Clergy Sexual Offender List
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Please ensure you have read the
introduction on the entry page to the perpetrator lists - it covers vital
information about--
1) the way offenders move between cities, countries and denominations, and often
even use variations of their name to avoid being tracked.
2) the difference between licences (or faculties) being revoked and offenders
being defrocked
3) the different sections of this list
3) the link to the Australian Press Council adjudication confirming the public
interest in publication of offenders' names
4) the limiting of the list to sexual abuse and clergy only
5) the number of offenders listed
CONVICTED CLERGY, OR WHERE OFFENCES OTHERWISE CONFIRMED
Eames, Anthony
(72) RCC priest - Pleaded guilty 1995 to 4 charges of indecent
assault on girls under 14 from mid-1950s. 2 years suspended
sentence. Died 1999 aged 75.
Eldridge, Graeme A (58) Presbyterian - 1998
Charged with 28 counts involving 3 boys under 16 in 1981.
Elliott, John Litton (69) Anglican priest - 2002
Found guilty of 10 counts of sodomy and 18 counts of indecent
dealing involving five boys aged 10 to 13. Offences occurred
c.1974 in QLD. Elliott was ordained 1986, retired 1998. Sentenced
to 7˝ years jail with parole after 2˝ years.
Ellmore, Robert (61) Anglican priest and JP - 1957
Served one month's jail for aggravated assault on 10yo girl in
Toowoomba. 1967 Charged with indecent exposure in Blues
Point, Sydney. 1970s Trained for priesthood and ordained. 1984
Accused of sexually abusing 8yo girl in scripture classes. 1992
Convicted of molesting his 5yo second cousin in 1991. Sentenced
to 5 year good behaviour bond and $5000 fine. 1992 Anglican
Church revoked his licence to preach. 1998 Charged with
abuse of twin 7yo girls. Charges later dropped. Gave himself up
to police in February, 1999, after trying to escape arrest. Pleaded
guilty 1999 to indecent assault on 2 girls aged 6 and 8yo in
NSW Hunter Valley in 1976. Further charges laid re assault on a
7yo girl at around the same time. Sentenced to 12 months jail. June
2000 Still on parole (2 years) when charged with 3 counts of
act of indecency while in Cumnock (near Bathurst) in 1980-81. June
2001 Pleaded guilty to twice molesting an 8yo girl in March
2001 while on bail for Cumnock charges. Also pleaded guilty to
Cumnock charges. Sentenced to 11 years jail. Ellmore still wore
dog collar at time of arrest for 2001 offence. De-frocked late
2002.
Ellul, Francis Xavier "Frans" (75) RCC
priest - 2000 Catholic Church agrees to pay sex abuse victim
$200,000 compensation after Church Commission into Sexual Abuse
accepts as "substantially correct" victim's allegations
against 3 priests, including Br Godfrey AINSWORTH, Fr Francis
Ellul and Br Regis SMITH. Commission hears Ellul, of North
Balwyn, in 1973 forced female victim, aged 25, to strip in
presbytery of St Clare's Catholic Church, Box Hill North, and
parade in front of him while he masturbated. Commission told
priest also requested menstrual blood from victim. Listed as
"retired" in 2002 Directory.
Elmer, Rex Ignatius (53) Christian Brother -
1998 South Melbourne. Pleaded guilty to 12 charges of indecent
assault against male under 16 at Christian Brothers orphanage in
the 1970s. Received 5 year jail sentence. Originally faced 71
charges including penetration and gross indecency. Was still a
member of the order at the time of his arrest.
Enki, Ariel Abraham - see Laishkochav,
Alistah
Evans, Michael, Christian Brother - 1994
Committed suicide the day after being charged with indecent
assault on teenage boy while principal at Edmund Rice College.
Also accused of assault on at least 5 other boys in the early
1980s.
Fangaake, Toungu (38) Tongan church preacher -
1999 Kissed another man's girlfriend in a nightclub. The man
approached Fangaake and a fight developed. Fangaake punched the
other man, causing his death. (Note: Although this case does not strictly
come under the heading of clergy sexual abuse, it is included because of
concerns about both the inappropriate sexual behaviour displayed and the
violence of Fangaake's response to a justifiable complaint.)
