LANSING, Mich. — The Catholic Diocese of Lansing has released the names of priests accused of sexual abusing a minor.
On Friday, Sept. 27, Bishop Earl Boyea published the names
of priests who have credibly accused of abusing a minor since the foundation of the Diocese in 1937.
Bishop Boyea promised the Diocese would make public the names of those who abused minors shortly after the Michigan Attorney General's Office began investigating all of the states Catholic dioceses last fall.
Among those names were:
I. Diocese of Lansing clergy permanently removed from ministry:
Aubin, Joseph Emile
Ordained – 1961
Senior Priest Status – 6/26/02
Removal from public ministry - 11/15/2018
Assignments
St Paul, Owosso – Parochial Vicar
St Leo, Flint – Parochial Vicar
St Philip, Battle Creek – Parochial Vicar
Michigan Boys Training School - Chaplain
St Isidore, Laingsburg – Pastor
St John the Evangelist, Davison – Pastor
St. Mary, Durand – Pastor
Crowley, Timothy
Ordained for the Congregation of the Holy Ghost – 1976
Incardinated to Diocese of Lansing – 1982
Removed from ministry – 7/15/02
Laicized - 6/26/15
Assignments
St Patrick, Brighton - Parochial Vicar
Holy Rosary, Flint – Parochial Vicar
St Mary Star of the Sea, Jackson - Parochial Vicar
St Anthony of Padua, Hillsdale – Pastor
St Thomas the Apostle, Ann Arbor – Pastor
Archdiocese of Anchorage
* DeLorenzo, Vincent Anthony
Ordained – 1965
Removed from ministry – 1/23/02
Laicization pending
Assignments
St Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing – Parochial Vicar
St Joseph, Kalamazoo – Parochial Vicar
St Augustine, Kalamazoo – Parochial Vicar
St Casimir, Lansing – Parochial Vicar
St Pius X, Flint – Pastor
St Robert Bellarmine, Flushing – Pastor
Holy Redeemer, Burton – Pastor
* Guoan, Paul James
Ordained – 1987
Removed from ministry – 3/11/02
Laicized - 6/26/15
Assignments
St Pius X, Flint – Parochial Vicar
St Robert Bellarmine, Flushing – Parochial Vicar
St Gerard, Lansing – Parochial Vicar
SS Charles and Helena, Clio - Pastor
Jackson Area Hospital Chaplain, In-Residence, Queen of the Miraculous Medal, Jackson
Jackson Area Prison Chaplain, In-Residence, St Mary Star of the Sea, Jackson
St Joseph Home, Jackson – Sacramental Minister
* Healy, Terrence M
Ordained for Diocese of Marquette – 1968
Incardinated to Diocese of Lansing – 1985
Removed from ministry - 9/4/87
Laicized - 6/12/92
Assignments
Holy Family, Grand Blanc – Parochial Vicar
St Francis of Assisi, Ann Arbor – Parochial Vicar
St Joseph, Saint Johns – Parochial Vicar
Holy Family, Ovid – Parochial Administrator
Holy Family, Ovid – Pastor
St John the Baptist, Howell – Pastor
Kelly, Michael Robert
Ordained – 1976
Left active ministry - 12/1/83
Laicized - 2/9/92
Assignments
St Thomas the Apostle, Ann Arbor – Parochial Vicar
St Michael, Flint – Parochial Vicar
Holy Family Grand Blanc – Parochial Vicar
St Therese, Lansing – In-Residence
St Casimir, Lansing – Parochial Vicar
St Mary Cathedral, Lansing – Parochial Vicar
* Novak, James Martin
Ordained – 1957
Senior Priest status - 6/25/97
Removed from ministry – 11/25/02
Laicization pending
Assignments
St John the Evangelist, Jackson – Parochial Vicar
St Luke, Flint – Parochial Vicar
St John, Benton Harbor – Parochial Vicar
St Ann, Cassopolis – Pastor
Office of Catholic Education, Lansing Catholic Central High School
St Agnes, Fowlerville – Parochial Administrator
St Joseph, Owosso – Pastor
St Therese, Lansing – Pastor
St Mary, Westphalia – Pastor
II. Diocese of Lansing deceased clergy:
* Lee, James William Jr
Ordained – 1948
Senior Priest status - 10/15/84
Died - 1/25/92
Assignments
St John, Benton Harbor – Parochial Vicar
Resurrection, Lansing – Parochial Vicar
St John the Evangelist, Jackson – Parochial Vicar
St James, Mason - Pastor
Our Lady of the Pines, Nevis, Minnesota – In-Residence
St Alice, Plainview, TX – In-Residence
