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The Pennsylvania Diocese Victims Report (often referred to as the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report) "serves as the holding ground for the results of a two-year grand jury investigation into widespread sexual abuse of children within six dioceses of the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania and the systemic cover up by senior church officials in Pennsylvania and at The Vatican."  It began in 2016 and investigated sexual abuse in the Dioceses of Allentown, Scranton, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Greensburg and Erie.  A total of 301 priests were accused of sexually abusing children.


There were over 50 Named Offenders Identified by the Grand Jury including:



  • Raymond L. Deviney
  • Martin M. Boylan
  • John M. Duggan
  • Thomas P. Shoback
  • Christopher R. Clay
  • Joseph B. Wilson
  • Joseph D. Flannery
  • Gerald J. Burns
  • Francis T. Brennan
  • Joseph F. Houston
  • Edward J. Shoback
  • J. Peter Crynes
  • John J. Tamalis
  • Joseph G. Gilgallon
  • James F. Fedor
  • James F. Farry
  • Carlos Urrutigoity
  • Angelus Ferrara
  • Albert M. Libertore, Jr.
  • Philip A. Altavilla
  • Benedict J. Van der Putten
  • James F. Nolan
  • Neil McLaughlin
  • James M. McAuliffe
  • John A. Madaj
  • W. Jeffrey Paulish
  • P. Lawrence Homer
  • Robert J. Braque
  • Joseph F. Meighan
  • Donald J. Dorsey
  • Mark G. Balczeniuk
  • Virgil B. Thetherow
  • Robert M. Timchak
  • Joseph P. Bonner
  • Joseph A. Griffin
  • Joseph T. Hammond
  • Girard F. Angelo
  • Joseph W. Bucolo
  • Robert J. Gibson
  • Martin J. Fleming
  • Anthony P. Conmy
  • Lawrence P. Weniger
  • John J. Dzurko
  • Francis G. Kulig
  • Robert N. Caparelli
  • Russell E. Motsay
  • Ralph N. Ferraldo
  • Mark A. Honart
  • Mark T. Rossetti
  • Thomas D. Skotek
  • Eric S. Ensey
  • Austin E. Flanagan
  • John A. Pender


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Cities and places where the accused were employed or assigned:



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Reverend Philip A. Altavilla
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1966
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: June 27, 1992
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, Immaculate Conception, St. John the Baptist, Taylor, PA
– Administrator, Nativity of Our Lord Church, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Patrick, St. John the Baptist, Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, Holy Cross, Scranton, PA
– Administrator, Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, St. John the Evangelist, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Trinity, Nanticoke, PA
– Chaplain, Holy Cross High School, Dunmore, PA
– Pastor, St. Peter’s Cathedral, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary of Mt. Carmel, Dunmore, PA
– Pastor, St. Thomas More, Lake Ariel, PA
– Administrator, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Taylor, PA
– Administrator, Immaculate Conception, Scranton, PA


Reverend Girard F. Angelo
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1927
YEAR OF DEATH: 2009
ORDINATION: June 4, 1955
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, Mater Delorosa, Williamsport, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Our Lady of Grace, Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Matthew’s, East Stroudsburg, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Thomas, Archbald, PA
– Pastor Emeritus, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Harleigh, PA
– Administrator, St. Raphael, Harleigh, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Lucy, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Francis, Scranton, PA
– Pastor, St. Raphael, Harleigh, PA


Reverend Mark G. Balczeniuk
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1957
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: November 5, 1983
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Pastor, St’s. Peter and Paul. Hazleton, PA, Transfiguration, West Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St’s. Peter and Paul, Plains, PA
– Episcopal Vicar of the Eastern Pastoral Region of the Diocese of Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Trinity, Swoyersville, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Thomas, Archbald, PA
– Pastor, Our Lady Help of Christians, Dorrance, PA


