USA Midwest Province Jesuits with an Established Allegation of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

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The USA Midwest Province was formed in June 2017 from the former Chicago, Chicago-Detroit, Detroit, and Wisconsin provinces, and encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. In 2020, the USA Midwest Province has 490 Jesuit members; approximately 4,000 Jesuits have served in the province since 1955.

An established allegation is based on the facts and circumstances of each case wherein there is a reasonable certainty that the sexual abuse of a minor occurred. An established allegation leads to the Jesuit’s permanent removal from public ministry and possible criminal prosecution. The names on this list are based on a process of consultation and not a legal judgment.

This list is based on investigations that have been completed. Jesuits with allegations that are currently being investigated have not been included on this list. If an allegation is deemed established, the list will be updated. We are also in the process of conducting an examination of our records utilizing outside, third-party investigators in order to make sure that our disclosure of names is complete. Former USA Midwest Provincial Fr. Brian Paulson’s letter explaining the list is here.

The list below is organized into three sections:

Contains the names of Jesuits and former Jesuits against whom an established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor was made and investigated while the Jesuit was living or against whom multiple established allegations were received after his death. While an allegation received after a Jesuit is deceased does not provide the opportunity for the Jesuit to respond, multiple allegations against a Jesuit may indicate a corroborative pattern of abuse which support the conclusion of established allegations.
Contains the names of Jesuits and former Jesuits against whom a single established allegation was received after his death. While any allegation received is investigated to the extent possible, an allegation received after a Jesuit is deceased does not provide the opportunity for the Jesuit to respond.
Contains the names of Jesuits whose names have been published on a diocesan website, another Jesuit province website, named in a civil lawsuit, named within a bankruptcy court process, and/or named in a grand jury report.

It is important to note that inclusion on this list does not necessarily mean that these allegations are true or correct or that the accused Jesuit has been found guilty of a crime or liable for any civil claim. Allegations reported decades after the alleged abuse make it difficult to investigate. In addition, some of these allegations were made after an accused Jesuit or former Jesuit died and therefore, he did not have the opportunity to respond for himself.

The Midwest Province encourages anyone who has been abused by a Jesuit to contact the appropriate civil authorities and also Marjorie O’Dea, Director of the Office of Safe Environment at 773-975-6876 or via mail to: 1010 N Hooker St., Chicago, IL 60642.

Updates and previous versions are noted and linked below.

Original posted lists (December, 2018)

Updates to Published lists (.pdf format)

NOTE: Items on the list below highlighted in bold indicate a change since the last posting on June 18, 2020.

Midwest Province Jesuits with an established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor.

This section contains the names of Jesuits and former Jesuits against whom an established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor was made and investigated while the Jesuit was living or against whom multiple established allegations were received after his death. While an allegation received after a Jesuit is deceased does not provide the opportunity for the Jesuit to respond, multiple allegations against a Jesuit may indicate a corroborative pattern of abuse which support the conclusion of established allegations.

Name

Date of Birth

Date of Entrance

Single (s) or more than one allegation (+)

Year of Incident(s)

Source for inclusion on this list

Status

Fr. Oscar (Anscar) Bandini Beguerisse, S.J.(of the Mexican Meridian Province)

11/16/30

9/7/41

1963	St. Pascal Church Chicago, IL

Deceased: 3/21/2009

Fr. Floyd A. Brey, S.J.

3/24/04

7/8/22

1958	Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, WI

Deceased: 12/14/1996

Fr. Henry A. Brockman, S.J.

9/30/1881

8/11/00

1950s; 1960s

St. Ignatius High School
Cleveland, OH

Deceased: 2/21/1973

Fr. Ignatius M. Burrill, S.J.

8/16/06

8/8/24

1950s	St. Ignatius High School Cleveland, OH
1970s	Loyola Academy Wilmette, IL

Deceased: 3/8/1987

Br. Donald J. Butler, S.J.

