List of Credibly accused

- Priests incarnated for the Diocese of Fresno: The following priests were ordained or incarnated for the Diocese of Fresno and have been determined to face a credible accusation of sexual abuse of a minor while serving in the Diocese of Fresno.
- Rev. Henry Angelino
  Current Status: Deceased 1986
  Ordained: 1943 Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1944 Assistant Pastor, St. John’s Cathedral
  1946 Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Mercy, Merced
  1946 Left the Diocese for residential care
  1947 Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Delano
  1948 Our Lady of Lourdes, Le Grand
  1952 Sacred Heart, Merced
  1952 Left the Diocese of Fresno
- Rev. John Boyle
  Current Status: Deceased 1987
  Ordained: 1941 for the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  Assignments:
  1941 St. Catherine, Dinuba
  1944 St. John’s Cathedral, Fresno
  1948 St. Catherine’s, Dinuba
  1952 Enlists in the US Air Force, leaves the Diocese of Fresno
- Rev. Gerald Chavez
  Status: Deceased 2020
  Ordained: 1973 for the Diocese of Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1973 Assistant Pastor, St. Therese, Fresno
  1975 Assistant Pastor, St. Brigid, Hanford
  1976 Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph, Los Banos
  1979 Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Clovis
  1980 Pastor, St. Joseph, Avenal
  1984 Pastor, Holy Family, Kingsburg, and Santa Cruz Mission, New London
  1988 Pastor, Sacred Heart Parish, Merced; Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Mercy and St. Patrick, Merced
  1989 Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Bakersfield
  1991 Administrator, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bishop
  1995 Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bishop
  2001 Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Corcoran
  2005 Pastor, St. Peter, Lemoore
  2010 Parochial Vicar, St. Anne, Porterville
  2011 Parochial Vicar, St. Francis of Assisi, Bakersfield
  2013 Medical leave of absence
  2014 Sacramental Priest, St. Aloysius, Tulare
  2016 Chaplain/In residence, Nazareth House, Fresno
  2017 Retired for Medical Issues
- Rev. James Collins
  Status: Deceased 1977
  Ordained: 1933 Diocese of Derry, Ireland, Incarnated 1949 Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1947 Parochial Vicar, St. Peter Prince of Apostles, Lemoore
  1949 Administrator, St. Joseph, Avenal
  1952 Pastor, St. Mary, Buttonwillow
- Rev. Thomas Condon
  Status: Deceased - July 1966
  
  Ordination: April 1947 – Incardinated for the Diocese of Monterey / Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1948 Assistant Vicar, St. Anne’s, Porterville
  1951 Chaplain, Tulare / Kings Tuberculosis Hospital, Springville
  1954 Assistant Regimental Chaplain – CA National Guard
  1955 Chaplain, Soledad State Prison
  1959 Chaplain, China Lake
  1961 Released from Diocese – Relieved of Faculties
  
  On the list for:
  Diocese of Monterey
- Rev. Msgr. Fred Crowley
  Status: Deceased 1972
  Ordination: 1934, Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1935 Assistant, San Luis Obispo
  1935 Assistant, St. Francis, Bakersfield
  1939 Assistant, St Patrick, Watsonville
  1942 Assistant, Sacred Heart, Hollister
  1944 Assistant, St. Peter Prince of Apostles, Lemoore
  1945 Assistant, Holy Cross, Santa Cruz
  1945 Pastor, Santa Rosa, Lone Pine
  1948 Vicar Substitute, Our Lady of Lourdes, Corcoran
  1956 Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Corcoran
  1967 Temp. Assistant, St. Anthony, Atwater
  1969 Pastor, St. Anthony, Atwater
  1971 Retired
- Robert Davis
  Status: Laicized, Faculties Suspended 2004
  Ordained: 1997
  
