This page lists names beginning with letters “”A” to “L” of Canadian clergy and religious publicly accused, sued and/or charged in relation to allegations of criminal acts of any nature and/or actions which are unbecoming to that person’s station in life. Click here for names beginning with letters “M” to “Z”
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ABBASS: Paul J. Abbass (Father Paul Abbass)
priest, Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Ordained 1979. Mid February 2012 place don leave after complaint of some nature was filed with the Nova Scotia Department of Human Serevices. Click her for further info
ALDEA: Pedro Surtida (Father Pedro Surtida Aldea)
from the Phillipes. Ordained 1966. Moved to Saskatchewan some time after ordination. 28 October 2004 charged after he tried to develop porn pictures he took while availing himself of services of two underage prostitutes in Regina Saskatchewanin 2004. GUILY plea. House arrest served while in priest’s retirement home located blocks from two schools. Click here for further info.
ALLEN: Richard (Father Richard Allen)
priest of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. Ordained 1956. (seems he may have been incardinated in the Diocese of St. Catharines in the early 70s for a spell) 1994 CONVICTED on charges related to the sexual abuse of a young girl from age 13 to 15 between the years 1957 to 1960, and again when the girl was an adult from 1978 to 1981 (the victim became a nun.) Click here for further info
ALLEN: Father William (Father William Allen)
priest Archdiocese Ottawa, Ontario. Ordained 1955. Charges laid 12 July 2010. Click here for further info
ANTLE: Aloysius (Father Aloysius Antle)
St. John’s Newfoundland. 1993 CONVICTED on two of eight counts of indecent and sexual assault. Antle had entered a not guilty plea to all eight counts which werensaid to have transpired 1970-1986. Click here for further info
ARSENAULT: Yvon (Father Yvon Arsenault)
Priest, Archdiocese of Moncton New Brunswick. Ordained 11 May 1968. Quietly removed August 2012 after allegations of sex abuse – parishioners advised to reason for removal December 2012. Click here for further info
BARBOUR: Joseph (Father Joseph Barbour)
Roman Catholic priest Archdiocese St. John’s Newfoundland. Ordained 1963. August 1990, charged one count dating to 1986 in St. Mary’s Bay, Newfoundland. Click here for further info
BARRETT: Edward (Father Edward Barrett)
Roman Catholic priest Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario. 1998 NOT GUILTY by Justice Dan Chilcott on number of sex offence charges. Click here for further info
BARRY: Gerard Kevin (Brother Gerard Kevin Barry)
Christian Brother. Taught at St. Bonaventure College, Newfoundland and worked at Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s Newfoundland. 1998 CONVICTED for sex abuse of boys at Mount Cashel. Click here for further info
BASTIEN: Linus (Father Linus Bastien)
priest, Diocese of London, Ontario. Ordained 1951. October 2011 charges related to allegations of sex abuse by two former altar boys. Click her for further info
BAYANI: Edgardo (Father Edgardo Bayani)
charge of sexual interference by female hospital worker at Calgary Foothills hospital in 1999. Charge later dropped. Click here for further info
BAYNHAM: Paul (Brother Paul Baynham)
Former religious brother with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Canada. Returned to States in 1980. 1990 sex abuse charges laid in relation to his years serving in Labrador. Government would not extradite him. 2002 lawsuit launched. Click here for further info.
BAZIN: Roger (Monsignor Roger Bazin)
priest – military chaplain – formerly head chaplain for the Canadian Armed Forces. December 2010 CHARGES DROPPED. Click here for further info
BEAUPRE: Armand (Father Armand Beaupre)
priest Diocese of St. Paul, Alberta. Ordained 1960. In 1986 sent by Bishop Raymond Roy to treatemnt centre in Ontario (Southdown?) February 1990 charges were laid related to sex abuse of teenage boy at Cold Lake Mission 1976-1983. December 199o found GUILTY acts of indecent assault and gross indecency. Sentenced to 15 months jail and three years probation. In 1995 and 2000 Canadian Catholic Directory listed in Quebec City, Quebec. Click here for further info.
BEAHAN: John (Bishop John Beahen)
Native of Ottawa, Ontario - auxiliary Bishop to Ottawa’s Joseph Aurele Plourde. Ordained15 June 1946. St. Augustine’s Seminary 1942-1945. 1949 commenced Canon Law studies at Ottawa’s St. Paul University. Received Doctorate in Canon Law in Rome 1953. Consecrated bishop 21 June 1977 and served as auxilairy bishop in the Archdiocese of Ottawa. Frequented St. Brigid’s summer camp in Lowe Quebec – the camp was founed by convicted clerical molester Father Ken Keeler. Testimony during Keeler sex abuse trial told of young boys at the camp barricading themselves into their dorms to keep Beahen at bay – testimony also related accounts of Beahen and Keeler engaged in sexual activities with each other on the porch of a camp cottage. There were sex abuse allegations against Beahen – he died before resolution of same. (Suffered a massive stroke while assisting and giving homily during confirmations in the neighbouring diocese Pembroke, Ontario – died 14 March 1988.) Click here for further info.
BENNETT: Anthony Patrick (Father Anthony Patrick Bennett)
priest Diocese of St. John’s Newfoundland. Ordained 1979. Left priesthood October 1987. Around 1989 charged with one count of gross indecency. (Click here for further info)
BENNETT: Kevin (Father Kevin Bennett)
priest Diocese of St. George’s Newfoundland. 1954-1961 St. Augustine’s Seminary Toronto, Ontario. March 1989 spent 9 days at Southdown (after he was charged?). Charged. Pled GUILTY in 1990 to more than 30 counts of sex abuse of altar boys. (36 counts of gross indecency and attempted gross indecency) In 1991 found guilty of additional charge – two months added on to a four year sentence. 29 February 1992 Bishop Raymond Lahey assured authorities that upon release he, Lahey, would ensure Bennett “has the security and guidance to lead a normal life.” Click here for further info.
