Disclosures

- Disclosures regarding clergy sexual abuse of minors
  
  In the interest of accountability, the Diocese of Crookston maintains a list of names of individuals against whom there is a credible claim of abusing a minor as defined under Minn. Stat. § 626.556 subd. 2(d), or in the possession of child pornography. The list is divided according to whether the alleged abuse took place within our diocese or outside of the diocese. A credible claim is one for which sufficient evidence exists to establish reasonable grounds to believe that the alleged abuse occurred.
- Individuals with credible claims against them of sexual abuse of a minor within the Diocese of Crookston
  Additional information on each individual may be accessed by clicking on the name.
- Bester, Robert - Died in 2019
  Date of Birth: September 30, 1930
  Date of Ordination: June 1, 1979
  Assignment History
  Asst. Pastor: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston 1979-80
  Headmaster: Mount Saint Benedict, Crookston 1980-1982
  Pastor: St. Francis of Assisi, Fisher 1980-82
  Pastor: St. Rose of Lima, Argyle; St. John the Baptist, Alma 1982-86
  Administrator: St. John the Baptist, Alma 1986-87
  Pastor: Blessed Sacrament, Greenbush; St. Aloysius, Leo 1987-1990
  Pastor: St. Joseph, Middle River; St. Edward, Strandquist; St. Joseph, Benwood 1990-91
  Leave of Absence: 1991-94
  Chaplain: St. Mary’s Medical Center, Duluth 1995-99
  Retired: July 1, 1999
  Laicized: December 15, 2006
  Current Status: Deceased January 2, 2019
- Bernauer, James – Died in 2016
  Date of Birth: July 7, 1926
  Date of Ordination: June 7, 1952
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Asst. Pastor: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston 1952-1955
  Pastor: St. Bernard, Thief River Falls; St. Ann, Goodridge; St. Clement, Grygla; St. Joseph, Middle River 1955-58
  Pastor: St. Philip, Bemidji 1958-60
  Pastor: St. Mary, Badger; St. Joseph, Benwood 1960-63
  Pastor: St. Joseph, Oslo 1963-71
  Pastor: St. Bernard, Thief River Falls; St. Ann, Goodridge; St. Clement, Grygla 1971-81
  Pastor: Sts. Peter and Paul, Warren 1981-87
  Administrator: St. Joseph, Oslo 1983
  Pastor: St. Joseph, Oslo 1984-87
  Pastor: St. John, Akeley; St. Theodore, LaPorte; Our Lady of the Pines, Nevis 1987-91
  Retired: 1991
  Current Status: Deceased June 19, 2016
- Bourassa, Stanley – Died in 2004
  Date of Birth: April 13, 1929
  Date of Ordination: June 4, 1955
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Asst. Pastor: St. Joseph, Red Lake Falls 1955-1957
  Asst. Pastor: St. Anne, Crookston 1957-1961
  Asst. Pastor: St. Philip, Bemidji 1961-1962
  Asst. Pastor: Sacred Heart, East Grand Forks 1962-1969
  Pastor: St. Mary, Fosston, St. Lawrence, Mentor 1969-1977
  Pastor: Sacred Heart, East Grand Forks 1977-1981
  Pastor: St. Bernard, Thief River Falls, St. Ann, Goodridge, St. Clement, Grygla 1981-1991
  Pastor: Assumption, Barnesville, St. Cecilia, Sabin 1991-1999
  Retired: July 1, 1999
  Current Status: Deceased August 11, 2004
- Boyd, Richard
  Date of Birth: October 24, 1950
  Date of Ordination: June 1, 1979
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Asst. Pastor: Sacred Heart, East Grand Forks 1979-80
  Chancellor: Diocese of Crookston Chancery 1980-82
  Administrator: St. Joseph, Middle River; St. Joseph, Benwood; Assumption, Florian 1980-82
  Vice Chancellor: Diocese of Crookston Chancery 1982
  Asst. Pastor: St. Philip, Bemidji 1985-87
  Pastor: St. Joseph, Middle River; St. Joseph, Benwood; Assumption, Florian 1987-90
  Pastor: St. Peter, Park Rapids 1990-2001
  Canonical Pastor: St. Mary, Two Inlets 1994-95
  Canonical Pastor: Lake Itasca 1997-2001
  Pastor: St. Mary, Fosston; St. Joseph, Bagley 2001-2003
  Removed from ministry: 2003
  Laicized: 2006
  Current status: Unknown
- Cardin, Victor – Died in 1992
  Date of Birth: January 17, 1900
  Date of Ordination: March 20, 1926
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Asst. Pastor: St. Joseph, Red Lake Falls 1926-1929
  Asst. Pastor: St. Joseph, Brooks 1929-1930