  Assignments:
  1997 Parochial Vicar, St. Philip the Apostle, Bakersfield
  1999 Administrator, St. Isidore the Farmer, Orange Cove
  2000 Pastor, St. Isidore the Farmer, Orange Cove
  2003 Pastor, St. Patrick, Kerman
- Rev. Thomas Farrell
  Status: Deceased 1962
  Ordained: 1935 for the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1936 Assistant Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Bakersfield
  1939 Assistant Pastor, St. Patrick’s, Watsonville
  1940 Assistant Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Bakersfield
  1943 Assistant Pastor, St. John’s Cathedral, Fresno
  1943 Faculties suspended
  1945 Left the Diocese of Fresno
- Rev. Benjamin S. Gabriel
  Status: Deceased 1986
  Ordained: 1945 for the Archdiocese of Lipa, Philippines. Incarnated for the Diocese of Fresno 1979
  Assignments:
  1971 Supply ministry Christ the King, Oildale
  1971 Supply ministry, St. Catherine of Siena, Dinuba
  1971 Supply ministry, Christ the King, Oildale, St. Thomas, Arvin; St.John the Evangelist, Wasco
  1971 Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Clovis
  1973 Administrator, St Jude, Earlimart
  1979 Retired
  1984 Vicarius Substitus, St. Jude, Earlimart
- Rev. Louis Garcia
  Status: Unknown, Faculties suspended 1981
  Ordained: 1963, Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1963 Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph, Selma
  1966 Parochial Vicar, St. Anthony of Padua, Fresno
  1967 Temp. Administrator, St. Francis, Mojave
  1967 Parochial Vicar, St. Mary, Sanger
  1970 Pastor, St. Thomas, Goshen
  1971 Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bakersfield
  1971 Temp. Parochial Vicar, St. Anthony of Padua, Reedley
  1975 Parochial Vicar, St. Francis of Assisi, Bakersfield
  1978 Parochial Vicar, St. Anthony of Padua, Fresno
  1979 Parochial Vicar, St. Anne, Porterville
  1979 Chaplain, Porterville State Hospital, Porterville
  1981 Parochial Vicar, St. Helen, Fresno
- Rev. Robert Gamel
  Status: Retired with no Faculties
  Ordained: 1990
  
  Assignments:
  1990 Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Victory, Fresno
  1991 Parochial Vicar, St. Anthony of Padua, Fresno
  1993 Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph, Los Banos
  1994 Temp. Administrator, St. Joseph, Boron and Our Lady of Lourdes, California City
  1994 Temp. Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bakersfield
  1994 Administrator, Christ the King, Bakersfield
  1996 Pastor, St. Joseph, Boron and Our Lady of Lourdes
  1999 Pastor, St. Ann, Ridgecrest
  2009 Pastor, St. Joseph, Los Banos
  2014 Faculties permanently removed
- Rev. John J. Gaynor
  Status: Deceased 1953
  Ordained: 1935 for the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  Assignments:
  1935 Associate, St. Mary, Visalia
  1936 Second Assistant, St. Patrick, Watsonville
  1938 Leave from ministry due to medical illness
  1940 Faculties revoked
  1941 Left the Diocese of Fresno without permission, whereabouts unknown
- Rev. Edward Haskins
  Status: Deceased 1981
  Ordained: 1933, Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  Assignments:
  1940 Army Chaplain
  1940 Sacred Heart, Lindsay
  1946 St. Francis of Assisi, Bakersfield
  1947 San Juan Bautista
  1950 Assistant, St. Angela, Pacific Grove
  1965 Assistant, St. Lucy, Fowler
  1974 Retired, living at Nazareth House
  