BERGERON: Jean-Claude (Father Jean-Claude Bergeron CSsR)
Redemptorist priest. Ordained 1967. Charged 2010 in relation to allegations of sex abuse at St. Alphonsus seminary in St. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec. Named in class action lawsuit which went to trail September 2013. Click here for further info
BERKO: Matthew (Father Matthew Berko)
priest Eparchy of Toronto. June 1990 CONVICTED. Ordered to pay victim.
BERTHOLD: George C. (Father George C Berthold)
American priest fired from St. John Seminary, Brighton Mass in Nov. 1995 for sexual advances on seminarian. Civil suit alleges abuse of another boy in UAS. In 2002 withdrew from teaching a summer course at Ottawa’s University of St. Paul. Click here for further info
BLANCARD: Paul (Father Paul Blancard)
priest, Archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia. Ordained 1967. In 1988 to Southdown. GUILTY plea to charges of sex abuse of five young girls. January 1992 sentenced to three years jail. Officials knew of his paedophilia in 1967.
BLANCHET: Herve (Father Herve Blanchet / Father Herve Blanchette)
Redemptorist priest. Ordained 23 June 1940. Named in a class action lawsuit filed against a number of Redemptorist priests affiliated with the Redemptorists of the Province of Ste. Anne de Beaupry, Quebec. Click here for further info
BODNAR: Donald Orest (Father Donald Orest Bodnar)
Ukrainian Catholic priest serving in Edmonton, Alberta. March 2009 – Charges related to sexual abuse of minor female. September 2009 charges stayed by Crown before commencement of trial. No reason given for the stay. Click here for further info.
BOLL: Richard (Father John Richard Boll)
priest and canon lawyer Diocese of London, Ontario. 17 charges 2001. Click here for further info
BONNEVILLE: Maurice Albert (Father Maurice Albert Bonneville)
priest. CONVICTED in Winnipeg Manitoba. (same victim as Gauthier plus two other teenage boys)1991 sentenced to one year. Told Gauthier that one victim is “better in bed than he is in his books.” Click here for further info
BOONE: William (Father William Boone)
priest Diocese of Corner Brook Newfoundland. 1990 charged one count gross indecency and one of indecent assault dating from 1966 when Boone was a teacher at Regina High School in Corner Brook. Charges stayed indefinitely because accuser failed to show. Click here for further info
BORNE: Robert (Monsignor Robert Borne)
priest – Diocese of Pembroke, Ontario. Ordained 1974. Former Chancellor of Diocese. Click here for further info
BOROWEC: Bohdan (Father Bohdan Borowec) alternate spelling BOROWIC (Father Bohdan Borowic)
Polish-born priest. Ordained 1984 in Winnipeg, probably for the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Charged February 2011 with sexual assault and kidnapping a 55 year-old woman while vactioning in Hawaii. CLick here for further info.
BOUCHER: Monsignor Fernand Boucher
Priest, Diocese of Edmunston, New Brunswick. Ordained 28 April 1946. Spent 1951 – 1981 as a military chaplain – rose to rank of Brigadier General. Around 1996 charged with theft and indecent assault. Declared unfit to stand trial. Click here for further info
BOUDREAU: James (Father James Boudreau)
Former Father Superior of the Canadian Barnabites. Ordained 1978 as a Barnabite priest (crsp – also known as the Clerics Regular of St. Paul). In 1996 he left the Barnabites and became incardinated in the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario ) Charged January 2011. Click here for further info
BROMLEY: Ronald (Father Ronald Bromley)
priest Diocese Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Ordained 1963. 1997 charged with 3 counts gross indecency involving two victims at reformatory in Whitbourne Newfoundland. Originally charged with 31 counts against 9 boys for abuse 1970-1984 . Found guilty of 11. Sentenced to 6 years. Charged again in 2002. Click here for further info
BUCKLEY: Leonard Philip (Father Leonard Buckley)
priest Diocese of Nelson BC. Ordained 1964. 30 June 1989 GUILTY plea to six counts indecent assault, three of sexual assault, one attempted sexual assault all involving young boys. Sentenced to five years. Used tutoring and camping trips to assault young boys some 1,000 times. Some boys were as young as seven. Click here for further info
BUCKLEY: Mark Patrick (Father Mark Buckley)
priest Diocese of Peterborough Ontario. Ordained 1988. Declared personal bankruptcy in 1997. Removed from parish only after parishioenrs froze the collection plate. Warrant out for his arrest in Ontario re charges related to missing parish funds in the Peterborough diocese. Taken in and given a parish by Calgary’s Bishop Fred Henry and teaching position in Calgary Catholic schools. Well known within the gay and lesbian community of the Peterborough area. Frequented gay bars and clubs. Purchased a $26 tube of lipstick for a drag queen. (Borrowed over $200,000 from a widow to open and maintain two pet shops in Peterborough prior to bankruptcy. That was the widow”s nest egg. Despite his teacher’s salary and win of a dream home in Calgary Buckley has never repaid the widow, who is now in her 80s and in poor health.) In depth account: November 2000: Friends in High Places
BUDIMAN: Edwin (Tjeng Bei Yo) (Father Edwin Budiman)
priest Archdiocese of Vancouver British Columbia. Born in Indonesia. Studied in the Philipines. Ordained in Jakarta 1973. Was in Brazil 1975 to 1993. Served in Vancuver from 1993. 2006 charged with two criminal counts of invitation to sexual touching and sexual touching of a young person. The charges relate to sex allegations involving two teenage boys between 2003 and 2007. The allegations related to one victim were reported to the diocese in 2005. The family allegedly did not want to lay charges – Budiman was removed from Holy Angels where he had served. The second set of allegations relate to allegations of sex abuse which transpired after Budiamn was removed. During his time in Vancouver Budiman provided support for members of Courage, a Roman Catholic support group for homosexuals who wish to live chaste lives. Click here for further info.
