Archbishop Carlson releases list of clergy with substantiated allegations of sexual abuse

St. Louis -- St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson on Friday released a list of names of clergy who have had “substantiated claims of sexual abuse of minors against them.”

“Publishing these names will not change the past,” Carlson said via an online statement. “Nothing will. But it is an important step in the long process of healing. And we are committed to that healing.”

Carlson said the list is the result of a third-party agency staffed by former FBI and state law enforcement personnel. The results were provided to the Archdiocesan Review Board, which is composed of a majority of lay members are not employed by the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

Carlson said no accused priest or deacon of the Archdiocese of St. Louis is currently serving in the ministry.

Carlson's letter stated that since the establishment of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in 2002, "allegations of historical sexual abuse of a minor have been substantiated. No instance of alleged sexual abuse of a minor occurred after the implementation of the Charter.

The majority of substantiated allegations occurred in the 1970's and 1980's.

List of Archdiocesan Clergy with Substantiated Allegations of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

1    Babka    Robert H.    1968    2013    Removed from ministry; deceased
2    Beckman    Dcn. Carl    1986         Removed from ministry
3    Beine    James A.    1967         Removed from ministry; laicized
4    Brinkman    Don G.    1967         Removed from ministry
5    Campbell    John R.    1958         Removed from ministry
6    Campbell    Michael A.    1979         Removed from ministry
7    Christian    Norman H.    1961    2004    Removed from ministry; deceased
8    Cooper    Thomas T.    1955    2003    Removed from ministry; deceased
9    Creason    Hubert E.    1958    2006    Removed from ministry; deceased
10    Fitzgerald    Alfred J.    1966         Removed from ministry
11    Funke    James A.    1974    1993    Removed from ministry; deceased
12    Ghio    John J.    1980         Removed from ministry
13    Goellner    Glennon J.    1950    2007    Removed from ministry; deceased
14    Graham    Thomas J.    1960         Removed from ministry;
15    Gummersbach    James L.    1954    2014    Removed from ministry; deceased
16    Heck    Donald H.    1963    2015    Removed from ministry; deceased
17    Hederman    Kevin F.    1975         Removed from ministry
18    Heier    Vincent A.    1977         Removed from ministry; retired
19    Huhn    Bernard    1952    2000    Ministry restricted; deceased
20    Hummel    Dcn. Fred    1986         Removed from ministry; laicized
21    Johnston    Robert F.    1962         Removed from ministry;
22    Kaske    John J.    1956         Removed from ministry; laicized
23    Kelley    William A.    1977    2013    Removed from ministry; deceased
24    Kopff    Marvin C.    1963    2006    Removed from ministry; deceased
25    Kuchar    Bryan M.    1993         Removed from ministry; laicized
26    Lessard    Joseph P.    1952    2014    Removed from ministry; deceased
27    Lippert    Alexander W.    1956    2000    Removed from ministry; deceased
28    McGrath    Michael    1974         Removed from ministry; laicized
29    Marschner    Aloysius J.    1936    2004    Ministry restricted; deceased
30    McClintock    Dennis J.    1973         Removed from ministry; laicized
31    Obmann    Russell    1951    2000    Removed from ministry; deceased
32    O'Brien    Joseph M.    1957    2012    Removed from ministry; deceased
33    Pavlik    James J.    1963    2015    Removed from ministry; deceased
34    Rehme    Albert A.    1956    2012    Removed from ministry; deceased
35    Ross    Joseph D.    1969         Removed from ministry; laicized
36    Schierhoff    Lawrence C.    1952    2008    Removed from ministry; laicized
37    Seidel    Michael L.    1987         Removed from ministry; laicized
38    Straub    Donald J.    1975         Removed from ministry; laicized
39    Toohey    Michael W.    1967         Removed from ministry; laicized
40    Valentine    Leroy    1977         Removed from ministry
41    Westrich    Keith M.    1981         Removed from ministry
42    Wolken    Gary P.    1993         Removed from ministry; laicized
43    Yim    Robert J.    1974         Removed from ministry; laicized
44    Zacheis    Dennis B.    1975         Removed from ministry

List of Archdiocesan Clergy with Substantiated Allegations of Sexual Abuse of a Minor that were first accused After Death

1    Blase'    Francis    1941    1977    Deceased
2    Bockelmann    Albert    1939    1975    Deceased
3    Byrne    Maurice    1943    1993    Deceased
4    Craig    Walter    1923    1971    Deceased
5    Galovich    George W.    1971    2012    Deceased
6    Kertz    Louis    1948    1985    Deceased
7    McLain    James    1957    1998    Deceased
8    McDonough    Roger    1965    1985    Deceased
9    O'Flynn    Bernard    1917    1981    Deceased
10    Poepperling    William    1934    1983    Deceased
11    Wieberg    John    1918    1963    Deceased
12    Zimmer    Ralph    1943    1981    Deceased

List of Extern Clergy with Substantiated Allegations of Sexual Abuse of a Minor 

1    Ferraro    Romano J.    1960         Removed from ministry; laicized
2    Frobas    Victor A.    1966    1993    Removed from ministry; laicized; deceased
3    Lenczycki    Frederick    1972         Removed from ministry; laicized
4    Roberts    Kenneth J.    1966    2018    Removed from ministry; deceased
5    Stauber    James F.    1959    2010    Removed from ministry; deceased

List of Archdiocesan Clergy with Substantiated Allegations of Possession of Child Pornography

1    Grady    James P.    1977         Removed from ministry; laicized
2    Hess    John P.    1983         Removed from ministry
3    Vatterott    William F.    2003         Removed from ministry; laicized