Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Clergy Disclosure List

Clergy for whom allegations of sexual abuse of a minor have been admitted, substantiated or determined or considered to be credible.

Cardinal's Statement

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo released the following statement, Jan. 31, 2019, disclosing the names of clergy who at some time served in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and who have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse.

"Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

"Today the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston joins with the other Catholic dioceses of Texas to publish the names of priests credibly accused of sexual abuse or misconduct with minors since 1950.

"The Bishops of Texas have decided to release the names of these priests at this time because it is right and just and to offer healing and hope to those who have suffered. On behalf of all who have failed in this regard, I offer my sincerest apology. Our Church has been lacerated by this wound and we must take action to heal it..."

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About This Clergy List

This list is being presented to the faithful of the Church in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston as part of an effort to bring about the restoration of trust.

The list contains the names of priests about whom the Archdiocese has received credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor which occurred within the geographic boundaries of the Archdiocese. The allegations encompass the years 1950 through the end of 2018, almost a 70 year time span. Many of the allegations made were received years after the reported abuse occurred. In several instances, the allegations were made after the priest had died. Some of the allegations have been the subject of civil litigation and several have previously been reported in the media. The assignments for the priests on this list can be accessed from the list posted on the Archdiocese website. The assignments are listed alphabetically.

The Archdiocese of Galveston Houston, like other Dioceses in the United States, adopted a Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in 2002 and since then the number of credible allegations has dropped significantly. At the same time Dioceses created Diocesan Review Boards which are comprised primarily of lay persons of multiple professions and of various religious affiliations. Since 2002, the Archdiocesan Review Board has reviewed allegations received by the Archdiocese and has made recommendations to Bishop Fiorenza and later to Cardinal DiNardo

The list below has been compiled after identification of files by Kinsale Management Consulting for examination by the Review Board. The Review Board worked in consultation with Cardinal DiNardo. The Archdiocese has determined that a credible allegation is one where there is reason to believe the allegation is true, after review of reasonably available, relevant information in consultation with the Review Board. A determination by the Review Board and Cardinal DiNardo that an allegation against a member of the clergy is credible is a pastoral judgment and is not the equivalent of a finding of guilt by a jury or judge in a court of law. A determination of credibility for purposes of the list relates to the allegation, but it does not establish that the allegation is substantiated or proven.

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Clergy Disclosure List

Diocesan Priests

Nicholas Cornelius Antle

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1934

Ordained: 1959

Status: Retired 1990

Removed from Ministry 2011

Deceased 2016

Assignments - Antle Assignments: Catholic Chaplain Corps Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston St. Patrick, Galveston St. Pius V, Pasadena St. Rose of Lima, Houston (in residence) St. Vincent de Paul, Houston (in residence) Tribunal

Robert Ralph Barzyk

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1932

Ordination: 1958

Status: Retired 1993

Removed from Ministry 1994

Deceased 2007

Assignments - Barzyk Assignments: Holy Family, Wharton Holy Name, Houston Holy Rosary, Rosenberg Newman Center, Wharton Junior College Sacred Heart, Galveston St. Joseph, Baytown St. Jude, Highlands

David Emmett Burns

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1935

Ordained: 1961

Status: Retired 1992

Removed from Ministry 1992

Deceased 2003

Assignments - Burns Assignments: All Saints, Houston Annunciation, Houston Christ the King, Houston (in residence) Our Mother of Mercy, Port Bolivar Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston Sacred Heart, Galveston St. Francis de Sales, Houston St. James, Port Arthur St. Mary, La Porte

Moises Cabrera

Diocesan: Tuguegarao, Philippines

Incardinated Galveston-Houston 1985

Incardinated Manila 1994

Birth Year: 1946

Ordained: 1969

Status: Removed from Ministry 1988

Assignments - Cabrera Assignments: Prince of Peace, Houston St. Ambrose, Houston St. Augustine, Houston St. Michael, Houston St. Rose of Lima, Houston St. Thomas the Apostle, Huntsville

