Clergy Removed from Ministry for Abuse of a Minor 
Updated 2026

The Archdiocese of New Orleans first published its Report on Clergy Abuse on November 1, 2018.  Find that list online here.

In compliance with commitments made in the Non-Monetary Plan Provisions, the Report on Clergy Abuse has been updated to include dates of clergy assignments within the Archdiocese of New Orleans and the number of Proofs of Claim filed in the Chapter 11 Complex Case, In Re The Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Case No. 20-10846 that identify the cleric as a perpetrator of Child Sexual Abuse. The fact of a claim made in a  Proof of Claim naming a living cleric on this list as a perpetrator of Child Sexual Abuse has been reported to law enforcement, with a pledge of cooperation in any investigation. 

  The names of living Archdiocese of New Orleans clergy who have been accused of sexually abusing a minor which led to their removal from ministry. In each case, the cleric remains out of ministry.

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CALAMARI, Paul

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FARINO, Michael

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GLAPION, Lloyd (DEACON)

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KEANE, PatrickProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 4

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ODIONG, Anthony
 (Priest of the Diocese of Uyo, Nigeria)
Date of Birth: 1968
Ordination: 1993
Allegation of child abuse received: July 16, 2024
Removed from ministry in the Archdiocese of New Orleans: 2023
Pastoral Assignment:Proofs of Claim Filed in Chapter 11: ​0

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SANDERS, Patrick
Date of Birth: 1963
Ordination: 1990
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1990s
Allegation Received: 2004
Removed from Ministry: 2005
Pastoral AssignmentsOther Assignments:Proofs of Claim Filed in Chapter 11: 7

SAX, John
Date of Birth: 1948
Ordination: 1973
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1980s
Allegation Received: 2000
Removed from Ministry: 2004
Pastoral AssignmentsOther Assignments:Proofs of Claim Filed in Chapter 11: 3

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WATTIGNY, Patrick
Date of Birth: 1967
Ordination: 1994
Time of Abuse: 2013
Abuse Reported: October 1, 2020
Removed from Ministry: October 1, 2020
Pastoral Assignments:Other Assignments:Proofs of Claim Filed in Chapter 11: 10

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 The names of Archdiocese of New Orleans clergy who are deceased and accused of, who admitted to and/or have been publicly accused of sexually abusing a minor.

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BASTY, John
Date of Birth: 1882
Date of Ordination: 1908
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1940s
Allegation Received: 1946
Date of Death: 1956
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BENEDICT, James Francis
Date of Birth: 1913
Date of Ordination: 1939
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: Late 1950s
Allegation Received: 2003
Date of Death: 1984
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

BRIGNAC, George (Deacon)
Date of Birth: 1935
Ordination: 1976
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1970s; early 1980s
Allegation Received: 1977
Removed from Ministry: 1988
Date of Death: 2020
Pastoral AssignmentsOther Assignments/PositionsProofs of Claim filed in the Chapter 11: 27

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CAMBIAIRE, Pierre Celestin
Date of Birth: 1871
Ordination: 1898
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1910s
Allegation Received: 1917
Removed from Ministry: 1917
Date of Death: 1955
Pastoral AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11:0

CINEL, Dino
Date of Birth: 1941
Ordination: 1966
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1980s
Allegation Received: 1988
Removed from Ministry: 1988
Date of Death: 2018Other AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 4

COOPER, Robert K.
Date of Birth: 1945
Date of Ordination: 1971
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1970s
Allegation Received: 2007
Date of Death: 1989
Pastoral Assignments:Other AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 3

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DAVIDSON, Carl John
Date of Birth: 1940
Ordination: 1964
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: early 1980s
Allegation Received: 1989
Removed from Ministry: 2002
Date of Death: 2007
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 9

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FEEHAN, Vincent
Date of Birth: 1945
Ordination: 1977
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1970s; early 1980s
Allegation Received: 1987
Voluntary leave of absence: 1987
Date of Death: 2010
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 8

