Pedophile Priests in Arkansas

September 12, 2018 Featured

The Diocese of Little Rock has provided a partial list of names of clergy “who served at some point in the state and against whom it said there are ‘credible allegations’ of sexual abuse of a minor”. The list is shown below.

Finally, we are seeing some names in Little Rock! The names of sex offenders SHOULD be known! But sadly, Bishop Taylor of Little Rock, Arkansas has failed to site any CURRENT allegations. Is he covering-up for the priests currently placed in Arkansas at this time?

Yes, there are more mentally ill priests (and other clergy) still out there waiting to prey upon more of Arkansas’ innocent children if the names of the CURRENT sexually abusive priests are not revealed, also. The pedophile priests lust for children, and child trafficking must be stopped! Yes, ALL human trafficking. Expose them, PLEASE! Rotating the priests from state to state, or from country to country, is not the answer, because the crime still continues.

DIOCESAN PRIESTS

Donald Althoff

Year of Ordination: 1982
Status: Resigned and removed from active ministry (1995)
Victim Information: 1 known victim
Assignments Held:
- St. John, Hot Springs (1982-1984)
- St. Michael, West Memphis
- Sacred Heart, Crawfordsville
- St. Mary, Horseshoe Lake (1984-1989)
- Christ the King, Little Rock
- Little Rock Scripture Study Office
- St. Francis, Little Italy (1989-1990)
- St. Theresa, Little Rock (1990-1992)
- Leave of Absence (1992-1995)

Joseph Correnti

Year of Ordination: 1972
Status: Deceased (2002)
Victim Information: 2 known victims
Assignments Held:
- Immaculate Conception, Fort Smith (1972-1974)
- Our Lady of the Holy Souls, Little Rock (1974-1978)
- St. Agnes, Mena; St. Jude, Waldron; All Saints, Mount Ida (1978-1981)
- Diocesan Vocations Director and Director of Youth Ministries (1981-1987)
- St. John Catholic Center (in residence) (1981-1982)
- St. Anne, North Little Rock (1982)
- St. Boniface, New Dixie; missions at Little Italy and Petit Jean (1982-1983)
- St. Patrick, North Little Rock (1983-1985)
- St. John, Russellville; St. Augustine, Dardanelle (1985-1986)
- St. Anne, North Little Rock (1986-1987)
- Holy Trinity Seminary, Irving, Texas (1987-1989)
- St. Paul, Pocahontas (1989-1991)
- Our Lady of the Holy Souls, Little Rock (1991-1994)
- Leave of Absence (1994-1995)
- St. Raphael, Springdale (1996-2001)
- St. Joseph, Tontitown (1995-death)

Robert Dagwell

Year of Ordination: 1954
Status: Deceased (1997); Removed from active ministry in 1986
Victim Information: Specific number of victims unknown
Assignments Held:
- Immaculate Conception, Blytheville (1954-1955)
- Blessed Sacrament, Jonesboro (1955-1958)
- St. Boniface, Fort Smith (1958-1964)
- Immaculate Heart of Mary, Walnut Ridge (1964-1971)
- St. Mary, McGehee; St. Mary, Dermott (1971-1979)
- St. Mary, Helena (1979-1984)
- St. Elizabeth, Eureka Springs; St. Anne, Berryville (1984-1986)

John McDaniel

Year of Ordination: 1955
Status: Deceased (1974)
Victim Information: 3 known victims
Assignments Held:
- St. John, Hot Springs (1955-1957)
- Christ the King, Fort Smith (1957-1960)
- Holy Redeemer, El Dorado (1960-1963)
- Immaculate Conception, Blytheville (1963-1966)
- St. John the Baptist, Malvern (1966-1970)
- Our Lady of the Holy Souls, Little Rock (1970-death)

Edward Mooney

Year of Ordination: 1949
Status: Deceased (2009); Left active ministry in 1971; Laicized in 1974
Victim Information: 2 known victims
Assignments Held:
- St. Michael, West Memphis (1949-1951)
- Our Lady of the Holy Souls, Little Rock (1951-1955)
- Immaculate Conception, Fort Smith (1955-1956)
- St. Anne’s Academy, Fort Smith (1956-1960)
- Sr. Rose of Lima, Carlisle (1960-1964)
- St. Mary, Hot Springs (1963)
- Sr. Francis, Forrest City (1964-1965)
- St. Elizabeth, Eureka Springs (1965-1967)
- St. Matthew, Osceola; St. Norbert, Marked Tree (1967-1968)
- St. Joseph, Pine Bluff (1968-1969)
- Leave of absence (1969-1970)
- St. Louis, Camden (1970)
- St. Mary, McGehee; St. Mary, Dermott (1970)
- St. Patrick, North Little Rock (1970-1971)