Farrell, Alan Arthur (45) Anglican - 1994
Convicted of 6 charges involving abduction and penetration of
disabled 34yo male. Farrell tied the man and raped him four times
in the one night, then turned him loose in the streets with his
hands still bound. Sentenced to 8 years jail. Appeal against
conviction rejected 1996. Farrell's licence as a priest was
indefinitely suspended by the Tasmanian diocese (see explanation
at top of page).
Farrell, Stephen Francis (45) Christian Brother
- Pleaded guilty 1997 to 9 counts of indecent assault on two boys
aged 9 and 10. Sentenced to 2 years jail suspended for 2 years.
Fasciale, Nazareno (69) RCC priest - 1996 Died
allegedly of cancer, actually of acute coronary occlusion, while
facing 13 charges against 7 children (5 girls and 2 boys). Told police he "could
not deny" fondling children as young as 11 after mass. The church later
admitted that Fasciale had admitted the offences to them. The earliest
complaints had been made to the church by two separate victims' parents in 1954
and 1960, but the church had, in each case, begged the parents to remain silent
for the sake of the church, transferred Fasciale and done nothing to stop him
continuing to abuse. At least 12 victims are known of, and each victim
knows others who have not come forward. More detail can be found at
http://brokenrites.alphalink.com.au/nletter/page121-fasciale.html
Fearon, Colin, Jesuit - Abused boy at St Aloysius Sydney in 1968. Fearon
was deemed too sick to stand trial, but the Jesuits admitted truth of the
victim's account. Fearon had previously been convicted in NZ for similar
offences.
Finch, Richard Ellis, Uniting Church (ex-Methodist) - 2003 Complaint from
one victim resulted in church investigation which found Finch molested four
girls in Harvey, WA in the 1950s. The abuse of one victim had been
discovered at the time, and the church had told the victim's mother that if she
never talked about it the girl would forget. Charges were never laid, and
Finch was allowed to resign "due to ill health".
Fitzmaurice, Dominic aka "The Groper",
Dominican Brother and primary school teacher - 1994 Catholic
Church issues official apology on behalf of Fitzmaurice who was
accused in 1994 of indecently assaulting girl, aged 12, in 1972
at St Martin's Girls Primary School, Karina, Brisbane. Church
inquiry hears priest described as "dirty old man" with
reputation for fondling girls' breasts which progressed to rape
in victim's case. Dominican order agrees to pay half victim's
counselling costs. Victim support group claims school's head
sister warned students to stay away from Fitzmaurice in 1973.
Priest dies 1975, aged 62.
Fletcher, Robin Angas (41)Self-styled warlock - 1998 Jailed for
10 years after pleading guilty to wilfully committing an indecent act with a
child under the age of 16; one count of child prostitution and one count of
attempting to pervert the course of justice. Fletcher made sex slaves of
two 15-year-old girls by convincing them they were taking part in pagan rituals.
He used hypnotism to entice the girls into prostitution, sadomasochism and black
magic. He dressed the girls in dog collars, bound them and flogged them
with a horse whip and paddle. Fletcher was released on parole in 2006, subject to a range
of conditions including an electronic monitoring device and a curfew, as well as
bans on contact with children and going near schools and playgrounds.
He is considered at high risk of re-offending because he believes that his
religion justifies his actions. Note: Wiccan practices do not justify or
promote sexual offences any more than Christianity does.
Fletcher, James Patrick (63) RCC priest - 2004 Convicted of 9 counts of sexual
assault on teenage boy in the early 1990s. A second man, abused by
Fletcher in the 1980s, gave evidence at the trial. Sentenced to 10 years
jail, with 7˝ year non-parole period. The church a) tipped Fletcher off about
the impending criminal charges and funded his legal defence, and b) did not
stand Fletcher down until 9 months after learning of the police investigation,
when the news finally broke in the media. They had also known about the
allegations since the victim's father complained to them in 1995. On 13
December 2004 - while he was awaiting his sentence - Fletcher was charged in
Maitland Local Court with having indecently assaulted yet another teenage boy.