5/4/16

7/17/35

[correction]

1964-1968

Holy Family Parish
Chicago, IL

Deceased: 7/27/1999

Fr. J. Michael Cannon, S.J.

4/13/44

8/14/62

1967-1971

Campion High School
Prairie du Chien, WI

Dismissed: 3/6/1997

Fr. James A. Condon, S.J.

6/12/06

9/20/26

1960s	The Queen’s Work St. Louis, MO
1965	St. Xavier High School Cincinnati, OH Victim was not a student of St. Xavier High School.

Deceased: 3/28/1993

Fr. Michael E. Dorrler, S.J.

1/17/49

9/6/75

1990	Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis, IN

Permanently removed from Public Ministry.

Fr. Willard J. Dressel, S.J.

6/26/23

8/17/41

1970s; 1980s; 1998

Creighton Preparatory School
Omaha, NE

Deceased: 8/28/2007

Fr. Robert J. Erpenbeck, S.J.

12/22/11

8/7/31

1961	Jesuit Novitiate Milford, OH
1964	Milford Retreat Center Milford, OH

Deceased: 12/6/1986

Fr. Mark A. Finan, S.J.

3/22/16

8/7/34

1944	St. Ignatius College Prep Chicago, IL
1963–1965	St. Xavier High School Cincinnati, OH

Dismissed: 4/13/1973

Fr. John J. Gallen, S.J. (of the New York Province)

11/29/32

8/14/50

1980	St. Joseph Catholic Church Sylvania, OH

Deceased: 4/17/2011

Fr. Thomas M. Gannon, S.J.

10/19/36

9/1/54

1961-1966	St. Ignatius High School Cleveland, OH
1970-1971	St. Jerome Catholic Church Chicago, IL
1977-1978	Loyola University Chicago
1983	St. James Church Gary, IN
1993	Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Chicago, IL
1998	Holy Family Church Chicago, IL

Deceased: 12/19/2011

Fr. Gerald B. Garvey, S.J.

6/12/00

9/2/20

1950s

St. Ignatius High School
Cleveland, OH

Deceased: 8/3/1960

Br. James F. Gates, S.J.

12/17/43

3/8/64

1966-1970

St. Mary’s Mission, Omak, WA. – Diocese of Spokane

Dismissed: 8/27/2012

Fr. Thomas R. Haller, S.J.

12/23/20

9/1/40

1950	Campion High School Prairie du Chien, WI
1960s	Creighton Preparatory School Omaha, NEVictim was not a student at Creighton Preparatory.

Dismissed: 8/18/1982; Laicized 1983

Fr. Robert J. Joda, S.J.

3/28/27

2/4/45

1970	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI

Permanently removed from Public Ministry.

Br. Robert E. Joyce, S.J.

8/5/33

7/11/53

1963-1965

Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, WI

Dismissed: 7/5/1965

Fr. Daniel J. Kenney, S.J.

6/15/32

8/8/50

1978-1987

Creighton Preparatory School
Omaha, NE

Laicized: 11/3/2020

Fr. Allan F. Kirk, S.J.

3/21/34

8/8/52

1978-1979

St. Ignatius College Prep
Chicago, IL

Deceased: 8/11/2006

Fr. Bernard P. Knoth, S.J.

12/22/48

8/21/66

1986-1988

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis, IN

Dismissed: 8/29/2009; Laicized: 8/29/2009

Fr. J. Robert Koch, S.J.

4/21/13

8/27/30

1966	St. Ignatius College Prep Chicago, IL

Deceased: 12/6/1996

Fr. Michael R. Kolb, S.J.

4/20/52

8/19/71

1986	Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, WI

Permanently removed from Public Ministry.

Fr. Edward J. Konat, S.J.

10/20/45

9/1/64

1974	Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, WI

Dismissed: 1981

Fr. R. James Kurtz, S.J.

