Suspected Abusers Named in the Attorney General’s Report – Part 4
Father David G. Smith
Date of Birth: January 3, 1947
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 19, 1973
Date of Death: N/A
Known Assignments:
1972 – 1973 | Deacon, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Towson, MD |
1973 – 1980 | Associate Pastor, St. Mark, Catonsville, MD |
1980 – 1991 | Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Middle River, MD |
1984 – 1990 | Vice-Principal, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel High School, Middle River, MD |
1992 – 2000 | Pastor, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Baltimore, MD |
1994 – 2000 | Teacher, Bishop John Neumann High School, Baltimore, MD |
2000 | Leave of Absence |
2008 | Disability Retirement |
Monsignor Richard E. Smith
Date of Birth: January 17, 1940
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 14, 1966
Date of Death: October 25, 2008
Known Assignments:
1966 – 1967 | Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Woodlawn, MD |
1967 | Assistant Pastor, St. Bernard, Baltimore, MD |
November 1967 – September 1968 | Leave of Absence |
1968 – 1973 | Associate Pastor, St. Mary, Cumberland, MD |
1973 – 1978 | Associate Pastor, St. Mark, Fallston, MD |
1978 – 1983 | Associate Pastor, St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Pasadena, MD |
1983 – 1987 | Pastor, St. Clare, Essex, MD |
1987 – 1996 | Our Lady of Sorrows, West River, MD |
1996 | Pastor, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Crofton, MD |
1996 – 2007 | Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ellicott City, MD |
Father Thomas Smith
Date of Birth: October 1, 1924
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 27, 1950
Date of Death: August 20, 1993
Known Assignments:
1950 – 1952 | Assistant Pastor, St. Jane Frances De Chantal, Pasadena, MD |
1952 – 1970 | Assistant Pastor, St. Michael-Overlea, Baltimore, MD |
1970 – 1973 | Pastor, Most Precious Blood, Baltimore, MD |
1973 – 1993 | Pastor, St. Stephen Bradshaw, Kingsville, MD |
Father Michael Spillane
Date of Birth: January 8, 1943
Seminary: St. Charles
Date of Ordination: December 20, 1968
Date of Death: N/A
Known Assignments:
1969 – 1973 | Associate Pastor, St. Thomas More, Baltimore, MD |
1973 – 1974 | Associate Pastor, St. Paul, Ellicott City, MD |
1974 – 1975 | Associate Pastor, Church of the Resurrection, Ellicott City, MD |
1975 – 1976 | Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Fields, Millersville, MD |
1975 – 1976 | Administrator, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Crofton, MD |
1976 – 1986 | Pastor, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Crofton, MD |
1984 – 1985 | Pastor, St. Mary, Cumberland, MD |
January – June 1986 | Sabbatical |
1986 – 2002 | Executive Director, Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commission, Washington, D.C. |
1992 – 1993 | Leave of Absence; Faculties Removed |
2002 | Retired |
Father Albert “Pete” Stallings
Date of Birth: July 8, 1908
Seminary: Sulpician Seminary (Later Theological College of Catholic University)
Date of Ordination: June 9, 1936
Date of Death: November 18, 1990
Known Assignments:
1936 – 1938 | St. Edward’s Seminary High School, Seattle, WA |
1938 – 1945 | St. Charles College, Baltimore, MD |
1945 – 1950 | St. Luke, Baltimore, MD |
1956 – 1983 | St. Clare, Essex, MD (retired) |
1983 – 1990 | St. Anthony’s (residence) |
Father Edmund Stroup
Date of Birth: July 25, 1925
Seminary: Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: June 5, 1949
Date of Death: March 12, 2001
Known Assignments:
1949 – 1955 | St. Charles, Pikesville, MD |
1955 – 1961 | St. John, Westminster, MD |
1961 – 1973 | St. Vincent de Paul, Baltimore, MD |
1973 – 1975 | St. Rita, Dundalk, MD |
1976 | St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, Rosedale, MD |
1977 | Our Lady of Sorrows, West River, MD |
