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Harrisburg, PA Diocese Releases List Of 71 Priests Accused Of Child Sexual Abuse

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The Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has released a full report on 71 priests, church employees and volunteers who have been accused of PA child sex abuse, Time reports. Contact our team today to speak with a Pennsylvania Catholic Church sexual abuse attorney.

The list goes back nearly 8 decades to the 1940s. The latest represented allegation came in 2014. No one on the list, says Harrisburg Bishop Ronald Gainer, is currently engaged in ministry, but the Bishop admitted that the diocese’s leadership had failed to protect children from harm in the past.

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The release of the list comes just four months after a similar one, naming over 50 priests as accused abusers, was released the Church’s diocese in Erie, Pennsylvania. Erie’s diocese identified over 50 priests and church members who had been accused of sexual abuse over the years.

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Pennsylvania dioceses are hoping to get out ahead of a 900-page state grand jury report, expected in the coming week, which names some 300 “predator priests.” The culmination of 2 years, the state grand jury report covers 6 dioceses in Pennsylvania: Erie, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Greensburg, Allentown and Scranton.

A prior report found evidence of systemic sexual abuse within the church’s Philadelphia and Altoona-Johnstown dioceses. The allegations have been culled from internal church documents, police reports and civil church sex abuse lawsuits.

Read More: Church Officials Find Sex Abuse Allegations Against 4 Pittsburgh, PA Priests “Credible”

The List: Priests, Clergy Accused Of Sexual Abuse

The list of priests, seminarians, deacons, clergy members and parishioners can be found in full below:

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The Harrisburg diocese has not confirmed or discredited any of the accusations.

Harrisburg Diocese Outlines Sex Abuse Reforms

But releasing the list of accused pedophiles is just one step in Gainer’s march toward greater transparency, the Bishop said in a press release. The Harrisburg diocese is currently making a list of all buildings and properties named after clergy members; it plans to remove the names of priests accused of abuse.

The church has also taken the unusual step of rescinding its right to confidentiality so that details from past settlement agreements can be released into the public domain. Going forward, the diocese has committed itself to new abuse reporting procedures.

From here on out, all complaints of sex abuse will be immediately forwarded to law enforcement officials. Anyone working for the church, including volunteers, will receive background checks. A new training program will be required for all diocese employees.

  • Alexander Cano, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese seminarian accused of child sexual abuse
  • Francis Allen II, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese seminarian accused of abusing 2 children
  • John Allen, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Francis Bach, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Luis Barajas, alive
    • Order of Most Blessed Trinity accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Richard Barry, unknown
    • Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • James Beeman, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • John Bostwick III, alive
    • Richmond diocese accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Augustine Giella, dead
    • Newark diocese accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Ronald Gonzalez, alive
    • Dallas diocese accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Thomas Ronald Haney, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of inappropriate comments, inappropriate touching and sexual abuse
  • William Haviland, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • John Herber, dead
    • Missionaries of the Precious Blood accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Philip Hower, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese seminarian accused of sexually abusing a child
  • George Koychick, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Kevin Labuda, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese seminarian accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Arthur Long, dead
    • Society of Jesus accused of soliciting child for sex
  • David Luck, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing 2 children
  • Guy Marsico, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Anthony McGinley, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Joseph Pease, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Charles Procopio, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of touching and kissing children
  • Guido Quiroz Reyes, unknown
    • Order of Friars Minor accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • John Rebovich, dead
    • Order of St. John accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Thomas Scala, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Herbert Shank, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Timothy Sperber, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Carl Steffen, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • John Tokarick Jr., alive
    • Harrisburg diocese seminarian accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Salvatore Zangari, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Walter Emala, dead
    • Baltimore, Memphis dioceses accused of kissing minor on lips
  • Ibarra Mercado, unknown
    • Archdiocese of the Military accused of kissing minor
  • James Rush, alive
    • New York archdiocese accused of hugging, kissing and holding hands with child
  • Donald Cramer II, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of child pornography
  • Paul Fisher, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese priest admitted he visited child pornography websites
  • Donald (Tim) Hackman, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese deacon found guilty of sending child pornography
  • Kevin Kayda II, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest child pornography discovered on laptop
  • Thomas Kujovsky, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of possessing photograph of nude altar boy
  • Robert Logue, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese deacon accused of inappropriate communications with a child
  • Bryan Schlager, alive
    • Harrisburg diocese seminarian accused of inappropriate communications with multiple children
  • John Bolen, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Patrick D’Alessandro, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Philip DeChico, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Raymond Dougherty, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Joseph Driscoll, dead
    • Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Joseph Hager, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Francis Hudak, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Thomas Lawler, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing 2 children
  • Robert Maher, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Daniel Mahoney, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing 2 children
  • Neil Murphy, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • James Noel, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Stephen Rolko, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • John Suknaic, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Frances Taylor, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing a child
  • Frederick Vaughn, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese priest accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • James Vecera, dead
    • Harrisburg diocese deacon accused of sexually abusing a child
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