Father Edward Terry Allen Diocese of Alexandria Ordained: 1961 Resigned: 2005 Settled with Victim: 2012 Death: 2018 Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Edward Terry Allen In February 2019, Fr. Edward Terry Allen was publicly named on the Diocese of Alexandria list of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor. According to the list, an allegation of…
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Fr. Gielse Boyer – Diocese of Alexandria
Father Gielse Boyer Diocese of Alexandria Ordained: 1954 Death: 1988 Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Gielse Boyer In February of 2019, the Diocese of Alexandria publicly named Fr. Gielse Boyer in its list of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor. According to the list, Fr. Boyer allegedly abused a male minor in the mid-1970s. In…
Fr. William Cody Bressler – Diocese of Alexandria
Father William Cody Bressler Diocese of Alexandria Ordained: 1949 Died: 1990 Status: Settled Assignment History: St. Anthony of Padua School (Bunkie) Christ the King Catholic Church (Simmesport) St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (Alexandria) Sacred Heart Parish (Salt Lake City) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Father William Cody Bressler In December 2018, the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City publicly…
Attention to Clergy Sexual Abuse Began in Louisiana in 1983
Do you think the Catholic clergy sexual abuse and cover up crisis started in Boston in 2002? Think again. It really started much earlier, in 1983 in fact, down in Louisiana. And now – finally, thankfully – there’s a new Louisiana law that may benefit some of those very first clergy abuse survivors who stepped forward, long before the pubic…
Louisiana Becomes the Latest State to Open Courts to Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
New Louisiana Sexual Abuse Statute of Limitations Gives Survivors of Abuse More Legal Options Starting Today On June 15, 2021, the State of Louisiana became the latest in the wave of states to pass an extension to the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse cases. In a landmark move, Louisiana lawmakers eliminated the time period for filing a lawsuit…
Fr. Victor Sepsi – Diocese of Alexandria
Father Victor Sepsi Diocese of Alexandria Ordained: Unknown Departure: 1967 Assignment History: Catherine of Siena (Shreveport, LA) John Catholic Church (Deville, LA) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Victor Sepsi In February 2019, the Diocese of Alexandria publicly named Fr. Victor Sepsi on its list of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor. According to…