Monsignor Brent Eagen
Ordained: 1956
Died: 1997
Assigned as follows:
- 1957-1959: Holy Rosary (San Bernardino, CA)
- 1960-1967: San Diego College for Men (San Diego, CA)
- 1968-1969: University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
- 1970-1973: Boys Town of the Desert, Inc. (Banning, CA)
- 1971-1976: Cathedral Plaza Development Corporation (La Mesa, CA)
- 1971-1992: Mission (Basilica) San Diego De Alcala (San Diego, CA)
- 1993-1997: University of San Diego
Summary of Abuse Allegations against Monsignor Brent Eagen:
Monsignor Brent Eagen was ordained a priest in 1956, who served in multiple parishes in the Diocese of San Diego, where he was chancellor from 1968 to 1989. He also worked at multiple parishes which became part of the Diocese of San Bernardino when the Diocese was established in 1978. In 1993, he became the University of San Diego's first vice president for Mission and Ministry.
According to media reports, in 2003, Monsignor Eagen was named in a civil lawsuit which accused him of sexually abusing a minor girl in the summer of 1972, while he worked at Mission San Diego De Alcala. The alleged abuse occurred at Nazareth House, an orphanage run by the diocese near the mission. The girl was 14 years old, and worked in the residence for the priests. According to the suit, Monsignor Eagen became a "father figure" to her and she began to spend more time in the residence. One day, he invited her to his private room for a talk. Instead, she said she was raped on his bed, then told never to tell anyone.
The woman also alleged prior abuse at the orphanage by a nun and a handyman, as well as later abuse by Father Robert Buchanan. Church officials said Monsignor Eagen had an exemplary record and no previous allegations of misconduct.
Monsignor Eagen died in October 1997. As part of a settlement with survivors of clergy child sexual abuse, the Diocese of San Diego released his personnel file in October 2010, .
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