Growing list of Catholic priests named as ‘credibly accused’ in sexual abuse of children in Texas

Exterior view of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in Houston. Exterior view of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in Houston. Photo: Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer Photo: Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close Growing list of Catholic priests named as ‘credibly accused’ in sexual abuse of children in Texas 1 / 29 Back to Gallery

The Catholic dioceses of Texas on Thursday began releasing the names of priests “credibly accused” of sexual abuse of minors since 1950. The Houston Chronicle will be updating the list as information becomes available.

Diocese of Amarillo

Claude Barton

Date Of Birth: 1/16/1908

Ordination:

Deceased: 11/9/79

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 11/1958-9/1960

St. Mary’s, Odessa

St. John’s, Hermleigh

St. Laurence, Amarillo

St. Francis Convent, Amarillo

ORVILLE RAYMOND BLUM

Date Of Birth: 7/8/1937

Ordained: Amarillo Diocese 5/26/1962

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 6/1962-6/2002

Alamo Catholic High School, Amarillo

St. Laurence, Amarillo

St. John the Evangelist, Borger

St. Joseph, Stratford

Blessed Sacrament, Amarillo

St. Joseph’s, Amarillo

St. Anthony’s, Hereford

THOMAS HUBERT (PATRICK) BURKE

Date of Birth: 7/20/1930, Ireland

Ordained: 6/15/1957 for the Diocese of Amarillo—Para la Diócesis de Amarilllo

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 10/1957-2/24/1975

Sacred Heart, Amarillo

St. Elizabeth, Lubbock

Our Mother of Mercy, Wellington

St. Patrick’s, Shamrock

St. Mary’s, Spur

TERRANCE BURKE

Date of Birth: 4/26/1940, Ireland

Ordained: 8/4/1975 Diocese of Amarillo

Deceased: 2016

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 10/1975-7/2002

St. Mary’s, Amarillo

St. Joseph, Stratford

Christ the King, Lubbock

Holy Angels, Childress

Immaculate Conception, Muleshoe

Church of the Holy Spirit, Tulia

Holy Name of Jesus, Happy

Catholic Student Center, Canyon

St. Mary’s, Clarendon

Morning Star Hostel/Mark Schupp Center

ANTHONY CATALINA

Date of Birth: 1902

Ordained: 1929 Vincentians {location unknown}

Deceased: 11/30/1968

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 10/1958-7/1968

Sacred Heart, Littlefield

Sacred Heart, Petersburg

Sacred Heart, Canadian

LAURENCE (LORCAN) CONNAUGHTON

Date of Birth: 11/23/1920

Ordained: 6/17/1951 Amarillo Diocese

Excardinated: 2/1958

Deceased: Probably/Problamente

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 10/1951-2/1958

St. Francis of Assisi, Amarillo

Sacred Heart Cathedral/St. Mary’s, Amarillo

St. Mary’s/Immaculate Heart of Mary, Groom

St. Anthony of Padua, Dalhart

JOHN W. COPPINGER

Date of Birth:

Ordination: 1972 Archdiocese of New York

Served in the Diocese of Amarillo: 6/18/1972-8/16/1975

St. Anthony’s, Hereford

JAMES LESLIE (LAURENCE) DALY

Date of Birth: 10/2/1902

Ordained: 5/4/1930, Amarillo Diocese

Deceased: 6/26/1988

Served in the Diocese of Amarillo: 9/1930- 1/1944 and 7/1963-8/1965

St. Ann’s, Canyon

Price Memorial College, Amarillo

St. Mary’s, Clarendon

Immaculate Conception, Vega

Holy Angels, Childress

St Patrick’s, Shamrock

Our Mother of Mercy Wellington

St. John the Evangelist, Borger

St. Anthony of Padua, Dalhart

Christ the King, Lubbock

PETER PAUL DiBENEDETTO

Date of Birth: 9/14/1940

Ordained: Amarillo, Texas 6/11/1969

Deceased: 11/28/1995

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 6/1969-11/1995

St. Hyacinth, Amarillo

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Spearman

Immaculate Conception, Vega

Immaculate Conception, Perryton

Alamo Catholic High School, Amarillo

**EDWARD R. GRAFF

Date of Birth: 1/30/1929

Ordained: 5/19/1955, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Deceased: 11/2002