FRANKLIN, John
(Priest of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia)
Date of Birth: 1925
Ordination: 1956
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1950s
Allegation Received: 1959
Removed from Ministry: 1959
Date of Death: 1956
Pastoral AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

FRASER, Michael
Date of Birth: 1949
Ordination: 1975
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1980s; 1990s
Allegation Received: 1998
Removed from Ministry: 2004
Date of Death: June 23, 2019
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 11

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GLASGOW, Thomas Gaspard
Date of Birth: 1938
Ordination: 1969
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1970s
Allegation Received: 2007
Removed from Ministry: 2008
Date of Death: 2024
Pastoral Assignments:Other Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 3

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HECKER, Lawrence
Date of Birth: 1931
Ordination: 1958
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1960s; 1970s
Allegation Received: 1996
Removed from Ministry: 2002
Date of Death: 2024
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claims filed in Chapter 11: 43

HIGHFILL, Henry Brian
Date of Birth: 1942
Ordination: May 11, 1974
Estimated time of Abuse:  1975 - 1981
Allegation received: 2018
Removed from Ministry: 2018
Date of Death: 2022
Pastoral Assignments:Other AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 4

HOTARD, Howard
Date of Birth: 1926
Ordination: 1955
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: early 1980s
Allegation Received: 1995
Removed from Ministry: 2002
Date of Death: 2013
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 7

HURLEY, Michael
Date of Birth: 1915
Ordination: 1943
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1940s
Allegation Received: 1945
Left Archdiocese: 1955
Date of Death: 2005
Pastoral AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

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KILGOUR, Matthias James
Date of Birth: 1946
Ordination: 1982
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1980s
Allegation Received: 1987
Removed from Ministry: 1988
Date of Death: 2021
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

KINANE, Gerard
Date of Birth: 1945
Ordination: 1973
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1970s; 1980s
Allegation Received: 1993
Removed from Ministry: 2004
Date of Death: 2020
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

KIRCHER, James
A Priest of the Diocese of Jackson, MS in Residence at the Archdiocese of New Orleans
Date of Birth: 1931
Ordination: 1963
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1970s
Allegation Received: 2010
Removed from Ministry: 1991
Date of Death: 2007
Pastoral AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 2

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LANDRY, Wesley Michael
Date of Birth: 1923
Ordination: 1948
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1950s
Allegation Received: 1993
Retired from Ministry: 1993
Date of Death: 2002
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 7

LAWRENCE, Ralph
Date of Birth: 1890
Ordination: 1916
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: early 1930s
Allegation Received: 1935
Leave of absence: 1935
Date of Death: 1992
Pastoral AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

LOCKWOOD, James (Deacon)
Date of Birth: 1933
Ordination: 1974
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1970s
Allegation Received: 1978
Removed from Ministry: 1978
Date of Death: 2025Other Assignments: n/a
Proofs of Claim Filed in Chapter 11: 1

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PRINZ, Gerald
Date of Birth: 1939
Ordination: 1968
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1970s
Incardinated Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux: 1977
Allegation Received: 1995
Resigned from Priesthood: 1990
Date of Death: 2022
Pastoral AssignmentsOther Assignments: n/a
Proofs of Claim Filed in Chapter 11: 4

PUTNAM, Gorham Joseph
Date of Birth: 1929
Ordination: 1955
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: early 1950s
Allegation Received: 2002
Date of Death: 1993
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

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SCHMALTZ, Bernard
Date of Birth: 1947
Ordination: 1973
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1970s
Allegation Received: 1993
Removed from Ministry: 1993
Date of Death: 2010
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 6

SEERY, Joseph
Date of Birth: 1953
Ordination: 1976
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1970s
Allegation Received: 1978
Left the USA: 1978
Date of Death: 2011
Pastoral AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: ​0

STRASSEL, Malcolm
Date of Birth: 1908
Ordination: 1934
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1960s; early 1970s
Allegation Received: 2006
Date of Death: 1987
Pastoral AssignmentsOther AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 5

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THOMANN, John
Date of Birth: 1930
Ordination: 1958
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1960s
Allegation Received: 1966
Removed from Ministry: 1967
Date of Death: 1989
Pastoral AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 4

