Father Ernest Justin Hill
Ordained: 1951
Removed:1994
Died: 2003
Assigned as follows:
- 1951: St. Anne's and St. Joachim (Carthage, MS)
- 1952-1954: Annunciation (Kiln, MS); Our Lady of the Pines (Catahoula, MS); St. Joseph's (Fenton, MS); St. Louis of France (Rocky Hill, MS); Infant of Jesus (White Cypress, MS)
- 1954-1956: Holy Ghost Cenacle and Shrine of Saint Joseph (Sterling NJ)
- 1956-1958: St. Elizabeth's (Colonial Beach, VA); St. Paul's (Hague, VA); St. Francis (Kilmarnock, VA); St. Anthony's (King George, VA); St. Timothy's (Tappahannock, VA)
- 1958-1962: Sacred Heart (Hitchcock, OK); St. Joseph's (Loyal, OK); St. Eugene's (Canton, OK)
- 1962-1965: St. Anne Mission (Manchester, KY)
- 1965-1977: Holy Trinity Missionary Cenacle (Silver Springs, MD)
- 1977-1978: Dorothy Day Catholic Worker (Washington DC)
- 1978-1980: Sacred Heart (Soldier Pond, ME); St. Mary Star of the Sea (Stonington, ME)
- 1980-1993: Unknown
- 1993-1994: Holy Trinity Seminary (Silver Springs, MD)
- 1995-2019: Unknown
Summary of Abuse Allegations against Father Ernest Justin Hill:
Fr. Ernest Justin Hill was a member of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity order. According to media reports, in 1994, he was suspended by his order for refusing to undergo psychological testing. He was under investigation for being accused of inappropriate behavior with teenagers. He denied the allegations.
In 1999, he was accused of child sexual abuse in Maine, in the late 1970s or early 1980s. In March 2019, his name appeared publicly on the Diocese of Jackson's list of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors. It noted an allegation of child sexual abuse reported in 1994 occurring in Indiana in 1992.
Hill died in 2003.
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