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 9/1992 - 9/2002

Church of the Holy Spirit, Tulia

Our Lady of Loreto, Silverton

San Juan Diego, Quitaque

St. Elizabeth Anne Seton, Turkey

** Abuse occurred in Diocese of Allentown

**Abuse occurred in Diocese of Amarillo

JAMES C. GURZYNSKI

Date of Birth: 4/28/1937

Ordained: 5/25/1963 in Toledo, Ohio for the Diocese of Amarillo

Deceased: 4/8/2013

Served in the Diocese of Amarillo: 9/1963- 12/2005

Our Lady of Grace, Lubbock

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Spearman

Sacred Heart, Abernathy

Sacred Heart, White Deer

St. Ann’s, Canyon

ROSENDO HERRERA-HERNANDEZ

Date of Birth: 3/1/1965

Ordained: 7/13/1996

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 8/1996- 2/2000

St. Laurence, Amarillo

St. Vincent de Paul, Pampa

St. Anthony of Padua, Dalhart

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Amarillo

BSA Hospital

ROBERT PATRICK HOFFMAN

Date of Birth: 8/29/1940

Ordained: 5/25, 1968

Amarillo Diocese

Lubbock Diocese 7/1983-7/1987

Deceased: 3/20/2005

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 6/1968-7/1983, 7/1987-12/1/2000

St. Margaret Mary, Lamesa

St. Pius X, O’Donnell

Immaculate Conception, Perryton

St. Laurence, Amarillo

DAVID HOLLEY

Date of Birth: @1929

Ordination: 1958 Order of St. Benedict Abby, Bennet Lake, Wisconsin

Incardinated into the Diocese of Worcester. Wisconsin

Deceased: 2008

Served in the Diocese of Amarillo: 6/1984-12/1984

St. Joseph’s, Amarillo

In 1993 sentenced to 275 years in prison, Alamogordo, N.M. En 1993 fue sentenciado a 275 años en prision, Alamogordo, N.M.

RODNEY CHARLES HOWELL

Date of Birth: 8/15/1932

Ordained: 7/6/1965

Deceased: 1/10/1993

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 9/1965-1980

Sacred Heart, Littlefield

St. Phillip’s, Shallowater

St. Michael’s, Ralls

St. Pius, O’Donnell

JOHN A. HOWLETT

Date of Birth:

Ordained: 1947 Pallotines Dublin

{Pallotines Dallas Providence}

Deceased:

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 1/1961-7/1966, 2/1971-7/1977

St. Joseph’s, Lubbock

St. Michael’s, Rawls

St. Patrick’s, Lubbock

St. Vincent Pallotti, Lubbock

St. Anthony’s, Brownfield

JAMES (JIM) D. HUTZLER

Date of Birth: 2/26/1944

Ordained: 7/25/1980

Served in the Diocese of Amarillo: 1973-9/1980 (teacher), 9/1980-7/2002

Alamo Catholic High School, Amarillo

Our Lady of Grace, Lubbock

St. Joseph, Amarillo

Our Mother of Mercy, Wellington

St. Anthony of Padua, Dalhart

St. Joseph, Stratford

Sacred Heart, Canadian

St. Anthony’s Hospital, Amarillo

St. Mary’s, Umbarger

St. Theresa, Panhandle

Sacred Heart, White Deer

RICHARD WALLACE LANG

Date of Birth:

Ordination: 6/5/1938, Vincentian Fathers of Western Province, St. Louise, MO, (Vincentian, Southern Province, Dallas, Texas)

Deceased: 5/30/1974

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 12/1941-3/1945, 8/1957-7/1968

Holy Souls, Pampa

Sacred Heart, Canadian

JOSEPH RAYMOND LOPEZ

Date of Birth: 8/31/1939

Ordination: 12/18/1965 for the Diocese of Amarillo

Left Ministry in 1970, was voluntarily Laicized 7/1973

Deceased: 2005

Served in the Diocese of Amarillo: 8/1966-9/1970

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Amarillo

GERALD V. LYNCH

Date of Birth: 1/21/1916

Ordained: 12/21/1947

Cistercian Order, Brighton Mass

Incardinated into the Diocese of Amarillo: 6/8/1954

Deceased: 11/25/1979

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 1951-1976

St. Anthony of Padua, Dalhart

St. Lucian’s/Price Memorial College, Amarillo

Holy Angels, Childress

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Spearman (Perryton)

Sacred Heart, White Deer.