5/12/45

8/20/63

1970;	University of Detroit Jesuit High School, Detroit, MI
1987-1989;
2001

Permanently removed from Public Ministry; Currently incarcerated in federal prison

Fr. John H. Lane, S.J. (of the Patna Province)

10/23/06

9/2/25

1966 – 1976

Holy Family Parish
Chicago, IL

Deceased: 2/21/2000

Fr. J. Roger Lucey, S.J.

5/23/27

2/4/45

1962-1963	Campion Jesuit High School Prairie du Chien, WI
1970-1972	Jesuit Community St. Paul, MN

Deceased: 4/7/2002

Fr. David F. McCarthy, S.J.

12/6/18

9/1/38

1965-1978

Holy Family Parish
Chicago, IL

Deceased: 2/28/1999

Br. Howard J. McDonough, S.J.

12/23/46

3/5/66

1973	Walsh Jesuit High School Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Dismissed: 4/4/1975

Fr. Donald J. McGuire, S.J.

7/9/30

8/21/47

1954-57; 1965-70	Loyola Academy Chicago & Wilmette, IL
1974-1976	Carroll House Washington, DC
1976	Loyola Unversity Chicago Chicago, IL
1976-1981	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA
1981-1984	Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House Barrington, IL
1984	Sacred Heart Retreat House Alhambra, CA
1985-1988	Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House Barrington, IL
1988-2002	Canisius House Evanston, IL
2002-2005	Chicago Jesuit Community Chicago, IL

Dismissed: 12/21/2007

Laicized: 2/22/2008

Died in federal prison 1/13/2017

The deceased former Jesuit, Donald McGuire was an active retreat director who travelled extensively throughout the USA and internationally. The range of his abuse spanned multiple incidents over multiple years at multiple locations. The specific locations of established abuse include some of the locations where he was missioned or residing as well as some unknown locations.

Fr. Thomas S. McShane, S.J.

7/22/29

8/8/47

1950’s

St. Francis Mission
St. Francis, SD

Deceased: 10/16/2018

Fr. Maurice F. Meyers, S.J.

7/11/12

8/27/30

1956-1957	Summer chaplain at Alpine Scout Camp, Alpine, NJ. During these academic years, he was teaching in the country of Russia as a faculty member of the Russian Center of Fordham University (Bronx, NY).
1959	Summer chaplain at Ten Mile River Scout Camp, Narrowsburg, NY
1964	Beginning with the 1959-1960 academic year, he was a teacher at St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, IL. St. Ignatius College Prep Chicago, IL

Deceased: 1/24/1980

Fr. John N. Morfin, S.J.

6/27/36

8/8/54

1970-1971

Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, WI

Incardinated
into the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: 1983

Fr. Edward J. O’Brien, S.J.

5/4/14

8/14/32

1958; 1971-1982

Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH

Deceased: 2/16/1983

Fr. Donald J. O’Shaughnessy, S.J.

11/6/23

8/8/42

1960s	Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis, IN
1970s	Loyola Academy Wilmette, IL

Deceased: 7/8/2013

Mr. Eugene E. Parshall, S.J.

10/14/30

8/17/55

1964	Holy Rosary Mission / Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge, SD

Dismissed: 5/7/1964

Fr. Edward L. Pigott, S.J.

8/28/37

8/8/55

1973-1977	St. Xavier High School Cincinnati, OH
1982-1983
1986-1990
1992-1995

Deceased 12/27/2020

Fr. John J. Powell, S.J.

9/22/25

8/20/43

1963	Visiting Retreat Director at St. Mary’s College of Notre Dame University
1966-1967	Bellarmine School of Theology North Aurora, IL
1967	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
1967	Visiting Retreat Director at Rosarian Academy, West Palm Beach, FL

Deceased: 9/24/2009

Fr. Thomas J. Powers, S.J.

