Him better known.
Credible Accusations
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this page contains information about the following:
- Priests of the Oakland Diocese credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor.
- Religious priests and priests from other dioceses who have lived in the Oakland Diocese credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor.
- Religious brothers who have lived in the Oakland Diocese credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor.
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what is a credible accusation?
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There is no standard definition for a “credible accusation.” For the Diocese of Oakland, we used the following criteria to determine if a name should be placed on this list.
The Diocese must have knowledge of an allegation made against the person to be named and the allegation must include all the following:
- The allegation involved sexual abuse of a minor (under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged abuse).
- The alleged perpetrator was a priest, deacon, religious brother, or religious sister either at the time of the alleged abuse or sometime after the alleged abuse.
- The alleged abuse is claimed to have been committed:
- within the geographic jurisdiction of the Diocese of Oakland, or
- by a priest or deacon of the Diocese of Oakland, or
- by a seminarian or lay person affiliated with the Diocese who was later ordained, or
- by a priest or deacon who is known to have lived in Alameda or Contra Costa counties and who has been identified by another diocese, a religious order, law enforcement or a court of law as being credibly accused.
- After review of the reasonably available, relevant information, there is reason to believe the allegation is more likely than not to be true.
The process for evaluating whether an allegation is credible is not a legal process. Examples of information used to ascertain credibility include, but are not limited to, admissions by the accused, criminal convictions, other types of legal actions, patterns of conduct, and prior determinations closer to the time of the alleged sexual abuse or the time when the matter was first investigated. The determination of credibility of an allegation does not establish that a crime was committed.
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Priests of the Oakland Diocese credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor
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Jeffrey N. Acebo
Ordained for Diocese of Oakland May 24, 1986
Abuse Occurred: 1986 - 1988
Removed from Ministry: April 2002
Status: Prayer and Penance
Assignments
St. John the Baptist, San Lorenzo (deacon, associate pastor)
St. Joseph, Pinole (associate pastor)
Holy Spirit, Fremont (associate pastor)
St. Leonard, Fremont (parochial vicar)
St. Anthony, Oakland (parochial vicar)
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Thomas Duong Binh-Minh
Ordained for Diocese of Oakland August 24, 1990
Abuse Occurred: 1987
Removed from Ministry: April 2002
Status: Last known location Concord CA
Assignments
St. Felicitas, San Leandro (deacon)
St. Philip Neri, Alameda (associate pastor)
St. Mary Immaculate, Oakland (associate pastor)
St. Mary/St. Francis de Sales, Oakland (associate pastor)
Our Lady Queen of the World, Pittsburg (parochial vicar)
Our Lady of Good Counsel, San Leandro (pastor)
St. Anthony, Oakland (pastor)
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Vincent I. Breen
Ordained for Diocese of San Francisco June 6, 1936
Abuse Occurred: 1950s – 1980s
Removed from Ministry: Resigned March 1, 1982
Status: Deceased Dec. 31, 1986
Assignments
Serra High School, San Mateo (principal)
St. Mary, Walnut Creek (administrator)
Holy Spirit, Fremont (pastor)
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Donald E. Broderson
Ordained for Diocese of Oakland April 29, 1968
Abuse Occurred: 1970s
Removed from Ministry: Early 1990s
Status: Laicized March 21, 2005; Deceased Sept. 19, 2010
Assignments
Santa Paula, Fremont (assistant pastor)
St. Philip Neri, Alameda (assistant pastor)
St. Joachim, Hayward (assistant pastor)
Most Precious Blood, Concord (assistant pastor)
St. Leonard, Fremont (assistant pastor)
St. Raymond, Dublin (associate pastor)
Transfiguration Church, Castro Valley (associate pastor)
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Kenneth J. Cabral
Ordained for Diocese of San Francisco June 15, 1950
Abuse Occurred: 1960s
Removed from Ministry: Retired June 30, 1991
Status: Deceased March 3, 1996
Assignments
St. Lawrence O'Toole, Oakland (associate pastor)
Assumption, San Leandro (associate pastor)
St. Catherine, Martinez (associate pastor)
St. Joseph, Berkeley (associate pastor)
St. Mary, Walnut Creek (associate pastor)
St. Columba, Oakland (pastor)
St. Margaret Mary, Oakland (administrator)
St. Alphonsus, San Leandro (associate pastor)
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James A. Clark
Ordained for Diocese of San Francisco June 14, 1947
Abuse Occurred: 1971 - 1973
Removed from Ministry: Retired April 29, 1984
Status: Deceased July 27, 1989
Assignments
St. Louis Bertrand, Oakland (associate pastor)
Church of the Nativity, Menlo Park (associate pastor)
St. Leo, San Jose (associate pastor)