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WEBER, John
Date of Birth: 1919
Ordination: 1945
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 1940s
Incardinated into Diocese of Baton Rouge: 1961
Allegation Received: 2005
Date of Death: 2000
Pastoral AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 2

WHEELER, Virgil "V.M."
Date of Birth: 1959
Ordination: 2018
Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: 2000s
Allegation Received: 2020
Removed from Ministry: 2020
Date of Death: 2023
Pastoral AssignmentsProofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: ​1

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 The names of religious order priests who served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans and have been removed from ministry for an allegation of abuse or are included in a list released by their religious order. The abuse may have occurred in the Archdiocese of New Orleans or while on assignment in another (arch)diocese.

Note on abbreviations: 
SDB - Salesians of Don Bosco; SJ - Society of Jesus (Jesuits); OP - Order of Preachers (Dominicans); OFM - Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans); CSSp - Congregation of the Holy Spirit; CSC - Congregation of Holy Cross; OSB - Order of St. Benedict (Benedictans); SVD - Society of the Divine Word; CSsR - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists); GMH - Glenmary Home Missioners; OMI - Oblates of Mary Immaculate

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AVALLONE, Paul, SDB
Date of Birth: December 26, 1921
Date of Ordination: July 2, 1950
Date of Death: 2008
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

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BOUDREAUX, Claude, SJ
Date of Birth: December 18, 1925
Date of Ordination: November 21, 1955
Date of Death: 2016
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 3

BRADY, Daniel Patrick, OP
Date of Birth: March 5, 1921
Date of Ordination: June 4, 1948
Date of Death: 1999
Parish Assignments:Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 10

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CARR, Cornelius, SJ
Date of Birth: 1920
Date of Ordination: 1951
Date of Death: 2018
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

CEGLAR, Stanislaus, SDB
Date of Birth: ca. 1916
Date of Ordination: unknown
Date of Death: January 29, 1994
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

CHAPPA, Ray, OFM
Date of Birth: August 3, 1948
Date of Ordination: June 7, 1975
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

COLLERY, James, CSSp
Date of Birth: December 11, 1920
Date of Ordination: July 11, 1948
Date of Death: 1987
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 4

COYLE, Barry (Finbar), OFM
Date of Birth: February 13, 1927
Date of Ordination: June 13, 1958
Date of Death: February 6, 1991
Assignments:Proofs of Claim field in Chapter 11: 0

COYLE, Charles, SJ
Date of Birth: January 2, 1932
Date of Ordination: June 7, 1965
Date of Death: July 1, 2015
Parish Assignments:Assignments:Proofs of Claim filedin Chapter 11: 1

CSIK, Paul, SDB
Date of Birth: February 4, 1898
Date of Ordination: September 24, 1932
Date of Death: June 20, 1970
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

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DARK, Lawrence, CSC
Date of Birth: May 9, 1925
Date of Ordination: June 4, 1952
Date of Death: March 7, 1984
Parish Assignments:Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 4

DAVIED, Frank, OFM
Date of Birth: October 16, 1941
Date of Ordination: June 4, 1976
Parish Assignments:Proofs of Claim field in Chapter 11: 1

 DeRUSSY, Edward, S.J.
Date of Birth: 1926
Ordination: 1957
Date of Death: 2001
Pastoral Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

DUCOTE, Jerome, OSB
Date of Birth: October 3, 1929
Date of Ordination: August 3, 1954
Date of Death: 2006
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

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ESPOSITO, Anthony, SDB
Date of Birth: October 3, 1915
Date of Ordination: November 30, 1948
Date of Death: March 5, 1987
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

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FAGIONE (FAGGIONI), Ernest, SDB
Date of Birth: July 2, 1917
Date of Ordination: June 29, 1947
Date of Death: 2006
Parish Assignments:Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

FALER, Justin, OSB
Date of Birth: August 1, 1919
Date of Ordination: June 2, 1945
Date of Death: 1979
Parish Assignments:Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