4/30/41

9/1/59

1970s	St. Ignatius High School Cleveland, OH
1973-1978	John Carroll University University Heights, OH
1985-1986	Walsh Jesuit High School Cuyahoga Falls, OH
2000	Colombiere Center Clarkston, MI

Dismissed: 7/6/2001

Fr. M. Lawrence Reuter, S.J.

8/12/40

9/1/58

1986 – 1988

Loyola Academy
Wilmette, IL

Permanently removed from Public Ministry.

Fr. Perry L. Robinson, S.J.

6/15/41

9/3/59

1974-1981

Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, WI

Permanently removed from Public Ministry.

Mr. Paul F. Rodgers, S.J.

2/28/55

9/1/74

1979-1981

St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland, OH

Dismissed: 6/13/1982

Br. J. Patrick Sheehy, S.J.

11/12/40

4/1/59

1967	Chaplain, Marion County Sheriff’s Department;
1975	Residing at Brebeuf Jesuit Community
1984-1988

Dismissed: 6/13/1982

Fr. William J. Spine, S.J.

1/2/40

9/1/60

1975-1976	Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky
1975-1979	Tacna, Peru
1979-1982	Our Lady of Mercy Rectory, Bronx, NY; St. Ignatius Parish, Brooklyn, NY

Permanently removed from Public Ministry.

Fr. Stanley T. Wisniewski, S.J.

6/7/33

9/2/51

1966	St. Ignatius College Prep Chicago, IL

Deceased: 6/27/2005

Jesuit with a single established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor received after his death.

This section contains the names of Jesuits and former Jesuits against whom a single established allegation was received after his death. While any allegation received is investigated to the extent possible, an allegation received after a Jesuit is deceased does not provide the opportunity for the Jesuit to respond.

Name

Date of Birth

Date of Entrance

Single (s) or more than one allegation (+)

Year of Incident(s)

Source for inclusion on this list

Status

Fr. Harry J. Barton, S.J.

3/29/09

8/8/28

1956-1957

St. Ignatius College Prep
Chicago, IL

Deceased: 2/16/1988

Fr. David C. Bayne, S.J.

1/11/18

8/31/41

1992	University of Iowa Law School Iowa City, IA

Deceased: 4/8/2009

Fr. Emmanuel Briffa, S.J. (of the Malta Province)

9/18/27

3/29/48

1957	Malta; Visiting friends in Canton, OH

Dismissed: 12/28/1963

Fr. Robert C. Broome, S.J.

7/19/12

8/27/30

1956	St. Ignatius High School Cleveland, OH

Deceased: 4/17/2000

Fr. Roy A. Drake, S.J. (of the New York Province)

7/3/30

7/30/51

1980’s

John Carroll University
University Heights, OH

Deceased: 8/21/2008

Fr. Burton J. Fraser, S.J.

9/25/1899

9/2/20

1953-57

Military Chaplain

Deceased: 5/6/1971

Fr. Oscar Gumucio, S.J. (of the Bolivia Province)

1/7/29

2/14/47

1970-1972

St. Patrick’s Parish
and Lincoln Junior High School
Cleveland, OH

Dismised: 6/20/1975

Fr. Patrick L. McLaughlin, S.J.

2/7/07

9/2/25

1957 – 1959

University of Detroit High School,
Detroit, MI

Deceased: 11/12/1970

Fr. Philip T. Mooney, S.J.

12/31/26

8/20/44

1953-1954

Holy Family Parish
Chicago, IL

Dismissed: 11/7/1989

Fr. Donald O. Nastold, S.J.

9/16/27

8/20/45

1999-2000

St. Francis Xavier Church
Cincinnati, OH

Deceased: 4/12/2007

Fr. James V. O’Connor, S.J.

7/26/20

2/4/46

1968-1971

Campion High School
Prairie du Chien, WI

Deceased: 5/29/1981

Fr. Zacharias Palakunnel, S.J. (of the Kerala Province, India)

1/7/26

8/2/42

1973-1974

St. Eugene Parish
Fox Point, WI

Deceased: 1991

Fr. John M. Scott, S.J.