  Asst. Pastor: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston 1930-1935
  Pastor: St. Dorothy, Dorothy
  Pastor: St. Joseph, Red Lake Falls 1942-1952
  Chancellor: Diocese of Crookston 1952-1960
  Pastor: St. Peter, Gentilly 1960-1983
  Retired: 1983
  Current Status: Deceased November 10, 1992
- Carriere, Henry – Died in 2003
  Date of Birth: May 9, 1920
  Date of Ordination: June 16, 1946
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Asst. Pastor: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston 1946
  Asst. Pastor: St. Joseph, Fertile 1946-1948
  Asst. Pastor: St. Philip, Bemidji 1948-1950
  Asst. Pastor: St. Rose of Lima, Argyle, 1950-1952
  Administrator: St. Lawrence, Guthrie, St. Theodore, Laporte 1952-1955
  Chaplain: St. Joseph Hospital, Park Rapids 1952-1955
  Pastor: St. Joseph, Brooks 1955-1972
  Pastor: St. Vincent de Paul, Plummer 1965-1969
  Pastor: St. Anthony, Terrebonne 1969-1972
  Pastor: St. Rose of Lima, Argyle 1972-1982
  Pastor: Sacred Heart, Roseau, St. Mary, Badger 1982-1990
  Retired: July 2, 1990
  Date removed from ministry: June 19, 2002
  Current Status: Deceased November 3, 2003
- Davis, Lawrence – Died in 1979
  Date of Birth: September 21, 1918
  Date of Ordination: June 7, 1952
  Diocese or religious order: Saginaw, MI
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Parochial Vicar: Sacred Heart, E. Grand Forks 1952
  Parochial Vicar: St. Rose of Lima, Argyle 1952-53
  Current Status: Deceased November 15, 1979
- Foley, Gerald
  Date of Birth: January 15, 1932
  Date of Ordination: June 3, 1961
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Director: Catholic Social Services Association, Red Lake Falls 1963-77
  Administrator: St. Dorothy, Dorothy 1963-75
  Substitute Ordinary Confessor: Benedictine Convent, Red Lake Falls 1963
  Pastor: St. Anne’s, Crookston 1975-77
  Pastor: St. Joseph, Ada 1977
  Pastor: St. Francis de Sales, Moorhead 1979-83
  Pastor: St. Cecilia, Sabin 1979-83
  Faculties Removed: 2005
  Laicization: 2006
  Current Status: Residing in Minneapolis, MN
- Fitzgerald, Vincent – Died in 2009
  Date of Birth: December 8, 1919
  Date of Ordination: May 27, 1950
  Diocese or religious order: Oblates of Mary Immaculate
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Asst. Pastor: St. Patrick, Kelliher, St. Joseph, Shooks 1973-1974
  Pastor: St. Anne, Naytahwaush, St. Frances Cabrini, Big Elbow Lake, St. Benedict, White Earth 1983-1986
  Current Status: Deceased September 27, 2009
- Jeyapaul, Joseph
  Date of Birth: January 20, 1955
  Date of Ordination: May 19, 1982
  Diocese or religious order: Diocese of Ootacamund, India
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Priest in residence: St. Bernard, Thief River Falls 2004
  Administrator: Blessed Sacrament, Greenbush, St. Joseph, Middle River, St. Edward, Karlstad 2004-2005
  Date removed from ministry: September 15, 2005
  Current Location: Diocese of Ootacamund, India
  Current Status: unknown
- Plakut, Casimir – Died in 1988
  Date of Birth: December 3, 1910
  Date of Ordination: June 6, 1938
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Parochial Vicar: Holy Rosary, Detroit Lakes 1946
  Pastor: St. Anne, Naytahwaush; St. Theresa, Island Lake; St. Francis Cabrini, Big Elbow Lake 1950-51
  Current Status: Died November 10, 1988
- Porter, James – Died in 2005
  Date of Birth: January 2, 1935
  Date of Ordination: April 2, 1960
  Diocese or religious order: Diocese of Fall River, MA
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Asst. Pastor: St. Philip, Bemidji 1969-70
  Current Status: Deceased February 11, 2005
- Reid, Francis – Died in 2007
  Date of Birth: June 10, 1922
  Date of Ordination: May 23, 1964
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Asst. Pastor: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston 1964-1965
  Asst. Pastor: St. Philip’s, Bemidji 1965-1966
  Asst. Pastor: St. Rose of Lima, Argyle 1966-1968
  Asst. Pastor: St. Bernard’s, Thief River Falls 1968-1971
  Administrator: St. Ann, Waubun 1971