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Reverend Joseph P. Bonner
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1926
YEAR OF DEATH: 2007
ORDINATION: May 30, 1953
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, St. James’, Pleasant Mount, PA
– Pastor, Resurrection, Muncy, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Ann’s, Freeland, PA
– Pastor, St. Paul’s, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Nicholas, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Juliana, Rock Lake, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Cecilia, Wyoming, PA
– Pastor, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Weston, PA
– Pastor, St. Patrick’s, Milford, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Francis, Nanticoke, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Ascension, Williamsport, PA


Reverend Martin M. Boylan
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1947
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: August 30, 1980
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, St. Joseph, White Mills, PA
– Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Honesdale, PA
– Chaplain and Procurator, Bishop Hannan High School, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Jude, Mountaintop, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Patrick, Scranton, PA
– Chaplain, College, Scranton, PA
– Administrator, St. Rita, Gouldsboro, PA
– Sabbatical leave
– Asst. Pastor, St. Gabriel, Hazleton, PA
– Pastor, St. Rita, Gouldsboro, PA
– Pastor, St’s. Peter and Paul, Towanda, PA, St. Michael, Canton, PA, St. John Nepomucene, Troy, PA and St. Aloysius, Ralston, PA
– Administrator, Blessed Sacrament, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Pastor, St. Patrick, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Peter, Scranton, PA
– Confessor, Spiritual Director, St. Pius X Seminary, Dalton, PA


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Reverend Robert J. Brague
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1941
YEAR OF DEATH: 1997
ORDINATION: May 9, 1970
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Ann, Tobyhanna, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Ann, Tobyhanna, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Maria Goretti, Laflin, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Ann, Williamsport, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Peter, Wellsboro, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Pittston, PA
– Pastor, SS Peter & Paul, Towanda, PA
– Appointed Parochial Vicar, St. Ann, Naples, FL


Reverend Francis T. Brennan
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1928
YEAR OF DEATH: 1974
ORDINATION: June 5, 1954
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Therese, Shavetown, PA
– Vicar Econome, St. Therese, Shavertown, PA
– Chaplain, Marian Convent, Marywood, PA
– Pastor, St. Maria Goretti, Laflin, PA


Reverend Joseph Bucolo
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1923
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 29, 1954
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Lucy, Scranton, PA
– Pastor, St. Thomas, Elkland, PA
– Pastor Emeritus, St. Nazarius, Pardeesville, PA
– Pastor, St. Nazorius, Pardeesville, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Our Lady of Grace, Hazleton, PA
– Pastor, St. Mary, Lattimer Mines, PA
– Most Precious Blood, Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Carbondale, PA
– St. Patrick, Milford, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Anthony, Dunmore, PA


Monsignor Gerald J. Burns
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1924
YEAR OF DEATH: 1999
ORDINATION: June 3, 1950
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, Blessed Sacraments, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Dominic, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Pittston, PA
– Chaplain, Mercy Heights Hospital, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Ann, Shohola, PA
– Pastor, St. Gabriel, Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Pastor Emeritus, St. John the Evangelist, Pittston, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Patrick, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Peter, Wellsboro, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John, Honesdale, PA


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Reverend Anthony P. Conmy
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1927
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: May 30, 1953
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Francis, West Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Patrick, Milford, PA, St. Ann’s, Tobyhanna, PA
– Unknown Asst. Pastor, St. Patrick, Scranton, PA


Monsignor J. Peter Crynes
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1941
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 27, 1967
Employment/Assignment History
– Director, Our Lady of Fatima Center, Elmhurst, PA
– Chaplain, St. Joseph’s Children’s and Maternity Hospital, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Director, Camp St. Andrew, Tunkhannock, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Patrick, White Haven, PA
– Pastor, Church of Corpus Christi, Montdale, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Rosary, Scranton, PA
– Pastor, St. Therese, Shavertown, PA


Reverend Raymond L. Deviney
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1932
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: May 23, 1959
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. John Evangelist, Pittston, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John Evangelist, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Pocono, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John Evangelist, Susquehanna, PA
– Pastor, Christ the King, Blakeslee, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Gabriel’s, Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Thomas More, Lake Ariel, PA
– Pastor Emeritus, Christ the King, Blakeslee, PA