Robert Torres

Year of Ordination: 1966
Status: Removed and resigned from priestly ministry (1994); Laicized in 2015
Victim Information: 5 known victims
Assignments Held:
- St. John Seminary, Little Rock (1966)
- Catholic High School, Little Rock (1967-1974)
- Our Lady of Good Counsel, Little Rock (in residence) (1971)
- St. Mary, North Little Rock (in residence) (1971-1972)
- Cathedral of St. Andrew, Little Rock (1972-1974)
- Immaculate Conception, North Little Rock (1974)
- Our Lady of Good Counsel, Little Rock (1975)
- Christ the King, Little Rock (1976-1980)
- Sick leave (1980-1981)
- Christ the King, Little Rock (1981-1982)
- St. John, Malvern; St. Mary, Arkadelphia (1982-1984)
- St. Mary, North Little Rock (1984-1989)
- St. Theresa, Little Rock (1989)
- Sick leave (1989-1992)
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Ashdown; Our Lady of Good Hope, Hope (1992-1994)

PRIESTS FROM OTHER DIOCESES

Paul Haas

Year of Ordination: 1959 (Diocese of Nashville)
Status: Deceased (1979); Served in Diocese of Little Rock, 1964-1965
Victim Information: No known victims in Arkansas; Multiple victims in Tennessee
Assignments Held:
- Catholic High School, Little Rock (1964-1965)

RELIGIOUS PRIESTS

Nicholas Fuhrman, OSB

Year of Ordination: 1954
Status: Permanently removed and barred from active ministry (2002)
Victim Information: 8 known victims
Assignments Held:
- Subiaco Academy (1954-1981)
- St. Mary, Windthorst, Texas (1981-1983)
- St. Mary, Gainesville, Texas (1984-1993)
- Subiaco Abbey (1994-1995)
- St. Bernard Hospital, Jonesboro (1996-2002)

Anthony McKay, CSSp

Year of Ordination: 1960
Status: Deceased (2015); Dismissed from priesthood and religious life in 2004
Victim Information: No known victims in Arkansas; 10 victims elsewhere
Assignments Held:
- St. Joseph, Conway (1991-2001)

Timothy Sugrue, SM

Year of Ordination: Unknown
Status: Dismissed from priesthood and religious life (2005)
Victim Information: 1 known victim
Assignments Held:
- Eaker Air Force Base, Blytheville (1978-1979)

Patrick Walsh, MSC

Year of Ordination: 1952
Status: Deceased (2011); Suspended from all ministry by his religious order in 2004
Victim Information: 1 known victim
Assignments Held:
- St. Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock (chaplain) (1976-1984)
- St. Mary, Hot Springs (1984-1987)

Francis Zimmer, OSB

Year of Ordination: 1932
Status: Deceased (1983)
Victim Information: No known victims in Arkansas; 3 known victims in Texas
Assignments Held:
- Subiaco Academy (1932-1933)
- Sacred Heart, Muenster, TX (1933-1940)
- St. Mary, Windthorst, TX (1940-1941)
- Army Chaplain in WWII (1941-1945)
- Subiaco Academy (1945-1949)
- St. Benedict, Subiaco (1948)
- St. Scholastica, Shoal Creek / New Blaine (1950-1951)
- St. Mary, Windthorst, TX (1952-1953)
- Subiaco Abbey (1953)
- St. Teresa, Corpus Christi, TX (1954-1959)
- Counselor for Arkansas rehabilitation programs (1960-1962)
- Sick leave (1963)
- St. Peter, Mount Clemens, MI (1963-1966)
- Counselor in Little Rock prisons (1966)
- Counselor for Arkansas rehabilitation program, Fort Smith (1967)
- VA Hospital, Tomah, WI (Chaplain) (1968-1970)
- St. Stephen, Stevens Point, WI; St. Kilian, Blenker, WI (1971)
- St. Joseph Hospital, Chippewa Falls, WI (1972-1973)
- St. John the Baptist, Elgar, WI (1974-1975)
- Assumption, Decatur, TX (1976-1981)
- Sts. Peter and Paul, Morrison Bluff (1981-death)

In closing, if you are a victim of child or sexual abuse, please take care where you seek council. Also, please consider that schools, daycare facilities, and churches should be selected very carefully. The Diocese claims to “Promise to Protect” and “Pledge to Heal” on their own website, so they need to actually live up to those claims!

Victims of sex offenders, including pedophiles and child molesters, can be scarred for life, and women and children are especially vulnerable.

Stay aware, stay involved, and stay vigilant.

Remember: eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

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