These incidents occurred at Maitland in January-March 1978 when Fletcher was
located at the cathedral. This was a decade before Fletcher went to the first
victim's parish. This case was adjourned to 18 April 2005 but, by then, Fletcher
was in jail and the prosecutors considered that there was no point in bringing
him back to court again. Fletcher died of a stroke in 2006, but requested in his will
that his executor seek special leave to appeal against his conviction in the
High Court, after it was earlier rejected in the Court of Criminal Appeal. But
the full bench of the High Court dismissed that application, saying there was no
merit for it to be granted. By April 2006, six of Fletcher's sex-abuse victims had contacted the
NSW police. However, police can do nothing further about Fletcher because of his
death.
Flynn, Leo aka Fr Mintie (83)
Jesuit priest and parish priest - 2000 Catholic Church makes
confidential $30,000 payment to female flight attendant, then
aged 19, after church inquiry found Flynn, formerly of Richmond,
sexually assaulted woman in 1973 at her Melbourne flat. Inquiry
hears Flynn stalked woman for 3 years after assault occurred,
resulting in traumatisation. Flynn known by parishioners as Fr Mintie for handing out sweets to children in Melbourne, Adelaide
and Brisbane parishes.
Folli, Michael Anthony, Marist Brother - 2002
Pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual intercourse without
consent with a person under 16 and five counts of indecent
assault on a male. The offences took place in 1980-83 while Folli
was a teacher at Benedict Senior College, Auburn.
Foster, Raymond aka Brother
Celestine (67) Marist Brother - Hanged himself 1999 while facing
5 charges of indecent assault on boy under 16.
Fox, Julian, Salesian priest - 2000 Settled out of court sex abuse cases with
two complainants (one of whom was a heroin addict; as his mother says "fancy
giving a heroin addict $30,000 cash...He went on a heroin haze holiday.").
The deed of settlement stated that the settlement is made “with an
express denial of liability and solely for the purpose of avoiding litigation”.
2005 Fox was also wanted for interview by detectives over
allegations of multiple rapes of a boy at Rupertswood school in Victoria in the
1970s, but
had been living in Rome since 2003 and refused to return (Fox went first to Fiji
after other allegations, then to Rome). The Salesians did not order him to
return, even though they could have, and the victim died later that year,
thereby ending the case. (Rupertswood was also the location of David
Rapson, Frank Klep and Jack Ayers, all of whom are listed in these pages)
Gadwin, John (65) Christian Brother 1998 Found
dead (apparently committed suicide) in car at Forest Park, north of Brisbane, while facing child
sex charges, including committing unlawful sexual intercourse,
against boy, aged 13, in mid-1960s.
Gannon, Desmond Laurence (74) - Convicted 2003 of
indecent assault against 14yo boy in 1958-9. Given 3 month suspended
sentence. Pleaded guilty 1997
to 11 charges including indecent assault and gross indecency
against 4 boys 1963-76. Sentenced to 12 months jail suspended for
2 years. Previously convicted 1995 and served 12 month sentence.
One other conviction in late 1990s resulted in another suspended sentence.
Garchow, Raymond John (57) RCC priest - 2005 Ordered to be
extradited to NZ to face charges of molestation of three boys aged under
16 between 1969 and 1980 at Marylands School, Christchurch, run
by the St John of God Order. Garchow was working at the school as a
dormitory supervisor; he was ordained as a priest in 1987.
Aug 2006 Garchow (and Rodger Moloney, who is wanted on
associated charges) won their appeal against extradition due to a quirk in the
law which, in some cases, makes extradition between Australia and NZ more
difficult. NZ authorities appealed
against the decision and in Oct 2006 the
Australian High Court allowed extradition. In
Nov 2006 Garchow was remanded on bail on
three counts of doing an indecent act on a boy aged 12 to 16,
and five of inducing a boy of that age to do an indecent act. As of
26/10/07 the case was still continuing.
Gibson, Donald William (75) Anglican priest - 2005 Charged
with 14 counts of indecent assault, seven counts of gross indecency, one
count of buggery, one count of attempted buggery and one count of attempted
gross indecency on 3 male victims between 1964-66.