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Reverend Donald J. Dorsey
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1929
YEAR OF DEATH: 2007
ORDINATION: June 4, 1955
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Ann, Shohola, PA
- Asst. Pastor, St. Ann, Shohola, PA, Faculties reinstated
– Asst. Pastor, St. Leo, Ashley, PA,
Reverend John M. Duggan
YEAR OF BIRTH: Unknown
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: Unknown
Employment/Assignment History
Asst. Pastor, St. Paul, Scranton, PA


Reverend John J. Dzurko
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1904
YEAR OF DEATH: 1991
ORDINATION: May 21, 1932
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary’s, Lackawaxen, PA
– Pastor, Holy Trinity, Simpson, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary’s, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Pastor, St. Michael’s, Forest City, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Joseph’s, Matamoras, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Trinity, Hazleton, PA
– Pastor, St. Joseph’s, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Patrick’s, White Haven, PA
– Pastor Emeritus, St. Joseph’s, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Pastor, St. Joseph’s, Nanticoke, PA


Reverend James F. Farry
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1921
YEAR OF DEATH: 1990
ORDINATION: June 29, 1946
Employment/Assignment History
– In Residence, St. Boniface, Williamsport, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary, Old Forge, PA
– Cure of Ars Hospice
– Asst. Pastor, St. Francis, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Carbondale, PA
– Chaplain, St. Mary’s Villa, Elmhurst, PA
– Resident, St. Michael’s School for Boys, Hoban Heights, PA


Reverend James F. Fedor
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1947
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 12, 1973
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, St. Joseph, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Patrick’s, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Scranton, PA
– Chaplain, Holy Family Residence, Scranton, PA
– Administrator, Christ the King, Dunmore, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Rose of Lima, Carbondale, PA
– Pastor, Holy Ghost, Olyphant, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Trinity, Swoyersville, PA
– Administrator, St. Mary’s, Avoca, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Peter’s, Scranton, PA
– Chaplain, Holy Family Residence, Scranton, PA


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Reverend Ralph N. Ferraldo
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1943
YEAR OF DEATH: 1997
ORDINATION: May 10, 1970
Employment/Assignment History
– Catechist, Bishop O’Reilly High School, Kingston, PA
– In Residence, St. Boniface, Williamsport, PA
– In Residence, Maternity BVM, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Chaplain, St. Joseph Hospital, Carbondale, PA
– Our Lady of Grace, Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary, Jessup, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Francis, Nanticoke, PA
– Chaplain, GWV Medical Center


Reverend Angelus Ferrara
YEAR OF BIRTH: Unknown
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: 1990
Employment/Assignment History
ASSIGNMENTS: N/A


Reverend Austin E. Flanagan
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1941
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 28, 1966
Employment/Assignment History
– Chaplain, St. Joseph Medical Center, Hazleton, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Queen of Peace, Hawley, PA
– Residence, Most Precious Blood, Hazleton, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Ignatius, Kingston, PA
– Pastor, St. Agnes, Forest City, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Mary’s, Avoca, PA
– Residence, St. Lucy, Scranton, PA
– Pastor, St. Thomas the Apostle, Elkland, PA
– Residence, St. Francis of Assisi, West Hazleton, PA
– Pastor, St. Mark, Inkerman, PA
– Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Mildred, PA
– Chaplain, St. Joseph Medical Center, Hazleton, PA
– Pastor, Blessed Sacrament & St. John the Baptist, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Mary, Avoca, PA
– Residence, St. Thomas Aquinas, Archbald, PA
– Chaplain, Little Flower Manor, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Nativity of BVM, Tunkhannock, PA


Reverend Joseph D. Flannery
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1928
YEAR OF DEATH: 2005
ORDINATION: May 30, 1953
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, Sacred Heart, Jermyn, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Ascension, Williamsport, PA
– Pastor Emeritus, Immaculate Conception, Taylor, PA
– Pastor, St. Patrick, Nicholson, PA
– Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Taylor, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Savior, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John, Pittston, PA
– Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Mildred, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John, Honesdale, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Jude, Mountain Top, PA


