tvc.dsj.org | November 6, 2018
IN THE DIOCESE
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Statement from the Diocese of San Jose on the Jeff Anderson & Associates Report
(Editor’s Note: On October 23, the
law firm of Jeff Anderson & Associates
released the names of Catholic priests in
the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the
Dioceses of Oakland and San Jose accused
of child sexual abuse. That list included
18 additional names for the Diocese of San
Jose, which had released its initial list on
October 24. Here is the statement released
by the Diocese of San Jose refuting the
additional names).
It is heart-breaking to see the list
of so many who have betrayed and
abused innocent children in the hor-
rific ways that are described in the
report compiled from public sources
and released by Anderson & Associ-
ates. The Diocese of San Jose remains
resolute in our commitment to pro-
vide healing and reconciliation for the
victims/survivors. This will allow us
to continue the process of restoring
trust that has been painfully eroded
by those in positions of leadership
and by being accountable and trans-
parent for what has happened in the
past in the Diocese of San Jose.
The majority of the discrepancy
between the Anderson & Associates
report and the Diocese of San Jose
report can be attributed to religious
order priests who were in Santa Clara
County, but were not assigned by the
bishop of San Jose or, in earlier years,
by the Archbishop of San Francisco.
They were assigned by their religious
superiors or were subject to other
superiors, such as the Ukrainian
Eparchy, the Military Archdiocese
(which cares for military posts, in-
cluding VA hospitals) or the Diocese
of Monterey. As such, the Diocese of
San Jose has no personnel files for
those men. Their religious orders or
dioceses would have handled any
report and investigation of the al-
legations against them and placed
restrictions on their ministry if the
allegations were found to be credible.
See below for details on each of 18
additional names.
A s i s s t at e d i n FAQ#10 (s e e
www.dsj.org/disclosurelist):
“Allegations of sexual abuse of
children by religious order priests
who served or resided at schools and
other institutions operated not by the
Diocese but by their religious order
in Santa Clara County were investi-
gated by the religious order, to which
the priest belonged. In these cases,
without their personnel files, we do
not know whether the allegations
were deemed credible and cannot
responsibly release their names. The
names of those clerics with credible
allegations will need to be reported
by t he appropr iate i n st it ut ion s.
Regardless, the Diocese’ Office for
Protection of Children and Vulner-
able Adults offers pastoral care to all
victims/survivors of sexual abuse by
clergy.”
Definitions of a Religious Priest
and a Diocesan Priest (according to
the Official Catholic Dictionary):
“Religious priests are those who
are professed members of a religious
order, or institute. Religious clergy
live according to the rule of their re-
spective orders. Diocesan, or secular
priests, are under the direction of the
local bishop.”
Here are specific reasons why
the additional names compiled by
Anderson & Associates from media
reports, BishopAccountability.org,
dioceses’ public statements, and
other public sources were not in-
cluded on the Diocese of San Jose’s
disclosure list.
• Eleven of the names are mem-
bers of the Jesuit religious order
and they were not employed at or
assigned to a diocesan or parish min-
istry by the Bishop of San Jose. They
were assigned to the Jesuit-owned
and operated institutions within
Santa Clara County: Bellarmine Col-
lege Preparatory, Santa Clara Univer-
sity, the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los
Altos, or Sacred Heart Jesuit Center
in Los Gatos.
• Edward Thomas Burke, S.J. –
a Jesuit priest. Not assigned by
the Bishop of San Jose.
• Charles Connor, S.J. – a Jesuit
brother. Not assigned by the
Bishop of San Jose.
• Raymond Devlin, S.J. – a Jesuit
priest. Not assigned by the Bishop
of San Jose.
• Hal Ellis, S.J. – a Jesuit brother.
Not assigned by the Bishop of
San Jose.
• Wi l l ia m Fa rr i ng ton, S.J. –
a Jesuit brother. Not assigned by
the Bishop of San Jose.
• Jerold Linder, S.J. – a Jesuit
priest. Not assigned by the
Bishop of San Jose.
• John Rodriguez Moniz, S.J. –
a Jesuit brother. Not assigned by
the Bishop of San Jose.
