceased)
Leonidas Lopez
Lepnardo E. Ariza
Mario Arbelaez Olarte (Olartez)
Neil McMenamin (Deceased)
Paul Franco
Raymond A. Devlin (Deceased)
Reyes G. Rodriguez
Thomas P. O'Neill (Deceased)
William Cody Bressler
Priests Accused of Abuse in Vermont
Diocese of Burlington - 14
Diocese of Burlington
Alfred Willis
Benjamin Wysolmerski (Deceased)
Brian E. Mead
Donal Ward
Edward O. Paquette, Jr.
Forrest W. Rouelle (Deceased)
George A. Paulin
James Dunn
James J. McShane
John Milanese
Joseph H. Dussault (Deceased)
Louis E. Gelineau (BP)
Michael K. Madden (Deceased)
Stephen J. Nichols
Priests Accused of Abuse in Virginia
Diocese of Arlington - 11
Diocese of Richmond - 18
Diocese of Arlington
Christopher Buckner
Gervase Cain (Deceased)
Michael Kuhn
Michael R. Duesterhaus
Robert C. Brooks
Robert M. Rutledge
Ronald S. Escalante
Stephen A. Roszel
Terry W. Specht
Tran Dinh Nhi
William T. Reinecke
Diocese of Richmond
Andrew Roy
Andrew W. Krafcik
Dennis P. Murphy
Donald F. Scales
Dwight E. Shrader
Eileen M. Rhoads
Eugene J. Teslovic
Eugene Walter Kelly, Jr.
John E. Leonard
John Hesch
John P. Blankenship
Joseph Thang Xuan Pham
Julian B. Goodman, Jr.
Paul David Ryan
Paul Rodriguez
Richard J. Ahern (Deceased)
Steven "Randy" Rule
Thomas M. Summers (Deceased)
Priests Accused of Abuse in Washington
Archdiocese of Seattle - 64
Diocese of Spokane - 43
Diocese of Yakima - 14
Priests Accused of Abuse in West Virginia
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston - 18
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
Carl E. Bauer (Deceased)
Charles E. McCallister (Deceased)
Charles Tague (Deceased)
David A. Pichette
Eugene R. Bowski
Felix C. Owino
Francis Roscetti (Deceased)
Lawrence "Larry" D. Brown (Deceased)
Patrick Anthony Condron
Patrick J. MacSweeney (Deceased)
Paul J. Schwarten (Deceased)
Richard J. Schaefer (Deceased)
Robert J. Rooney (Deceased)
Robert Poandl
Rogers Hannan
Stanley Tuchalski
Victor Frobas (Deceased)
William Carr (Deceased)
Priests Accused of Abuse in Wisconsin
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - 71
Diocese of Green Bay - 52
Diocese of La Crosse - 10
Diocese of Madison - 11
Diocese of Superior - 9
Priests Accused of Abuse in Wyoming
Diocese of Cheyenne
Anthony Jablonowski
John Murray
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