BURKE: Joseph (Brother Joseph Burke)
Former Christian Brother. Teacher. 1991 CONVICTED for offences in at Mount Cashel orphanage in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Sex-related convictions overturned by the Supreme Court of Canada; one count of assault causing bodily harm upheld. Click here for further info
BURTON: David (Brother David Burton)
Christian Brother. 1983 – GUILTY plea to sex abuse of boy at Mount Cashel orphanage in St. John’s Newfoundland. 1999 Supreme Court of Newfoundland ruled charges related to victim G.M. would violate Burton’s Charter rights. Click here for further info,
CALLAGHAN: Patrick (Patrick Callaghan
Ex priest and teacher. Member of Congregation of the Holy Ghost (Spiritans) Ordained 1982. 2005 sex assault charge related to allegations of sex assault of 17-year-old boy in Toronto. Outcome of charges unknown. Click here for further info
CAMPBELL: Leo (Father Leo Campbell csb)
Basilian priest. Ordained 1974. Died 2008 shortly after sex abuse allegations reported to a Basilian superior in Detroit, Michigan. Lawusite filed after his death. Click here for further info
CARRAGHER: Arthur (Father Arthur Carragher CSSp)
Irish-born priest. Member of the Holy Ghost Fathers/Spiritans. Ordained 1950. Arrived in Canada in 1971 – joined the TransCanada province of the Spiritans in Canada and served with them in the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario. 2001 admitted he sexually abused two brothers while teaching at St. Mary’s College in Rathmines, Ireland in the late 60s, shortly before his departure for Canada. There were sex abuse allegations from four of his former students. Click here for further info
CASSISTA: Herman (Deacon Herman Cassista)
Permanent Deacon with the Archdiocese of Quebec. Ordained to the Permanent Diaconate in 1972. March 2012 GUILTY plea to 16 charges related to sex abuse of young . Click here for further info
CHABOT: Howard (Father Howard Chabot)
Priest, Diocese of Pembroke, Ontario. Ordained 1968. July 2013 charged with gross indecency and sexual assault. Click here for further info.
CHARRON: Leo E. (Father Leo Charron)
priest, Diocese of London, Ontario. Ordained 1945. GUILTY to charges of gross indecency and indecent assault against young boy. Abuse began when the was 12. Click here for further info
CHUMIK: Gerald (Brother Gerald Chumik)
Francisan brother. Wanted on allegations of sex abuse of 12-year-old boy in Newfoundland in late 70s. Has eluded prosecuation. Living in various areas over the years. Iin 2004 he was discovered at the Santa Barbara Mission, California. Fransican superiors refuse to oblige him to turn himself in. Click here for further info.
CLOUTIER: Bernard (Father Bernard Cloutier)
priest – Diocese of Sault Saint Marie, Ontario. CONVICTED. Sentenced to five years in prison. Click here for further info
10 November 2009: Priest sentenced to five years and other related articles
CONRAD: James S. (Father James Conrad)
priest, Diocese of Peterborough, Ontario. Ordained 1979. 1991 found guilty of stroking a man’s leg in a roadside washroom. May 1992 CONVICTION OVERTURNED by Ontario Court of Appeals. Click here for further info.
COOPER: Ian (Father Ian Cooper)
priest Diocese of Nelson Born in Ireland. Ordained 1958 (in Ireland). Parish priest in BC 1958 to 1990. CONVICTED – 1994 sentenced to four years in prison on conviction of 9 counts indecent assault young males, 5 counts indecent assault young females. one count gross indecency and one count buggery (the latter multiple times on a 7 or 8 year old boy). Click here for further info
COOPER: Lawrence (Father Lawrence Cooper/Father Damien)
Priest, Archdiocese of Vancouver, BC. Ordained 1986. 2012 lawsuit filed alleging sex abuse of teenage girl in the 80s. Click here for further info
CORRIGAN: John (Father John Corrigan)
priest Archdiocese of St. John’s Newfoundland. CONVICTED 1988 of 7 sex crimes against boys age 10 to 13. Click here for further info
COTE: Hector (Father Hector Cote)
Viatorian priest. Ordained 1940. Taught at Cornwall Ontario’s now defunct Classical College. Lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by Cote settled out of court. Died 1994. Click here for further info
COUTURE: Robert (Father Robert Couture)
Priest Diocese of London, Ontario. April 2013 charged with theft over $5,000. Click here for further info
CRAMPTON: Dale (Father Dale Crampton)
priest – Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario. Ordained 1963. CONVICTED on charges related to sex abuse of 7 altar boys age 9 to 13 between years 1972 and 1983. Click here for further info
CROMIEN: Thomas (formerly Father Thomas Cromien)
former Spritian priest (Congregation of the Holy Ghost) 2001 GUILTY plea to one count of indecent assault related to 13-year-old boy in Woodstock Ontatio in late 70s or early 80s. Left the priesthood and married prior to charges. On appeal sentenced to 20 motnhs in custody. Click here for further info
CROTEAU: Fernand (Monsignor Fernand Croteau)
priest Diocese of St. Paul, Alberta. Ordained 1953. 1990 NOT GUILTY to charges dating to the 60s. Seems that subsequently in 1991 Judge threw out sex abuse charges (sodomizing a young boy from age 6 to 17,) At some point plead GUILTY to five counts of indecently assaulting the latter complainants three sisters, one who was age three when the molesting started. He also admitted to sexual relationship with the complainants mother as well as a homosexual encounter with another priest. Click here for further info
DEJAEGER: Eric (Father Eric Dejaeger omi)
Oblate priest. Belgian by birth. Came to Canada 1973. Ordained 1978. 1990 GUILTY plea to eight counts sexual assault and one count indecent assault - victims both boys and girls – offences occuring over the previous 6 years. Further charges in 1991 and 1993. 1995 failure to appear in court – warrant for arrest – fled to Belgium. Deported 2011. Click here for further info
DEKIEVIT: Ted (Father Ted Dekievit)
priest Archdiocese of Regina Saskatchewan. 1993 GUILTY PLEA to one charge of gross indecency. Treatment in United States. Click here for further info
DEL BIANCO: Gabriele (Gabriele Del Bianco)
ex priest. Diocese London, Ontario. Ordained 1982. Left priesthood 1996 after he was reported and sent for evaluation. April 2011 – charged and sued. Click here for further info
DE MAUPEOU: Philippe (Father Philippe de Maupeou)
member of Communaute du Pain de Vie serving in the Archdiocese of Montreal, Quebec. GUILTY plea 2007 to charges related to sexual touching 10-year-old girl in 2002. 2008 financed by Archdiocese of Montreal to study canon law at St. Paul U in Ottawa Ontario. Click here for further info.