Gilsanen, Terry J. (45) Marist Brother - 2001
Pleaded guilty to 3 charges of penetration and gross indecency
against 12yo pupil. Sentenced to 3 years jail.
Glennon, Michael Charles (46) RCC priest -
Convicted 1978 of child sex offences against 10yo girl.
Jailed for 2 years. Released in 1979 after serving 7 months,
Glennon indecently assaulted another girl 9 weeks later. In 1984
Glennon was charged with assault on an 11yo boy and rape on a
13yo boy, but was acquitted on both counts. In Nov 1985,
then 42yo Glennon was charged with offences including buggery and
indecent assault on 5 boys and one girl aged between 12 and 16.
During preliminary hearings, Derryn Hinch disclosed on radio
details of Glennon's 1978 conviction and asked how he had been
allowed to continue running a Youth Foundation. In 1991,
Glennon was convicted on counts of attempted buggery and buggery
with violence. Glennon appealed on the basis of Hinch's
compromising a fair trial. The Supreme Court quashed the
convictions in Dec 1991. One victim suicided on hearing that. The
DPP appealed against the Supreme Court's decision, and the High
Court reinstated the convictions in May 1992. Glennon appealed
again in June 1992 but the appeal was dismissed. Jailed for 9
years with a minimum of 7 years. October 2003 Glennon convicted on
a further 26 counts against 4 victims. Sentenced to a further 18 years
jail. November 2005 Three charges quashed on appeal from Glennon;
sentence reduced to 14˝ years. Prosecutors intend to
pursue the charges in a new trial.
Goggs, Leonard Russell (deceased) Anglican priest - Fathered twin
boys in the course of sexually assaulting a 19yo parishioner in 1962. The
victim told church hierarchy that Goggs had raped her, and that she was
pregnant, but no action was taken. Goggs and then-Archbishop Rayner both
told the boys that Goggs was their father in the late 1970s, but still nothing
was done. In 2005, the victim withdrew from the Adelaide diocese's Healing
Steps programme because they insisted on re-investigating matters already
admitted. The church did not respond to lawyers' requests for an
out-of-court settlement and the matter is to proceed to the District Court.
Goodall, Terence Norman (64) RCC priest - 2005 Admitted 2 counts of
indecent assault against a 29yo man in January 1982. The victim reported
the abuse to the then auxiliary bishop of Sydney, Patrick Murphy, the next day, but no action was taken.
He complained to the church again in 2002, whereupon Cardinal Pell convened an
investigation, but a subsequent letter from Pell to the victim, found
through a police raid on Pell's office in 2003, said: "There is no doubt certain events
did take place. What cannot be determined by me, however, is whether it was a
matter of sexual assault as you state, or homosexual behaviour between two
consenting adults as maintained by Father Goodall. In the end, it is a matter of
your word against his." (NB. Pell ignores the fact that in 1982 any homosexual
activity was illegal.) Judge Philip Bell determined that the victim had
clearly indicated lack of consent, and that the priest's position of trust and
authority had contributed to the seriousness of the offence and the necessity
for a conviction to be recorded. Goodall was sentenced to "the rising of
the court" (ie. a custodial term that lasts from the time the judge begins
sentence pronouncement until the time the court adjourns at the end of the
hearing - in this case only 4 seconds).
Gordon, Brian Robert (56) RCC - Marist Brother
and Queensland Catholic Education administrator convicted 1998 on
8 charges of indecent assault against four 11yo boys. Gordon gave
one victim penance of "three Hail Marys" after
committing assaults. Originally faced 15 charges. Sentenced to 12
months jail.
Grealy, Thomas William aka
Brother Augustine (68) Patrician Brother - 1997 Pleaded guilty to
5 charges including penetration and indecent assault against 9yo
boy. Court heard that Grealy covered statue of Virgin Mary with
black raincoat before molesting boy in his office, and also
"molested numerous boys quite openly". Sentenced to 7
years jail.