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Reverend Martin J. Fleming
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1869
YEAR OF DEATH: 1950
ORDINATION: September 14, 1898
Employment/Assignment History
– Wellsboro, PA
– Moscow, PA
– Unknown Swoyersville, PA
– Sugar Notch, PA, St. John’s, Scranton, PA
– Plymouth, PA
– Cathedral, Scranton, PA
– Freeland, PA
- Hazleton, PA


Reverend Robert J. Gibson
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1932
YEAR OF DEATH: 2012
ORDINATION: May 31, 1958
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Paul, Scranton, PA
– Administrator, Our Lady Queen of Peace, Broadheadsville, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Luke, Stroudsburg, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Matthew, Stroudsburg, PA
– Residence, St. Ignatius Rectory, Kingston, PA
– Camp St. Andrew, Tunkhannock, PA
– Pastor, St. Bernadette, Canadensis, PA
– Pastor, St. John Bosco, Conyngham, PA


Monsignor Joseph G. Gilgallon
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1934
YEAR OF DEATH: 1991
ORDINATION: May 23, 1959
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Francis, Eagles Mere, PA
– Pastor, St. Therese, Shavertown, PA
– Pastor, St. Francis, West Hazleton, PA
– Pastor, St. Ignatius, Kingston, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Basil, Dushore, PA
– Pastor, St. Peter, Scranton, PA


Reverend Joseph A. Griffin
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1901
YEAR OF DEATH: 1988
ORDINATION: June 11, 1927
Employment/Assignment History
– Administrator, St. Basil, Dushore, PA
– Pastor, St. Catherine, Moscow, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Matthew, East Stroudsburg, PA
– Part-time Administrator, Blessed Sacrament, Hughestown, PA
– Studies – Catholic University
– Chaplain, & Teacher, Marywood College, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Andrew, Blossburg, PA
– Chaplain, Marian Convent, Scranton, PA
– Part-time Administrator, St. Catherine, Moscow, PA
– Chaplain, St. Joseph Children and Maternity Hospital, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Annunciation, Williamsport, PA
– Pastor, St’s Peter & Paul, Towanda, PA
– Pastor, St. Mary, Avoca, PA


Reverend P. Lawrence Homer
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1933
YEAR OF DEATH: 2015
ORDINATION: May 23, 1959
– Residence, Marian Convent, Marywood College, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Boniface, Williamsport, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John the Baptist, Pittston, PA
– Pastor, Holy Trinity, Hazleton, PA
– Pastor, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Vicar, Holy Rosary, Scranton, PA
– Residence, Our Lady Queen of Peace Rectory, Brodheadsville, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John the Baptist, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Queen of Peace, Hawley, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Trinity, Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Gate of Heaven, Dallas, PA


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Reverend Mark A. Honart
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1946
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: February 2, 1980
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Cross, Kansas City, MO
– Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Richmond, MO
– On loan to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM
– Incardinated to the Diocese of Scranton
– Asst. Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Kansas City, MO
– Asst. Pastor, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kansas City, MO
– Asst. Pastor, Ascension, Forest City, PA; St. Katherine Drexel, Pleasant Mount, PA
– Administrator, St. Anthony, St. Bridget, St. John the Baptist, Throop, PA
– Pastor, St. Rose of Lima, Savannah, MO
– Pastor, St. Patrick’s, St. Joseph, MO
– Excardinated to the Diocese of Kansas City
– Asst. Pastor, St. Rose of Lima, Carbondale, MO
– Administrator, Our Lady Help of Christians, Dorrance, PA
– On loan to the Diocese of Scranton


Reverend Joseph F. Houston
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1937
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: February 8, 1964
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, Holy Child, Mansfield, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Peter, Wellsboro, PA
– Pastor, St. Vincent de Paul, Plymouth, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Thomas More, Lake Ariel, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Paul, Scranton, PA
– Pastor, St. Thomas More, Lake Ariel, PA