DESROCHERS: Albert (Father Albert Desrochers osm)
Servite priest. Ordained 1941. GUILTY plea 1998 for sexual abuse of four brothers. Click here for further info
DESCHAMPS: Gaetan (Father Gaetan Deschamps)
priest in Dioceses of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan & Alexander-Cornwall, Ontario. Ordained 1956. Former professor at St. Mary’s College in Prince Albert (Saskatchewan), then suddenly serving as a hospital chaplain in Prince Albert. Spent time in Southdown Ontario for reasons as yet unknown. Click here for further information
31 August 2007: I can dream (BLOG)
DESCHAMPS: Marcel (Father Marcel Deschamps)
Priest Diocese of Gatineau-Hull. CONVICTED 1992 – three young boys in the early 80s. Sentenced to 9 months in prison. Claimed to be an alcoholic with NO paedophilic tendencies when sober, but attracted to young boys when drunk. After his release from jail was back working for the diocese in an administrative capacity. Click here for further info.
DESILETS: Paul (Father Paul Desilet csv)
Viatorian priest. Ordained 1963. Taught at Cornwall Ontario’s now defunct Classical College. Served in Archdiocese of Boston, Mass. In 1985 was reported to his Canadian superiors as a molester. Returned to Canada at some point. In 2002 indicted in the Archdiocese of Boston sex abuse scandal. 2006 - GUILTY plea to charges related to 18 male victims dating from 19 78 to 1984. Click here for further info.
DESLAURIER: Gilles (Father Gilles Deslaurier)
priest Diocese Alexndria-Cornwall. Ordained 1970. Formerly from Sudbury Ontario, arrived with Bishop Adolphe Proulx when Proulx was installed as Bishop of Diocese of Alexandria (Alexandria-Cornwall) Initially served as Master of Ceremonies for Proulx. After his ordination DesLaurier functioned as secretary to Proulx. Endless talk about the sexual relationship between the pair. 1986 faced multiple sex-related charges involving five boys between 1978 and 1984. CONVICTED. Sentenced to two years probation reporting to probation officer and Bishop Proulx. Back saying Mass in various parishes in the province of Quebec. Further information here.
DESMOND: Thomas F. (Father Thomas Desmond) (Father Barry Desmond)
priest Diocese of Kamloops, British Columbia. Ordained 1965. Charged 1989 in relation to alleagtion of sex assault of that year. Insufficient evidence to proceed to trial. It seems he did not function as a priest after the charges were laid. Click here for further info
DESPRES: Irois (Father Irois Despres)
Priest, Archdiocese of Moncton, New Brunswick. Ordained 1954. Allegations of sex abuse reported in 2012 – dates of alleged abuse not released. Click here for further info.
DEVEAU: Raoul (Father Raoul Deveau)
priest Diocese of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Ordained 1943 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Now deceased. Lawsuits launched re allegations of sex abuse of young girls. Click here for further info.
DOHEY: Wayne (Father Wayne Dohey)
Priest, Diocese of St. John’s Newfoundland. Ordained 1987. 2007 charged – charges dismissed after preliminary hearing by judge who did not believe that Father Dohey had a relationship of trust with the victim. Click here for further info
DOIRON: Yvon (Father Yvon Doiron)
priest Diocese of Bathurst, New Brunswick. Ordained 1981. March 2011 charged with theft-related charges and stealing over $100,000 while serving in Dalhousie, New Brunswick between 1997 and 2006. Doiron was also sued in 2007 for not pyaing back $1110,000 he had borrowed from a Dalhousie resident. Click here for further info
DOUCET: Daniel L. (Father Daniel Doucet)
priest Diocese of Antigonish. Ordained 1966. 1990 four charges indecent assault against teenage boy in 1970s. ACQUITTED after evidence that RCMP may have interfered by offering to reduce criminal charges against the complaint in exchange for testifying. Click here for further info
DOUCETTE: Gilles (Father Gilles Doucette)
priest Diocese of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Ordained 1962. 07 July 2000 found GUILTY – charges of indecent assault against 15-year-old boy committed between 1986 and 1987. 18 month conditional sentence plus community service and participate in a rehabilitation program. Click here for further info
DOUGHTY: Glenn (Brother Glenn Doughty)
Oblate brother. Final vows: September 1966. Served at Kuper Island Residential School British Columbia 1967-1986. GUILTY plea.
June 1991 and June 2000 CONVICTED for sexual abuse of young boys – total of 40 charges involving approximately 17 native boys ages 6 to 18 at St. Joseph’s residential School Williams Lake BC and Kuper Island Residential School. Currently lived in Ottawa doing work for the Oblates. Click here for further info
DUARTE: John Duarte (Joao Jose Correirra Duarte)
priest Diocese of London Ontario 1995 to 2003. Apparently left the priesthood in 2003(?). At some point took up residence in the Dominican Republic and founded a mission. Sex abuse charges of young boys span before, during and after Duarte’s years in the priesthood. CONVICTED. April 2010 sentenced to 18 months.
October 2009: Articles related to the charges against John Duarte
DUBE: Rene (Father Rene Dube)
Priest Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario. Ordained 1969. ACQUITTED. Click here for further info.
