Father Gerald Wertz
Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Salesians)
Ordained: 1988
Assigned as follows:
- 1989-1994 St. John Bosco High School (Bellflower, CA)
- 1995 Salesian Community (Berkeley, CA)
- 1996-1997 Salesian Provincial Residence (San Francisco, CA)
- 1998 Unknown
- 1999-2002 Salesian High School (Richmond, CA)
- 2003-2006 Salesian Community (Berkeley, CA)
- 2007 Unknown
- 2008-2017 Salesian Provincial Residence (San Francisco, CA)
- 2018-2020 Unknown
Summary of Abuse Allegations against Father Gerald Wertz:
According to media reports, Father Gerald “Jerry” Wertz, was ordained a Salesian priest in 1988, who served in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. According to media reports, he was named in a 2011 civil lawsuit that accused him of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy from 1993 to 1994 while at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California. Father Wertz was a teacher and counselor at the school at the time of the alleged abuse. The boy reported the abuse at the time, but the priest was not disciplined.
Father Wertz’s last known location, the Salesian Provincial Residence in San Francisco, is one block away from Sacred Heart Cathedral Academy, a school with over 1,000 students. His current whereabouts are unknown.
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