Church of the Holy Spirit, Tulia

CLETUS BERNARD MCGORRY

Date of Birth: 11/14/1923

Ordination: 6/1952 Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, Graymoor, New York

Deceased: 2/2/1992

Served in the Diocese of Amarillo: 9/13/1955-1/10/1988

St. Anthony’s, Hereford

St. Ann’s, Bovina

AIDEN MAGUIRE

Date of Birth:

Ordained: {SAC - Society of the Catholic Apostolate Pallotines, Ireland}

Deceased: Unknown - Returned to Ireland in 1981

Served in the Diocese of Amarillo: 1/1961- 12/1965, 10/1969-8/1981

St. Elizabeth, Lubbock

St. Anthony’s, Brownfield

St. William, Denver City

GUILLERMO MORALES-MARTINEZ

Date of Birth: 4/6/1958

Ordained: 7/16/1988

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 8/1988-11/2007

St. John the Evangelist, Borger

Christ the King, Sunray

Immaculate Conception, Dimmitt

Sacred Heart, Canadian

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Spearman

St. Ann’s, Stinnett

MICHAEL DERMOT O’BRIEN

Date of Birth: 10/8/1941

Ordained: 6/13/1965

Deceased: 2/11/1978

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 9/1965-2/1978

St. Laurence, Amarillo

St. Mary’s, Amarillo

Holy Angels, Childress

St. Ann’s, Bovina

ALFREDO PRADO

Date of Birth: @1930

Ordination: Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate, San Antonio, Texas

Fled to Costa Rica

Not assigned to the Diocese of Amarillo

Allegedly event occurred when conducting a Mission in the Amarillo Diocese.

**JOHN ANTHONY SALAZAR-JIMENEZ

Date of Birth: 8/20/1955

Ordained: 10/24/1984, Calasanzian Piarist Fathers, Los Angeles

Served in the Amarillo Diocese: 7/1991-7/2002

Church of the Holy Spirit, Tulia

San Jose, Hereford

*Accusations occurred in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles

**Accusation occurred in Diocese of Amarillo

J. MELTON SILVA

Date of Birth:

Ordination:

Deceased: 1999

Served in the Diocese of Amarillo: 9/1975-9/1980

Immaculate Conception, Perryton

Holy Cross, Post

St. Mary’s, Spur

JOHN SULLIVAN

Date of Birth: January 3, 1917

Ordained: June 30, 1942 Diocese of Manchester, N.H.

Deceased: 1984

Served in the Diocese of Amarillo: 1/1961-4/1963

St. Joseph, Amarillo

PETER MUKEKHE WAFULA

Date of Birth: 10/20/1979

Ordination: 12/9/2017 Crusaders of the

Holy Spirit, Parana, Argentina

Removed from Ministry July 10, 2018

Served in the Diocese of Amarillo: February - July 2018

San Jose, Hereford

St. Teresa of Jesus, Friona

St. Ann’s, Bovina

Indicted by the Parmer County Grand Jury in October 2018, awaiting trial.

BRUCE EDWARD (MICHAEL) WOOD

Date of Birth: 4/5/1937

Ordained: 6/7/1984 Amarillo, Texas

Deceased: 6/22/2017

Served in Amarillo Diocese: 7/1984 - 6/1/1988

St. Thomas the Apostle, Amarillo

St. Joseph, Stratford

Alamo Catholic High School, Amarillo

St. Joseph, Amarillo

Diocese of Austin

Aguilar, Ricardo Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin

Current Status: Laicized

Birth: 1959

Ordination: 1995

Removal from Ministry: 2011

Laicization: 2017

Clogan, Paul M. Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Portland, Maine

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1931

Ordination: 1999

Death: 2012

Delaney, Daniel Joseph Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1946

Ordination: 1973

Death: 2008

Drinan, Daniel Michael Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Congregation of Missionaries, Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Current Status: Laicized

Birth: 1948

Ordination: 1977

Removal from Ministry: 2002

Expulsion: 2006

Laicization: 2014

Eggerling, Milton Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Oakland, previously of the Diocese of Sioux Falls

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1921

Ordination: 1954

Death: 2008

Faust, Claude Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1914

Ordination: 1939

Death: 1973

Gallagher, James Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin (Deacon)

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1932

Diaconate Ordination: 1984

Death: 2005

Garcia, Jim Castro (a/k/a Santiago) Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica

Current Status: Priest for the Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica

Birth: 1968

Ordination: 2017

Additional Information: Dismissed from seminary for the Diocese of Austin in 2011. Later ordained for the Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica.

