Alleged Abusers – By Name – Archdiocese Website

Alleged Abusers Named on the Archdiocese of Baltimore Website: Archbalt.org


Father Michael Amy (Diocese of Erie)

Date of Birth: 1952
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: 1978
Date of Death: Unknown

Never assigned in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, but the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report includes child sexual abuse allegations against Father Amy in Maryland.


Father Francis Bach (Diocese of Harrisburg)

Date of Birth: 1936
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: May 19, 1962
Date of Death: 2010

Never assigned in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, but according to the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, Father Bach owned a boat in Maryland where he is alleged to have abused children.


Father Michael L. Barber

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

1975 – 1976St. Ignatius, Baltimore, MD
1994Pleaded guilty to child abuse; Removed from ministry

Father John F.X. Bellwoar (Jesuit)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 1993

Known Assignments:

1940 – 1941Loyola University, Baltimore, MD (formerly Loyola College)

Father Francis C. Bourbon (Jesuit)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 2007

Known Assignments:

1959 – 1968Loyola University, Baltimore, MD (formerly Loyola College)
1986 – 1988Loyola University, Baltimore, MD (formerly Loyola College)

Brother Romanus, Joseph F. Brocato (Xavierian)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 1992

Known Assignments:

1931 – 1933St. Mary’s Industrial School, Baltimore, MD

Brother Francis Jerome, William Burns (Xavierian)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 1974

Known Assignments:

1956 – 1957Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore, MD

Father C. Jeffries Burton

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 2011

Known Assignments:

1968 – 1969Jesuit Seminary Guild, Baltimore, MD
1988 – 1989Jesuit Mission Bureau, Baltimore, MD
2006 – 2007Loyola Blakefield High School, Towson, MD

Father Robert Cofenas (Diocese of Allentown)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 2013

Known Assignments:

1980 – 1981Vice President, Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, MD

Father Thomas Joseph Doyle (Marianist)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: 1974
Date of Death: 2007

Known Assignments:

1967 – 1973Cardinal Gibbons High School, Baltimore, MD
1970 – 1971Director, Marianist Formation Center, Baltimore, MD
1971St. Paul, Ellicott City, MD

Father John Gallen (Jesuit)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 2011

Known Assignments:

1968 – 1975Woodstock College, Woodstock, MD

Brother Barton, George Gardiner (Xaverian)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

1953 – 1957Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore, MD

Father John Geinzer (or Genizer) (Diocese of Pittsburgh)

Date of Birth: 1941
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: December 23, 1967
Date of Death: N/A

Known Assignments:

1980 – 1990Associate Spiritual Director, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD

Brother Bosco, Thomas Harrison (Xaverian)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

1944 – 1948St. Patrick School, Baltimore, MD
1973Withdrew from Xavierian Brothers

Father Guillermo (William) Izquierdo

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 2015

Known Assignments:

1982 – 1993Novice Director, Cheshire, CT
1995Granted Faculties in the Archdiocese of Baltimore
1994 – 2004Resident, Legionary Community, Washington, D.C.
Chaplain at various locations
Teacher, Woodmont Academy, Cooksville, MD

Father Stephen Jeselnick (Diocese of Erie)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

1997Veterans Administration Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Dates unknownAssistant, St. Augustine, Elkridge, MD
Assistant, Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Baltimore, MD
Chaplain, Air National Guard Base, Middle River, MD
2003Faculties revoked by the Archdiocese of Baltimore (based on allegations of misconduct with adults)
2014Faculties revoked by the Archdiocese of Erie (based on allegations of misconduct with adults)

Brother Walter Anthony Klick (Marianist)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 1979

Known Assignments:

1940 – 1941St. Michael-Overlea School, Baltimore, MD

Father Michael Kuhn (Youth Apostles Institute, Diocese of Fall River)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

2009Youth Apostles Community House, Thurmont, MD
2016 – 2018St. John’s Catholic Preparatory School, Frederick, MD

Brother Robert Aloysius Lindemann (Marianist)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 1995

Known Assignments:

1974 – 1975Cardinal Gibbons High School, Baltimore, MD

Father Arthur Long (Jesuit)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 2004

Known Assignments:

1957 – 1963Loyola Blakefield High School, Towson, MD
1968 – 1974Loyola University, Baltimore, MD (formerly Loyola College)
1969 – 1970Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD
1988 – 1989Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Resident, St. Ignatius, Baltimore, MD
1992Resident, Loyola Blakefield High School, Towson, MD

Father John J. McCarthy (Jesuit)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 1997

Known Assignments:

1946 – 1949Loyola Blakefield High School, Towson, MD

Father Neil P. McLaughlin (Jesuit)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

1954 – 1956Loyola Blakefield High School, Towson, MD

Brother Damien, John J. McMahon (Xavierian)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 2015

Known Assignments:

1957 – 1965Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore, MD

Father Robert Michele (Paulist)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

1986 – 1989Spiritual Director, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Brother Gabriel, Thomas Morrissey (Xavierian)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

1998 – 2002Internal ministry, Xavierian Brothers Generalate, Baltimore, MD

Father Claude L. Ory (Jesuit)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

2000 – 2007Loyola University, Baltimore, MD (formerly Loyola College)

Brother Alois, Donald J. O’Toole (Xavierian)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 2006

Known Assignments:

1958Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore, MD
1989Removed from Ministry

Brother Kyrin, Edward Powers (Xavierian)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

1953 – 1957Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore, MD
1988Withdrew from Xavierian Brothers

Father William Presley (Diocese of Erie)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 2012

Known Assignments:

1977 – 1978Campus Minister, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
1989 – 1990Weekend Assistant, St. Mary, Cumberland, MD

Father Michael Salerno (Pallotine)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

1970sAll Saints, Brooklyn, NY
1997 – 2007St. Leo the Great, Baltimore, MD
2007Faculties Removed

Father John Joseph Sheehan (Marianist)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: 1961
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

1968 – 1974Cardinal Gibbons High School, Baltimore, MD
1997Laicized

Father Edward A. Sheehy (Paulist)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 1988

Known Assignments:

1968 – 1969St. Peter’s Minor Seminary, Baltimore, MD

Father Carl Steffen (Diocese of Harrisburg)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 2015

Known Assignments:

1969Manresa Retreat House, Annapolis, MD
2007 – 2008Retreat Assistant, St. John, Westminster, MD

Father Urbano Vazquez-Ortega (Capuchin Franciscan)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

2013 – 2014Diaconate Internship, Our Lady of the Mountains, Cumberland, MD
2019Convicted of sexual abuse of minors in Washington , D.C.

Father Rudolph T. Vorisek (Paulist)

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: Unknown
Date of Death: 2011

Known Assignments:

1957 – 1968St. Peter’s Minor Seminary, Baltimore, MD

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