  Also listed on:
  Diocese of Monterey
- Craig F. Harrison
  Status: Voluntary Laicization March 2021
  Ordained: 1987, Diocese of Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1987 Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Mercy, St. Patrick, Sacred Heart, Merced
  1989 Parochial Vicar, St. Francis, Bakersfield
  1991 Administrator, St. Francis, Mojave
  1992 Pastor, St. Joseph, Firebaugh
  1999 Pastor, St. Francis, Bakersfield
  2012 Temporary Administrator, Our Lady of the Snows Mission, Frazier Park
  2019 Placed on Administrative Leave Dispensation from Clerical to Lay State granted March 2021
- Rev. Msgr. Anthony Herdegen,
  Status: Deceased 2009
  Ordained: 1946, Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  Assignments:
  1946 Assistant, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Bakersfield
  1947 Vic. Sub., Our Lady of Guadalupe, Bakersfield
  1948 Assistant, Sacred Heart
  1949 Moderator of Studies and Prefect of Discipline at Ryan Preparatory College and Jr. Seminary. Fresno
  1952 Assistant, St. Patrick, Watsonville
  1953 Vicarius Substitutus, St. Anne’s, Porterville
  1953 Pastor, St. Patrick, Kerman
  1954 Director of the Mission of Holy Angels, Santa Margarita, CA and Assistant at St. William’s Church in Atascadero, CA;
  Chaplain, Atascadero State Hospital
  1959 Pastor, St. John, Wasco
  1977 Pastor, Holy Rosary, Hilmar
  1978 Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Corcoran
  1980 Pastor, St. Anne’s, Porterville
  1982 Pastor, St. Mary, Taft
  1985 Pastor of St. Jude’s, Wofford Heights
  1995 Retired from Active Ministry and moved out of state
- Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Mangan
  Status: Deceased 1985
  Ordination: 1937, Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1937 Associate Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Bakersfield
  1942 Administrator, St. Malachy, Tehachapi
  1946 Pastor, St. Mary, Sanger
  1954 Left the Diocese of Fresno area
- Rev. Michael McDonald
  Status: Deceased 1971
  Ordination: 1941 in Ireland, Incardinated 1958 for the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1958 Associate Pastor, St. Anthony, Atwater and Immaculate Conception, Buhach
  1963 Associate Pastor, St. Peter Prince of Apostle, Lemoore St. Joseph, Stratford and St. Rose, Tachi Indian Reservation
  On the List for the:
  Diocese of Monterey
- Rev. Msgr. Patrick J. McGrath
  Status: Deceased 1943
  Ordination: 1906, Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles
  
  Assignments:
  1907 St. Vibiana’s Cathedral, Los Angeles, Assistant
  1907 St. Patrick’s, Los Angeles, Assistant Pastor
  1908 Rector of Missions in Florence and Downey
  1909 Rector of St. Thomas, Arlington, and Chaplain of Sherman Inst.
  1912 Pastor, Our Lady Star of the Sea, San Pedro
  1918 Pastor, Our Lady of the Angels, San Diego
  1921 Pastor, St. John’s, Fresno
  1924 Pastor, St. Patrick’s, Watsonville
  1927 Rector, Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz
  1933 Rector, St John’s Cathedral, Fresno
  1937 Pastor, St. Mary’s, Delano
  1940 Pastor, St. Joseph, Bakersfield
- Rev. Paschal Merola
  Status: Deceased 1977
  Ordination: 1928 for the Diocese of Monterey
  
  Assignments:
  1928 St. Therese, Fresno
  1930 San Carlos, Monterey
  1931 St. Malachy, Tehachapi
  1932 Dos Palos, Civil Conservation Camp Chaplain
  1934 Faculties Suspended, left the Diocese of Fresno
- Rev. John Naldoza Nacauili
  Status: Deceased 1998
  Ordination: 1961 for the Archdiocese of Jaro, Philippines, Incardinated to the Diocese of Fresno 1976
  
  Assignments:
  1972 Associate Pastor, Holy Family, Visalia
  1975 Assistant Pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Hanford
  1977 Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Clovis
  1979 Associate, St. Anthony of Padua, Reedley
  1986 Pastor, St. Francis of Cabrini, Woodlake
  1990 Leave of Absence for illness
  1991 Vicarius Substitutus, St Jude, Earlimart and Huron
  1991 Left the Diocese of Fresno and returned to Philippines due to poor health
- Rev. Msgr. Joseph Pacheco
  Status: Deceased 1992
  Ordination: 1957 for the Diocese of Monterey Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1957 Assistant, St. Barbara Mission, Randsburg
  1961 Assistant, St. Aloysius and St. Rita, Tulare
  1967 Pastor, Sacred Heart, Merced
  1971 Associate Pastor, St. Patrick/Our Lady of Mercy, Merced
  1973 Associate Pastor, Sacred Heart, Merced
  1978 Pastoral Team, Associate Pastor, St. Patrick/Our Lady of Mercy and Sacred Heart, Merced
  1981 Pastor, Holy Ghost, Gustine
- Rev. Thomas Purcell
  Status: Unknown, Suspended from ministry 1996
  Ordination: Marianists, Province of St. Louis 1959, Incarnated Diocese of Fresno 1990
  