  Pastor: St. John’s, Akeley, Immaculate Conception, Nevis, St. Theodore, Ponsford 1971-1977
  Pastor: St. Michael, Mahnomen 1977-1980
  Pastor: St. Peter the Apostle, Park Rapids 1980-1990
  Pastor: St. Mary, Two Inlets, St. Theodore, Ponsford, St. Catherine, Lake Itasca 1990-1992
  Retired: July 1, 1992
  Date removed from ministry: July 1, 1992
  Current Status: Deceased April 15, 2007
- Rellihan, James
  Date of Birth: December 13, 1939
  Date of Ordination: December 18, 1965
  Diocese or religious order: Oblates of Mary Immaculate
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Parochial Vicar: St. Benedict, White Earth; St. Anne, Naytahwaush; St. Francis Cabrini, Big Elbow Lake 1986-92
  Current Status: Laicized; residing in Missouri
- Simon, Aloysius
  Date of Birth: July 13, 1925
  Date of Ordination: May 29, 1950
  Diocese or religious order: Diocese of Bismarck, ND
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Parochial Vicar: St. John's, Akeley; Immaculate Conception, Nevis; St. Theodore's, Laporte 1977-78
  Current Status: Unknown
- Individuals with credible claims of sexual abuse of a minor outside of the Diocese of Crookston
  For each individual in this category, the determination that a claim was credible was made by an entity other than the Diocese of Crookston, such as another diocese or a religious order. Some of these individuals held temporary assignments in this diocese. In other cases, they may have traveled here or resided here for a period of time.
  
  Additional information on each individual may be accessed by clicking on his name.
- Dummer, Donald
  Date of Birth: October 23, 1937
  Date of Ordination: December 19, 1964
  Diocese or religious order: Oblates of Mary Immaculate
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Pastor: St. Ann, Blackduck; St. Charles, Pennington; St. Patrick, Kelliher; St. Joseph, Shooks 1988-93
  Pastor: Assumption, Callaway; St. Catherine, Lake Itasca 1993-96
  Pastor: St. Mary of the Lakes, Detroit Lakes 1993-94
  Permanently Removed from Ministry: 2006
  Current Status: Unknown
- Gormly, Charles – Died in 1968
  Diocese or religious order: Diocese of Cheyenne, WY
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Parochial Vicar: St. Peter's, Park Rapids 1956
  Current Status: Deceased 1968
- Heitzer, Louis – Died in 1969
  Date of Birth: July 15, 1914
  Date of Ordination: 1942
  Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Supply Ministry: Clergy Retreat House, Nevis 1968
  Current Status: Deceased 1969
- Hohmann, Othman – Died in 1980
  Date of Birth: January 28, 1900
  Date of Ordination: June 7, 1931
  Diocese or religious order: Order of St. Benedict
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Parochial Vicar: St. Michael, Mahnomen 1958-59
  Pastor: Holy Rosary, Detroit Lakes 1959-60
  Current Status: Died January 4, 1980
- Kabat, Paul – Died in 1999
  Date of Birth: January 16, 1932
  Date of Ordination: September 8, 1958
  Diocese or religious order: Oblates of Mary Immaculate
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Pastor: Sacred Heart, Wilton 1972-76
  Chaplain: Holy Spirit Newman Center, Bemidji 1972-76
  Current Status: Died 1999
- Murawski, Stephen
  Diocese or religious order: Diocese of Pueblo, CO.
  Did not serve in the Diocese of Crookston, was arrested when passing through northern Minnesota: 1959
- Odor, Luke
  Year of Ordination: 1980
  Diocese or religious order: Diocese of Aba, Nigeria
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Associate Pastor: Assumption, Florian; St. John the Baptist, Alma; 1995
  Associate Pastor: St. Rose of Lima, Argyle 1995
  Associate Pastor: Sacred Heart, E. Grand Forks 1996
  Current Status: Unknown
- O’Reilly, Michael
  No other known information.
- Strub, Augustine – Died in 2015
  Date of Birth: March 7, 1921
  Date of Ordination: June 15, 1947
  Assignments in the Diocese of Crookston:
  Parochial Vicar: St. Anne, Naytahwaush; St. Francis Cabrini, Big Elbow Lake; St. Theresa, Island Lake 1951-56
  Pastor: Assumption, Callaway 1957-59
  Current Status: Left the priesthood in 1962. Died in 2015