Reverend Francis G. Kulig
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1948
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: May 18, 1974
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Nativity BVM, Tunkhannock, PA
– Pastor, St. Mary of the Lake, Lake Winola, PA
– Chaplain, Holy Family Residence, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Matthew, East Stroudsburg, PA
– Chaplain, Mercy Center Convent, Dallas, PA


Reverend Albert M. Libertore, Jr.
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1964
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: August 26, 1989
Employment/Assignment History
– Administrator, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Duryea, PA
– Student, Louvain, Belgium
– St. Pius X Seminary, Faculty, Dalton, PA
– Student, Louvain, Belgium
– Director of Vocations, Scranton, PA
– Resident, St. Clare, Scranton, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Peter’s Cathedral, Scranton, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. John the Evangelist, Pittston, PA


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Reverend John A. Madaj
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1914
YEAR OF DEATH: 1998
ORDINATION: June 3, 1939
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, Transfiguration, West Hazleton, PA
– Pastor, Sacred Heart, Forest City, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Nativity, Plymouth, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Pastor Emeritus, St. Peter and Paul, Scranton, PA
– Pastor, SS Peter and Paul, Scranton, PA
– Pastor, St. Mary of Czestochowa, Eynon, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Hedwig, Kingston, PA
– Pastor, St. Joseph, Morrris Run, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Adalbert, Glen Lyon, PA


Reverend James M. McAuliffe
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1914
YEAR OF DEATH: 1989
ORDINATION: May 30, 1942
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Thomas, Archbald, PA
– Pastor Emeritus, St. David, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Our Lady of the Snows, Clarks Summit, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Paul, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Therese, Shavertown, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Ann, Tobyhanna, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Ann, Tobyhanna, PA
– Pastor, St. David, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Saviour, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary’s, Pittston, PA
– Pastor, St. James, Pleasant Mount, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Thomas, Dickson City, PA


Reverend Neil McLaughlin
YEAR OF BIRTH: Unknown
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: 1959
Employment/Assignment History
– Taught at Scranton Preparatory School
– Served as the Assistant Director of Campus Ministries, University of Scranton
– Administrative jobs with the Alumni Association at the University of Scranton
– Celebrated weekend masses at St. John Bosco, Conyngham, PA
– Ministered part-time at St. Thomas More, Lake Ariel, PA
– Celebrated weekend masses at St. Mary of the Assumption, Scranton, PA


Reverend Joseph F. Meighan
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1943
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 25, 1968
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, St. Martin of Tours, Jackson, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Matthew, East Stroudsburg, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Ann, Shohola, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Nicholas, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– St. Meinrad, IN for further studies
– St. Mary’s Villa Nursing Home, Elmhurst, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Boniface, Williamsport, PA
– Pastor, St. Boniface, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Pastor, St. Therese, Shavertown, PA
– Chaplain, Holy Family Residence, Scranton, PA
– Removed from St. Boniface and ordered to report for psychological evaluation and treatment
– Chaplain, Mercy Center Convent, Dallas, PA


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Reverend Russell E. Motsay
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1946
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 13, 1972
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, St. James, Pleasant Mount, PA,
– St. Aloysius, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– 5 Sacred Heart, Peckville, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Most Precious Blood, Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– St. Lawrence, Williamsport, PA
– Pastor, St. Juliana, Rock Lake, PA
– Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Carbondale, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Our Lady of Grace, Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Name of Jesus, Swoyersville, PA


Reverend James F. Nolan
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1897
YEAR OF DEATH: 1957
ORDINATION: May 15, 1929
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Patrick, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, Towanda, PA
– Pastor, St. Charles, Sugar Notch, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary, Lackawaxen, PA
– Pastor, St. James, Pleasant Mount, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Vincent, Scranton, PA


