12/19/18 9:00 a.m. LIST OF CLERGY WHO WERE CREDIBLY ACCUSED WHILE SERVING IN DWC 1950 TO PRESENT

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1 LIST OF CLERGY WHO WERE CREDIBLY ACCUSED WHILE SERVING IN DWC 1950 TO PRESENT NAME ASSIGNMENTS IN DIOCESE YEAR(S) OF INCIDENT(S) DATE REPORTED TO DIOCESE/ AUTHORITIES INCIDENT DESCRIPTION STATUS OF PRIEST 1. Rev. Carl E. Bauer, Jr. Margaret Mary 06/ /1966; 1969 or Victim reported to DWC in Inappropriate touching of a minor. Retired from active ministry in Parkersburg Catholic High School Principal 06/ /1969; Died in Wheeling Seminary House of Studies 06/ /1974; Wheeling Our Lady of Peace 07/ /1985; Star City St. Mary 09/ /2002; Pursglove St. Ursula 09/ / Rev. Eugene R. Bowski, MSsA Franklin St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 06/ /25/ /25/82. withdrawn in Diocese of Gallup in Rev. Lawrence (Larry) D. Brown Weirton St. Paul 05/ /1971; (1) 1972; 2002 or 2003; revoked 06/1985. Wheeling St. Joseph Cathedral 12/ /1977; (2) 1982 or /26/2018. Died 12/03/1993. Wheeling WV Northern Community College Chaplain 08/ /1977; Salem Sacred Heart 06/ /1982; West Union St. Patrick 06/ /1982; {P } 1

2 Salem Salem College Chaplain 06/ /1982; St. Albans St. Francis of Assisi 06/ /1984; 05/ /1985; Margaret Mary 01/ / Rev. William Carr Princeton Sacred Heart 03/ /1948; Clarksburg St. John the Baptist 03/1950 (2 weeks); 1950 (3 weeks); St. Clara St. Clare 04/ /1963; Bluefield Sacred Heart 05/ /1971. Between Retired 08/17/1971. Died 12/19/ Rev. James Joseph Chetock Margaret Mary 11/ /1995; Weirton St. Joseph the Worker 01/ /1997; Charles Town St. James 06/ /1998; (1) ; (2) ; 2005 (Non-Credible Complaint). Abuse of a minor before ordination as a priest. Behavior related. suspended and voluntarily left ministry in July, Fort Ashby Annunciation of Our Lord 01/ /2002; Ridgeley St. Anthony 01/ /2002; Vienna St. Michael 06/ /2005; {P } 2

3 06/ / Rev. Patrick Anthony Condron Moundsville St. 07/ /1977; 10/ /1980; Vienna St. Joseph Prep Seminary 08/ /1987; Bethany College Chaplain 06/ /1992; West Liberty State College Chaplain 06/ /1992; Morgantown St. Theresa 06/ /1994; Wheeling St. Alphonsus 06/ /1995; Wheeling St. Mary 06/ /1995; 01/ /1995; Graduate Studies Catholic University 08/ /1997; Wheeling St. Alphonsus 06/ /2005; Wheeling Diocesan Tribunal 09/ /1998; Wheeling Catholic Elementary School Pastor 09/ /2001; Paul VI Pastoral Center In Residence 03/ / /05/1995. restricted on 03/22/2005; faculties suspended on 01/19/2006. Laicized in {P } 3

4 7. Rev. Victor Frobas St. Albans St. Francis of Assisi 07/ /1966; Wheeling Corpus Christi 06/ /1967; Huntington Our Lady of Fatima 05/ /1967; Fairmont St. Peter 10/ /1968; Wheeling St. Joseph Cathedral 06/ /1970; Wheeling Catholic Committee on Scouting Chaplain 1969; Wellsburg St. John the Evangelist 11/ /1972; Wheeling Diocesan Director of Scouting 1971; Huttonsville St. John Bosco 02/ /1976; Huttonsville Camp Tygart Director 02/ /1976; (1) 1959; (2) 1962; (3) 1970s; (4) Between ; (5) 1974; (6) 1975; (7) 1975 or 1976; (8) ; (9) 1977; (10) Approx. 1977; Reported to DWC 02/03/1996 (Non- DWC Complaint- Philadelphia, PA). 03/21/1964 Complaint- Philadelphia, PA). 09/2011 to 02/2018 (DWC Complaint) (Non-Credible). 05/15/2002 (DWC Complaint) (Non-Credible). 07/30/ /27/2004 (Non-Credible) 05/03/2016 (Undetermined) 09/1993 (DWC Complaint). Approx. 01/07/1993 Complaint- Massachusetts). 01/1995 Multiple claims of abuse of a minor. The Diocese of Wheeling- Charleston suspended Fr. Frobas and his faculties at DWC were revoked on 01/27/1987. A 12/22/1987, St. Louis Post Dispatch article indicated that Fr. Frobas, at the age of 49, was indicted for inappropriate contact with minors (2). He eventually pled guilty and entered a plea agreement for five years in prison which translated to approximately 18 months and probation. Died on 07/11/ / /1976; Wheeling Mount St. Joseph - Chaplain 10/ /1977; Wheeling Central Catholic High School Chaplain 08/ /1977; Moundsville St. 10/ /1978; (11) 1979; (12) 1980; (13) 1980s; (14) 1981; Approx. 10/07/1992 and again approx /24/1980 Complaint- Massachusetts) Complaint-Missouri). 07/27/1983 (Anonymous Claim Location of {P } 4