1977 – 1979 | Holy Rosary, Baltimore, MD |
1980 – 1981 | Holy Family Mission, Davidsonville, MD |
1982 – 1990 | Chaplain, Greater Baltimore Medical Center In Residence, St. Ursula, Parkville, MD & Immaculate Conception, Towson, MD |
Father Cuthbert Sullivan (Passionist)
Date of Birth: September 29, 1920
Seminary: St. Michael’s, Union City, NJ
Date of Ordination: May 4, 1949
Date of Death: May 15, 1999
Known Assignments:
1950s | St. Joseph’s Monastery, Baltimore, MD |
Father Francis “Frank” Sweeney (Paulist)
Date of Birth: July 30, 1934
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: May 1, 1961
Date of Death: August 8, 2013
Known Assignments:
1961 – 1962 | Park Street Paulist Center, Boston, MA |
1962 – 1964 | St. Lawrence Church, Minneapolis, MN |
1964 – 1967 | St. Paul the Apostle Church, Los Angeles, CA |
1967 – 1971 | Trinity Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
1971 – 1972 | Newman Center, Columbus, OH |
1972 – 1976 | University of Maryland Base Community of Relay, Relay, MD; lived in Paulist residence at Johns Hopkins University |
1976 – 1978 | St. Mark’s University Parish, Isla Vista, CA |
1978 – 1982 | St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C. |
1982 – 1993 | University of Maryland Base Community of Relay, Relay, MD |
1982 – 1993 | Chaplain, Charlestown Retirement Community, Catonsville, MD |
1985 – 1987 | Faculty, St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, MD |
1992 – 1993 | Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, Baltimore, MD |
1996 – 2003 | Paulist Fathers Residence, Boston, MA |
2003 – 2008 | Paulist Fathers Generalate, Jamaica Estates, NY |
2006 – 2013 | Paulist Fathers Motherhouse, New York, NY |
Father William Alcuin Tasch (Benedictine)
Date of Birth: July 28, 1892
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: December 21, 1918
Date of Death: April 17, 1982
Known Assignments:
1920s | Dean, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA |
1955 – 1964 | Pastor, Church of the Fourteen Holy Martyrs, Baltimore, MD |
Brother Cuthbert, Joseph A. Thibault
Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Joined Xavierian Brothers: 1933
Date of Death: October 8, 1971
Known Assignments:
1937 – 1945 | St. John’s Preparatory, Danvers, CT |
1946 – 1948 | St. Michael’s, Brooklyn, NY |
1949 – 1954 | Holy Cross, Brooklyn, NY |
1955 – 1957 | Mission High School, Roxbury, CT |
1958 – 1962 | Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore, MD |
1963 – 1964 | Notre Dame, Utica, NY |
1965 – 1968 | Xavier High School, Middletown, CT |
1969 – 1971 | Xavier Brothers High School, Westwood, MA |
Brother Thomas Tomasunas (Capuchin Franciscan)
Date of Birth: June 25, 1926
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: February 28, 1955
Date of Death: June 15, 2001
Known Assignments:
1959 – 1965 | Capuchin Brothers Training Program, Cumberland, MD |
1959 – 1965 | Ss. Peter and Paul, Cumberland, MD |
1965 – 1968 | St. Mary, Herman, PA |
1968 – 1977 | St. Conrad, Annapolis, MD |
1980 – 2001 | St. Augustine, Pittsburgh, PA |
Father Jerome “Jeff” Toohey
Date of Birth: April 25, 1946
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 21, 1977
Date of Death: N/A
Known Assignments:
1977 – 1984 | Associate Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Baltimore, MD |
1980 – 1990 | Board Member, John Carroll High School, Baltimore, MD Board President, John Carroll High School, Baltimore, MD |
1987 – 1990 | Chaplain, Baltimore County Police Department |
1982 – 1993 | Chaplain, Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore, MD |
1984 – 1993 | Chaplain to the Deaf Community |
1984 – 1993 | Weekend Associate, St. John, Hydes, MD |
1993 | On Leave Without Faculties |
2005 | Convicted of abusing a minor; sentenced to 5 years in prison (18 months in prison & balance suspended) |
2008 | Laicized |
Father James Toulas (Redemptorist)
Date of Birth: March 10, 1928