  Assignments:
  1986 Parochial Vicar, Mojave and Boron
  1990 Pastor, St Francis, Mojave
  1991 Parochial Vicar, St. Francis of Assisi, Bakersfield
  1992 Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Mercy/St. Patrick’s, Merced
  1993 Temporary Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph, Los Banos
  1993 Temporary Parochial Vicar, St. John’s Cathedral, Fresno
  1993 Administrator, Sacred Heart, Planada
  1996 Left Diocese without notice, faculties revoked
  2003 Charged and Convicted of minor sexual abuse occurring in another diocese
  
  Also on list for the:
  Diocese of Stockton
  Diocese of Tucson
  Marianist US Province
- Rev. Eric V. Swearingen
  Status: Deceased 2020
  Ordination: 1987 for the Diocese of Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1987 Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Bakersfield
  1989 Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Victory, Fresno
  1990 Administrator, St. Anthony, Atwater
  1990 Administrator, St. Alphonsus, Fresno
  1992 Administrator, St. Jude, Easton (along with duties at St. Alphonsus)
  1992 Pastor, St. Helen, Fresno
  1999 Pastor, St. Peter’s, Lemoore
  2002 Pastor, Holy Spirit, Fresno
  2014 Pastor, the Catholic Churches of Visalia: St. Mary, Holy Family, St. Thomas the Apostle, and St. Charles Borromeo
  2018 Leave of Absence – medical
  2019 Administrative Leave
- Rev. Sauveur Tambourin
  Status: Deceased 1994
  Ordination: 1968 Diocese of Tarbes-Lourdes, France. Incardinated to the Diocese of Fresno 1971
  
  Assignments:
  1971 Assistant Pastor, St. John’s Cathedral, Fresno
  1973 Assistant Pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Hanford
  1973 Leave of Absence
  1974 Left the Diocese to serve as US Naval Chaplain
- Rev. Jose Luis Vega Sanchez
  Status: Deceased 2020
  Ordination: 1954, Diocese of Tulancingo, Mexico. Incardinated to Diocese of Fresno 1990
  
  Assignments:
  1985 Parochial Vicar, St. John’s Cathedral
  1990 Parochial Vicar, St. Ann, Riverdale and St. Peter Prince of Apostles, Lemoore
  1991 Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph, Bakersfield
  1992 Parochial Vicar, St. Anthony of Padua, Reedley
  1993 Administrator, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mendota
  1996 Pastor, St. Mary, Cutler
  2004 Retired, moved to Mexico
- Extern Priests incarnated for other Diocese’s with credible allegation of sexual abuse of a minor while serving in the Diocese of Fresno.
- Rev. William Allison
  Current Status: Deceased 1967
  Ordained: 1948 for the Diocese of Alexandria, LA
  
  Assignments:
  1964 Supply Priest, St. Catherine of Siena, Dinuba
  1966-1967 Parochial Vicar, Sacred Heart, Fresno
  
  Also listed in:
  Diocese of Monterey
  Diocese of Alexandria
  Archdiocese of Gallup, NM
- Rev. Hermy Dave O. Ceniza
  Current Status: Unknown
  Ordained: 1977 for the Archdiocese of Davao, Philippines
  
  Assignments:
  1992 Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Victory, Fresno
  1992-1993 Parochial Vicar, St. Francis of Assisi, Bakersfield
- Rev. Jorge de Jesus Gomez Forunda
  Current Status: Unknown, returned to Guatemala 2004
  Ordained: 1990 to the Archdiocese of Guatemala
  
  Assignments:
  2000 Parochial Vicar, St. John’s Cathedral
  2001 Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Clovis
  2003 Parochial Vicar, St. John’s Cathedral
  2003 Administrator, Sacred Heart, Planada
- Rev. Ramon Gomez
  Current Status: Unknown
  Ordained: 1973 for the Archdiocese of Tapachula, Mexico
  
  Assignments:
  1980 Associate Pastor, Holy Ghost Parish, Gustine
  1981 Associate Pastor, Pastoral Team Merced
- Rev. Kevin McCarthy
  Current Status: Deceased 1992
  Ordained: 1948 for the Diocese of St. John Brunswick, Canada
  
  Assignments:
  1966-1968 Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Victory, Fresno
  1968 Left Diocese
- Rev. Walter Nicholson
  Current Status: Deceased 1947
  Ordained: 1926, for the Diocese of Ossory, Kilkenny, Ireland
  1926 Incarnated and accepted for ministry for the Diocese of Cheyenne
  