Allen Ray Doga

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1925

Ordained: 1949

Status: Deceased 1999

Assignments - Doga Assignments: Prince of Peace, Houston Sacred Heart, Galveston St. Edward, Spring St. Frances Cabrini, Houston St. Pius V, Pasadena

George Patrick Dougherty

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1925

Ordained: 1967

Status: Removed from Ministry 1996

Deceased 2002

Assignments - Dougherty Assignments: Christ the King, Houston Notre Dame, Houston Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Navasota Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston Sacred Heart, Palestine St. Augustine, Houston St. Jerome, Houston St. Patrick, Navasota

Richard Edelin

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1953

Ordained: 1979

Status: Removed from Public Ministry 2013

Assignments - Edelin Assignments: Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston Sacred Heart, Conroe Sacred Heart, Pattison St. Francis de Sales, Houston St. John Vianney, Houston St. Thomas More, Houston

Carlos (Charles) Guerra

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1953

Ordained: 1981

Status: Removed from Ministry 1984

Left Priesthood 1987

Assignments - Guerra Assignments: Epiphany of the Lord, Katy St. Benedict the Abbott, Houston St. Cyril of Alexandria, Houston

Rodrigo J. Guillermo

Diocesan: Manila, Philippines

Incardinated Galveston-Houston 1979

Birth Year: 1928

Ordained: 1965

Status: Retired 1994

Removed from Ministry 1994

Deceased 2015

Assignments - Guillermo Assignments: Catholic Chaplain Corps Our Lady of Fatima, Galena Park (in residence) Queen of Peace, Houston Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston St. Charles Borromeo, Houston St. Jerome, Clute St. Mathias the Apostle, Magnolia St. Thomas More, Houston (in residence)

Alphonse Rodrigue Hemond

Religious: La Salette Fathers

Incardinated Galveston-Houston 1986

Birth Year: 1916

Ordained: 1949

Status: Retired 1990

Deceased 1990

Assignments - Hemond Assignments: Christ the King, Houston Most Holy Trinity, Trinity Our Lady of Lourdes, Hitchcock Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston St. Dominic, Houston St. Francis of the Tejas, Crockett St. John, Hungerford St. Joseph, Brazoria St. Mary, Cleveland

Stephen R. Horn

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1944

Ordained: 1973

Status: Removed from Ministry 2008

Assignments - Horn Assignments: Christ the King, Houston St. Luke the Evangelist, Houston St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston St. Mary of the Miraculous Medal, Texas City St. Theresa, Houston

William Jimenez

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1927

Ordained: 1953

Status: Removed from Ministry 1959

Assignments - Jimenez Assignments: Resurrection, Houston St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston

Joseph Giles Leduc

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1929

Ordination: 1955

Status: Deceased 1981

Assignments - Leduc Assignments: Annunciation, Houston Assumption, Houston Christ the King, Houston Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston St. Dominic, Houston St. Joseph, Baytown St. Mary, Port Arthur St. Philip Neri, Houston St. Pius V, Pasadena St. Vincent de Paul, Houston

Jesse S. Linam

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1935

Ordained: 1961

Status: Retired 1998

Assignments - Linam Assignments: Christ the King, Houston Holy Rosary, Rosenberg Newman Center, Galveston Queen of Peace, Houston Sacred Heart, Galveston St. Ambrose, Houston St. Andrew, Channelview St. Henry, Freeport St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Freeport Sts. Peter and Paul, Bellville

Denis O. Lynch

Religious: Discalced Carmelite

Incardinated Galveston-Houston 1972

Birth Year: 1930

Ordained: 1957

Status: Removed from Ministry 1993

Deceased 2015

Assignments - Lynch Assignments: Christ the King, Houston Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston St. Alphonsus, Houston St. Mary, Humble St. Theresa, Houston

Christopher J. Martin

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston, Victoria

Birth Year: 1900

Ordained: 1924

Status: Deceased 1989

Assignments - Martin Assignments: All Saints, Houston Annunciation, Houston Assumption, Houston Blessed Sacrament, Houston Holy Cross, Bay City Holy Name, Houston St. Anthony Cathedral, Beaumont St. Joseph, Bryan St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston St. Patrick, Galveston