5 02/ ; Weirton St. Paul /1982; Wheeling Chancery 07/ /1982; Farmington St. Peter 10/ /1982; Fairmont Immaculate Conception 12/ /1983; 06/ /1993. (15) ; (16) Approx ; (17) Unknown. Complaint Unknown) (Non-Credible). 01/1987 Complaint-Missouri). 02/04/1987 (Non- DWC Complaint- Missouri). Approx. 01/12/1993 (DWC Complaint) (Non-Credible). 8. Bro. Rogers Hannan, S.V.D. Welch St. Peter ; War Christ the King Parish /23/2012 (Chicago Province of the Society of the Divine Word). Solicitation of a minor. Matter was reported to WVDHHR in McDowell County on 08/24/2012. He withdrew from the Society in 10/2012. Matter was referred to the Prosecutor s Office and in 2014, he was convicted and sentenced to 2-10 years in jail in McDowell County, WV. 9. Rev. Patrick J. MacSweeney Follansbee St. Anthony 03/08/ /26/1955; (1) 1960s; exact date unknown; (2) /2010; 03/14/2006. Died 06/16/1967. Charleston St. Agnes 03/ /1962; Weston St. Patrick 10/ /1963; Shinnston St. Anne 06/ Rev. Charles E. McCallister Fairmont Immaculate Conception Between /02/2007. Reported to the civil authorities. {P } 5

6 05/ /1971; Clarksburg Immaculate Conception 08/ /1972; Wheeling Chancery 05/ /1972; suspended by the Diocese. Died on 10/13/2007, during the investigation. Washington, D.C. Catholic University Student 09/ /1973; Wheeling Chancery ; 08/ /1995; Wheeling Paul VI Pastoral Center 08/ /1998; Clarksburg Immaculate Conception 10/ Rev. Felix Owino Wheeling Jesuit University ; Weirton St. Paul Parish 06/ /2010. (1) 2010; (2) /05/2010; 07/2010. Inappropriate touching of an adult. Abuse of a minor in Virginia. Removed from ministry on 07/12/2010, by DWC. He pled guilty to the charge in Fairfax County Circuit Court and was deported back to Africa. 12. Rev. David A. Pichette Center Point Nazareth Farm 06/ /1988. (1) 1980; (2) /30/2018; 06/10/2003 Victim reported to Syracuse and Syracuse reported to DWC. Departed DWC 09/1988 and Syracuse in Rev. Robert J. Rooney White Sulphur Springs St. Charles Borromeo 06/ /1954; Ronceverte St. Catherine of Sienna 06/ /1954; (1) 1962; (2) (while on leave from DWC). 06/13/1962; 04/27/2010. Abuse of a minor claim in New Jersey. Investigated by Diocese of New Jersey and Prosecutor s Office in New Jersey. {P } 6

7 Huntington St. Joseph 10/ /1958; Died 07/16/ Rev. Francis Roscetti, OFM Cap. 01/ /1959; Fairmont St. Peter s 08/ /1960; Chester Sacred Heart 01/ /1960; Beckley St. Francis de Sales 09/ /1960; Military Ordinariate 02/ /1961; Coalton St. Patrick 10/ /1963; 02/ /1975; War Christ the King 09/ /1976; Camden St. Boniface 07/ /1977; starting 09/16/1977. Ridgeley St. Anthony (Diocese of Richmond during that timeframe) /07/2015. Died in Rev. Richard Schaefer Huntington St. Joseph 09/ /1963; (1) ; (2) ; 09/15/1995; 03/09/2001; Multiple claims of abuse of a minor. suspended 04/10/1986. Fairmont St. Peter 06/ /1966; Fairmont Newman Club Chaplain 06/ /1966; (3) ; (4) ; (5) ; 04/20/2001; 05/18/2002; 03/13/1986; Died 04/10/1998. {P } 7

8 Point Pleasant Sacred Heart 06/ /1966; Wheeling Hospital Chaplain 08/ /1967; Rowlesburg St. Philomena 05/ /1971; Dunbar Christ the King 08/ /1976; Sistersville Holy Rosary 08/ /1981; Paden City Mater Dolorosa 07/ /1986; Middlebourne St. Lawrence 07/ /1986; Sistersville Holy Rosary 09/ /1986. (6) Mid to late 1970s as asserted by his counsel; (7) Mid to late 1970s as asserted by his counsel. 01/22/2008; 01/22/ Rev. Paul J. Schwarten Weston St. Patrick 05/ /1950; (1) 1951; 1951 (DWC Complaint); Ronceverte St. Catherine of Sienna 1950; White Sulphur Springs St. Charles Borromeo 09/ /1951; (2) 1960; (3) 1975 or Complaint- Nebraska); 1981 Arrested for inappropriate touching of a minor in Nebraska. Served 18 months in prison. Retired 06/24/1987. Died 12/05/ /01/ /1964; Fairmont St. Peter 09/ /1965; 12/ /1967; Moundsville St. 02/ /1969; {P } 8

9 Sistersville Holy Rosary 04/ /1981; St. Marys St. John /1981; Logan Our Lady of Mount Carmel 07/ / Rev. Charles Tague, S.T. Wheeling St. Joan of Arc 07/ /1985. Occurred between 1975 and 1978 (1) 12/03/2018; Occurred between 1979 and (2) 02/12/1986. Incident was reported to WVDHHR. He departed DWC on 09/20/1985. Died 06/03/ Rev. Stanley Tuchalski Weirton St. Paul 06/ /1993; Westover St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 06/ /1998; /2000. Inappropriate touching of a minor. suspended 07/2002. Pursglove St. Ursula 02/ /1998; Fairmont St. Peter 01/ /2000; 01/ /2000; Catholic University 08/ /2002. {P } 9