Months after promising survivors to release a list of clergy credibly accused of child abuse, the Catholic Diocese of Memphis has done so.

Its list includes 20 names. The list is predominantly made up of names already included in lists compiled by other dioceses or religious orders along with clergy named publicly by victims.

The two exceptions appear to be James Gilbert and Floyd Brey, who do not appear in ProPublica’s database compiling the lists released by dioceses and religious orders or on bishopaccountability.org, which lists accused clergy.

"We are heartbroken and deeply saddened for the victims of these crimes and we have been scandalized to learn that some of those in authority ignored the cries from victims or minimized the damage," wrote the Most Rev. David Talley, bishop of the Diocese of Memphis, in a letter accompanying the list. "...The evils of the past can only be purged through a vigilant process of examination that is transparent to the public. Our response must demonstrate the highest levels of honesty and scrutiny."

The list from the Catholic Diocese of Memphis comes after 178 other dioceses and orders covering 64.7 million Catholics released their own lists of credibly accused clergy, according to data gathered by ProPublica.

According to the report from the Diocesan Review Board, which compiled the list, the definition of sexual misconduct that they used "is broad" and "derived from Tennessee law and other sources, and generally prohibits ... all sexual contact, solicitation, lewd sexual behavior and conversation involving minors."

"The Board is charged to determine whether it is more likely than not that the accused cleric engaged in sexual misconduct involving a minor," the report reads.

Since the Diocese of Memphis was created out of the Diocese of Nashville in 1970, the Diocesan Review Board did not repeat investigations into clergy ordained into the Diocese of Nashville. It later incardinated into the Diocese of Memphis, Talley wrote, but simply accepted the conclusions of Nashville's investigations.

Nashville released its list of 13 former priests who had been credibly accused in November 2018, which has since been updated.

Talley wrote that the same applied for clergy named on lists by other dioceses or religious orders.

In his letter, Talley said the "most notable" name in this category is that of Carroll T. Dozier, the founding bishop of the Diocese of Memphis.

Dozier was included on a list of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse of a child by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, last year. He was assigned to three parishes there before being appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Memphis after it separated from the Diocese of Nashville. The allegation of abuse was made after his death, but other details were not given.

Talley wrote that the Diocese of Memphis' files have no evidence of credible allegations made against Dozier in Memphis before his death or inclusion on the list in Richmond.

"While the Diocese of Memphis will investigate all allegations that come forward against Bishop Dozier, such investigations will be essentially incomplete as Bishop Dozier will not have had an opportunity to defend himself," Talley wrote. "We recognize listing Bishop Dozier might be upsetting to some parishioners who remember him as our first Bishop. However, because of the Diocese of Richmond’s findings, placing his name on our list is appropriate.

► Diocesan Review Board:Here's who decided which Memphis priests were on the list

Here are the names listed by the Catholic Diocese of Memphis

Priests also named by the Diocese of Nashville:

The Rev. Edward James Cleary (deceased)

Born: April 18, 1914

Ordained: May 18, 1940

Incardinated in Diocese of Memphis: January 6, 1971

Died: November 10, 1997

Assignments in West Tennessee: Immaculate Conception Church in Memphis, St. Paul Church

Msgr. William Floyd Davis (deceased)

Born: August 17, 1929

Ordained: May 26, 1956

Incardinated in Diocese of Memphis: June 1, 1971

Died: October 26, 2011

Assignments in West Tennessee: St. William Church in Millington, St. Louis Church, Teacher at Catholic High School for Boys, St. John Church in Memphis, Blessed Sacrament Church, St. Mary’s Church, Savannah and Our Lady of the Lake, Pickwick

The Rev. Walter Emala (deceased)

Born: June 14, 1925

Ordained: May 31, 1952

Incardinated in Diocese of Memphis: January 6, 1971

Died: February 20, 2008

Assignments in West Tennessee: St. Anne Church in Memphis, West Tennessee Area Scout Chaplain, Immaculate Conception Church in Memphis, St. Ann Church in Bartlett

The Paul Frederick Haas (deceased)

Born: December 14, 1933

Ordained: May 23, 1959

Dismissed from priesthood: May 24, 1977

Died: June 7, 1979

Assignments in West Tennessee: St. John Church in Memphis, Teacher at Catholic High School for Boys, Sacred Heart Church in Memphis

The Rev. James A. Kemper (deceased)

Born: February 7, 1915

Ordained: March 21, 1942

Died: November 23, 1993

Assignments in West Tennessee: Holy Rosary Church, St. James Church

The Rev. James William Murphy Jr. (deceased)

Born: September 12, 1922

Ordained: April 3, 1948

Incardinated in Diocese of Memphis: January 6, 1971

Died: October 11, 2016

Assignments in West Tennessee: Sacred Heart Church, St. Thomas Church, Director of the Ladies of Charity for West Tennessee, Immaculate Conception Church in Union City, St. Anthony Church, St. James Church

Joseph L. Reilly

Born: December 16, 1928

Ordained: May 26, 1956

Dismissed from priesthood: 1965

Assignment in West Tennessee: St. Michael Church

The Rev. James Arthur Rudisill (deceased)