Green, Philip Richard (68) RCC Monsignor - 2004 Charged with one
count of indecent assault against a 16-year-old boy in 1970 and a second count
of indecent assault against the same person in 1976. Green pleaded guilty to the
second count, which occurred when he went to the victim's
home after identifying the body of the young man's sister, who had been killed
in a road crash. Crown prosecutor Daryl Coates told the court that the
victim was sitting in a car when Green sat down beside him, grabbed his groin
and forcibly tongue kissed him. Green was sentenced to a three month
suspended jail term and a two year good behaviour bond. Green
had previously been made an Order of Australia in
1995 and awarded an MBE in 1998 for his services to the church community, but
was removed from ministry in October 2003, 18 months after the abuse allegations
were first reported to church officials.
Griffith, Eric William (50) Anglican - Pleaded
guilty in 1992 to 3 counts of indecent assault and 4 counts of
gross indecency against a 14 yo boy in his parish. He was jailed
for 18 months; eligible for release 12/4/94.
Gubbels, Jack (49) RCC priest - 1995 Committed
suicide only hours after being questioned by police about claims
of child abuse.
Gwillim, John Barry (71) - Pleaded guilty 2003 to five counts of
indecent assault and four counts of gross indecency against a 15yo boy between October 1979 and
February 1981. Gwillim told police after his arrest:
"It was the sort of thing (where there was) a lovely slice of cake, and I bloody
well ate it." At the trial, Fr Bob Maguire, the director of Open Family
Foundation, said Gwillim was a "wounded healer" who suffered burnout.
Gwillim was sentenced to 2 years 8 months, wholly suspended, with the judge
asserting he was unlikely to re-offend.
Hall, Philip Stanley aka
Brother Malcolm (73) Marist Brother - Died allegedly of heart
failure after being charged with multiple child sex offences
including digital penetration and indecent assault against girls
and boys, aged 9 to 16, during 1960s.
Haln, Young Key (47) Presbyterian - 2002 Haln, a
church minister, was jailed for 8 years on charges of rape,
digital rape and indecent assault. The victim was a 14-year-old
girl. Court hears Haln, who ran farm where
visiting Korean Christians could work, seduced girl after offering to teach her
English.
Hallet, John (45) Christian Brother - 1995
Convicted of two charges against pupils at the (aboriginal)
school he was principal of. Originally faced 72 charges with 35
children, some as young as 6yo. Conviction later overturned.
Hardy, Phillip John (40) Marist Brother, trainee priest, school
teacher - Pleaded guilty in 1995 to 13 counts and convicted on another 5 against
a single boy from the ages of 8-16yo. The abuse ended in 1986 when the victim
bit Hardy during an incident. At the time of the offences, Hardy was a religious
education teacher. When the assaults were brought into the open, Hardy left the
school and joined a religious order as a trainee priest. Sentenced to 11 years jail
with 7 years non-parole, in
protective custody because of the nature of his offences.
Hartcher, Guy Norman (47) RCC priest, school
teacher, seminary rector and Vincentian brother - 1994 Appears in
Sydney Local Court charged with 10 counts of indecently
assaulting two boys, aged 11 to 13, between 1973 and 1975 at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, west of Sydney. Court hears
Hartcher, following assaults, was transferred to Vincentian
establishments overseas before returning in early 1990s to take
up position as rector of Rostrevor Catholic Seminary, Adelaide.
Also in 1994, Adelaide Advertiser reports SA Vincentian order paid
$40,000 out-of-court settlement to another victim who was
allegedly abused by Hartcher when boy aged 14. Newspaper says
order made payment without admitting any liability or offering
any apology to victim. The settlement was made in 1994, 5 years before
Hartcher's appointment to the NSW Hunter Valley parish of Gresford-Dungog.
Neither of the criminal cases resulted in a conviction, and Hartcher remained in
ministry until 2004, when a member of the public complained about Hartcher's
unfitness for ministry based on internet records of the court case.
Hartcher was withdrawn from ministry, but no mention was made of the separate
civil settlement. About Hartcher's appointment to Dungog-Gresford after
earlier allegations, the bishop, Michael Malone, said "I chose not to inform the
people because I didn't really think that needed to be done and a man was
entitled to his own reputation in the eyes of the people. If he chose to tell
people, then that was his business about what had happened to him." (Note:
Malone is a member of the church's National Committee on Professional
Standards.)