  Assignments:
  1944 Arrived in Diocese of Fresno and accepted for Ministry. Supply Priest, St. John, Wasco
  1944   Assistant, St. Francis of Assisi, Bakersfield
  1944   Supply Priest, St. Mary, Delano
  1946   Santa Cruz
  1947 St. Patrick, Watsonville
- Clergy belonging to a Religious Order with credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor while serving in the Diocese of Fresno. Please consult the religious institute for further information on the current status of these religious priests.
- Rev. John "Jack" Bradley, S.J.
  Current Status: Unknown
  Ordained: Ordained 1954 for the Society of Jesus
  
  Assignments:
  1962-1964 Associate Pastor St. Agnes Mission, Pinedale
- Brother Felix Calonge, OFM
  Current Status: Unknown
  Ordained: Franciscan Friars, Santa Barbara Province
  
  Assignments:
  1965-1996 St. Anthony Retreat Center, Three Rivers
  
  On list for:
  Santa Barbara Province OFM
- Rev. Francis X. Darmaddy, C.Ss.R.
  Current Status: Deceased 1955
  Ordained: Redemptorist Order
  
  Assignments:
  1936-1938 Associate Pastor, St. Alphonsus, Fresno
- Rev. Jose Morelos
  Current Status: Unknown, living in Mexico
  Ordained: Transitional Deacon from Mexico
  
  Assignments:
  None - Visiting friends in Fresno
- Rev. Anthony Slane, C.Ss.R.
  Current Status: Deceased 2010
  Ordained: Redemptorist Order
  
  Assignments:
  1954-1957 St. Alphonsus, Fresno, Associate Pastor
  
  On list for:
  Diocese of Oakland
  Archdiocese of Seattle
- Rev. Bernardine Solvyns, OSB
  Current Status: Unknown
  Ordained: Benedictine Order, Ordained in Belgium, date unknown
  
  Assignments:
  1969-1985 Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, California City
- Priests who have served or lived in the Diocese with no allegations of sexual abuse of a minor occurring while serving in the Diocese of Fresno, however the Diocese of Fresno was notified later of allegations of minor abuse against these priests that occurred elsewhere, and they are listed on other sources.
- Brother Samuel Cabot, OFM
  Current Status: Deceased 2019
  Ordained: Franciscan Friars, Santa Barbara Province
  
  Assignments:
  1971-1972 St. Anthony Retreat Center, Three Rivers
  
  On List for:
  Santa Barbara Province Franciscan Friars
  Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- Rev. Antonio Camacho
  Current Status: Deceased 1990
  Ordained: Ordained 1964 Diocese of San Juan de Los Lagos, Mexico
  
  Assignments:
  1988 Supply Priest St. Frances of Cabrini, Huron
  1989 Parochial Vicar, St. Ann, Riverdale and St. Peter Prince of Apostles, Lemoore
  1990 Returned to Mexico
  
  On List for:
  Diocese of Stockton
- Rev. Stuart B. Campbell, O.P.
  Current Status: Deceased 1986
  Ordained: 1930 to the Dominican's
  
  Assignments:
  1954 Parochial Vicar St. Anne, Porterville
  1957 Parochial Vicar, St. Mary, Taft
  
  On List for:
  Dominican St. Joseph Province
  Diocese of Reno
  Diocese of Las Vegas
  Diocese of Columbus
  Diocese of Covington
  Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- Rev. David (Laurian) Carriere, OFM
  Current Status: Deceased 2000
  Ordained: 1963 Franciscan Friars, Santa Barbara Province
  
  Assigned:
  1969-1975 Assistant, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Fresno
  
  On List for:
  Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  Diocese of Stockton
  Santa Barbara Province Franciscans
- Rev. Mario Cimmarrusti, OFM
  Current Status: Deceased 2013
  Ordained: 1957 to the Franciscan Friars, Santa Barbara Province
  
  Assigned:
  1985-1993 Pastor, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Delano
  
  On list for:
  Franciscans Santa Barbara Province
  Diocese of Oakland
  Diocese of Stockton
- Bro. Gerald Chumik, OFM
  Current Status: Deceased 2003
  Ordained: Franciscan Friars Santa Barbara Province
  