Greenwell, James H. Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Third Order Regular of St. Francis, previously of the Order of Friars Minor

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1924

Ordination: 1954

Death: 2012

Hand, Jr., Chester Culver Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1920

Ordination: 1986

Death: 2002

Kinder, Conrad Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Society of the Divine Word

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1891

Ordination: 1921

Death: 1978

Krol, Michael Francis Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1919

Ordination: 1945

Death: 1996

Muller, Gerald Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Congregation of Holy Cross (Religious Brother)

Current Status: Restricted

Birth: 1927

Vows: 1946

Removal from Ministry: 2017

Restricted: 2017

Nowery, C. Richard Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Congregation of Holy Cross

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1938

Ordination: 1968

Death: 2018

O'Connor, James R. Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin

Current Status: Laicized

Birth: 1942

Ordination: 1969

Removal from Ministry: 2004

Laicization: 2018

Ozuna, Rafael Rendon Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin (Deacon)

Current Status: Laicized

Birth: 1944

Diaconate Ordination: 2007

Removal from Ministry: 2010

Laicization: 2013

Reyes, Longinus Juventius (a/k/a Lonnie) Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin

Current Status: Removed from Ministry, Retired

Birth: 1942

Ordination: 1969

Removal from Ministry: 2004

Retirement: 2004

Robles, Victor G. Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin, previously of the Society of Jesus

Current Status: Removed from Ministry, Retired

Birth: 1953

Ordination: 1986

Removal from Ministry: 2002

Retirement: 2009

Tijerina, Alberto Matta Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin, previously of the Diocese of San Angelo

Current Status: Removed from Ministry

Birth: 1954

Ordination: 1980

Removal from Ministry: 1993

Waiches, Vincent Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of San Diego, previously of the Society of the Divine Word

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1919

Ordination: 1946

Death: 1995

Willemsen, Adrianus Johannes (a/k/a Andy, Andrew, Andre) Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin, previously of the Congregation of the Mission of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Current Status: Deceased

Birth: 1928

Ordination: 1954

Death: 2012

Wozniak, Louis J. Assignment Information

Diocese or Religious Order: Diocese of Austin

Current Status: Removed from Ministry, Retired

Birth: 1926

Ordination: 1951

Removal from Ministry: 2015

Retirement: 1999

Diocese of Beaumont

The Catholic Diocese of Beaumont has announced the names of 13 clergy members who were "credibly accused" of sexually abusing minors dating back to 1950.

The clergy accused of sexual misconduct within the Diocese of Beaumont are:

Ronald Bollich

Bollich was suspended from ministry in May 1994. He died August 7,1996

John Byrne

Byrne was removed from ministry in 1981. He died August 18, 2014.

Dale Colhoun

Calhoun had public priestly ministry revoked in 1986.

Henry Drouilhet

Drouilhet died August 16, 1988.

James Engle

Engle died May 16, 1999.

Albert Geoffroy

Geoffroy died July 6, 2010.

Earl Mudd

Mudd had faculties revoked in 1996 and died January 1, 2019.

Frank Paduch

Paduch had faculties revoked in 2001 and was "granted dispensation from the clerical state by the Pope" in 2005.

August Pucar

Pucar had faculties revoked in 2006; died January 2012.

Jude Sivcoski

Sivcoski was arrested December 1978 and entered a "no contest" plea. He was given 10 years of probation and dismissed from the clerical state by the pope in 1996.

Roger Thibodeaux

Thibodeaux resigned from the ministry in 2002.

Joseph Tully

Tully died in December 1982.

Herman Vincent

Vincent died in April 1985.