EASON: John (Father John Eason)
Diocese Vancouver Ordained 1968. 1994, one charge indecent assault from 21-year-old complainant related to incident in 1980. Plea of not guilty. CONVICTED. Click here for further info
EGAN: Paul (Father Paul Egan)
priest Diocese Charlottetown, PEI. Ordained 1968. August 1995 gross indecency and indecent assault charges dating to 1974 – 1977. Charges dropped Nov. 1995 due to a “a change in circumstances involving pertinent evidence of witnesses.” Click her for further info
ENGLISH: Edward Patrick (Brother Edward Patrick English)
Christian Brother. April 1989 – Charged with five counts indecent assault. Charged in Mono Mills Ontario. CONVICTED. Click here for further info
ENSEY: Father Eric Ensey
American priest, member of the Society of St. John which was once based in the Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Allegations of sex abuse at St. Gregory’s Academy in Scranton. Many of the boys attending St. Greg’s were Canadian. Lawsuit settled. Is either defrocked or in the process of being defrocked. In 2011 was fund-raising for the Society of St. John in Vancouver, British Columbia and befriending parishioners. Click here for further information.
EPOCH: George (Father George Epoch)
Jesuit priest – Diocese of Sault Ste Marie. Allegations by 59 men who alleged sexual abuse as children. Served ib Cape Crocker, Ontario. In all 97 say they were abused by Epoch. Epoch died of heart failure in 1986 before charges were brought forward.
ETIENNE: Jean-Claude (Father Jean-Claude Etienne)
Priest, Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Ordained 1961. 2008 Lawsuit settled with two men who endured sex abuse as children at the hands of Father Etienne.
FALLONA: Michael (Father Michael Fallona csb)
Basilian priest. Ordained 1967. Sued 2009 – allegations sex abuse of 13-year-old girl. Click here for further info
FARRELL: Kenneth (Father Kenneth Farrell)
Priest Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, Ordained 1962. Served in Diocese of Nelson BC for a number of years. Charges 1994 related to his time in the Diocese of Nelson. Outcome of charges unknown. Click here for further info
FAUCHER: Father Jacques Faucher
Priest, Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario, Ordained 1960. February 2013 charged with one count each of gross indecency and indecent assault on a male. The allegations date to 1971-1973 involving a seven-year-old boy. Click here for further info.
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FEDY: Magnus J (Father Magnus Fedy C.R.))
Resurrectionist priest. Ordained 1929. Taught at Scollard Hall, North Bay, Ontario for years. Sued 2008. Possibly charged and convicted many years ago. Click here for further info .
FINNIN: Pius E (Father Pius Finnin)
priest, originally for Diocese Bathurst, New Brunswick. Ordained 1951. Relocated to Archdiocese of Regina. 2007 lawsuit alleges sex abuse of boy in Saskatchewan 1963. Click here for further info
FISHER: John (Father John Fisher)
Priest Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie. Ordained 1968. Founder of Vita Way Farm addiction treatment centre. Work with young drug addicts earned him the Ontario medal for Good Citizenship. October 1989 charged sexually assault on 17-year-old who was a client at the treatment centre. Click here for further info.
FLAHERTY: Timothy (Father Timothy Flaherty)
priest Diocese of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Ordained 1949. Charged with sexual abuse Four counts indecent assault and one count sexual assault between years 1969 and 1989. 1991 CONVICTED. Two year sentence. Click here for further info
FOLEY: Brendan (Father Brendan Foley)
priest Diocese of St. John’s Newfoundland. 1989 – seven counts sexual assault of teenage boys in the Burrin area 1982 to 1985. Known as the Singing Priest. 1990 -GUILTY. (Left Priesthood in 1986) Click her for further info
FOLEY: David (Father David Foley csc)
priest – Holy Cross Father (Congregation of the Holy Cross). Ordained 1965.Taught at Notre Dame College School in Welland, Ontario. 1984 GUILTY plea to two charges of theft. Admitted he used some of the money he stole from Bingos to rent an apartment in Buffalo, N.Y. to house his homosexual lover. Click here for further information
FORTIER: Benoit (Father Benoit Fortier, (also known as Father Bernard Fortier)
priest diocese Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. Ordained 1941. 2003 GUILTY plea to one count of sexual assault and one of gross indecency committed against a boy in the Sturgeon Falls area in 1986. Claimed he was in ealry stages of Altzeimers and sentenced to a daily curfew and ordered not have any contact with his victim and not be alone with anyone under the age of 16. 2006 found unfit to stand trial on additional sex charge. Click here for further info.
FOURNIER: Armand (Father Armand Fournier ssm)
Montortian priest. Ordained 1954. Founded camp for boys in Val Des Bois, Quebec 1964. Lived in rectory of Notre Dames de Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Vanier (Ottawa), Ontario for most of his priesthood 2011 lawsuit alleging bause of young boy at the camp in early 70s. Click here for further info
FREDETTE: Joseph (Father Joseph Fredette)
American priest. 1994 arrested in Jaillettesville, New Brunswick on charges stemming from sex abuse of two boys in Massachusetts. Fredette had been working at a hermitage he founded in New Brunswick called Hermits of the Broken Heart. Prior to that he had been removed as pastor at Sty. Timothy’s Church in Adamsville, New Brunswick (Archdiocese of Moncton, New Brunswick)
FRENCH: Edward (Edward French)
Christian Brother. Charged June 1989 in Vancouver with one count indecent assault dating 1973 to 1976 at Mount Cashel orphanage, St. John’s, Newfoundland. CONVICTED. One year sentence. Click here for further info
GAGNON: Leon (Father Leon Gagnon)
priest Diocese of Bathurst, New Brunswick. Ordained 1928. Allegations of sex bause dating to 1931. Click here for further info
GARCIA: Ernie (Father Ernie Garcia)
Born in Philippines – came to Canada in 1970. Redemptorist priest. 1995 CONVICTED in Edmonton Alberta of sexually interfering with a 13-year-old altar. Sentenced by Justice E.A. Hutchinson to 90 days to be served on weekends “in a place not as harsh or brutal as a provincial jail or federal institution.” Click here for further info
GAUTHIER: Father Joseph Azaire Edmund Gauthier (Father Azarie Gauthier)
priest with Diocese of Saint Boniface, Manitoba. Ordained 1953. 1991 CONVICTED Click here for further info
GAUTREAU: Gerard-A (Father Gerard Gautreau))
priest Diocese of Bathurst, New Brunswick. Ordained 1947. Identified publicly as a molester by one of the victims who participated in the Bathurst Diocese/Bastarache victim ‘compensation’ process. Click here for further info
GIBLIN: William (Father William Giblin)
American priest from New Jersey (Newark Archdiocese). In July 2002 he and fellow American priest Father Eugene Heyndricks caught patronizing a homosexual prostitution ring in Montreal. Requested trial by jury.