Hartcher has since been banned from ministering in the Newcastle diocese, but
remains a priest in the Vincentian order.
Hawkins, Garth Stephen, Anglican - May 2002
Internal church tribunal found Hawkins guilty of 8 counts of
sexual assault and 2 of rape on two boys during the period
1979-84. Hawkins defrocked
June 2002. November 2003 Found guilty in court of sexual crimes against 7
young males. Jailed for 7˝ years with
a non-parole period of 4˝ years.
August 2004 Charged with a further count of indecent
assault.
Hesford, Francis (83) Marist Brother - Pleaded
guilty 1997 to indecent assault on 2 girls in 1970, 9&12yo.
12 month good behaviour bond.
Hewitt, Edward Patrick (50) RCC priest - Pleaded
guilty 1986 to wilful exposure. Fined $200 and church
stood him down from active duties for several months before
transferring him to a different area. Pleaded guilty 1996
to wilfully exposing himself to two 13yo boys (Hewitt stood naked
at gate of his home as children walked to school). Preached
Easter sermon only a few days after pleading guilty. Fined $1000
and suspended from parish duties. Now retired.
Hocking, William (Bill) (48) Christian Brother
in charge of youth refuge - Pleaded guilty 1992 to aggravated
indecent assault on 14yo boy. Sentenced to 150 hours community
service.
Holmes, Gary William (48) Riverdale New
Ministries Elder and former Jesus People mission director -
Pleaded guilty to 30 charges of indecent assault and indecent
dealing. Sentenced to 4˝ years jail.
Hoopman, David Bertrand (73) Lutheran pastor,
student counsellor and school chaplain - 2002 Appears in Brisbane
District Court on 6 charges of indecent dealing with girl, aged
under 16, while student counsellor and school chaplain at
Concordia Memorial College between 1979 and 1981. Court hears
Hoopman assaulted victim in school library and other places and
once told girl it was best if no one knew about it "except
God, him and her".
Hopkins, Ronald William (63) trainee Christian
Brother - 1999 Pleaded guilty to six counts of unlawful sexual
intercourse and one count of indecent assault on a 13-year-old
schoolboy. Hopkins was a former school principal, and the
offences took place at a shop owned by him in Adelaide. Sentenced
to 2 years jail.
Hourigan, Daniel (65) RCC priest - 1995
Committed suicide 3 days after being charged on child sex
offences.
Houston, Frank (c.80) AoG pastor - 2000 Internal church investigation
confirmed "serious moral failure" while Houston was a pastor in New Zealand.
Houston was sacked by the church he helped to found (Hillsong, Sydney). The AoG's national executive vice-president,
John Lewis, who conducted the Frank Houston investigation, said the offences
were so serious that Mr Houston senior, then in his early 80s, was not even given
the option of quietly retiring. Subsequent (2003) investigation by the
Sydney Morning Herald and contact with a victim established the offence was
sexual abuse of under-age boys. Houston died November 2004.
Houston, William
(62) Christian Brother - 2001 Christian Brothers paid $50,000 in
a civil settlement with one of Houston's victims. In 1997, Houston had
appeared in court on 14 charges relating to this victim, and was committed for
trial on 3 of them - one of buggery and two of indecent assault - but the
OPP later refused to proceed with the case.
Howarth, Kevin (59) RCC priest - 1996 Pleaded
guilty to 5 charges of indecent assault on 2 girls 11yo and 8yo.
The offences occurred in 1983, and the parents first complained
to the church in 1984. They were told their daughters would
"get over it as they're only young". Sentenced to 6
month intensive correction order and fined $2000.
Jensen, Lindsay Ronald (53) Brethren - Jan 2007 Sentenced to three years
jail for sexual offences against two young girls (9yo and 12yo). The girls
had previously complained to the Exclusive Brethren, but the complaints had been
dismissed and the girls vilified. After the elder girl had later seen Jensen at
her school, the complaint was taken to the police. The Brethren then
excluded Jensen and his wife from the church - a ban on any communication with
any church members, including their own family, which applies worldwide.