Diocese of Brownsville

List of Clergy with Credible Allegation of Sexual Abuse of a Minor before the Year 2002

Humberto Acosta

Born: February 7, 1949

Ordained: May 30, 1974

Left diocese in 1994. Allegation fully disclosed to receiving Military Ordinary in Venezuela.

Assignments: St. Mary, Mother of the Church, Brownsville; St. Joseph Church, Edinburg; St. Anthony Church, Harlingen; Our Lady of Mercy Church, Mercedes; St. Margaret Mary Church, Pharr

Lee DaCosta

Born: June 29, 1937

Ordained: April 23, 1973

Retired in 2012. Faculties removed in 2019 after review team identified him as a priest who had a credible allegation of sexual abuse of a minor.

Assignments: Sacred Heart Church, Edinburg; Sacred Heart Church, Escobares; St. Theresa Mission Church, Faysville; St. Anthony Church, Harlingen; Holy Family Church, La Grulla; St. Joseph the Worker Church, McAllen; Sacred Heart Church, McAllen; St. Joseph the Worker Mission Church, San Carlos; St. Anne Mission Church, San Manuel; Immaculate Conception Church, Rio Grande City; Our Lady, Queen of the Universe Church, San Benito; St. Joan of Arc Church, Weslaco; San Martin Porres Church, Weslaco; St. Pius X Church, Weslaco

George B. Dyer, O.P.

(deceased)

Born: January 6, 1935

Ordained: June 9, 1961 for the Dominican Friars

He returned to the Dominican Friars in 1983.

Died: 2013

Assignments: St. Luke Church, Brownsville; Campus Ministry, Brownsville and Edinburg

Armando Escobedo

Born: June 8, 1936

Ordained: June 6, 1964

Removed from ministry in 2002.

Assignments: Christ the King Church, Brownsville; St. Luke Church, Brownsville; St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Church, Laredo; Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Lyford; Our Lady of Mercy Church, Mercedes; Our Lady of St. John of the Fields Church, Mission; St. Anthony Church, Raymondville

Terrence Fowler

Born: March 18, 1961

Ordained: June 4, 1988

Faculties removed in 1998. Laicization in process.

Assignments: St. Joseph Church, Alamo; Christ the King Church, Brownsville; St. Luke Church, Brownsville; Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Harlingen; Our Lady, Queen of the Universe Church, San Benito

Frank Gomez

(deceased)

Born: October 28, 1928

Ordained: May 27, 1961

Died: May 20, 2014

Faculties removed in 1994.

Assignments: St. Joseph Church, Alamo; Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Brownsville; St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Church, Laredo; St. Francis Xavier Church, La Feria; Sacred Heart Church, Mercedes; St. Theresa Church, San Benito; St. Mary Church, Santa Rosa; San Martin de Porres Church, Weslaco;

James Jeffrey

(deceased)

Born: June 15, 1933

Ordained: May 30, 1959 for the Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota

Died: May 28, 2017

A priest who was on loan to Diocese of Brownsville. Faculties removed in 1988 and he returned to home diocese.

Assignments: Christ the King Church, Brownsville; St. Francis Xavier Church, La Feria

Basil Onyia

Born: May 22, 1966

Ordained: July 13, 1996 for the Diocese of Aba in Nigeria

On loan from the Diocese of Aba from 1999 to 2001.

Removed from ministry in 2001. He fled the country after he was reported to civil authorities.

Laicized: 2016

Assignments: Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Harlingen; Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle-National Shrine, San Juan

Benedicto Ortiz

(deceased)

Born: September 1, 1930

Ordained: April 13, 1957 for the Diocese of Areciba in Puerto Rico

Incardinated to the Diocese of Brownsville: June 1, 1974

Died: May 14, 2011

Credible abuse report received in 2016.

Assignments: Good Shepherd Church, Brownsville; Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Brownsville; St. Anthony Church, Harlingen; Our Lady of Sorrows Church, McAllen; St. Anne, Mother of Mary Church, Pharr; Knapp Memorial Methodist Hospital, Weslaco; and HCA Rio Grande Regional Hospital, McAllen

Salvador Rangel, MSF

(deceased)

Born: August 6, 1947

Ordained: September 1, 1973

Died: May 18, 2002

Removed from ministry in 1977, returned to his religious community

Assignments: St. Joseph Church, Donna; Our Lady of Assumption Church, Harlingen; Valley Baptist Medical Center, Harlingen

Ivan M. Rovira

Born: March 26, 1945

Ordained: May 30, 1971 for the Diocese of Rockford

Incardinated to Diocese of Brownsville: June 6, 1977

Faculties removed in 2002.