GLENDINNING: Barry (Father Barry Glendinning)
priest Diocese London Ontario. 1974 CONVICTED six counts gross indecency against five boys and one girl over period of six years. Recycled to Archdiocese of Edmonton Alberta and later admitted sexual abuse and sodomy of altar boys in that archdiocese. After all this was teaching liturgy summer courses at Ottawa’s University of St. Paul. Clic k here for further info
GORDON: George (Father George Gordon)
priest Archdiocese of Vancouver. Ordained 1951. 1984 appointed chaplain to Sisters of the Child Jesus in North Vancouver. 1992 CONVICTED – three male victims with allegations dating from the 50s. Diagnosed as a homosexual paedophile. Experts said that he ceased being a paedophile about 17 years earlier. Admitted to one of his victims that he had molested other boys but could not recall how many. Click here for further info
GOUTIER: Maurice (Father Maurice Goutier omi)
Oblate priest. Ordained 1956. 1995 GUILTY plea. Suspended sentence and two-years probation. Click here for further info.
GRECCO: Donald (formerly Father Don Grecco)
ex priest – Diocese of St. Catherine’s, Ontario. Ordained 1966. April 2010 GUILTY plea. Click here for further info click here. Bio on Grecco brothers
GREER: Kenneth (Father Kenneth Greer)
priest Archdiocese of Regina Saskatchewan. Ordained 1960. August 1999 GUILTY plea to five counts gross indecency related to five teenage boys – incidents dating between 1967 and 1975. 18 month conditional sentence. Click here for further info
HAMILTON: Paul (Father Paul Hamilton)
priest, Archdiocese of Kingston. Ordained 1984. January 2012 lawsuit alleging sexual abuse which commenced when plaintiff was 16 and continued for several years. Click here for further information
HARPER: John B. (Father John B. Harper)
priest Dicese of London, Ontario. Ordained 1958. 1998 CONVICTED and CONVICTED again in 2003 for sexual abuse of boys at an Aylmer parish and at Regina Mundi College in London. (was posted to Regina Mundi college after parishioners in Stratford, Ontario reported his sexual abuse of altar boys there to the diocese). Also said to have taken boys to his parents’ house in Windsor and abused them there. (re 2003 conviction - guilty plea to charge of indecent assault – sentenced to three-years probation) Click here for further info
HART: Brian (Father Brian Hart)
priest in Diocese of Kingston, Ontario. Ordained 1983. 1992 charged with sex assault of 16-year-old altar boy at st. Michael’s seminary Toronto. The allegations pre-date Hart’s ordination. April 1993: Charges withdrawn. Click here for further info
HARVEY: Paul-Andre (Father Pauyl-Andre Harvey)
priest, Diocese of Chicoutimi, Quebec. Ordained 1963. Jan. 2012 charged with sex abuse of three children under age ten between the years 1966 and 1969. Click here for further info
HEBERT: Rene (Father Rene Hebert)
Priest Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Ordained 1957. Sued 2008. Click here for further info
HERLIHEY: Patrick (Father Patrick Herlihey)
Priest Diocese of Peterborough , Ontario. Ordained 1981. Charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation of young boy 1984-1988. When reported to Bishop James Doyle in 1988 the bishop left it up to the family if they wanted to report to police. Chaplain at Immaculata High School in Ottawa 1986 to 1987. Click here for further info
HEYNDRICKS: Eugene (Father Eugene Heyndricks)
American priest from New Jersey (Newark Archdiocese). In July 2002 he and fellow American priest Father Giblin caught patronizing a homosexual prostitution ring in Montreal. Requested trial by jury.
HICKERSON: Richard Francis (Father Richard Hickerson)
exMarianist priest now deceased. Ordained around 1960. Member of Society of Mary (Marianist priest). Served in Diocese of Prince Albert Saskatchewan. Taught at Roman Catholic boy’s school in St. Boniface Manitoba. A violin virtuoso. In or about late 60s arrived in Cornwall Ontario – worked for Canada Manpower. Told one of his victims that he had been kicked out of the priesthood because he sexually abused a boy in Prince Albert. Into kiddie porn and bestiality. 1998 – committed suicide after sex abuse charges laid against him. Click here for further information on Father/ Richard Hickerson
HICKEY: James (Father James Hickey)
priest Archdiocese St. Johns, Newfoundland. 1988 Charged with 32 counts sex crimes involving boys. GUILTY plea to 20 of the 32. Sentenced to five years. Click here for further info
HOLMES: Donald (Father Donald Holmes)
priest Diocese Sault Ste. Marie. Ordained 1972. CONVICTED in 2002 for sexual abuse of 12 girls in the Sudbury area between 1972 and 1984. Click here for further info
HORWATH: Leslie (Father Leslie Horwath)
Priest, Diocese of London, Ontario. Ordained 1960. Lawsuit filed 2011 alleging sex abuse. Click here for further info
HOSKINS: Gary (Father Gary Hoskins)
priest Diocese St. George’s Newfoundland. Ordained 1982. 1987 CONVICTED sexual assault teenage boy. Sentenced to three months. Serving in Toronto Archdiocese in 90s. Click here for further info
HOUSTON: Martin (Father Martin Houston)
Convicted sex abuse in 1962. In 1980s attended Oblate novitiate in Arnprior, Ontario. Asked to leave to leave after three months for “behavioural issues.” Then moved on to Nicodemes House in Edmonton, Alberta. Three months later asked to leave for same reasons. Click here for further info
Ordained Roman Catholic priest 1990 for Archdiocese of Saint Boniface by Bishop Hacault. In 2002 working in Carmen Manitoba.