• Carlton Whitten, S.J. – a Jesuit
priest. Not assigned by the Bish-
op of San Jose.
• Edward F. Beutner, S.J. – a Jesuit
priest. Not assigned by the Bishop
of San Jose.
• John Gallen, S.J. – a Jesuit priest.
Not assigned by the Bishop of
San Jose.
• James F. Kuntz, S.J. – a Jesuit
priest. Not assigned by the
Bishop of San Jose.
• Paul Valdez was not assigned
by the Bishop of San Jose to a parish
or diocesan ministry. Christ Child
Parish, although it has a Los Gatos
mailing address, is in Santa Cruz
County, which is part of the Diocese
of Monterey.
• Jo s eph M i k u l ic h, O.F.M., a
Franciscan priest, was not assigned
by the Bishop of San Jose to a parish
or diocesan ministry. Assumption
of Mary Croatian Mission is owned
by the Croatian Franciscans. He was
sent there for retirement by the Fran-
ciscans in Croatia.
• Stephen Muth, a priest of the
Ukrainian Eparchy of Saint Nicholas
(Byzantine Rite), was not assigned by
the Roman Catholic Bishop of San
Jose to a parish or diocesan ministry.
St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic
Center is owned and operated by the
Ukrainian Eparchy of Saint Nicholas.
• William Scanlan was not as-
signed by the Bishop of San Jose to a
parish or diocesan ministry. As docu-
mented in the 12/17/02 San Jose Mer-
cury News article, the Archdiocese of
San Francisco received a positive rec-
ommendation from the Archdiocese
of Boston, and the Archdiocese for
the Military Services, USA, assigned
Scanlan to the Veteran’s Adminis-
tration Hospital in Menlo Park as a
Chaplain from 1998 to 2002.
• For Milton Eggerling, James T.
Monaghan, S.J. and Stephen Emmett
Speciale, S.J., each of whom had Dio-
cese of San Jose parish assignments,
the alleged incidents occurred, and
reports of abuse were made, in other
jurisdictions and were not shared
with the Diocese of San Jose. The
Diocese of San Jose is currently fol-
lowing up with those jurisdictions
(the Diocese of Austin and the Jesuit
West Province) to get more informa-
tion on these reports to determine
next steps.
To continue with the process of
transparency, accountability, and
healing, the Diocese of San Jose has
hired former FBI Executive Assistant
Director, Dr. Kathleen McChesney,
and her firm, Kinsale Management
Consulting. Dr. McChesney and her
team will oversee an in-depth inde-
pendent review of the personnel and
other files pertaining to the sexual
abuse of children committed by any
cleric appointed by the Bishop of San
Jose or, in the years before our found-
ing in 1981, by the Archbishop of San
Francisco. As a result of the examina-
tion, there may be additional offend-
ers identified. If so, their names will
then be added to this list by the end
of the year.
We encourage any victims/survi-
vors of abuse by clergy, who have not
previously come forward, to do so by
contacting the local law enforcement
– police department or sheriff’s office
– and then to make a report to our
Office for the Protection of Children
at (408) 983-0113 or opcva.ethicspoint.
com. The identities of victims are always
kept confidential. New reports and
names will be added to the list as they
are deemed credible.
Statement on October 28 from the
Diocese of San Jose Regarding the
Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Bishop McGrath, along with Bishop
Cantú, is deeply sadden by the tragic
shooting Saturday morning at the Tree
of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
which killed 11 people.
Citing the statement by Cardinal
Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-
Houston and President of the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops call-
ing for prayer and action to put an
end to violence, the San Jose Bishops
agree “that violence as a response to
political, racial or religious differences
will not be tolerated and must be con-
fronted with all possible effort.”
As our Holy Father Pope Francis
said a day after the shooting “all of
us are wounded by this inhuman act
of violence. The Pope prayed for God
“to help us to extinguish the flames of
hatred that develop in our societies.”
Bishops McGrath and Cantú ask
that you continue to keep in your
prayers the victims of this tragic
c r i me - a nd t hei r fa m i l ies. “We
stand with our Jewish brothers and
sisters,” they said, “in this moment
of loss and sadness.”