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I hope I am not violating any copyright and this falls under fair use. A review of the cases put forth by SNAP shows a very different picture. I have just taken the first 15 profiles and left out the names. I regard the accused as guilty if credible findings were made even if those finding never rose to the level of being prosecuted by civil authorities. This happend in many cases because of statute of limitations. Any way here goes. Please tell me the number of priests who were made military chaplains once accusations of abuse were made to the Diocese. Please tell me the number of priests who were accused while the alleged abuse was occuring and while they were serving as chaplains. Please tell me the number of accusations that came to light years after alleged occurance or actual occurance. Please tell me the number of priests who were accused of committing abuse during their years as chaplains. Here is the info

1. alleged abuse of boy 1953-57 from age 7
admitted abuse to victim’s sister in 1992. USAF chaplain 1950-53

2. Accused by survivor in 1993 letter to Bishop Gettelfinger of sexually abusing the boy at age 16 in 1976; Allen admitted the abuse in 1994, was sent for treatment, and was then returned to ministry. Removed again after survivor came forward on 5/5/02. Allen was an Army chaplain 1972-93.

3. Accused in a 2007 police report of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1952 after using alcohol to incapacitate her. Abuse including intercourse allegedly continued through 1954. Baskett was then transferred to a parish now located in the Jefferson City MO diocese. Became Air Force chaplain in 1955

4. Man filed civil suit 3/08 accusing Blazek of sexually abusing him for over a year “during or after 1979.” Suit also mentions abuse of other youngsters. Blazek, although still part of Honolulu Diocese, had been serving as a military chaplain for over 20 years. He retired 6/1/07 and lives in Houston, TX per Catholic

5. Branded one of Michigan’s worst pedophiles by prosecutors. Original complaint in 1968. He “retired” in 1985. Barred from working as a priest in 1993 after admitting in writing that he molested at least 23 boys during his career. Civil suits filed in 1994 (dismissed on limitations) and 1995 (settled). Listed in Directory as on sick leave, but worked as Army chaplain in Hawaii from 1982. Extradited in 2002; pleaded no contest and was sentenced 30 days jail and 5 yrs probation. Laicized 2005.

6. Accused of child sexual abuse; laicization announced July 2005. VA hospital assignment was in Rochester diocese.

7. Accused in a 4/3/02 letter to Bishop Tod Brown of sexually abusing a boy in the Orange diocese 1979-80 starting at age 15. he worked as a Navy chaplain 1980-2000.

8. Accused in 6/22/02 suit of forcing boy to perform oral sex in 1964-65 at age 10-11 in cathedral rectory. Had been Army chaplain 1960-62

9. Began to abuse boys prior to ordination. Criminal charges in DC, Virginia & Maryland re 2 13-yr-old boys. Convicted in all three states. Sentenced to prison for 22 yrs & 15 yrs probation. Abused one child again after he was reported. Mother of 1 youth filed civil suit. Voluntarily laicized. Believed to still be in prison as of 2007. Rejoined Air Force reserves in order to groom a victim; uncertain whether he functioned as chaplain in USAF.

10. At least 5 suits filed 2002. Accused of abuse of girls. Died 1990 or 1991. May have also abused in Ohio prior to arrival in Kentucky

11. Accused in 4/14/03 suit of groping and sodomizing a boy 1980-83, starting at age 15, in the Rockville Centre NY diocese. Some abuse in confessional. Excardinated to Fresno CA diocese and was a Navy chaplain 1983-94. Charleston says it learned of allegation in 6/02; deemed it credible; put Congro on administrative leave in Fall 2002.

12. Personnel file released 12/02. Removed from active ministry 1994 after Archdiocese received a demand letter from attorney for man who said Conte had sexually abused him when he was 11 or 12. He admitted sharing bed with boy and kissing him on lips but denied sexual abuse. Settled 1995 for $150K. Laicization announced 6/05. Also accused of abuse in NH. In Naval Reserves 1975-1986.

13.Accused 1993 of sexually abusing a girl from age 9 to 15, starting in mid-1960s, worked at the Army’s Redstone Arsenal despite restricted status in Paterson.

14. Chaplain in Air Force from 1959 to apparently 1964. Left priesthood in 1971. Woman filed suit 4/03 alleging abuse by Dearing when she was about 10 in 1966-68. Suit settled 6/03 as part of massive diocesan settlement. Criminal charges filed 7/03. He pleaded not guilty. Charges later dismissed after prosecutor said there was “insufficient evidence at this time” to proceed.

15 Sentenced to five years in prison in 1994 after pleading guilty to drugging and molesting two Marines. He was dismissed from the Navy and resigned from the Jesuit religious order. “It was a tremendous failure of moral responsibility on my part as an officer and a priest,” he said.

I included the last to show the cases include crimes against adults. Which are indeed inexcusable but not to the same level of wrong as those against children.