Apr 2007 One year added to Jensen's sentence for three counts of aggravated
indecent assault, making him eligible for parole in 2010.
Johnson, David Russell
(44) Christian Brother - 1997 Catholic school teacher and primary school
principal. Convicted in Wollongong Local Court after being charged with 8 child
sex offences, including 5 counts of indecent assault and 3 of inciting act of
indecent assault, against 2 girls, aged 12, and 3 boys, aged under 16, between
1976 and 1981. Court hears Johnson, former principal of St Paul's primary
school, Moss Vale, molested victims in Wollongong, Sydney and Lightning Ridge,
NSW. Media reported that the Catholic Church claimed to be "shocked" by
Johnson's arrest and that hundreds of children in 3 schools were offered
counselling. At least one victim was subsequently offered an out of court
settlement by the Catholic Church.
Jordan, John Joseph aka Brother
Fabian (69) Christian Brother - Pleaded guilty 1999 to one count
indecent assault on 13yo boy in Geelong orphanage. Originally
faced 74 charges against 3 boys. Given 12 month good behaviour
bond.
Kahatapitiye, Pannasara (60s) Buddhist monk - 1997 Kahatapitiye
was found guilty of five counts of sexual penetration without consent and six
counts of indecent assault on two women in their 20s and jailed for four years,
to be followed by compulsory deportation.
Pannasara had entered Australia on a short-stay tourist visa in February 1993.
In 1994, he became the holder of a religious worker visa, valid until 1995. In
1997, while his application for an extension of that visa was being considered,
he was jailed and his application denied. In 2005, the Full Federal Court ruled
that, with no visa entitlement, he was an unlawful non--citizen. Note:
Due to conflicting news accounts, it is unclear which is his surname and which
is his first name, so he is referred to by both and listed under both names.
Kamm, William (55) founder of Order of Saint Charbel
doomsday cult - 2005 Found guilty of aggravated sexual assault and indecent assault
against a teenage girl in 1993 (original charges included offences against two
girls). Kamm, who goes by the alias "Little Pebble" in his cult,
informed the girl, who was living with her parents in the religious community,
that she had been chosen by the Virgin Mary to become one of his 12 "queens" and
she would be required to bear him 17 children for a new holy race. Kamm was jailed for 5 years, with a non-parole period of 3˝
years.
Keane, John (63) RCC priest - Convicted 1990 of
exposing himself in public toilet (observed by plain clothes
police). Sentenced to 12 month good behaviour bond.
Keating, Frank Terrence aka
Brother Ibar (55) De La Salle Brother - Pleaded guilty 1998 to 21
charges on 12 boys under 13yo between 1972-78 in Melbourne.
Sentenced to 3 years with 28 months suspended. Previously stood
down from employment twice after complaints of sexual abuse.
After one parent complained in 1978, the order sent Keating on 2
years study leave and subsequently appointed him principal in a
Catholic school in another state. Keating taught in WA, Qld, NSW
and Victoria. He left the order in 1991. Note: A survivor
of Keating's abuse has set up a support group for other victims of Keating. Click here to contact him.
Keliher, Terence Thomas (62) RCC priest -
Pleaded guilty 2000 to two counts indecently dealing with 9yo
girl. The girl's intellectually disabled mother had begged
Keliher to stop the abuse. He was sentenced to 2˝ years jail.
King, Gordon Virgo (70) Anglican priest - 1994
Convicted of sodomy and indecent dealing against boys at an
Anglican youth drop-in centre. Sentenced to 4 years jail with a
recommendation to parole after 1 year. Previously convicted
Cairns 1993 (gross indecency in 1962-3, sentenced to one year's
jail) and WA 1956 (4 counts indecent dealing, sentenced to 1
year's jail). The Anglican Church did not dismiss him in 1956 and
he transferred to Qld, ministered in parishes until 1981 then
became Director of Anglican Youth Services in Cairns.