Born: May 16, 1926

Ordained: May 19, 1951

Died: February 8, 2008

Assignments in West Tennessee: Sacred Heart Church in Memphis, Youth Director for West Tennessee, Holy Angels Church in Dyersburg

The Rev. Paul Wiley St. Charles (deceased)

Born: June 23, 1939

Ordained: May 21, 1966

Incardinated in Diocese of Memphis: January 6, 1971

Suspended: August 7, 2006

Died: December 27, 2009

Note: Allegations also found credible in a separate investigation by Memphis Review Board

Assignments in West Tennessee: St. John Church, Chaplain for Scouting in the Memphis area, Director of the Catholic Youth Office in the Memphis area, teacher at Catholic High School, Church of the Ascension

The Rev. Anthony G. Stredny (deceased)

Born: October 15, 1928

Ordained: June 15, 1957

Incardinated into the Diocese of Galveston-Houston: 1971

Died: 2018

Assignments in West Tennessee: Our Lady of Sorrows, Holy Rosary Church, Blessed Sacrament Church

The Rev. Edward Albert Walenga (deceased)

Born: November 2, 1926

Ordained: May 30, 1953

Died: November 27, 1983

Assignments in West Tennessee: Little Flower Church, Sacred Heart Church in Humboldt

Priests determined to have engaged in sexual misconduct before the formation of the Memphis Diocesan Review Board:

Daniel Dupree

Born: June 30, 1956

Ordained: July 14, 1984

Suspended: March 3, 1992

Dismissed from clerical state: March 31, 2006

Assignments: Church of the Resurrection, St. Andrew Church in Lexington, St. Regina Church in Parsons, Christian Brothers High School, Associate Director of Jackson Deanery Youth Ministry

James Gilbert

Born: July 11, 1931

Ordained for the Diocese of Natchez (now Jackson): May 25, 1957

Granted dispensations from clerical state: October 10, 1973

Reinstated to clerical state for Diocese of Memphis: July 27, 1978

Suspended: August 13, 1985

Laicised: 2006

Assignments in West Tennessee: Associate Professor of Education at LeMoyne-Owen College, Academic Dean of LeMoyne Owen College, Professor of Education at LeMoyne-Owen College, Teacher at State Technical Institute, Coordinator of Family Life Ministry for the Diocese of Memphis, Adjunct professor at Christian Brothers College, Blessed Sacrament Parish

Juan Carlos Duran (formerly O.P.)

Born: August 3, 1960

Ordained: December 28, 1996 (Dominican Order)

Dismissed from Dominican Order: 2001

Dismissed from clerical state: 2017

Assignments in West Tennessee: St. Peter Church, Church of the Ascension

Priests determined by the Review Board to have credible allegations of sexual misconduct involving minors:

The Rev. William Kantner (deceased)

Born: May 3, 1944

Ordained: January 11, 1975

Died: February 17, 2013

Assignments: St. Paul Church, St. Louis Church, St. Anne Church, Bishop Byrne High School, St. Joseph Church, Holy Cross Church in Paris, St. Mary’s Church in Camden, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Charter Lakeside Hospital (part-time chaplain), Christian Brothers College (in residence), Church of the Incarnation in Collierville; St. Peter Manor and Villa (sacramental minister), St. James Catholic Church

Joseph Thinh Duc Nguyen

Born: December 14, 1961

Ordained: June 25, 1994

Administrative leave: September 2006

Suspended: July 23, 2007

Dismissed from the clerical state: May 29, 2012

Assignments: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Germantown, St. Paul, St. Ann Church in Bartlett, Chaplain at St. Peter Manor and Villa, Sacramental Minister to the Vietnamese Catholic Community

References in the archives deemed credible by the Review Board:

The Rev. Floyd Brey, S.J. (deceased)

Born: March 24, 1904

Ordained: June 23, 1935 (Society of Jesus)

Died: December 14, 1996

Assignment in West Tennessee: St. Mary’s Hospital in Humboldt in 1971

Allegations deemed credible by other review boards:

The Rev. Thomas Joseph Dove, C.S.P. (Paulist Fathers)

Born: March 2, 1934

Ordained: May 1, 1961

Suspended from ministry: November 2014

Assignment in West Tennessee: St. Patrick Church

[Finding of credibility made by Paulist Fathers]

The Most Rev. Carroll T. Dozier (deceased)

Born: August 18, 1911

Ordained a priest: March 19, 1937 (Diocese of Richmond)

Ordained Bishop of Memphis: January 6, 1971

Died: December 7, 1985

Assignment: Bishop of Memphis

[Finding of Credibility made by Diocese of Richmond]

The Rev. Alfred Longley (deceased)

Born: September 17, 1913

Ordained: 1939 Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Removed from Ministry: 1968

Died: 1974

Assignment: Christian Brothers College 1965-1966* (Note this assignment is reported by the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, though neither the Christian Brothers nor the Diocese of Nashville have any record of Fr. Longley ever having served in West Tennessee.)

[Finding of credibility made by the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis]

Katherine Burgess covers county government, religion and the suburbs. She can be reached at katherine.burgess@commercialappeal.com, 901-529-2799 or followed on Twitter @kathsburgess.