  Assignments:
  1982-1985 In Residence, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Fresno
  1985-1986 In Residence, St. Anthony Retreat Center, Three Rivers
  1997-2003 In Residence, St. Anthony Retreat Center, Three Rivers
  
  On List for:
  Santa Barbara Province Franciscans
- Rev. Basil P. Congro
  Current Status: Unknown
  Ordained: 1978 Diocese of Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1978 Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bakersfield
  1978 Associate Pastor, St. John’s Cathedral
  1979 Left for Diocese of Rockville Center, New York
  1983-1994 Commissioned as Naval Chaplain
  1994 Excardinated from the Diocese of Fresno and Incarnated for the Diocese of Charleston, So. Carolina 1994
  
  On List for:
  Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina
- Rev. Daniel De Dominicis, C.S.Sp.
  Status: Deceased
  
  Ordained: 1951 for the Spiritan Order
  Assignments:
  1968-1975 Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Bakersfield
  1975 Left the Diocese of Fresno
  
  On List for:
  Diocese of San Bernardino
- Rev. Wilfred J. Diamond
  Current Status: Deceased 1985
  Ordained: 1938 for the Archdiocese of New York
  
  Assignments:
  1960-1963 Assistant Pastor St. Anthony of Padua, Fresno and St. Agnes Mission, Pinedale
  1963 Left the Diocese of Fresno
  
  On List for:
  Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Brother Dennis Duffy, OFM
  Current Status: Unknown, removed from Ministry 1990
  Ordained: Vows 1987 Santa Barbara Province, Franciscan Friars
  
  Assignments:
  1973-1975 Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Fresno
  1975 Left the Diocese of Fresno
  
  On List for:
  Santa Barbara Province Order Franciscan Friars
  Diocese of Gallup
  Diocese of Stockton
  Diocese of Oakland
- Rev. Donald Flickinger
  Current Status: Deceased, December 2024
  
  Ordained: 1964, Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1964 Associate, St. John’s Cathedral. Fresno
  1965-1968 Director, Camp Santa Teresita
  1966-1967 Administrator, Ryan Seminary
  1968 Assistant, St. Helen, Fresno
  1969 Dean of Religion, San Joaquin Memorial High School
  1969 Director of Vocations
  1970 Administrator, St. Genevieve, Fresno
  1972 Left the Diocese of Fresno for work and ministry in other Dioceses.
  2006 Retired
  
  On list for:
  Diocese of San Jose
  Diocese of Santa Rosa
- Rev. Gerald Hartz
  Current Status: Faculties revoked 2019
  Ordained: 1959 Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa
  
  Assignments:
  2003 Retired in the Diocese of Fresno Supply Ministry, Christ the King, Bakersfield
  
  On List for:
  Diocese of Sioux City
- Rev. David Johnson, OFM
  Current Status: Unknown, Laicized
  Ordained: 1984 Santa Barbara Province, Franciscan Friars
  
  Assignments:
  1992-2000 St. Anthony Retreat House, Three Rivers
  2000 Left the Diocese of Fresno
  
  On List for:
  Archdiocese of Seattle
  Diocese of Oakland
  Santa Barbara Province for
  Franciscan Friars
- Rev. Stephen Kain, OFM
  Current Status: Removed from ministry 1991, living under restrictions
  Ordained: 1974 Santa Barbara, Province Franciscan Friars
  
  Assignments:
  1974-1976 Assistant Priest, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Fresno
  1976 Left the Diocese of Fresno
  
  On List for:
  Santa Barbara Province Franciscan Friars
  Diocese of Oakland
- Rev. David La Pierre, OFM Cap.
  Current Status: Unknown
  Ordained: 1969 for the order of Friars Minor Capuchin
  
  Assignments:
  1991-2002 Hospital Chaplain at Fresno Community Medical Center, Sierra Hospital, Valley Children’s Hospital and Veteran’s Hospital
  2002 Left the Diocese of Fresno
  
  On list for:
  Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- Rev. Mark Liening, OFM
  Current Status: Deceased 1985
  Ordained: 1941 Franciscan Friars, Santa Barbara Province
  
  Assignments:
  1970 Assistant, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Fresno
  
  On list for:
  Santa Barbara Province Franciscan’s
  Diocese of Phoenix
  Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico
  Diocese of Oakland
- Friar Jorge Lopez, OFM
  Current Status: Deceased 2004
  Ordained: Vows taken 1975, Franciscan Friars, Santa Barbara Province
  
