Listed are clergy and religious brothers who served in western North Carolina with no allegation documented in the Charlotte diocese but were named on lists or publicized by other dioceses and religious orders. A civil lawsuit filed on behalf of both victims in Mecklenburg County Superior Court was dismissed in 2014. Ethics Point; Moving Forward Together. Click below to see full coverage of the exciting two-day event! Diocese. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Monroe, N.C. St. Pius X Catholic School, Greensboro, N.C. St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, (former location) west Asheville, N.C. Congregation of the Mission-Eastern Province (Vincentians), Order of St. Augustine-Province of St. Thomas of Villanova (Augustinians), Oblates of St. Francis de Sales-Wilmington-Philadelphia Province, Congregation of the Holy Spirit-Province of the United States (Spiritans), Holy Infant Catholic Church (Reidsville, N.C.), Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church (Greensboro, N.C.), St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (Lenoir, N.C.), St. Joseph Catholic Church (Newton, N.C.), Diocese of Charlotte Youth Ministry Center, Co-Director of Youth Ministry (Flat Rock, N.C.), Hot Springs Boys Home (Hot Springs, N.C.), Spring Creek Elementary and High Schools (Hot Springs, N.C.), St. Teresas Catholic Church (Revere, N.C.), Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church (Charlotte, N.C.), St. Dorothy Catholic Mission (now Church) (Lincolnton, N.C.), St. Bernadette Catholic Mission (Linville, N.C.), St. Lucien Catholic Church (Spruce Pine, N.C.), Charlotte Catholic High School, Pastoral Minister (Charlotte, N.C.), Queen of the Apostles Catholic Church (Belmont, N.C.), Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Salisbury, N.C.), St. Aloysius Catholic Church (Hickory, N.C.), St. Ann Catholic Church (Charlotte, N.C.), St. Dorothy Catholic Church (Lincolnton, N.C.), Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church (High Point, N.C.), Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Brevard, N.C.), St. Benedict Catholic Church (Greensboro, N.C.), St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Tryon, N.C.), St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church (Shelby, N.C.), Immaculate Conception Catholic Mission (Hayesville, N.C.), St. William Catholic Church (Murphy, N.C.), Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (Monroe, N.C.), Sacred Heart Catholic Mission (Wadesboro, N.C.), Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, Chaplain (2 terms) (Kernersville, N.C.), Holy Cross Catholic Church, Occasional Mass celebrant after retirement (Kernersville, N.C.), Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Hendersonville, N.C.), Our Lady of the Annunciation Catholic Church (Albemarle, N.C.), Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church (Charlotte, N.C.), Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church (Lexington, N.C.), St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church (Waynesville, N.C.), St. Joseph Catholic Church (Asheboro, N.C.), St. Lawrence Catholic Church (now Basilica) (Asheville, N.C.), St. Patrick Church (now Cathedral) (Charlotte, N.C.), St. Joseph Vietnamese Catholic Church (Charlotte, N.C.), St. Elizabeth Catholic Church (Boone, N.C.), Appalachian State University, Campus Minister (Boone, N.C.), St. Frances of Rome Catholic Mission (Sparta, N.C.), St. John Baptist de la Salle Catholic Church (N. Wilkesboro, N.C.), St. Peter Catholic Church (Charlotte, N.C.), Diocese of Charlotte, Judicial Vicar (Charlotte, N.C.), St. Michael Catholic Church (Gastonia, N.C.), Catholic Conference Center, Novitiate program (1992) (Hickory, N.C.), Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Service as part of Novitiate program (1992) (Salisbury, N.C.), St. Matthew Catholic Church (Charlotte, N.C.), St. Michael Catholic Church, Occasional Spanish Mass celebrant (Gastonia, N.C.), Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, Chaplain (Winston-Salem, N.C. former location), Christ the King Catholic Mission (Kings Mountain, N.C.), Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Chapel (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Mission (Highlands, N.C.), St. Barnabas Catholic Mission (now Church) (Arden, N.C.), St. Gabriel Catholic Church (Charlotte, N.C.), St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church (Swannanoa, N.C.), St. Pius X Catholic Church (Greensboro, N.C.), St. Patrick Catholic Church (now Cathedral) (Charlotte, N.C.), St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church (West Asheville, N.C.), St. Joseph of the Hills Catholic Church (Eden (formerly Leaksville), N.C.), Western Carolina University, Campus Minister (Cullowhee, N.C.), St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Wake Forest University, Campus Minister (Winston-Salem, N.C.), St. Barnabas Catholic Church (Arden, N.C.), Church of the Epiphany Catholic Mission (Blowing Rock, N.C.), St. Therese Catholic Church (Mooresville, N.C.), Jesuit House of Prayer (Hot Springs, N.C.), Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Mission (now Church) (Marion, N.C.), St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church (Morganton, N.C.), St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (Jefferson, N.C.), St. John Neumann Catholic Church (Charlotte, N.C.), St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church (Maggie Valley, N.C.), Holy Cross Catholic Church (Kernersville, N.C.), St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church (Greensboro, N.C.), Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Forest City, N.C.), Charlotte Catholic High School, Chaplain (Charlotte, N.C.), St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church (Charlotte, N.C.), St. Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church (Sylva, N.C.), St. Mary Catholic Church, formerly called Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church (Greensboro, N.C.), St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Hmong Ministry (Hickory, N.C.), St. Leo the Great Catholic Church (Winston-Salem, N.C.). The Diocese of Charlotte (Dioecesis Carolinana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the Southern United States. <br>He's a priest abuse victim's advocate and attorney. June 10, 2022, WORCESTER, MA -- Bishop McManus has announced the following 32 assignments and appointments for priests in the Diocese of Worcester which will go into effect on July 1 unless otherwise noted. . What do Catholics Believe? It is also our practice to report all allegations of child sexual abuse to civil authorities for action, independent of our Church adjudication process. The Charlotte diocese investigated and in June of 2010 removed Kellehers priestly faculties. After the bishops statement in 1995, numerous additional victims came forward to report having been abused by Kuder. Our lawyers have decades of experience representing survivors of clergy sexual abuse in North Carolina and nationwide. Reverend Joseph J. Yaeger, Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Whiteville and Our Lady of the Snows Mission in Elizabethtown, is appointed Pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Kinston. A Benedictine monk, George had relocated to a Richmond priory in 1975 from Belmont Abbey, where he had been assigned briefly to St. Michael Catholic Church in Gastonia. Staff. St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Lenoir, N.C. Society of Jesus-Maryland Province (Jesuits), Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church, Charlotte, N.C.; New Jersey. In December of 2018, Bonaccis supervising religious order, the Jesuits Maryland Province, named Bonacci to its list of credibly accused clergy for allegations of abuse in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Maryland. August 3, 2020 (Kalamazoo, Mich.): The Most Rev. Reverend Monsignor Gerald L. Lewis, retired and assigned Diocesan Archivist, for completion of his additional assignment as Administrator of Saint Mildred Parish in Swansboro. new parish assignments Around the Diocese. In 2002, the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey, reported to the Diocese of Charlotte that it had received credible allegations of abuse against Littleton alleged to have occurred in New Jersey in the early 1990s. Controversial pastor of Catholic church in NC mountains. The joint statement was the culmination of discussions with some of Kuders victims that originated in 1992, when the first victim came forward asking Church leaders to denounce Kuder publicly, take steps to identify and assist other victims, and commit to preventing any further abuse of children. Raleigh Bishop Joseph Gossman and Charlotte Bishop William Curlin, both now deceased, found the allegations credible and publicly apologized for Kuders crimes in a joint statement in 1995. There are no abuse allegations documented from his ministry here in the 1990s and early 2000s. The Charlotte diocese has no documentation of alleged abuse during the time Dolan was assigned here. John Phan as Pastor of Holy Family, Shorewood Fr. Pastor's Lenten Lecture Series 2019. Reverend Marlon A. Mendieta-Rodas, Administrator of Saint John the Baptist Parish in Roanoke Rapids, is appointed Pastor of Saint John the Baptist Parish in Roanoke Rapids. Father Nicholas Akindele, 50, will become pastor of Holy Family and St. Alphonsus parishes in Davenport. Miss an Episode? This list reflects credible allegations we have documented now, and it will be updated as new information emerges and as additional survivors, perhaps prompted by this list, come forward. The Charlotte diocese has no allegations of sexual abuse documented here. Date No appointments have been made yet this year. St. Matthew is believed to be the largest parish in the United States, with nearly 11,000 registered families. In October of 2019, Vertassich was publicly named on the Ohio-based Glenmary Home Missioners list of credibly accused clergy. Newly ordained Father Alfonso Gamez Jr. will serve as parochial vicar of St. Mark Church in Huntersville, effective July 9, 2019. Joyce had been assigned by his supervising religious order to work in the Charlotte diocese. About that same time, the brother of the initial victim also accused Lynch of abusing him during his time in Boone. The Richmond diocese had received the allegation in 1987 and removed George from ministry. Although many years have passed, those abused by Catholic clergy in the Diocese of Charlotte now have legal options, but filing deadlines will apply so do not delay in reaching out to us. Cortez was convicted of abuse-related offenses in New York in 2009 and 2017. In 2004, Jablonowski pleaded no contest to charges of abusing a 17-year-old boy at a Wyoming parish in the 1980s, according to public records. In July of 2018, Spangenberg was named in the Pennsylvania Attorney General grand jurys report for alleged sexual abuse of at least two minors in the 1980s in Pittsburgh. He was removed from ministry in Charlotte in June of 2002 by the Providence diocese, which last reported Tanguay was living outside the U.S. According to news reports, Hoare continues to deniy all of the allegations against him. Bishop Zubik; Our Priests; Our Deacons; Diocesan Pastoral Staff. A priest of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Ipiales, Colombia, Castao was a visiting priest of the Oratory in Rock Hill. In April of 2002, a man reported to the Diocese of Charlotte that he had been abused as a minor by Joyce from 1973 to 1976 at Sacred Heart Catholic Mission in Wadesboro. Thomas Theneth as Pastor of St. Joseph, Manteno The diocese alerted its Lay Review Board and Mecklenburg County DSS, which referred the information to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the Mecklenburg County District Attorneys office. The other was received in 2001 involving abuse in 1963 in Boone, when Smith was pastor of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg has released the assignment locations of 72 priests and other clergy accused of child sexual abuse since the 1940's. The assignments were published on a . Bishop Richard F. Stika recently announced new pastoral assignments for the Diocese of Knoxville and a priest retirement. Additional credible allegations of abuse in the 1960s by Corbin in Brevard and Winston-Salem were reported in following years. I am grateful for the courage and strength of abuse survivors who have shared their most private pain so those responsible could be held accountable and children today can be protected from harm. There are no documented abuse allegations during his ministry in the Diocese of Charlotte. He had briefly volunteered at Room At The Inn in Charlotte (now called MiraVia) without documented incident. Father Walner D. 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