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: June 20, 1954
Date of Death: 2000
Known Assignments:
1956 – 1960 | Missionary, Bela Vista, Brazil |
1960 – 1964 | Missionary, Aquidauana, Brazil |
1964 – 1967 | Missionary, Campo Grande I, Brazil |
1967 – 1969 | Missionary, Campo Grande II, Brazil |
1969 – 1977 | Missionary, Campo Grande I, Brazil |
1977 – 1979 | Missionary, Ponta Grossa I, Brazil |
1979 – 1981 | St. Christopher, Kent Island, MD |
1981 – 1993 | Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Fatima, Baltimore, MD |
Father Gerald Tragesser
Date of Birth: September 27, 1929
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: 1956
Date of Death: 2013
Known Assignments:
1956 – 1957 | Immaculate Heart of Mary, Towson, MD |
1958 | St. Clare, Essex, MD |
Father Jorge Antonio Velez-Lopez (Tertiary Capuchin)
Date of Birth: January 17, 1956
Seminary: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana – Medellin, Colombia, 1989 Capuchin Tertiary Order
Date of Ordination: July 8, 1989
Date of Death: N/A
Known Assignments:
1987 – 1989 | Chaplain, Escuela de Trabajo, San Jose, Colombia |
1990 | Chaplain, Colegio Espritu Santu, Bogota, Colombia |
1991 | Coordinator, Centro de Orientacion Juvenil, Cajica, Colombia |
1992 | Coordinator, Colegio San Antonio, Bogota, Colombia |
1993 – 1998 | Coordinator, Institutio Fray Luis Amigo, Lamira, Colombia |
1996 – 1998 | Chaplain, Fundacion Universitaria, Palmira, Colombia |
1999 – 2001 | Director, Centro de Orientacion Juvenil, Cajica, Co lombia |
2001 | Velez enters US to work for Archdiocese, Office of Hispanic Ministry |
2001 – 2010 | St. John, Columbia, MD |
2020 | Convicted of sex abuse of a minor; sentenced to 25 years with all but 9 years suspended |
Father Francis Wagner
Date of Birth: March 11, 1914
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 14, 1940
Date of Death: January 17, 1984
Known Assignments:
1940 – 1943 | Assistant Pastor, St. Augustine, Washington, D.C. |
1943 – 1946 | Chaplain, US Army |
1946 – 1959 | Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Middle River, MD |
1959 – 1963 | Pastor, St. Joseph, Taneytown, MD |
1963 – 1983 | Pastor, St. Joan of Arc, Aberdeen, MD |
1983 | Pastor Emeritus, St. Joan of Arc, Aberdeen, MD |
Father William Walsh (Jesuit)
Date of Birth: 1923
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: 1954
Date of Death: 2018
Known Assignments:
1949 – 1951 | St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, Philadelphia, PA |
1956 – 1961 | Maryland Province Office of the Society of Jesus, Baltimore, MD |
1961 – 1965 | Bishop’s Latin School, Pittsburgh, PA |
1966 – 1967 | Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
1967 – 1978 | Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues, Wernersville, PA |
1978 – 1985 | Maryland Province Office of the Society of Jesus, Baltimore, MD |
1986 – 1991 | St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA |
1991 – 1996 | Xiamen University, Xiamen, China |
1996 – 1998 | Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
Father William Wehrle (Jesuit)
Date of Birth: January 1, 1921
Seminary: Woodstock College
Date of Ordination: June 18, 1950
Date of Death: August 25, 1995
Known Assignments:
1950 – 1951 | Sacred Heart, Woodstock, MD |
1951 – 1952 | Our Lady of Martyrs, Auriesville, NY |
1952 – 1960 | Immaculate Conception, Mechanicsville, MD |
1960 – 1966 | St. Ignatius, Hilltop, MD |
1960 – 1966 | Sacred Heart, LaPlata, MD; St. Catherine of Alexandria, McConchie, MD |
1966 – 1971 | Holy Trinity, Washington, D.C. |
1971 – 1972 | Jesuit Residence, Pittsburgh, PA |
1972 – 1973 | Chaplain, Pittsburgh Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA |
1973 – 1974 | St. Joseph Hospital, Omada, NE |
1974 – 1976 | St. Louis, Denver, CO |
1976 – 1980 | St. Therese, Denver, CO |
1980 – 1981 | St. James, Denver, CO |
1981 – 1985 | St. Alphonsus Rodriquez, Woodstock, MD; Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD |
1986 – 1993 | Ss. Peter and Paul, Pittsburgh, PA |
1993 – 1995 | St. Charles Lwanga, Pittsburgh, PA |
Monsignor Thomas A. Whelan
Date of Birth: February 8, 1906
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: June 13, 1941
Date of Death: April 21, 1987
Known Assignments:
1941 – 1942 | Assistant, St. Mary of the Assumption, Baltimore, MD |
1942 – 1945 | Chaplain, US Armed Forces in the India-Burma Theater |
1946 – 1957 | Assistant, St. Thomas Aquinas, Baltimore, MD |
1957 | Assistant, St. Bernard, Baltimore, MD |
1957 – 1959 | Assistant, St. Mary of the Assumption, Baltimore, MD |
1959 – 1964 | First/Senior Assistant, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD |
1964 – 1965 | Administrator/Rector, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD |
1965 – 1971 | Pastor, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD |
1971 – 1987 | Retired/Pastor Emeritus, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD |
Father John Wielebski
Date of Birth: October 23, 1947
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: July 15, 1978
Date of Death: N/A
Known Assignments:
1974 – 1978 | Intern, Sacred Heart, Glyndon, MD |
1978 – 1981 | U.S. Penitentiary, Marion, III |
1981 – 1983 | Superior, Holy Trinity Monastery & Spiritual Center, Pikesville, MD |
1983 – 1984 | Redeemer House Shelter, Baltimore, MD |
1984 – 1985 | Temporary Administrator, St. Bernard, Baltimore, MD |
1985 – 1988 | Associate Pastor, St. Dominic, Baltimore, MD |
1988 | Incardinated into the Archdiocese of Baltimore |
1988 – 1991 | Director, Monsignor Clare J. O’Dwyer Retreat House, Sparks, MD |
1991 – 1996 | Pastor, St. Patrick, Cumberland, MD |
1996 – 1999 | In residence, Sacred Heart, Glyndon, MD |
1999 – 2009 | Pastor, Resurrection of Our Lord, Laurel, MD |
Monsignor Roger K. Wooden
Date of Birth: January 4, 1899
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: June 16, 1927
Date of Death: November 18, 1976
Known Assignments:
1927 – 1943 | Assistant Pastor, St. Mary Star of the Sea, Baltimore, MD |
1943 | Administrator, St. Mary Star of the Sea, Baltimore, MD |
1943 – 1949 | Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Thurmont, MD |
1949 – 1958 | Pastor, St. Jerome, Baltimore, MD |
1958 – 1971 | Pastor, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Baltimore, MD |
1959 | Elevated to Monsignor |
1971 | Retired/Pastor Emeritus, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Baltimore, MD |
Father Howard F. Yeakle
Date of Birth: June 25, 1926
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: 1951
Date of Death: February 15, 1988
Known Assignments:
1951 – 1953 | St. Augustine, Elkridge, MD |
1953 – 1955 | St. Patrick, Baltimore, MD |
1955 – 1957 | All Saints, Baltimore, MD |
1957 – 1961 | St. Mildred, Gray Manor, MD; St. Adrian, Inverness, MD |
1961 – 1969 | St. Brigid, Baltimore, MD |
1970 – 1971 | St. Augustine, Williamsport, MD St. Michael, Clear Spring, MD |
1971 | Sick Leave |
November 22, 1972 | Laicized |
Sister Francis Marie Yocum
Date of Birth: March 9, 1909
Seminary: N/A
Date of Ordination: N/A
Date of Death: March 25, 1994
Known Assignments:
1950s | The Catholic High School, Baltimore, MD |
Monsignor Henry Francis Zerhusen
Date of Birth: January 10, 1925
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 30, 1953
Date of Death: August 9, 2003
Known Assignments:
1953 | Temporary Assistant Pastor, St. Martin Church, Baltimore, MD |
1953 – 1964 | Associate Pastor, St. Clement Mary Hofbauer Church, Rosedale, MD |
1964 – 1968 | Associate Pastor, Our Lady Queen of Peace, Middle River, MD |
1968 – 1987 | Associate Pastor, “Shared Ministry” St. Ambrose, Baltimore, MD |
1987 – 1995 | Pastor, St. Anthony of Padua, Baltimore, MD |
1990 | Elevated to Monsignor |
1995 – 2000 | Senior Priest, St. Mark, Catonsville, MD |
2000 | Retired Priest in Residence, St. Mark, Catonsville, MD |