FONTENOT, Brian, OP
Date of Birth: November 18, 1953
Date of Ordination: May 2, 1981
Parish Assignments:Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

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KITA, August, SDB
Date of Birth: August 9, 1931
Date of Ordination: June 4, 1960
Date of Death: 2008
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

KNOTH, Bernard, SJ
Date of Birth: December 22, 1948
Date of Ordination: June 11, 1977
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

KOCH, Patrick H, SJ
Date of Birth: 1927
Ordination Date: 1957
Date of Death: 2006
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

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LUX, Joachim, OFM
Date of Birth: January 9, 1933
Date of Ordination: June 13, 1961
Date of Death: December 11, 2019
Parish Assignments:Proofs of Calim filed in Chapter 11: 0

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MASTERS, Andrew, SVD
Date of Birth: unknown
Date of Ordination: unknown
Date of Death: 2018
Parish Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 6

McCORMICK, Richard J. SDB
Date of Birth: unknown
Date of Ordination: unknown
Date of Death: 2020
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

McDOWELL, Archibald, CSC
Date of Birth: 1933
Date of Ordination 1962
Date of Death: 1994
Parish Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

MILLER, William, CSsR
Date of Birth: 1896
Date of Ordination: 1922
Date of Death: 1972
Parish Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

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NOWERY, C. Richard, CSC
Date of Birth: January 16, 1938
Date of Ordination: June 8, 1968
Date of Death: 2008
Parish Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

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PANKOWSKI, Joseph, SDB
Date of Birth: 1915
Date of Ordination: unknown
Date of Death: 1981
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

PARTEE, Carter, OFM
Date of Birth: April 19, 1921
Date of Ordination: June 5, 1947
Date of Death: January 10, 2010
Parish Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0
 
PEARCE, Donald, SJ
Date of Birth: January 27, 1925
Date of Ordination: January 17, 1959
Date of Death: May 9, 2016
Parish Assignments:Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

PELLETTIERI, Joseph CSsR
Date of Birth: October 9, 1939
Date of Ordination: June 29, 1965
Date of Death: 2018
Assignements:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

PFALZER, Juvenal, OFM
Date of Birth: August 12, 1915
Date of OrdinationL June 12, 1942
Date of Death: March 6, 2002
Parish Assignments:Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

PIMPLE, Alfred, OFM
Date of Birth: 1911
Date of Ordination: 1938
Date of Death: 1983
Parish Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

POANDL, Robert, GMH
Date of Birth: unknown
Date of Ordination: 1968
Date of Death: January 15, 2019
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

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RAY, Samuel H, SJ
Date of Birth: 1894
Ordination Date: 1925
Date of Death: 1983
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

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SOKOL, Joseph, SDB
Date of Birth: July 15, 1908
Date of Ordination: December 21, 1935
Date of Death: March 30, 1970
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

SPRINGER, Christopher, CSsR
Date of Birth: November 7, 1925
Date of Ordination: June 21, 1952
Parish Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 2

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TEMME, Roger, OMI
Date of Birth: November 29, 1947
Date of Ordination: May 22, 1976
Parish Assignments:Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

THOMPSON, Randolph, OFM
Date of Birth: October 21, 1910
Date of Ordination: June 4, 1948
Date of Death: December 3, 1991
Parish Assignments:Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

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WALSH, J. Patrick, SJ
Date of Birth: 1923
Ordination Date: 1952
Date of Death: 1993
Pastoral Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 0

WREN, Benjamin, SJ
Date of Birth: January 1, 1931
Date of Ordination: June 14, 1961
Date of Death: August 2006
Assignments:Proofs of Claim filed in Chapter 11: 1

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For the purposes of this Sexual Abuse Survivor Proof of Claim, sexual abuse is defined as any of the following acts:

   
Exhibit A Bar Date Order Abuse Proof of Claim Form, page 2 What is Sexual Abuse? https://dr201.s3.amazonaws.com/rcano/Exhibit%20A%20Bar%20Date%20Order%20--%20Abuse%20POC%20Form_English_v3.pdf