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| Last | First | Ord | T | Status | D/O | Notes | Diocese | Source/Assignments |
Quane | Ralph | 1978 | P | Accused | Diocesan | In 5/02 Quane was removed from his assignment as Chaplain at Hospital in Detroit on allegations that he sexually abused a minor in early years of his ministry. He was ordered not to wear priestly garb or represent himself as a priest. Laicization announced 5/05. | Detroit, MI | Source: Detroit Free Press 8.1.02; USA Today 11.11.02; Detroit Free Press 4.14.03; Michigan Catholic 5.27.05; Statement by Archdiocese of Detroit 5.27.05; Associated Press 5.25.05 |
| Quigley | Patrick | 1981 | P | Convicted | Diocesan | Served in Manhattan, Staten Island and Rockland counties. Pleaded guilty 1994 to offering several youg boys in Haverstraw Village money for sex. Received probation. Still on leave per 2002 Official Catholic Directory. Laicized in July, 2005. | New York, NY | Source: Albany Times Union (AP) 9.10.94; Journal News (NY) 6.19.02; Journal News 7.9.05; Newsday 7.9.05 |
| Quillen | Mark | B | Accused | Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King | Name appears on the Davenport Diocese Creditors Committee Website as having credible allegations of abuse against him. One man says he was abused by Quillen and another brother in Fall, 1977 when he was a seminary student. He personally told Bishop O'Keefe in 1977 but nothing done. Name on Diocese's 7/08 list of "credibly accused" abusers. Notes 1 minor accuser and 1 adult accuser. | Davenport, IA | Source: Blog on Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King - Davenport, Iowa 4.23.03; Catholic Online 8.8.07; Davenport Diocese Creditors Committee Website 8.27.07; Quad-City Times 7.10.08; Quad-City Times 7.13.08; Revised Diocesan List of Credible Allegations 5.21.09 Assignments: Catholic Messenger 7.17.08; BA.org Concise Assignment Record | |
| Quinlan | Celestine | < 1957 | P | Sued | Capuchin | Accused of abuse of 4 boys between 1957-1962 per 2003 civil suit. One mother told authorities and Quinlan was transferred to San Francisco Archdiocese. Plaintiff's attorney says that Church told the Plaintiffs that he had been sent to an Indian Reservation in Arizona to pay penance for his sins. He died in 1970. Listed in LA Archdiocesan report. | Los Angeles, CA | Source: City News Service 10.01.03; Associated Press 10.02.03; LA Archdiocesan Report 2.17.04 page 5; LA Times 2.18.04 Assignments: LA Times Database 4.20.06 |
Quinn | James F. | 1958 | P | Sued | Diocesan | Quinn, director of the Office of Vocation Promotion, was placed on leave 5/03 pending investigation of allegations that he sexually abused and exploited a youth from 1963 to 1970. Suit filed 5/03 (later dismissed on SOL) also claimed Quinn was negligentin death of a camper in 1968 and that Diocese covered for him. Suit on this matter filed 6.04. In 12/04 Diocese cleared him to return to priestly duties after finding insufficient evidence to support allegations. | Syracuse, NY | Source: Post-Standard 5.8.03; Post-Standard 7.29.03; Associated Press 11.18.03; Utica Observer-Dispatch 5.25.04; Observer-Dispatch 6.15.04; Associated Press 8.18.04; Zumpany v. Quinn, 1312 CA 04-00798 NY Appellate Court 11.19.04; Post-Standard 12.16.04; Associated Press 7.1.05; NY Law Journal 7.18.05; Newsday 12.15.05; Appeals Court Opinion 2.21.06; Observer Dispatch (AP) 2.22.06 Assignments: BA.org Assignment Record |
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