Fr. Michael Hurley

Diocese of Baton Rouge

Ordained: 1943

Died: 2005

Assigned as Follows:

1943-1953: St. Peter and Paul (New Orleans, LA)
1953-1961: Saint Leo Catholic Church (Chicago, IL)
1961-1963: All Saints Catholic Church (Tucson, AZ)
1963-1969: Saint Simon and Jude Church (Phoenix, AZ)
1969-1971: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (Tempe, AZ)
1971-1974: St. Margaret Mary Church (Bullhead City, AZ)
1974-1976: St. Clement of Rome Church (Sun City, AZ)
1976-2002: St. Cecilia Mission Catholic Church (Clarkdale, AZ)

Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Fr. Michael Hurley:

Father Michael Hurley was ordained a priest in 1943, and served in multiple parishes in the Diocese of Baton Rouge. According to media reports, he was first named publicly as accused of sexual abuse of a minor on the Archdiocese of New Orleans list in November 2018. The list notes that the allegation was received in 1945 of abuse in the 1940s. It also notes that he left the archdiocese in 1955. The Archdiocese of New Orleans did not release any information about the location the alleged abuse occurred at or the age/gender of the victim who came forward.

Father Hurley died in August of 2005. He was working in Clarkdale, Arizona where he had been the pastor of St. Cecilia Mission Church at his time of his death.

His name has also been included on the Baton Rouge diocese's list of accused clergy members as of early 2019.

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Fr. Michael Hurley – Diocese of Baton Rouge