Father Kevin T. McDonald Archdiocese of Miami Ordained: 2013 Removed: 2018 Assignment History: 2013-2014: Our Lady of Perpetual Help (NM) 2014-2016: St. Cecilia, Jal; St. Clare (Eunice, NM) 2016-2018: Archdiocese of Nassau 2018: St. Genevieve (Las Cruces, NM) 2018: San Isidro (Garfield, NM) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Kevin T. McDonald: Fr. Kevin T. McDonald was included…
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Fr. Otto Martinez – Archdiocese of Miami
Father Otto Martinez Archdiocese of Miami Ordained: 1963 Assignment History: Unknown Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Otto Martinez: Fr. Otto Martinez was ordained in 1963. In 2004, Martinez was investigated among almost 20 archdiocesan priests by prosecutors. However, no charges were filed due to the statute of limitations. According to media reports, they never determined if there…
Fr. Joseph J. Kershner – Archdiocese of Miami
Father Joseph J. Kershner Archdiocese of Miami/Pairist Ordained: 1965 Retired: 2002 Dead: 2016 Assignment History: 1965-2002: Cardinal Gibbons High School (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Joseph J. Kershner: Fr. Joseph J. Kershner was the Principal of Cardinal Gibbons High School when he was suspended in June of 2002 due to allegations of abuse in the…
Fr. Jan Malicki – Archdiocese of Miami
Father Jan Malicki Archdiocese of Miami Ordained: 1973 Assignment History: 1994 to 1997: St. David Catholic Church (Davie, FL) St. Epiphany Catholic Church (Miami, FL) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Jan Malicki: Fr. Jan Malicki was ordained in Poland in 1973 and he arrived in Florida in 1989. Just over a decade later, Malicki was accused in a…
Fr. Anthony Mercieca – Archdiocese of Miami
Father Anthony Mercieca Archdiocese of Miami Ordained: 1962 Removed: 2006 Assignment History: 1962-1965: Unknown parish(es) in Brazil 1965-1967: Sacred Heart Church (Lake Worth, FL) 1967-1969: St. Clare’s (North Palm Beach, FL) 1969-1973: St. Coleman’s (Pompano Beach, FL0 1973-1975: Sacred Heart (Homestead, FL) 1975-1985: St. James Church (North Miami, FL) 1985-1987: St. Ambrose (Deerfield Beach, FL) 1987-1993: St. Henry (Pompano Beach,…
Fr. Joseph Huck – Archdiocese of Miami
Father Joseph Huck Archdiocese of Miami Ordained: 1969 Retired: 2002 Assignment History: Our Lady Queen of Heaven (North Lauderdale, FL) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Joseph Huck: Fr. Joseph Huck was ordained in 1969. In 2003, Huck was accused in a suit filed of sexually abusing a 12-14-year-old boy in the mid-1970s. Huck’s accuser was a resident…
Fr. Alvaro Guichard – Archdiocese of Miami
Father Alvaro Guichard Archdiocese of Miami Ordained: 1969 Assignment History: Church of the Little Flower (Coral Gables, FL) St. Francis de Sales (Miami Beach, FL) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Alvaro Guichard: Fr. Alvaro Guichard was ordained in the Archdiocese of Miami in 1969. In 2002, Guichard was accused in a lawsuit of sexual abuse of a teenage…
Fr. L. Yates Harris – Archdiocese of Miami
Father L. Yates Harris Archdiocese of Miami Ordained: 1977 Dead: 1996 Assignment History: St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Fort Lauderdale, FL) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father L. Yates Harris: Fr. L. Yates Harris was ordained in the Archdiocese of Miami in 1977. In 2003, Harris was accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy, 20…
Fr. Joaquin Guerrero – Archdiocese of Miami
Father Joaquin Guerrero Archdiocese of Miami Ordained: <1960 Assignment History: Unknown Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Joaquin Guerrero: Fr. Joaquin Guerrero was ordained in Cuba and worked in the Archdiocese of Miami in the 1960s. Guerrero was accused in 2002 of raping and abusing a 14-year-old boy. According to media reports, the abuse went on for six…
Sister Joan Marie – Archdiocese of Miami
Sister Joan Marie Archdiocese of Miami/Dominican Sisters Assignment History: St. James Catholic School (North Miami, Florida) Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Sister Joan Marie: In 2011, Sister Joan Marie was accused in a lawsuit filed of groping and fondling a first-grade boy in 1978-1979 at St. James Catholic School in North Miami, Florida. The abuse allegedly occurred under…