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Br. Gus Krumm – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Home  >  Sexual Abuse Law Blog  >  Br. Gus Krumm – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

September 15, 2020 | By Horowitz Law
Br. Gus Krumm – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Ordained: 1982

Removed: 2003

Laicized: 2006

Assignment History:

  • 1980: St. Anthony’s Seminary (Santa Barbara, CA)
  • 1980: Santa Barbara Mission (Santa Barbara, CA)
  • 1982-1985: St. James the Apostle (Las Vegas, NV)
  • 1985-1987: St. Anthony’s Seminary High School (Santa Barbara, CA)
  • 1987-1988: Bishop Diego Garcia High School (Santa Barbara, CA)
  • 1988-1998: Ss. Simon and Jude (Huntington Beach, CA)
  • 1998-2002: Ascension (Portland, OR)
  • 2003: St. Francis of Assisi (Sacramento, CA)

Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Brother Gus Krumm:

Ordained a priest of the Franciscan Order in 1982, Br. Gus Krumm worked in Reno, and Portland, Sacramento, as well as in the Diocese of Orange and the  Archdiocese of Los Angeles. According to media reports, he was accused of sexually abusing nine boys under the age of 14 in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1995, a settlement was reached with a young boy who was sexually abused by Br. Krumm. It was revealed in several reports that the Diocese of Sacramento had known about the earlier accusations when it hired him in 1998.

In 2002, Krumm acknowledged “past indiscretions” while a seminarian and after ordination. A 1993 report by the Diocese of Sacramento’s review board determined that at least 34 St. Anthony’s Seminary students in Santa Barbara, CA, were sexually abused by 11 Franciscans — including Krumm — over three decades.

Br. Krumm was removed from his position as pastor of a Portland, OR parish in 2002. He was then moved to a Franciscan parish in Sacramento that same year but was removed six weeks after the media revealed his whereabouts. A few weeks later, two more men accused Krumm of molesting them at their Huntington Beach, CA parish when they were children in the early 1990s. This finally went to trial in a 2009 lawsuit in which the accuser’s brother joined the lawsuit, saying that he, too, was victimized by Krumm.

In a 2011 civil trial, an attorney for the Franciscans acknowledged that Krumm had abused seven teenagers. At least one accuser said his abuse occurred at the Santa Barbara Mission in 1980. Although Krumm was finally laicized in 2006, he is thought to be working for the state in Sacramento, CA.

Br. Krumm is listed on the Las Vegas Diocese’ 2019 List of Clergy Credibly Accused of Sexual Abuse of a Minor, as well as on the Santa Barbara Province Franciscans List the same year.

Horowitz Law is a law firm representing victims and survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and other clergy in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California.  If you need a lawyer because you were sexually abused by a priest in one of California’s Catholic dioceses, contact our office today. Although many years have passed, those abused by Catholic clergy in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles now have legal options due to a voluntary compensation fund created by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, but filing deadlines will apply so do not delay in reaching out to us.  Our lawyers have decades of experience representing survivors of clergy sexual abuse in California and nationwide. We can help.

Contact us at 888-283-9922 or adam@adamhorowitzlaw.com to discuss your options today.

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