Assignments: Holy Family Church, Brownsville; St. Mary, Mother of the Church, Brownsville; Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Brownsville; St. Joseph Church, Edinburg; Our Lady of Sorrows Church, McAllen; St. Joseph & St. Peter Seminary, Mission; St.Pius X Church, Weslaco

Salomon (David) Sandoval

(deceased)

Born: October 16, 1950

Ordained: June 30, 1979

Died: Date unknown

Removed from ministry in the Diocese of Brownsville 1986. Allegation fully disclosed to receiving bishop in Ciudad Victoria.

Assignments: Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Brownsville; St. Joseph Church, Edinburg; Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church, Mission; San Martin de Porres Church, Weslaco

Marti G. Zuber

Born: May 11, 1950

Ordained: June 26, 1976

Removed from ministry in 1993. Laicization in process.

Assignments: St. Joseph Church, Edinburg; Campus Ministry, Edinburg; St. Anthony Church, Harlingen; St. Joseph Church the Worker, McAllen; Holy Spirit Church, McAllen; Immaculate Conception Church, McCook; Holy Spirit Church, Progreso; St. Anthony Church, Raymondville; San Martin de Porres Church, Weslaco;

List of Clergy with Credible Allegation of Sexual Abuse of a Minor after the Year 2002

Ronaldo Mitchell Chavez

Born: August 13, 1973

Ordained to permanent diaconate: December 18, 2010

He was removed from active ministry in 2012. Pled guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison.

Assignments: San Cristobal Magallanes & Companions Church, Mission

Diocese of Corpus Christi

RELIGIOUS ORDER CLERICS & EXTERN CLERICS

(Clerics not from the Diocese of Corpus Christi)

Name:

Bishop Joseph V. Sullivan

Date of Birth:

8/15/1919

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/1/1946 (Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph)

Episcopal ordination: 4/3/1967 (Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph; Diocese of Baton Rouge)

Extern cleric who visited the Diocese of Corpus Christi

Current Status:

Deceased 9/4/1982

Name:

Rev. Russell Gerard Appleby, MSF

Date of Birth:

10/3/1934

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 3/26/1966 (Missionaries of the Holy Family)

Current Status:

Removed from ministry in Diocese of Corpus Christi, September 1983

Name:

Rev. Robert J. Bedrosian, MSF

Date of Birth:

7/7/1937

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination:3/26/1965 (Missionaries of the Holy Family)

Current Status:

Left Diocese of Corpus Christi 1979

Left Missionaries of the Holy Family order 1982

Name:

Rev. John M. Fiala, SOLT

Date of Birth:

10/14/1960

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/2/1984 (Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity)

Current Status:

Criminal conviction (I): 5/17/12

Criminal conviction (II): 12/2/2014

Deceased 2017

Name:

Rev. Edward J. Horan, SOLT

Date of Birth:

3/1/1918

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/27/1987 (Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity)

Current Status:

Retired 1996

Deceased 1997

Name:

Rev. Patrick Koch, SJ

Date of Birth:

11/8/1927

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/12/1957 (Society of Jesus)

Current Status:

Left Diocese of Corpus Christi 1966

Deceased 9/9/2006

Name:

Rev. Eusebio (“Chevy”) Pantoja, CMF

Date of Birth:

Unknown

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 1968 (Claretian Missionaries)

Current Status:

Removed from ministry in Diocese of Corpus Christi 1980

Expelled from Claretian Order 1980

Name:

Rev. Alfredo Prado, OMI

Date of Birth:

1930

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 1958 (Oblate of Mary Immaculate)

Current Status:

Suspended 1991

Name:

Rev. Christopher Joseph Springer, CSSR

Date of Birth:

11/7/1925

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/26/1952 (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer)

Current Status:

Left Diocese of Corpus Christi 1971

CLERICS FROM OR INCARDINATED INTO THE DIOCESE OF CORPUS CHRISTI

Name:

Rev. Jerome Caponi

Date of Birth:

9/15/1925

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/11/1960 (Order of St. Benedict)

Incardinated into Diocese of Corpus Christi 1971

Excardinated from Diocese of Corpus Christi 1982

Current Status:

Left Diocese of Corpus Christi 1982

Deceased 2/27/2009

Name:

Msgr. Hugh Clarke

Date of Birth:

12/30/1924

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 7/16/ 1950 (Dublin, Ireland)

Incardinated into Diocese of Corpus Christi 8/15/1975

Current Status:

Retired 1997

Deceased 12/16/2002

Name:

Rev. William Daly

Date of Birth:

4/21/1924

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/17/1957 (Ordained in Dublin, Ireland for the Diocese of Corpus Christi)

Current Status:

Left Diocese of Corpus Christi 1971

Deceased 11/9/1982

Name:

Rev. Domingo De Llano

Date of Birth:

10/19/1939

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 5/28/1966 (Ordained in Laredo, TX for the Diocese of Corpus Christi)

Current Status:

Retired 1999

Deceased 5/4/2013

Name:

Rev. Steven T. Dougherty

Date of Birth:

10/11/1956

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/14/2003 (Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity)

Incardinated into Diocese of Corpus Christi 7/8/2008

Current Status:

Removed from ministry 12/16/2011

Criminal conviction: 2/28/2018

Name:

Rev. John J. Feminelli

Date of Birth:

10/12/1946

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/6/1987 (Corpus Christi, TX)

Current Status:

Retired 4/16/2007

Name:

Rev. Adelhard M. Francois

Date of Birth:

Unknown

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 2/24/1935, Wuerzburg, Bavaria (Mariannhill Missionary Society)

Incardinated into Diocese of Corpus Christi: 1/14/1950

Current Status:

Left Diocese of Corpus Christi 1959

Name:

Rev. J. Frank Gomez

Date of Birth:

10/28/1928

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 5/27/1961 (Corpus Christi, TX)

Excardinated from Diocese of Corpus Christi 1965

Current Status:

Left Diocese of Corpus Christi 1965

Name:

Rev. Clement Hageman

Date of Birth:

Unknown

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/10/1930, St. Meinrad, IN

Current Status:

Removed from ministry in Diocese of Corpus Christi April 1939

Deceased 7/2/1975

Name:

Msgr. Michael Heras

Date of Birth:

6/7/1958

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/15/1984 (Corpus Christi, TX)

Current Status:

Removed from ministry 6/24/2014

Name:

Rev. Jesus Garcia Hernando

Date of Birth:

10/7/1960

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/22/1984, Burgos, Spain

Incardinated into Diocese of Corpus Christi: 1/10/1994

Excardinated from Diocese of Corpus Christi: 2/11/2000

Current Status:

Removed from ministry 9/15/1994

Name:

Rev. Flover Antonio Osorio Herrera

Date of Birth:

10/7/1954

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 3/19/1985 (Diocese of Villavicencio, Meta, Columbia)

Incardinated into Diocese of Corpus Christi 12/4/2003

Current Status:

Removed from ministry 10/29/2007

Name:

Rev. Peter J. Hughes

Date of Birth:

Unknown

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/10/1956 (Ordained in Carlow, Ireland for the Diocese of Corpus Christi)

Current Status:

Left Diocese of Corpus Christi 1963

Deceased 12/7/1990

Name:

Msgr. William J. Kelly

Date of Birth:

10/11/1916

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/24/1944 (Ordained in Dublin, Ireland for the Diocese of Corpus Christi)

Current Status:

Deceased 3/12/1983

Name:

Msgr. William C. Kinlough

Date of Birth:

8/29/1918

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 6/20/1943 (Ordained in Ireland for the Diocese of Corpus Christi)

Current Status:

Retired 1999

Deceased 9/29/2000

Name:

Rev. Msgr. Thomas Meany

Date of Birth:

5/12/1928

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 5/31/1955 (Corpus Christi, TX)

Current Status:

Retired 2004

Deceased 7/20/2008

Name:

Rev. Robert Trevino

Date of Birth:

11/10/1958

Ordination & Prior Status:

Ordination: 12/28/1985 (Corpus Christi, TX)

Current Status:

Removed from ministry 1995

Laicized 12/6/2012

Diocese of Dallas