Kiss, Janos (b.1952) Hungarian RCC priest - In 1984 in Hungary, Kiss
initiated an abusive relationship with a 16yo Hungarian girl, whom he described
as his niece and housekeeper in order to conceal the abuse. In 1990 Kiss
brought the girl with him to Australia, where he ministered in Victoria.
The victim ended the abuse in 1992, but Kiss continued to harass her with notes
and phone calls for 10 years. In 2002, the victim complained to the
church, whose investigation substantiate the complaint and also advised the
victim to return to Hungary to pursue the matter there. Kiss returned to
Hungary in 2006 but has been allowed to continue ministry. Note: The
international nature of this complaint makes it doubly hard for the victim to
achieve a positive outcome due to the potential for buck-passing. The
Australian and Hungarian Churches both refer the victim to the other country's
hierarchy, and the Vatican has not answered her letters.
Kiss, Vincent Kieran (70) RCC - 2002 Pleaded
guilty in a Sydney court to 13 child sex charges - 10 indecent
assault, 3 buggery - on four boys aged 13-17 between 1966 and
1973. When the offences occurred, Kiss was the Catholic Diocesan
Director of Youth in Wagga Wagga. Sentenced to 7-10 years jail.
Kiss had already served 7 years in jail for embezzlement
(1992-99) during which time his name was linked with an alleged
paedophile network operating out of Pagsanjan. Kiss is not listed
in the 2002 Catholic Directory.
Kitchingham, Allan (69) Anglican - 2002 Receives
2 year and 9 month jail sentence after pleading guilty in
Newcastle District Court to 5 counts of indecent assault against
boy, aged 13, in 1975 at North Coast Children's Home, Lismore.
Victim, who described ruling as "joke", claims priest
assaulted him "several times a week for a year" and
that church officials put him on bus to Kings Cross after
complaints made. Kitchingman
will be eligible for release on the 4th of February, 2004 and
will then be on parole for 1 year.
Klep, Francis Gerard (b.1943) RCC priest and Salesian
Brother - Convicted 1994 on 4 charges of indecent assault on 2
boys between 1976 and 1979. Sentenced to 9 month intensive correction order.
Transferred to another Salesian house, and later to Samoa.
In 1998, police sought to question Father Klep again [concerning
additional complainants from the school where the earlier offences occurred] and
discovered that he had left for Samoa. They charged him with five counts of
indecent assault and issued a nationwide arrest warrant, but Australia has no extradition treaty with Samoa.
A church panel that recently investigated one abuse complaint asked the
Salesians to consider suspending his ministry, but not even his admission in
that case led to significant discipline. The priest's penance was loss of his
ceremonial title: "priest in charge" of the order's offices near Apia, the
Samoan capital. An investigation in 2004 by a reporter from the Dallas Morning News
led to the discovery that Klep had lied about his prior conviction on his Samoan
visa application. (Fr John M. Murphy, then in Samoa but former head of Salesians
in Australia, had witnessed Klep's visa application and declared Klep had no
criminal convictions.) Klep was deported from Samoa in June 2004 and
arrested on arrival in Melbourne. He is due to face a preliminary hearing
beginning March 29, 2005 on charges relating to 9 victims, and police are
investigating laying further charges relating to another 8 victims.
October 2005 Pleaded guilty to
13 charges of indecent assault against teenage boys in Melbourne during
the 1970s (the 28 original charges included drugging of victims and digital
penetration, but Klep plea-bargained). Sentenced to 3 years jail, with a
one-year non-parole period. Many other victims have
contacted survivor advocacy groups, but chosen not to proceed with criminal
charges, and have also told of more victims who suicided after leaving school.
Credits: In 2000, the Eros Foundation in Australia published a book entitled "Hypocrites" focussing on the high incidence of sexual crime in the church. Information from this source has been helpful in compiling the following list. "Hypocrites" can be read online in the archives of the National Library (PDF files, including illustrations) or as a text-only document on this site by clicking on this link. Further details were obtained from "The Australian Paedophile and Sex Offender Index" by Deborah Coddington. Data was also sourced from http://www.crimenet.com.au (to whom I express heartfelt appreciation for their co-operation) and http://www.antichrist.com.au/index.html (no longer operational), Broken Rites, news articles and other sources.
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