Donald A. Neumann

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1946

Ordination: 1972

Status: Removed from Ministry 2013

Donald A. Neumann Assignments: Catholic Chaplain Corps Our Lady of Fatima, Galena Park Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston (in residence) St. Gregory the Great, Houston (in residence) St. Paul the Apostle, Houston St. Pius V, Pasadena St. Thomas More, Houston

Lawrence O. Peguero

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1921

Ordained: 1947

Status: Retired 1993

Deceased 2000

Assignments - Peguero Assignments: Holy Name, Houston Our Lady of Sorrows, Houston Our Lady of St. John, Houston Resurrection, Houston St. Anne, Beaumont St. Gregory the Great, Houston St. Joseph, Beaumont St. Patrick, Galveston

Dennis L. Peterson

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1947

Ordained: 1973

Status: Laicized 2005

Deceased 2007

Dennis L. Peterson Assignments: All Saints, Houston Queen of Peace, Houston Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston Special Youth Services St. Benedict the Abbott, Houston St. Francis Cabrini, Houston St. Jerome, Houston St. John Neumann, Houston St. Michael, Houston St. Theresa, Houston

Robert C. Ramon

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1949

Ordination: 1982

Status: Removed from Ministry 2002

Resigned from Priesthood 2002

Deceased 2014

Assignments - Ramon Assignments: Annunciation, Houston Prince of Peace, Houston Resurrection, Houston Shrine of the True Cross, Dickinson St. Charles Borromeo, Houston St. Frances Cabrini, Houston St. John of the Cross, New Caney Tribunal

Charles Kevin Schoppe

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1925

Ordained: 1949

Status: Removed from Ministry & Retired 1992

Deceased 2014

Charles Kevin Schoppe Assignments: Resurrection, Houston St. Dominic Center St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston St. Piux X, Beaumont St. Thomas More, Houston

Anthony G. Stredny

Diocesan: Nashville

Incardinated Galveston-Houston 1971

Birth Year: 1929

Ordination: 1957

Status: Removed from Ministry 1993

Deceased 2018

Assignments - Stredny Assignments: Guardian Angel, Wallis Holy Cross, East Bernard Holy Rosary, Rosenberg Sacred Heart, Crosby St. Charles Borromeo, Houston St. Edward, Spring St. Joseph, Brazoria St. Joseph, New Waverly St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston St. Mary of the Miraculous Medal, Texas City St. Mary Star of the Sea, Freeport St. Mary, Cleveland St. Mary, La Porte St. Mary, Plantersville St. Matthias the Apostle, Magnolia

Ivan Turic

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1940

Ordination: 1968

Status: Faculties Removed 1977

Assignments - Turic Assignments: Our Lady of Fatima, Galena Park (in residence) Port Ministry St. Francis of Assisi, Houston St. Michael, Lake Jackson St. Vincent de Paul, Houston

Religious Order Priests

Antonio Gonzalez, OMI

Religious: Oblate

Birth Year: 1927

Ordained: 1957

Status: Left Priesthood 1985

Assignments - Gonzalez Assignments: Immaculate Conception, Houston Immaculate Heart of Mary, Houston Our Lady of Guadalupe, Galveston St. Patrick, Houston St. Thomas the Apostle, Houston

Jack Hanna, CSB

Religious: Basilian Fathers

Birth Year: 1944

Ordained: 1974

Status: Faculties Removed 2013 (Galveston-Houston)

Assignments - Hanna Assignments: St. Thomas High School, Houston

Anthony Keil, SSJ

Religious: Josephite Fathers

Birth Year: 1894

Ordained: 1927

Status: Deceased 1969, MM

Assignments - Keil Assignments: Our Mother of Mercy, Houston St. Francis Xavier, Houston

Dennis Laroche, MM

Religious: Maryknoll

Birth Year: 1946

Ordained: 1974

Status: Left Priesthood 1987

Assignments - Laroche Assignments: Our Lady of Fatima, Galena Park St. Cyril of Alexandria, Houston

