Father William Wehrle
Archdiocese of Washington
Ordained: 1950
Died: 1995
Assigned as follows:
- 1950 – 1951 Sacred Heart (Woodstock, MD)
- 1951 – 1952 Our Lady of Martyrs (Auriesville, NY)
- 1952 – 1960 Our Lady of the Wayside (Chaptico, MD)
- 1952 – 1957 Holy Angels (Avenue, MD)
- 1952 – 1957 Sacred Heart (Bushwood, MD)
- 1952 – 1957 St. Joseph’s (Morganza, MD)
- 1952 – 1960 Immaculate Conception (Mechanicsville, MD)
- 1960 – 1966 St. Ignatius (Hilltop, MD)
- 1960 – 1966 Sacred Heart (La Pata, MD)
- 1960 – 1966 St. Catherine of Alexandria McConchie, MD)
- 1966 – 1971 Holy Trinity (Washington, DC)
- 1971 – 1972 Jesuit Residence (Pittsburgh, PA)
- 1972 – 1973 Pittsburgh Hospital (Pittsburgh, PA)
- 1973 – 1974 Creighton University (Omaha, Nebraska)
- 1974 – 1976 St. Louis (Denver, CO)
- 1976 – 1980 St. Therese (Aurora, CO)
- 1980 – 1981 St. James (Denver, CO)
- 1982 – 1985 St. Alphonsus Rodriguez (Woodstock, MD)
- 1986 – 1993 SS. Peter and Paul (Pittsburgh, PA)
- 1993 – 1995 St. Charles Lwanga (Pittsburgh, PA)
Summary of Abuse Allegations against Father William Wehrle:
According to the Archdiocese of Washington files Father William Wehrle was accused of sexual abuse in Baltimore in 1985. Father Wehrle was removed from his Woodstock, Maryland parish. In 1987, he resurfaced in Pittsburgh.
In August 1995, Father Wehrle died.
In September 2002, Father Wehrle’s name first appeared publicly on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s list of clergy credibly accused of sex abuse of minors.
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