Names of priests credibly accused of sexual abuse released
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
DIOCESE, from Page 1
Diocesan clergy who at one time
served in Hammonton.
The former Hammonton dioce-
san clergy named in the document
from the Diocese of Camden are:
• William B. Cannon: Born:
January 6, 1927; Ordained: 1954;
Status: Deceased; St. Peter, Pleas-
antville; St. Joan of Arc, Camden;
Holy Name, Camden; St.
Michael, Minotola; St. Vincent de
Paul, Mays Landing; St.
Lawrence, Lindenwold; Immacu-
late Heart of Mary, Woodlynne;
Queen of Heaven, Cherry Hill; St.
Martin de Porres, Hammonton;
Christ the King, Haddonfield; St.
Pius X, Cherry Hill and Chaplain
Kessler Memorial Hospital, Ham-
monton
• Roy T. Hardin: Born: March
9, 1937; Ordained: 1964; Status:
Removed from ministry; Our
Lady Star of the Sea, Cape May;
St. Mary, Cherry Hill; Most Holy
Redeemer, Westville; St. Martin
de Porres, Hammonton; St. Joseph
High School, Hammonton; As-
sumption, Atco; St. Edward, Pine
Hill; Resurrection, Marmora; St.
Isidore, Vineland; St. Mary,
Williamstown; Blessed Sacra-
ment, Margate; St. Mary, Rosen-
hayn and St. Anne, Westville
• Thomas M. Harkins: Born:
July 2, 1946; Ordained: 1971; Sta-
tus: Removed from ministry; St.
Teresa, Runnemede; O.L. of Mt.
Carmel, Camden; Holy Name,
Camden; St. Anthony of Padua,
Hammonton; Diocese of Gallup,
New Mexico; St. Mary, Cherry
Hill; Holy Savior, Westmont;
Camden Catholic High School,
Cherry Hill; St. Stephen,
Pennsauken; Immaculate Concep-
tion, Camden; Chaplain Camden
County Jail, Camden and Chap-
lain Riverfront State Prison, Cam-
den
• Donal Sheehan: Born: July 1,
1936; Ordained: 1960; Status: Re-
moved from ministry
Sacred Heart, Camden; St. Rose
of Lima, Haddon Heights; St.
Mary, Williamstown; St. Joseph
High School, Hammonton; St.
Raymond, Villas; Incarnation,
Mantua; Holy Spirit, Atlantic
City; Blessed Sacrament, Mar-
gate; Our Lady of the Angels,
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Cape May Court House; St.
Joseph, Somers Point; Post
Chapel, Fort Jackson, South Car-
olina; Sacred Heart Church, An-
niston, Alabama; All Saints
Church, Anniston, Alabama; Our
Lady of the Angels, Cape May
Court House; St. Nicholas of To-
lentine, Atlantic City; St. James,
Ventnor; Chaplain Burdette Tom-
lin Hospital, Cape May and Chap-
lain Atlantic City Medical Center,
Atlantic City
Walter Smith: Born: March
22, 1940; Ordained: 1968; Status:
Deceased; St. Casimir, Woodbine;
Our Lady of the Angels, Cape
May Court House; St. Luke, Strat-
ford; Immaculate Conception,
Camden; Immaculate Conception,
Bridgeton;
St.
Mary,
Williamstown; Most Holy Re-
deemer, Westville Grove; St. An-
thony of Padua, Hammonton; St.
Ann, Wildwood; St. Mary,
Gloucester;
Sacred
Heart,
Vineland; St. Michael, Gibb-
stown; St. Patrick, Woodbury;
Chaplain Cooper University Hos-
pital, Camden; Chaplain New-
comb Hospital, Vineland and
Chaplain Underwood Memorial
Hospital, Woodbury
Antoine St. Germain: Born:
November 25, 1945; Ordained:
1976; Status: Deceased; Corpus
Christi, Carneys Point; Our Lady
of Grace, Somerdale; St. Frances
de Sales, Barrington; St. Martin de
Porres, Hammonton; St. Joseph
High School, Hammonton; Incar-
nation, Mantua; St. Augustine,
Ocean City; St. John, Paulsboro
and St. Stephen, Pennsauken.
The list does not include mem-
bers of religious communities that
served in the Diocese of Camden.
Bishop Sullivan issued a state-
ment with the diocese release:
“In keeping with a promise
made by the Roman Catholic
Bishops of New Jersey, I am today
releasing the names of 56 priests
and one deacon of the Diocese of
Camden who have been credibly
accused of sexual abuse of mi-
nors. The other bishops from
New Jersey are simultaneously re-
leasing the names of priests from
their dioceses.
“In the Diocese of Camden,
these 56 priests are a small per-
centage of the more than 800
priests who have faithfully served
the people of South Jersey since
the diocese was founded in 1937.
“As to the names on the at-
tached list, it includes those who
admitted to the abuse, those who
were found guilty after a trial in
the church courts or the civil
courts, and others against whom
the evidence was so overwhelm-
ing as to be virtually unquestion-
able. Most of these incidents
occurred in the 1970’s and the
1980’s and involved male
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