St. Michael, Livermore (associate pastor)
St. Paschal, Oakland (associate pastor)
Corpus Christi, Fremont (pastor)
St. Anne, Walnut Creek (pastor)
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Edmond G. Cloutier
Ordained for Diocese of Portland ME June 15, 1946
Abuse Occurred: 1950s – 1960s
Removed from Ministry: Retired Dec. 31, 1980
Status: Deceased April 9, 2003
Assignments
Star of the Sea, San Francisco (associate pastor)
Corpus Christi, Piedmont (associate pastor)
St. Joseph Basilica, Alameda (associate pastor)
St. Augustine, Pleasanton (pastor)
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Hilary Cooper
Incardinated for Diocese of Oakland: October 1, 1976
Abuse Occurred: 1978
Removed from Ministry: 1995
Status: Deceased February 7, 2021
Assignments
St, Cyril, Oakland (associate pastor)
St. Bernard, Oakland (administrator, pastor)
St. Paschal, Oakland (pastor)
St. David, Richmond (in residence, administrator)
St. Mark, RIchmond (pastor)
Queen of all Saints, Concord (associate pastor)
St. Anthony, Oakland (associate pastor, pastor)
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Pearse P. Donovan
Ordained for Diocese of San Francisco March 20, 1943
Abuse Occurred: 1978 - 1980
Removed from Ministry: Retired 1983
Status: Deceased September 12, 1986
Assingments
Bishop O'Dowd High School, Oakland
Corpus Christi, Piedmont (pastor)
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Joseph Ferreira
Ordained for Diocese of San Francisco Jan. 6, 1959
Abuse Occurred: 1973 - 1974
Removed from Ministry: Retired Dec. 28, 1998
Status: Deceased Dec. 21, 2014
Assignments
Queen of all Saints, Concord (associate pastor)
St. Paschal, Oakland (associate pastor)
St. Leonard, Oakland (associate pastor)
Our Lady of Good Counsel, San Leandro (pastor)
St. Alphonsus, San Leandro (pastor)
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Patrick Finnegan
Ordained for Diocese of San Francisco Feb. 9, 1952
Abuse Occurred: 1960s, 1973
Removed from Ministry: Feb. 6, 1972
Status: Deceased Sept. 28, 1980
Assignments
St Ambrose, Berkeley (associate pastor, administrator)
St. Joseph, Pinole (administrator, pastor)
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George J. Francis
Ordained for Diocese of San Francisco June 21, 1937
Abuse Occurred: 1960s, 1972
Removed from Ministry: Retired April 4, 1986
Status: Deceased May 4, 1998
Assignments
St. Cyril, Oakland (pastoral associate)
Church of the Epiphany, San Francisco (pastoral associate)
St. Bede, Hayward (pastor)
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Robert E. Freitas
Ordained for Diocese of Oakland May 19, 1972
Abuse Occurred: 1977, 1980s
Removed from Ministry: 2002
Status: Laicized 2007; Deceased Nov. 14, 2011
Assignments
All Saints, Hayward (associate pastor)
St. Felicitas, San Leandro (associate pastor)
St. Edward, Newark (associate pastor)
Santa Paula, Fremont (associate pastor)
Our Lady of the Rosary, Union City (pastor)
St. Catherine of Siena, Martinez (associate pastor)
Good Shepherd, Pittsburg (associate pastor)
St. Monica, Moraga (associate pastor)
St. Anthony, Oakley (associate pastor)
St. Lawrence O'Toole, Oakland (in residence)
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Stephen M. Kiesle
Ordained for Diocese of Oakland May 19, 1972
Abuse Occurred: 1970s
Removed from Ministry: July 1978
Status: Laicized February 13, 1987
Assignments
Good Shepherd, Pittsburg (deacon)
St. Joseph, Pinole (associate pastor)
Our Lady of the Rosary, Union City (associate pastor)
St. Columba, Oakland (in residence)
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Ronald J. Lagasse
Ordained for Diocese of Oakland May 3, 1969
Abuse Occurred: 1983 - 1984
Removed from Ministry: Oct. 2002
Status: Excommunicated June 14, 2008
Assignments
St. Augustine, Pleasanton (deacon)
St. Joachim, Hayward (associate pastor)
Santa Maria, Orinda (associate pastor)
St. Leonard, Fremont (associate pastor)
St. Mary, Walnut Creek (in residence)
St. Catherine, Martinez (in residence)
St. Raymond, Dublin (pastor)
St. Philip Neri, Alameda (associate pastor)
St. Cyril, Oakland (pastor)
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Hector David Mendoza Vela
Incardinated in Diocese of Oakland May 2013
Abuse Occurred: June 2016 - December 2017
Removed from Ministry: March 29, 2019
Status: Laicized Nov. 10, 2021; registered sex offender
Assignments
July 2016 Parochial Administrator, Corpus Christi Parish in Fremont
June 2013 Parochial Vicar, St. John The Baptist Parish in San Lorenzo
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Francisco Tarcisio Lanuevo
Incardinated in Diocese of Oakland April 2, 1985
Abuse Occurred: 1979
Removed from Ministry: July 29, 1992
Status: Location unknown
Assignments
St. Catherine, Martinez (associate pastor)
St. John the Baptist, San Lorenzo
Queen of all Saints, Concord (in residence)
Our Lady Queen of the World, Pittsburg (associate pastor)
St. Joachim, Hayward
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Daniel McLeod
Incardinated in Diocese of Oakland April 16, 1970
Abuse Occurred: 1969
Removed from Ministry: Retired Jan. 18, 1987
Status: Deceased Dec. 17, 2001
Assignments
Christ the King, Pleasant Hill (associate pastor)
St. Michael, Livermore (associate pastor)
St. Anthony, Oakley (pastor)
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Robert F. Ponciroli