Pius Lawe, SVD

Religious: Divine Word Fathers

Birth Year: 1976

Ordained: 2005

Status: Removed from Ministry 2009

Raphael O’Loughlin, CSB

Religious: Basilian Fathers

Birth Year: 1916

Ordained: 1942

Status: Deceased 1998

Assignments - O’Loughlin Assignments: Holy Family, Missouri City Our Lady of Guadalupe, Rosenberg St. Basil (Most Holy Trinity), Angleton St. Thomas High School

Vincent Orlando, SJ

Religious: Jesuit

Birth Year: 1941

Ordained: 1974

Status: Removed from Ministry 2002

Assignments - Orlando Assignments: Strake Jesuit High School, Houston

Walter Dayton Salisbury, SSJ

Religious: Josephite Fathers

Ordained: 1959

Status: Removed from Ministry 1993

Retired 1993

Assignments - Salisbury Assignments: Prairie View Newman Center St. Nicholas, Houston TSU Newman Center

Christopher Joseph Springer, CSSR

Religious: Redemptorist Fathers

Birth Year: 1925

Ordained: 1952

Status: Laicized 1990

Assignments - Springer Assignments: Holy Ghost, Houston

Donald Stavinoha, OMI

Religious: Oblate

Birth Year: 1943

Ordination: 1970

Status: Removed from Ministry 1986

Convicted 1988

Assignments - Stavinoha Assignments: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Houston St. Patrick, Houston

Gerard Martin Weber, OMI

Religious: Oblate

Birth Year: 1936

Ordination: 1962

Status: Removed from Ministry 2011

Assignments - Weber Assignments: Blessed Sacrament, Houston Christian Renewal Center, Dickinson Our Lady of Sorrows, Houston

John Benedict Weber, O.Carm.

Religious: Carmelite

Status: Removed from Ministry 2011

Assignments - Weber Assignments: Mount Carmel High School Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Houston

Andrew Willemsen, CM

Religious: Vincentian

(Later Incardinated Austin)

Birth Year: 1928

Ordained: 1954

Status: Deceased 2012

Assignments - Willemsen Assignments: St. Jerome, Houston St. Mary Seminary, Houston

Extern Priests (from other dioceses)

Luis (Eugenio) Eugene DeFrancisco

Diocesan: Cali, Colombia

Birth Year: 1908

Ordained: 1931

Status: Removed from Ministry 1960

Assignments - DeFrancisco Assignments: Methodist Hospital St. Vincent de Paul, Houston (in residence)

Fernando Noe Guzman

Diocesan: Morelia, Mexico

Birth Year: 1951

Ordained: 1979

Status: Removed from Ministry 1987

Assignments - Guzman Assignments: Our Lady of Fatima, Galena Park Our Lady of Guadalupe, Navasota St. Patrick, Navasota

Francisco Ordonez

Diocesan: Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

Birth Year: 1930

Ordained: 1995

Status: Removed from Ministry 2003

Assignments - Ordonez Assignments: Immaculate Conception, Houston St. Augustine, Houston St. Helen, Pearland (Assisted with Spanish Masses) Notre Dame, Houston St. Benedict, Houston St. John Vianney, Houston St. Vincent de Paul, Houston

Joseph Tully

Diocesan: Rockford

Ordination: 1925

Status: Retired 1971

Deceased 1982

Assignments - Tully Assignments: St. Anne, Beaumont St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston St. Theresa, Houston

**Special Category

Recent Allegations currently under investigation



** John T. Keller

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1948

Ordination: 1974

Status: Removed from Ministry 2019

Assignments - Keller Assignments: Christ the Good Shepherd, Spring Prince of Peace, Houston St. Frances Cabrini, Houston St. Justin Martyr, Houston

Criminal Charges Pending

**Manuel La Rosa Lopez

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1957

Ordination: 1996

Status: Removed from Ministry 2001, 2018

Assignments - La Rosa-Lopez Assignments: Sacred Heart, Conroe St. Francis de Sales, Houston St. John Fisher, Richmond Tribunal

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