  Assignments:
  1988-1993 Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Fresno
  
  On list for:
  Santa Barbara Province Franciscans
  Diocese of Oakland
  Diocese of Phoenix
- Rev. Msgr. Gilbert Meyer
  Current Status: Deceased 2020
  Ordained: 1942 Diocese of Monterey-Fresno
  
  Assignments:
  1942 Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Bakersfield
  1946 Parochial Vicar, St. Brigid, Hanford
  1950 Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Hanford
  1953 Pastor, Our Lady of the Assumption, Watsonville
  1967 Pastor, Sacred Heart, Lindsay
  1969 Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bishop
  1972 Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bakersfield
  1975 Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bishop
  1981 Pastor, St. Francis, Mojave
  1985 Administrator, St. Joseph, Boron
  1990 Retired
  
  On list for:
  Diocese of Monterey
- Rev. William Paiz, CMF
  Current Status: Unknown
  Ordained: 1979 Claretian Missionaries
  
  Assignments:
  1995 Parochial Vicar, St. Anthony Claret, Fresno
  2008 Temp. Administrator at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Fresno
  2008 Administrator, St. Lucy, Fowler
  2010 Left the Diocese of Fresno
  
  On list for:
  Diocese of Fort Worth
  Diocese of Springfield-Cap Girardeau
- Rev. Raul N. Sanchez
  Current Status: Unknown
  Ordained: 1974 for the Diocese of Gallup
  
  Assignments:
  1998-2001 Chaplain, Edwards Air Force Base
  
  On List for:
  Diocese of Gallup
- Rev. Fidencio Silva, M.Sp.S.
  Current Status: Unknown
  Ordained: 1978 Missionaries of the Holy Spirit
  
  Assignments:
  1987 Pastor, St. Katherine, Del Rey
  1989 Associate Pastor, St. Lucy, Fowler
  1991 Associate Pastor, St. Joseph, Fowler
  1992 Left the Diocese of Fresno
  
  On list for:
  Diocese of San Bernardino
  Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- Rev. John Shephard, S.J.
  Current Status: Deceased 1991
  Ordained: 1951 Society of Jesus
  
  Assignments:
  1954-1955 Ryan Preparatory College, Fresno
  
  On List for:
  Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- Rev, Ramon Varela, OFM
  Current Status: Deceased 2002
  Ordained: 1949 Province of Santa Barbara
  
  Assignments:
  1968-1970 Our Lady of Mount Carmel
  
  On List for:
  Dioceses of Stockton
  Oakland
  Phoenix
  Santa Barbara Province Franciscans
- Rev. Robert Carroll Wheatley
  Current Status: Deceased 2013
  Ordained: 1975 Diocese of Owensboro, KY
  
  Assignments:
  2003-2008 Naval Chaplain, LNAS, Lemoore
  
  On List For:
  Diocese of Owensboro
- Rev. James Vincentian Cairns, CM
  Current Status: Unknown
  Ordained: 1969 to the Vincentian Order
  
  Assignments:
  1992-1997 Saint Agnes Hospital Chaplain
  1998 Valley Children’s Hospital, Fresno, Chaplain
  1998-2001 In residence Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Fresno
  2001 Left Diocese of Fresno
  
  On List for:
  Diocese of Stockton
  Vincentians Western Province
  Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- Rev. Gregory Kareta, OFM Conv.
  Current Status: Deceased 2006
  Ordained: 1954 for the Conventual Franciscans
  
  Assignments:
  1985-1986 Pastor, St. Paul the Apostle, Coalinga
  1996 Administrator, St. Joseph, Avenal
  1997 Left the Diocese of Fresno
  
  On list for:
  Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  Diocese of Monterey

List of Credibly accused

Priests incarnated for the Diocese of Fresno: The following priests were ordained or incarnated for the Diocese of Fresno and have been determined to face a credible accusation of sexual abuse of a minor while serving in the Diocese of Fresno.

Extern Priests incarnated for other Diocese’s with credible allegation of sexual abuse of a minor while serving in the Diocese of Fresno.

Clergy belonging to a Religious Order with credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor while serving in the Diocese of Fresno. Please consult the religious institute for further information on the current status of these religious priests.