Ordained at Detroit MI for Diocese of Oakland April 12, 1969
Abuse Occurred: 1970s, 1980 - 1981
Removed from Ministry: Feb. 9, 1995
Status: Laicized 2005; Deceased Jan. 19, 2009
Assignments
St. Leander, San Leandro (associate pastor)
St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, Oakland
St. Cornelius, Richmond (associate pastor)
Our Lady of Grace, Castro Valley (associate pastor)
St. Ignatius, Antioch (pastor)
Sacred Heart, Oakland (in residence)
St. Jarlath, Oakland (associate pastor)
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Brentwood (associate pastor)
St. Anne, Byron (administrator, pastor)
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Arthur A. Ribeiro
Ordained for Diocese of San Francisco June 16, 1950
Abuse Occurred: 1960s
Removed from Ministry: Retired Jan. 1, 1992
Status: Deceased October 18, 2000
Assignments
St. Louis Bertrand, Oakland (associate pastor)
St. Leander, San Leandro (associate pastor)
Five Wounds, San Jose (associate pastor)
Sacred Heart, Turlock (associate pastor)
St. Joseph, Cupertino (associate pastor)
Queen of all Saints, Concord (associate pastor)
St. Bede, Hayward
St. Joseph, Berkeley (associate pastor)
St. Columba, Oakland (pastor)
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Gary B. Tollner
Ordained for Diocese of San Francisco June 10, 1961
Abuse Occurred: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Removed from Ministry: 1995
Status: Deceased Feb. 17, 1999
Assignments
St. John the Baptist, El Cerrito (associate pastor)
St. Lawrence O'Toole, Oakland (associate pastor)
Santa Maria, Orinda (associate pastor)
St. Philip Neri, Alameda (administrator, pastor)
St. Theresa, Oakland (in residence)
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religious priests & deacons, and Priests from other diocese who have lived in Our Diocese
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the following individuals are credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor
Roberto Bravo, Order of Preachers (O.P.) (Dominican)
Melvin Bucher, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Mario Cimmarrusti, Franciscan Friars (O.F.M.)
Phillip Colloty, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Berard Connolly, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Virendra Coutts, Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.)
Bernard Dabbene, Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.)
Dennis Duffy, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
J. Patrick Foley, Diocese of San Diego
Francis Ford, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Adrian Furman, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Rayner Harrington, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
David Johnson, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Steven Kain, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Conan Lee, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Jerold Lindner, Jesuit Fathers and Brothers (S.J.)
Mark Liening, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Jorge Lopez, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
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the following individuals are credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor
Gary M. Luiz, Society of the Precious Blood (C.PP.S.)
Ruben Martinez, Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.)
Martin McKeon, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Bede McKinnon, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
James McSorley, Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.)
Joaquin Moreno, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
William Odom-Green, Diocese of Owensboro
Cornelius Pedraig Leehan, Redemptorist Fathers (C.Ss.R.)
Robert Peguero, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Alexander Pinter, unknown
Richard Presenti, Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.)
Josef Prochnow, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Anthony Slane, Redemptorist Fathers (C.Ss.R.)
Tom Thing, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Robert Van Handel, Franciscan Friars (O.F.M.)
Ramon Varela, Franciscan Friars of the St. Barbara Province (Franciscans)
Stephen Whelan, Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.)
Gordon Wilcox, Congregation of the Holy Cross (C.S.C.)
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Religious brothers who have lived in the Oakland Diocese credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor
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Salvatore Billante, Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.)
Donald Eagleson, Brothers of the Congregation of the Holy Cross (C.S.C.)
Joseph (Jesse) Gutierrez, Brothers of the Christian Schools (F.C.S.)
John Moriarty, Brothers of the Christian Schools (F.C.S.)
Lawrence O'Brien, Brothers of the Congregation of the Holy Cross (C.S.C.)
Raimond Rose, Brothers of the Christian Schools (F.C.S.)
Francis Verngren, Brothers of the Christian Schools (F.C.S.)
Terrence Wong, Society of Mary, the Marianists (S.M.)
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contact the chancellor
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Rick MedeirosRMedeirosoakdiocese.orgChancellor, & Mission Alignment Process Co-Chair
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