Suspected Abusers Named on the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Website

The following members of the clergy have been listed as alleged 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 – 1976	St. Ignatius, Baltimore, MD
1994	Pleaded 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 – 1941

Loyola 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 – 1968	Loyola University, Baltimore, MD (formerly Loyola College)
1986 – 1988	Loyola 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 – 1933

St. 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 – 1957

Mount 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 – 1969	Jesuit Seminary Guild, Baltimore, MD
1988 – 1989	Jesuit Mission Bureau, Baltimore, MD
2006 – 2007	Loyola 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 – 1981

Vice 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 – 1973	Cardinal Gibbons High School, Baltimore, MD
1970 – 1971	Director, Marianist Formation Center, Baltimore, MD
1971	St. 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 – 1975

Woodstock 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 – 1957

Mount 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 – 1990

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

Father Guillermo (William) Izquierdo

Date of Birth: Unknown

Seminary: Unknown

Date of Ordination: Unknown

Date of Death: 2015

Known Assignments:

1982 – 1993	Novice Director, Cheshire, CT
1995	Granted Faculties in the Archdiocese of Baltimore
1994 – 2004	Resident, 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:

1997	Veterans Administration Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Dates unknown	Assistant, St. Augustine, Elkridge, MD; Assistant, Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Baltimore, MD; Chaplain, Air National Guard Base, Middle River, MD
2003	Faculties revoked by the Archdiocese of Baltimore (based on allegations of misconduct with adults)
2014	Faculties 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 – 1941

St. 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:

2009	Youth Apostles Community House, Thurmont, MD
2016 – 2018	St. 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 – 1975

Cardinal 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 – 1963	Loyola Blakefield High School, Towson, MD
1968 – 1974	Loyola University, Baltimore, MD (formerly Loyola College)
1969 – 1970	Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD
1988 – 1989	Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Resident, St. Ignatius, Baltimore, MD
1992	Resident, 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 – 1949

Loyola 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 – 1956

Loyola 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 – 1965

Mount 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 – 1989

Spiritual 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 – 2002

Internal 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 – 2007

Loyola 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:

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

Brother Kyrin, Edward Powers (Xavierian)

Date of Birth: Unknown

Seminary: Unknown

Date of Ordination: Unknown

Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

1953 – 1957	Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore, MD
1988	Withdrew 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 – 1978	Campus Minister, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
1989 – 1990	Weekend 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:

1970s	All Saints, Brooklyn, NY
1997 – 2007	St. Leo the Great, Baltimore, MD
2007	Faculties removed

Father John Joseph Sheehan (Marianist)

Date of Birth: Unknown

Seminary: Unknown

Date of Ordination: 1961

Date of Death: Unknown

Known Assignments:

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

Father Edward A. Sheehy (Paulist)

Date of Birth: Unknown

Seminary: Unknown

Date of Ordination: Unknown

Date of Death: 1988

Known Assignments:

1968 – 1969

St. 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:

1969	Manresa Retreat House, Annapolis, MD
2007 – 2008	Retreat 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 – 2014	Diaconate Internship, Our Lady of the Mountains, Cumberland, MD
2019	Convicted 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 – 1968

St. Peter's Minor Seminary, Baltimore, MD