HUELS: John (Father John Huels)
American priest and canon lawyer. Publicly accused of sexual abuse in 1994 by former priest Michael Bland. Three years later hired by St. Paul’s U Ottawa to teach canon law. When the matter became public he said he was considering leaving the priesthood. June 2010: teaching canon law at St. Paul’s U. Click here for further info
HUGHES: Paul (Father Paul Hughes)
priest Archdiocese Pretoria, South Africa. Arrived in Diocese of Kingston. Ontario in 1969. August 1995 charged two counts gross indecency and indecent assault. Failed to show for court – warrant issued for his arrest. Click here for further info
JACOBS: Philip (Father Phillip Jacobs)
American priest – Diocese of Columbia. Known molester. Attended a treatement centre somewhere. 1996 transferred to Diocese of Victoria, British Columbia – Bishop Remi de Roo had full knowledge of his background. Assigned to a parish – parishioners not apprised that he was a known molester. Left Victoria in 2002 after word of his background became public knowledge. Click here for further info
JORDAN: James Anthony (Father James Anthony Jordan omi)
Oblate priest. Ordained 1972. 2006 serving in Kenya . While back for visit in 2009 charged 2009 in Ottawa Ontario with one count possession of child pornography. Click here for further info.
KEELER: Kenneth (Father Ken Keeler)
diocesan priest in Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario. Ordained 1965. GUILTY plea to six charges by five teenage boys. Sentenced 8 months. Represented by lawyer Bill Carroll. Click here for further info
KEINDEL: Gerald (Tex) (Father Gerald Keindel )
Redemptorist priest. Ordained 1962. Diocese Grouard-McLennan. Alberta. July 1990 charged with sexual and indecent assault. Click here for further info
KELLY: Leonard Joseph (Father Leonard Kelly)
priest, diocese of Harbour-Grace, Newfoundland (now Diocese of Grand Falls). Ordained 05 June 1955.. GUILTY plea 1988 to charges related to sex abuse of tow boys aged 9 and 12. Suspended sentence appealed – four months jail. Click here for further info
KELLY: Ron (Father Ron Kelly)
priest Diocese of St. George’s Newfoundland. GUILTY plea to sex offences against five boys in 1979 (10 charges). SUSPENDED sentence. Appealed. Three appeal court judges ruled that Kelly is “no criminal in the common sense of the word.”
Taken into Toronto Archdiocese by Cardinal Archbishop Emmett Carter as Vice Chancellor of Temporal Affairs. Eventually left the priesthood. 20 July 1997 Ottawa Sun reports Kelly is now a multi-millionaire ($500M real estate empire) . Kelly told Hughes Commission in Newfoundland that he thought the victims were to blame. Click here for further info
KENNY: Douglas (Douglas Kenny.)
former Christian Brother. Former Superintendent at Mount Cashel orphanage in St. John’s Newfoundland. Charged April 1989. Convicted 1992. . Click here for further info
KIFFMAN: Robert Michael (Father Robert Michael Kiffman)
priest Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario. Ordained 1969. (Spent a number of years as a priest in the military.) 1991 ACQUITTED. Click here for further info.
KILLORAN: Victor(Father Victor Killoran C. R.)
Priest with Resurrectionists Fathers. Ordained 1947. CONVICTED 1990. Sued 2008. Clicke here for further info
KNEALE: James (Father James Kneale)
priest Archdiocese of St. Catharine’s, Ontario. GUILTY plea around late 80s . (Initial plea of not guilty.) Later taken in by Bishop Fred Henry and assigned parish in Archdiocese of Calgary, Alberta. Parishioners were furious when they later found out that Kneale was a convicted molester. Click here for further info
KNIGHT: John S. (Bishop John Knight)
auxiliary Bishop Archdiocse of Toronto, Ontario 1992-2001. Ordained 02 June 1967. Consecrated 23 June 1993. Retired at age 58 after news of “sexual improprieties slipped out. Prior to his installation as auxiliary Bishop of Toronto was a priest in the Diocese of St. Catharine’s, Ontario. Click here for further info
KOKESCH: William (Deacon William Kokesch)
Deacon, Archdiocese of Montreal. Former Director of Communications for CCCB (English Sector). Heavily involved in various World Youth Days around the world. December 2012 charged with possession, production and distribution of child pornography. Click here for further info
LABELLE: Rene (Father Rene Labelle)
Priest Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario. Ordained 1978. Click here for further info
LACHANCE: Paul-Henri (Father Paul-Henri Lachance)
priest Archdiocese of Quebec City, Quebec. Ordained 1956. GUILTY plea to charges related to sexual abuse of seven-year-old girl in 1981. Sentenced to 18 months in jail. Click here for further info
LAHEY: Raymond (BISHOP Raymond Lahey )
ordained to the presthood for Diocese of St, John’s Newfoundland 1963. Former Bishop of St. Geroge Newfoundland and Antigonish, Nova Scota. Child porn charges laid 1999. 1999 Click here for further information
LAMBERT: Gerard (Father Gerard Lambert)
Priest, Diocese of Mont Laurier, Quebec. Ordained 10 June 1967. 1994 charged. Died before standing trial. Click here for further info
LAMBERT: Jean Louis (Father Jean Lambert omi)
Oblate priest . Ordained 20 June 1939. Served in the native Indian missions in various locations in Canada. Lawsuits 2012 by six men alleging sex abuse by Father Lambert near Fort Frances, Ontario in the 60s . Click here for further info
LAISNEZ: Albert (Father Albert Laisnez)
priest Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta. Ordained 1962. A number of trips to Southdown re ‘misconduct’ with adult parishioners spanning 20 years in four parishes. Click here for further info
LANG: Joseph (Father Joseph Lang)
American priest accused of sex abuse in USA sent to British Columbia in 1988. In 2000 serving in Northern BC Diocese of Prince George (Terrace, Dawson Creek and Prince George). Abruptly left when media began to focus on clerical sexual abuse. Click here for further info
LAPIERRE: Hollis (Father Hollis Lapierre)
Priest Diocese Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario. Ordained 1949. Click here for further info
LAPIERRE: Paul (Father Paul Lapierre)
priest Diocese Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario. Ordained 29 March 1959. Relocated to Archdiocese of Montreal in summer 1968 but retained his incardination in Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall. ACQUITTED on charges of sex abuse of boys in Cornwall trial. (Click here fro account of acquittal.) CONVICTED on charges of sex abuse of young boy in Montreal Quebec trial. Brief time in jail. Click here for further info
LAROCQUE: Bishop Eugene Larocque
Bishop Emeiritus Diocese Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario (1974-2002). Ordained 07 June 1972 for Diocese of London, Ontario. 15 September 1974 installed as Bishop of Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario. Sex abuse allegations investigated by OPP Project Truth probe. No charges laid. Click here for further info
LARRE: Lucine (Father Lucien Larre)
priest Archdiocese of Regina Saskatchewan. ACQUITTED charge of sex abuse 1992. Convicted charges of physical abuse. Spent one day in jai for the latter.