4/8/13

8/8/31

1969	Campion High School Prairie du Chien, WI

Deceased: 12/27/2007

Fr. Wilton L. Skiffington, S.J.

7/18/03

8/8/23

1963-1964

Loyola Academy
Wilmette, IL

Deceased: 9/25/1988

Fr. Gerald F. Smola, S.J.

1/1/19

9/1/38

1950’s

University of Detroit Jesuit High School, Detroit, MI

Dismissed: 11/14/1969

Fr. Gerald A. Streeter, S.J.

5/26/37

9/1/55

1963-1964

Loyola Academy
Wilmette, IL

Deceased: 10/31/1996

Fr. Charles E. Sullivan, S.J.

7/16/03

1/7/27

1958-1959

Our Lady of the Springs Church, French Lick, IN

Deceased: 9/3/1996

Fr. Bernard Van der Schueren, S.J. (of the Netherlands Province)

8/10/22

9/7/42

1989	St. Michael’s Parish Marquette, MI

Deceased: 7/25/2009

Jesuits whose names have been published on a diocesan website, Jesuit province website, named in a civil lawsuit, named within a bankruptcy court process, and/or named in a grand jury report.

This section contains the names of Jesuits previously published on a diocesan website, another Jesuit province website, named in a lawsuit, named within a bankruptcy court proceeding and/or named in a grand jury report. The details of the investigative process and evaluation of these allegations cannot be verified by the Midwest Jesuits. The names are re-published here because these are already in the public domain.

Name

Date of Birth

Date of Entrance

Single (s) or more than one allegation (+)

Year of Incident(s)

Source for inclusion on this list

Status

Br. Francis P. Chapman, S.J.

3/14/15

2/2/33

unknown

Unknown

Lawsuit: St. Francis Mission

Deceased: 11/30/1990

Fr. Bernard D. Fagan, S.J. (of the Missouri Province)

2/18/22

9/1/39

unknown

Unknown

Lawsuit: St. Francis Mission

Deceased: 11/10/1997

Br. Paul A. V. Frey, S.J. (of the Missouri Province)

2/7/20

12/7/41

unknown

Unknown

Lawsuit: St. Francis Mission

Deceased: 4/11/1986

Fr. Joseph C. Gill, S.J.

7/15/26

8/18/46

unknown

Unknown

Lawsuit: St. Francis Mission

Deceased: 12/9/2012

Fr. Albert A. Janka, S.J.

6/26/31

8/8/49

unknown

Unknown

Lawsuit: St. Francis Mission

Deceased: 1/15/1986

Fr. Francis X. Nawn, S.J. (of the Oregon Province)

1/1/19

9/1/38

unknown

Unknown

Bankruptcy: Oregon Province

Deceased: 10/1/1992

Fr. George M. Pieper, S.J. (of the Missouri Province)

1/18/17

9/1/35

unknown

Unknown

Lawsuit: St. Francis Mission

Deceased: 1/26/1998

Fr. Anthony J. Short, S.J. (of the USA Central Southern Province)

2/6/39

8/8/58

unknown

Unknown

Listed on the USA Central Southern Province website

Deceased: 11/12/2020

Fr. Kenneth T. Walleman, S.J.

7/30/23

2/4/47

unknown

Unknown

Lawsuit: St. Francis Mission

Deceased: 9/15/2014

USA Midwest Province Jesuits with an Established Allegation of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

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Original posted lists (December, 2018)

Updates to Published lists (.pdf format)

Midwest Province Jesuits with an established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor.

Jesuit with a single established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor received after his death.

Jesuits whose names have been published on a diocesan website, Jesuit province website, named in a civil lawsuit, named within a bankruptcy court process, and/or named in a grand jury report.

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