Reverend W. Jeffrey Paulish
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1956
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: September 3, 1988
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Thomas the Apostle, Little Meadows, PA
– Immaculate Conception and St. John the Baptist, Taylor, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Prince of Peace, Old Forge, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary, Old Forge, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Sacred Heart, Peckville, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Cecilia, Exeter, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Annunciation, Williamsport, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Patrick, Scranton, PA
– Administrator, St. Elizabeth, Bear Creek, PA
– Chaplain, St. Mary’s Villa, Elmhurst, PA
– Pastor, St. Francis Xavier, Friendsville, PA,
– St. Patrick, Middletown, PA and
– Residence, St. Cecilia, Exeter, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Joseph’s, Minooka, PA,
– Asst. Pastor, Most Precious Blood, Hazleton, PA
– Chaplain, Little Flower Manor, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Cross, Olyphant, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Our Lady of the Snows, Clarks Summit, PA


Reverend John A. Pender
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1936
YEAR OF DEATH: 2009
ORDINATION: June 6, 1962
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Leo, Ashley, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Queen of Peace, Hawley, PA
– St. John, Susquehanna, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Sacred Heart, Peckville, PA


Reverend Mark T. Rossetti
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1959
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: August 31, 1985
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Name, Swoyersville, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Pittston, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Pittston, PA
– Asst. Pastor, SS Peter and Paul, Plains, PA
– Pastor, St. Joseph, St. Joseph, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Administrator, St. John the Baptist, Pittston, PA


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Reverend Edward J. Shoback
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1942
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 27, 1967
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, St.’s Peter and Paul, Scranton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Stephen, Plymouth, PA
– Pastor, Transfiguration, West Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Aloysius, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– In residence, St. Therese, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Pastor, St. John Nepomucene, Luzerne, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Ann, Shohola, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Holy Rosary, Ashley, PA


Reverend Thomas P. Shoback
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1951
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 7, 1977
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, St. Joseph, Hudson, PA, Sacred Heart, Plains, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Nativity of the Blessed Mary, Plymouth, PA
– Pastor, St. Andrew and St. Mary, Blossburg, PA
– Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Montoursville, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Matthew, East Stroudsburg, PA
– Pastor, Holy Redeemer, Harding-Falls, PA
– Pastor, Sacred Heart of Mary, Jermyn, PA
– In residence, Sacred Heart, Plains, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Joseph, Hazleton, PA


Reverend John J. Tamalis
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1944
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 1, 1971
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Boniface, Williamsport, PA
– Campus Ministry, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary of the Mount, Mount Pocono, PA
– Pastor, Holy Child, Mansfield, PA
– Pastor, St. Lawrence, South Williamsport, PA
– Pastor, St. Boniface, Williamsport, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Queen of Peace, Hawley, PA


Reverend Virgil B. Thetherow
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1964
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: June 29, 2002
Employment/Assignment History
ASSIGNMENTS: None
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Reverend Robert M. Timchak
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1965
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: June 27, 1992
Employment/Assignment History
– Director of Religious Formation, Bishop Hoban High School, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Director of Religious Formation, Seton Catholic High School, Pittston, PA
– St. John Neumann, Lords Valley, PA
– Transfiguration, West Hazleton, PA St’s. Peter & Paul, Hazleton, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Vincent de Paul, Milford, PA
– Holy Savior, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, Annunciation, Williamsport, PA


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Reverend Lawrence P. Weniger
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1910
YEAR OF DEATH: 1972
ORDINATION: May 26, 1934
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, Sacred Heart, Luzerne, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary, Scranton, PA
– Pastor, St. Thomas, Little Meadows, PA
– Diocesan Consultor
– Asst. Pastor, St. Boniface, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Mary Magdolen, Honesdale, PA
– Pastor, St. Mary’s Assumption, Pittston, PA
– Pastor, St. John, Troy, PA


Reverend Joseph B. Wilson
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1925
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: December 18, 1994
Employment/Assignment History
– Asst. Pastor, St. Nicholas, Wilkes-Barre, PA
– Chaplain, Marian Convent, Scranton, PA
– Administrator, Ascension, Williamsport, PA
– Chaplain, Divine Providence Hospital, Williamsport, PA
– Asst. Pastor, St. Ignatius, Kingston, PA


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