LASIK: Brother Ronald J. Lasik
Christian Brother. American. CONVICTED in 1999 for sex abuse of boys at Mount Cashel Orphanage, St. John’s. Newfoundland. Click here for further info
LAVOIE: Rayond-Marie (Father Raymond-Marie Lavoie)
Redemptorist priest (CssR). Ordained 1967) Taught at Seminaire Sainte-Alphonse, a private Cathoic school in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, just outside Quebec City. December 2009 charged with nine counts of sexual assault against four boys who were boarders at the school in the 1980s. May 2010 charged with three new counts of sexual assault against two boys at the school in the 70s. The total number of alleged victims is now 11. All were between the ages of 12 and fifteen when the alleged molestations transpired. Click here for further info
LEBEL: Raymond (Father Raymond Lebel)
priest Diocese of Chicoutimi, Quebec. Ordained 1960. 1992 CONVICTED gross indecency and sexual touching. Two victims age 17. One victim age 13. 18 mos sentence. Click here for further info
LEBLANC: Adolphe (Father Adolphe LeBlanc)
priest, deceased – Dioceses Halifax and Yarmouth Nova Scotia. Ordained 1924. Click here for further info
LEBLANC: Father Albert Leblanc
priest, Diocese of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Ordained 1955. Left the priesthood in 1975. Charged January 2011. Click here for further info
LEBLANC: Brother Olivain Leblanc
Brother with the Congregation of the Holy Cross. In 2012 charges laid in relation to allegations of sex abuse dating to 1966-1980. Click here for further info
LEBLANC: Father Rheal LeBlanc scs
Holy Cross Father. Ordained 1963. Former Principal. Served in schools in Diocese of St. Catharine’s, Ontario. December 2011 arrested at Holy Cross residence in Welland, Ontario – charged with possession of child pornography. Click here for further info
LECLAIR: Joe (Father Joe LeClair)
priest, Archdiocese of Ottawa. 2011 admitted to gambling problem after media article raised questions about Father LeClair’s gambling and finances at Blessed Sacrament Church in Ottawa. September 2011 after diocesan audit of parish police called in to conduct a probe on financial irregularities at Blessed Sacrament Church. Click here for further info
LEE: Bernard (Father Bernard Lee)
Priest Archdiocese of Toronto. Ordained 1983. Some sort of ruckus at St. Sosa Lee parish in Toronto. Police called. Allegations of financial and sexual improprieties investigated. No charges laid. Transferred to Diocese of London, Ontario. Click here for further info
LEFEBVRE: Francois (Father Francois Lefebvre)
priest Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall. Ordained 1934. Died 1978. Sex abuse lawsuit settled out of court. Click here for further info.
LEFEBVRE: Jean-Claude (Father Jean-Claude Lefebvre)
priest Diocese of Sault Ste marie Ontario. Late vocation. Widow. Ordained 2001. Charged 2010 with offences related to allegations pre-ordination. Click here for further info.
LEGAULT: Henri (Father Henri Legault)
Viatorian priest. Taught at Cornwall Ontario’s now defunct Classical College. Lawsuit alleging sex abuse by Legault settled out of court.
LEGER: Camille (Father Camille Leger)
priest Diocese of Moncton, New Brunswick. Ordained 1939. Allegations of sex abuse of multiple children in Cap-Pele, New Brunswick between 1957 and 1980. Click here for further info.
LIMA-ESTEVES: Luis (Father Luis Lima-Esteves)
priest, Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario. Ordained 1963. 1990 acquitted of charges of fraud and of physical assault of young boy. 1992 killed while crossing the road. Click here for further info
LEVASSEUR: Almer (Father Almer Levasseur)
priest, Diocese of Bathurst, New Brunswick. Ordained 1962. Oct. 1998 GUILTY possession of child pornography – $1,000 fine plus banned from surfing the internet for three years Click here for further info
LUM: William (Father William Lum)
priest Diocese of Rochester, NY. GUILTY plea in 1997 to sex abuse charges. Studying at St. Paul University in or about 2002. After word of cover-up emerged in Rochester Diocese was asked to resign by Bishop Clark. Click here for further info
LUSSIER: Lucien (Father Lucien Lussier)
priest Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall Ontario. Ordained 1955. Fall 2007 and early 2008 charged with sex offences related to abuse of young boys. Trial date pending? – unknown at this time. Click here for further info
LYONS: John (Father John Lyons)
Peruvian priest “visiting”/serving in Archdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Lawsuit filed by Steven Austin re allegations sex abuse 1984-1985 when Austin was a 13-year-old altar boy – settled. A Father Robert Cashin alleges he told Archbishop James Hayes in 1981 about abuse he suffered at hands of Lyons but Hayes refused to deal with it. Cashin left the priesthood for six years.
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