by Halley Porter | May 10, 2023 | Abuse Directory
Order: SJOrdained: 1950Status: AccusedDied: 08/25/1995Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD Father William Wehrle was accused of sexual abuse in Baltimore in the mid-1980s and subsequently removed from his parish, according to archdiocesan files. He served in Baltimore...
by Halley Porter | May 10, 2023 | Abuse Directory
Order: OFM CapStatus: AccusedDiocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD Father Jorge Velez-Lopez was a priest who worked in both Colombia and the United States. He was suspended from ministry by the Diocese of Alexandria in February 2016 following allegations of sexual...
by Halley Porter | May 10, 2023 | Abuse Directory
Ordained: 1977Status: ConvictedDiocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD In 1993, Father Jerome Toohey was accused of sexually abusing a male high school student who had sought counseling. A suit was filed in 1994 but dropped in 1996 after a ruling in another case by the...
by Halley Porter | May 10, 2023 | Abuse Directory
Order: CSPOrdained: 1961Status: AccusedDied: 08/31/2013Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD In December of 1993, the Archdiocese of Baltimore announced that it had removed Father Francis Sweeney from his position as chaplain of the Charlestown Retirement Community in...
by Halley Porter | May 10, 2023 | Abuse Directory
Ordained: 1966Status: AccusedDied: 10/25/2008Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD In March of 2007, Monsignor Father Richard Smith was taken out of active ministry following accusations by two women that he had sexually assaulted them during their teenage years in...
