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Father Gerard Kinane – Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux

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May 7, 2025 | By Horowitz Law
Father Gerard Kinane – Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux

Father Gerard Kinane

Father Gerard Kinane Horowitz Law

Ordained: 1973

Removed: 2004

Died: 2020

Assigned as follows:

  • Our Lady of the Isle (Grand Isle, LA)
  • St. Cecilia (New Orleans, LA)
  • St. Edward the Confessor (Metairie, LA)
  • St. Gabriel the Archangel (New Orleans, LA)
  • St. Henry (New Orleans, LA)
  • St. Hilary (Houma, LA)
  • St. Luke the Evangelist (Slidell, LA)
  • St. Mark (Chalmette, LA)
  • St. Mary's Nativity (Raceland, LA)
  • Assumption Catholic Church (Jacksonville, FL)
  • Mother Seton Catholic Church (Palm Springs, FL)
  • St. John Catholic Church (Atlanta Beach, FL)
  • St. Bernadette Church (Canadensis, PA)

Summary of Abuse Allegations Against Father Gerard Kinane:

Father Gerard Kinane served at multiple parishes in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana and in multiple states throughout the southeastern United States. According to media reports, in March 2004, a man alleged that Father Kinane had sexually abused him as a 14-year-old in 1973 and then again in 1975, when Father Kinane served as associate pastor at St. Mark's in Chalmette.

He was removed from ministry shortly after an initial investigation. No criminal charges were filed because the statute of limitations had expired. Later that year, the Vatican ordered a church trial. Father Kinane insisted on his innocence and, ultimately, in 2005, filed a defamation lawsuit against the archdiocese. The suit was dismissed in 2010. He was eventually laicized, although the date is unknown.

In November 2018, Father Kinane's name appeared publicly on the Archdiocese of New Orleans' list of clergy credibly accused of sex abuse of minors. It noted that an accusation of abuse in the 1970s and 1980s was first received in 1993.

In January 2019, his name appeared on the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana's list of clergy credibly accused of child sex abuse. (Houma-Thibodaux, created in 1977, had been part of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.)

The lawyers at Horowitz Law represent people who were sexually abused by Catholic priests and other clergy in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana. If you need a lawyer because you were sexually abused by clergy in Louisiana, contact our office today. Regardless of how long ago this happened, those abused by Catholic clergy in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux now have legal options because of a law eliminating the statute of limitations.  Our lawyers have decades of experience representing survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Louisiana and nationwide. We can help.

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

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