Father Joseph Fertal Diocese of Scranton (Society of the Divine Word) Ordained: 1959 Suspended from ministry: 1995 Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Joseph Fertal: Father Joseph Fertal was ordained a priest of the Society of the Divine Word in 1959, who served in multiple parishes in the Diocese of Scranton. According to media reports, he was working in the…
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Fr. Neil P. McLaughlin (Jesuit) – Diocese of Scranton
Father Neil McLaughlin Diocese of Scranton Ordained: 1959 Removed: 2006 Assigned as follows: 1961-1983: Scranton Preparatory School (Scranton, PA) 1965-1983: Georgetown University Hospital pastoral care program (Washington, DC) 1971-1995: St. John Bosco (Conyngham, PA) 1985-1986: University of Scranton (Scranton, PA) 1985 -2006: Alumni Association at the University of Scranton (Scranton, PA) 1990s: St. Mary of the Assumption (Scranton, PA) 1996-2006: St.…
Fr. Louis Bonacci – Diocese of Scranton
Father Louis Bonacci Diocese of Scranton/Baltimore/Jesuit Ordained: 1973 Removed: 2011 Assignment History: 1973-1974: Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues (Wernersville, PA) 1973-1974: Jesuit Center for Spiritual Growth (Wernersville, PA) 1974-1978: Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome, Italy) 1978-1982: Loyola College (Baltimore, MD) 1982-1987: Our Lady of Mercy (Winston-Salem, NC) 1986-1988: Wake Forest University; NC School of the Arts (Charlotte NC) 1986-1988: Salem College;…
Fr. John Rebovich – Diocese of Scranton
Father John Rebovich Diocese of Scranton Ordained: 1967 Administrative leave: 1990 Died: Unknown Assigned as follows: 1968-1972: Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary, Pittston, PA 1972-1973: St. John the Evangelist, Pittston, PA 1973-1974: St. Joseph’s, York, PA 1973-1974: Trinity High School, Shiremanstown, PA 1974-1978: St. Nicholas, Dunellen, NJ 1978-1979: Byzantine Catholic Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA 1979-1985: St. Eugene, Bedford, OH 1985-1990: St.…
Fr. Benedict Van Der Putten – Diocese of Scranton
Father Benedict Van Der Putten Diocese of Scranton Ordained: 1992 Laicized: 2005 Assigned as Follows: St. Aloysius Retreat House (Los Gatos, CA) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Benedict Van Der Putten: Father Benedict van der Putten was ordained a priest in 1992, who served in multiple parishes in the Diocese of Scranton. He was a member of the traditionalist…
Fr. Francis C. Bourbon – Diocese of Scranton
Father Francis Bourbon Diocese of Scranton (Jesuit) Ordained: 1957 Death: 2007 Assigned as follows: 1959 – 1968: Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD 1968 – 1969: Georgetown Preparatory School, N. Bethesda, MD 1969 – 1977: Scranton Preparatory School, Scranton, PA 1977 – 1978: Immaculate Conception Parish, New Orleans, LA 1978 – 1981: Scranton Preparatory School, Scranton, PA 1981 – 1982: Immaculate…
Fr. Steven Wolpert – Diocese of Scranton
Father Steven Wolpert Diocese of Scranton (Redemptorist) Ordained: 1980 Retired: 1987 Assigned as follows: 1980-1981: Mount St. Alphonsus Seminary, Esopus, NY 1981-1987: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Brooklyn, NY Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Steven Wolpert: Father Steven Wolpert was ordained a Redemptorist priest in 1980, who served in multiple parishes in the Diocese of Scranton. Father Steven Wolpert…
Sister Clare Pisaneschi – Diocese of Scranton
Sister Clare Pisaneschi Diocese of Scranton (Religious Teachers Filippini Sisters) Ordained: 1953 Died: 2014 Assigned as follows: Our Lady of Pompei (Baltimore, MD) St. Anthony (Bristol, CT) Our Lady of Sorrows (Jersey City, NJ) St. Francis Xavier (Newark, NJ) St. Ann (New York, NY) St. Joachim (Trenton, NY) St. Peter (Torrington, CT) St. James (Trenton, CT) St. Anthony (Dunmore, PA)…
Fr. Stephen Garrity – Diocese of Scranton
Father Stephen Garrity Diocese of Scranton (Jesuit) Ordained: 1970 Removed from ministry: 2007 Died: 2014 Assigned as follows: 1971 – 1980: St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, Philadelphia, PA 1980 – 1982: Jesuit Community at St. Joseph’s University, Merion Station, PA 1982 – 1985: Province Office, Baltimore, MD 1985 – 1991: Scranton Preparatory School, Scranton, PA 1991 – 2001: Loyola on the Potomac…
Fr. John Broderick – Diocese of Scranton
Father John Broderick Diocese of Scranton (Diocese of Syracuse) Ordained: 1989 Removed: 2018 Assigned as follows: Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father John Broderick: Father John Broderick was not a Diocese of Scranton priest. He was ordained in the Diocese of Syracuse in 1989. According to media reports, in 2008, he was arrested in Nicolville, New York (part…