Clerical Sexual Abuse in the Diocese of San Bernardino AndersonAdvocates.com • 310.357.2425 Attorney Advertising “For many of us, those earlier stories happened someplace else, someplace away. Now we know the truth: it happened everywhere.” ~ Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report 2018 2 AndersonAdvocates.com • 310.357.2425 Attorney Advertising Table of Contents Purpose & Background ...........................................................................................6 History of the Diocese of San Bernardino ..............................................................9 Diocese of San Bernardino Important Documents .........................................11-37 Map of Accused Clergy Transferred Internationally In & Out of the Diocese of San Bernardino .........................................................................39 Those Accused of Sexual Misconduct in the Diocese of San Bernardino......... 41-76 AndersonAdvocates.com • 310.357.2425 AndersonAdvocates.com • 310.357.2425 3 Attorney Advertising Attorney Advertising Clerics, Religious Employees, and Volunteers Accused of Sexual Misconduct in the Diocese of San Bernardino Amora “D’Amora”, Edito “Ed” ......................42 Haberthier, John...........................................56 Ayala, Saul ....................................................42 Hayes, Ernest J. “J. Ernest” ...........................56 Ball, Edward L. .............................................43 Higgins, Michael ...........................................57 Barco, Roberto A. .........................................43 Jablonski, Joseph ..........................................57 Beatty, John ...................................................43 Kareta, Gregory ............................................58 Bell, Joseph G. ...............................................43 Kearney, Patrick J. ........................................58 Benson, Gustavo ...........................................44 Keith, John Charles .......................................59 Booth, James T. .............................................44 Keppel, Timothy F. .......................................59 Brennan, Peadar “Peter” ..............................45 Kowalczyk, Adalbert “Albert” J. ...................60 Bucaro, Michael ............................................45 Kraft, William Armstrong ............................60 Buchanan, Robert .........................................46 Kurilec, Robert E. .........................................61 Campbell, Stuart B. ......................................46 Kurlandski, Lawrence ..................................61 Castillo, Alejandro “Alex” Jose .....................47 Luque, Peter H. ............................................62 Covas, Peter ..................................................47 Macouzet, Maximiliano Gomez ...................62 Creaton, James ..............................................48 Marron, Michael Victor ................................62 Daly, John Joseph ..........................................48 McCormick, Peter .........................................63 De Dominicis, Daniel ....................................48 McGinn, Malachy M. ....................................63 De Francisco, Luis Eugene ...........................49 McLaughlin, Paul J. ......................................63 De Otero, Robert A. ......................................49 Medaer, Mark “Marc”, “Marcel” ..................64 Dominguez, Jesus .........................................50 Melzer, Howard F. .......................................64 Donat, Robert J. ............................................50 Moloney, Thomas .........................................65 Doxie, Donald F. ...........................................51 Nguyen, Paul.................................................65 Eagan, Brent I. ..............................................51 Nikliborc (Rand), Robert (Bob) Etienne, Raymond Clifton ............................51 Daniel (Drew) ...............................................65 Feely, Theodore ............................................52 Nunez, Joseph (Jose, R. Rosendo) R. ............66 Fertal, Joseph ................................................52 O’Connor, Michael ........................................66 Flynn, Herman Francis ................................53 O’Donohoe, Michael Raymond ....................66 Gaioni, Dominic T. ........................................53 O’Keeffe, Patrick J. .......................................67 Galindo, Rudolph ..........................................54 Perreault, Louis G. ........................................67 Ganahl, James A. ..........................................54 Polizzi, Daniel ...............................................68 Garcia, Ruben ...............................................55 Ramos, Ponciano M. .....................................68 Garduno, Anthony Martinez ........................55 Reilly, Terrence .............................................69 Gil, Rudi ........................................................55 Robier, Franz ................................................69 Gill, Paul ........................................................56 Rodrigue, Anthony “Edward” ......................70 4 AndersonAdvocates.com • 310.357.2425 Attorney Advertising Attorney Advertising Clerics, Religious Employees, and Volunteers Accused of Sexual Misconduct in the Diocese of San Bernardino Rodriguez, Carlos Rene ................................70 Spain, William D. .........................................74 Rossell, Joseph “Jose” ...................................70 Stauber, James F. ..........................................74 Rourke, Charles H. .......................................71 Thompson, Matthew J. .................................75 Savord, William R. .......................................71 Trujillo, Esteban ...........................................75 Schmitz, John A. ...........................................72 Uboldi “Ubaldi”, Victor .................................75 Shanley, Paul R. ............................................72 Valverde, William .........................................76 Sheridan, Gregory Sierra .............................73 Vinyard, Barry E. ..........................................76 Sierra, Frank A. ............................................73 Waltos, Bernard ............................................76 Silva-Flores, Fidencio Simon........................74 AndersonAdvocates.com • 310.357.2425 AndersonAdvocates.com • 310.357.2425 5 Attorney Advertising Purpose & Background In 2003, the California legislature opened a one year, retroactive window for survivors of child sexual abuse to file civil claims against their perpetrator and the institution that covered up the sexual abuse. As a result of the courage of survivors and the lawsuits brought by survivors’ attorneys, numerous lawsuits related to the employment of sexually abusive priests in California, including the Diocese of San Bernardino, were filed. For the first time significant numbers of survivors became plaintiffs in civil lawsuits and their attorneys were able to pry open secret church records using the civil legal process. These lawsuits also resulted in the release and disclosure of the identities and histories of clerical sexual abusers to the public. The Diocese of San Bernardino was named in multiple lawsuits for having employed sexually abusive priests. This report contains the names of clergy associated with the Diocese of San Bernardino, including those of whom were assigned within or working in the Diocese of San Diego within the geographical boundaries now encompassed by the Diocese of San Bernardino, who have been accused of sexual misconduct. While lawsuits were filed involving many of these alleged perpetrators, the vast majority of the claims against these individuals have been settled or have not been fully evaluated in a civil or criminal court. Accordingly, the allegations should be considered just allegations and should not be considered proved or substantiated in a court of law. All individuals should be considered innocent until proven guilty. In some situations, the statute of limitations has expired preventing the cases from being heard in a court of law. It is believed that the Diocese of San Bernardino does not make available to the public the full history, knowledge and context of the sexually abusive clerics within the Diocese. This report is an attempt to compile information already available to the public from various public sources including the public media, bishopaccountability.org, the Diocese’s public statements, and other sources that have attempted to chronicle this information for public use. This report is intended to raise awareness about the important issue of clerical sexual abuse, provide the public with vital information including assignment histories, and provide awareness to survivors. Assignment histories are approximations and were compiled from the Official Catholic Directory, bishopaccountability.org, statements attributed to Church officials, Church records, and media reports. 6 AndersonAdvocates.com • 310.357.2425 Attorney Advertising Attorney Advertising Jeff Anderson & Associates, P.A. Supporting California Abuse Survivors for Decades Jeff Anderson & Associates pioneered the use of civil litigation to seek justice for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Through its work, Jeff Anderson & Associates seek to bring hope, healing, accountability and justice to survivors of child sexual abuse. The attorneys