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Surprising Secrecy in the Denver Archdiocese
Secrecy in the Denver Archdiocese? We at Horowitz Law hope we’re misreading the news out of the Denver Archdiocese, but we suspect and fear that we aren’t. A Colorado television station reported that a Denver archdiocesan priest had been accused of inappropriately touching a child in 2018. More specifically, a media report states that a priest in the Archdiocese of…
Colorado Courthouses Now Open to Sex Abuse Survivors for a Limited Time
Survivors in Colorado Will Have a Limited Time to File Lawsuits for Sexual Abuse Occurring Between 1960 and 2021 With the new year comes a new law opening the doors of Colorado’s courthouses to survivors of childhood sexual abuse. On January 1, 2022, the Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act went into effect, allowing survivors of child sexual abuse to sue schools,…
Fr. Patrick H. O’Liddy – Archdiocese of Denver
Father Patrick O’Liddy Archdiocese of Denver Ordained: 1990 Removed from ministry: 1999 Assigned as follows: 1983-1987: St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO) 1990-1995: Jesuitenkolleg (Innsbruck, Austria) 1995-1996: Regis University (Denver, CO) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Fr. Patrick O’Liddy: Fr. Patrick O’Liddy joined the Jesuits in 1973. He was ordained a priest in 1990, who served in the Archdiocese of…
Fr. J. Bart Nadal – Archdiocese of Denver
Father J. Bart Nadal Archdiocese of Denver Ordained: 1947 Died: 2015 Assigned as follows: 1951: St. Cajetan (Denver, CO) 1952-1954: St. Augustine (Antonito, CO) 1955-1960: St. Joseph (Capulin, CO) 1961-1966: St. Augustine (Antonito, CO) 1967-1972: Seminary of St. Andrew Avelino (Denver, CO) 1972-1973: St. Cajetan (Denver, CO) 1974-1988: Holy Family (Fort Collins, CO) 1991-1997: St. Andrew Seminary (Denver, CO) 1998-2007:…
Fr. Marshall Gourley – Archdiocese of Denver
Father Marshall Gourley Archdiocese of Denver Ordained: 1982 Placed on leave: 1997 Assigned as follows: 1983-1997: Our Lady of Guadalupe (Denver, CO) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Fr. Marshall Gourley: Fr. Marshall Gourley was ordained a priest of Theatine Order in 1982, who served in the Archdiocese of Denver. Gourley received local and national attention in the late 1980s-early 1990s…
Fr. Richard Kurtz – Archdiocese of Denver
Father Richard Kurtz Archdiocese of Denver (Jesuit) Ordained: 1977 Removed from ministry: 2001 Assigned as follows: 1978-1983: University of Detroit Jesuit High School (Detroit, MI) 1983-1984: Gesu Catholic School (University Heights, OH) 1984-2001: University of Detroit Jesuit High School (Detroit, MI) 2005-2007: Jesuit Community at Loyola University (Chicago, IL) 2009-2011: Colombiere Center (Clarkston, MI) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against…
Fr. Wilfred Carignan – Archdiocese of Denver
Father Wilfred Carignan Archdiocese of Denver (Trappist Seminarian) Ordained: N/A Assigned as follows: 1996-2001: St. Benedict’s Monastery (Old Snowmass, CO) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Fr. Wilfred Carignan: Wilfred Carignan was a Trappist seminarian at St. Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass, CO. Carignan was not accepted as a monk, and instead worked as a beekeeper for the monastery in…
Fr. Bennett “Ben” Colucci – Archdiocese of Denver
Father Bennett “Ben” Colucci Archdiocese of Denver Ordained: 1957 Retired: 2005 Died: 2020 Assigned as follows: 1957-1958: St. Francis Capuchin College (Washington D.C.) 1958-1959: St. Augustine Monastery (Pittsburgh, PA) 1959-1963: St. Michael (Utuado, Puerto Rico) 1963-1967: Santa Cruz (Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico) 1967-1970: Inglesia San Joaquim (Adjuntas, Puerto Rico) 1970-1974: Annunciation (Denver, CO) 1970-1993: Marycrest High School (Denver, CO) 1977-1980:…
Fr. Michael O’Brien – Archdiocese of Denver
Father Michael O’Brien Archdiocese of Denver Ordained: 2000 Removed: 2021 Assignment History 2002-2011: St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Aspen, CO) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Michael O’Brien In September 2021, the Archdiocese of Denver announced that it placed Fr. Michael O’Brien on administrative leave after he was accused of sexually abusing a male minor between 2004 and 2008. According to a lawsuit filed in…