Father Patrick Gleeson
Ordained: 1943
Retired: 1989
Died: 1991
Assignment History:
- 1948-1950: Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (Sacramento, CA))
- 1951-1967: Our Lady of the Redwoods (Garberville, CA)
- 1967-1975: Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Calistoga, CA)
- 1976-1984: St. Apollinaris (Napa, CA)
- 1985-1991: St. Joseph's Church (Cotati, CA)
Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Father Patrick Gleeson:
Fr. Patrick Gleeson was ordained a priest in 1943 who served in multiple parishes including in the Diocese of Santa Rosa. According to media reports, in 2002, he was named in a lawsuit alleging that he repeatedly sexually abused a boy from 1968-1972, when Gleeson was serving at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Calistoga, CA. In 2003, several claims regarding child sexual abuse perpetrated by the clergy of the Diocese of Santa Rosa were filed together. One of the plaintiffs alleged that Fr. Gleeson also abused him in the mid-1960s, while Gleeson was serving in Calistoga, CA. Other claims in the suit included allegations of abuse by Gleeson, as well. These claims were settled for $7.3 million in 2005.
In 2019, another lawsuit was filed by three men claiming Fr. Gleeson sexually abused them when they were altar boys in the 60s and 70s. According to the suit, one victim was abused from age 14-17 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Calistoga and in Las Vegas. The second victim was abused from age 10-16 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Calistoga, St. Apollinaris in Napa, and in San Francisco. The third victim was also abused from age 10-17 at the Our Lady of the Redwoods.
Fr. Gleeson was named on the Santa Rosa Diocese's "credibly accused" 2019 list of clergy credibly accused of child sexual abuse.
Fr. Gleeson died in 1991 at the age of 66.
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