St Dominic, Clinton – Pastor
Holy Family Grand Blanc – Parochial Vicar
St Joseph, Ypsilanti – Pastor
St Peter, Blissfield - Parochial Administrator
Lesniak, Marian John
Ordained – 1950
Senior Priest status - 10/3/02
Died - 10/9/2011
Assignments
All Saints, Flint – Parochial Vicar
St Stanislaus Kostka, Jackson - Parochial Vicar
St Joseph the Worker, Jackson – Pastor
* Martin, John Edward
Ordained – 1918
Senior Priest status - 6/15/66
Died - 11/9/68
Assignments
St Vincent, Detroit – Parochial Vicar
Sacred Heart, Yale, MI – Pastor
St Philip, Battle Creek – Parochial Vicar
St Mary, Morrice – Pastor
St Isidore, Laingsburg – Pastor
* Slowey, John Donald
Ordained – 1940
1/13/83: Died
Assignments
Holy Maternity, Dowagiac – Parochial Vicar
St Michael, Flint
Percy Jones Army Hospital, Battle Creek – Chaplain
St Charles, Coldwater – Parochial Vicar
St Louis University – student
Catholic University – student
St Casimir, Lansing – Parochial Vicar
St Vincent Home for Children – Director
St Mary, Niles – Pastor
Tomaszewski, Chester Vincent
Ordained – 1959
Sick Leave - 1/15/87
Died - 10/21/87
Assignments
Holy Redeemer, Flint (Burton) – Parochial Vicar
St Joseph, Watervliet – Parochial Vicar
St Mary, Paw Paw – Parochial Vicar
St John the Evangelist, Davison – Parochial Vicar
Our Lady of Fatima, Michigan Center – Parochial Vicar
St Mary, Bronson - Parochial Vicar
St Ann, Cassopolis – Pastor
St Stanislaus, Detroit – Parochial Vicar
St Paul, Owosso – Parochial Vicar
St Stanislaus, Bay City – Parochial Vicar
SS Charles & Helena, Clio – Parochial Vicar
St Anthony of Padua, Hillsdale – Parochial Vicar
St Dominic, Clinton – Pastor
St Joseph, Ypsilanti – Pastor
Wyszynski, Darius
Ordained for Assumption BVM Franciscan Province, Wisconsin – 1958
Incardinated to Diocese of Lansing - 1970
Senior Priest Status - 11/5/07
Died - 2/17/2013
Assignments
St Stanislaus, Wyandotte – Parochial Vicar
St Mary, Green Bay, Wisconsin – Parochial Vicar
Immaculate Conception, Three Rivers – Parochial Vicar
St John the Evangelist, Jackson – Parochial Vicar
St Philip, Battle Creek – Parochial Vicar
St Michael, Flint – Parochial Vicar
St Leo, Flint – Parochial Vicar
St Joseph, Ypsilanti – Pastor
St Stanislaus Kostka, Jackson – Pastor
III. Extern clergy – clergy of other dioceses – that had a credible allegation of sexual abuse during their time in the Diocese of Lansing:
* Jason Sigler
Ordained for Archdiocese of Winnipeg – 1966
Dates present in Diocese – 1968-1970; 1974
Laicized – 2/23/99
Assignments
St. John the Evangelist, Jackson
St. Robert, Flushing
IV. Religious Order clergy with a credible allegation of sexual abuse of a minor during their time in the Diocese of Lansing:
Boardway, Alphonse O.F.M. Conv, Our Lady of Consolation Province
Ordination - 1967
Died - 1997
Assignments
Holy Cross, Lansing
* McHugh, Joseph, CSSp, Irish Province
Ordination - 1958
Dates present in Diocese – 1974-1976
Died – 9/25/07
Assignments
St Gerard, Lansing – In-Residence
* Rapp, James, OSFS Toledo-Detroit Province
Ordination
Dates present in Diocese - 1981 – 1986
Laicization – 9/21/09
Assignments
Lumen Christi High School, Jackson
The investigation was launched after a Pennsylvania grand jury said more than 1,000 children had been sexually abused by priests there since the 1940s.
The Diocese hired an outside agency to review its handling of sexual abuse allegations of minors.
On Friday, May 24, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced criminal sexual conduct charges against five Michigan priests, two of them with ties to the Lansing Diocese.
Vincent DeLorenzo
DeLorenzo once served parishes in three counties within the Catholic Diocese of Lansing. He's facing several felony counts of criminal sexual conduct. He's accused of fondling and assaulting a young boy for five years while he was a pastor at Holy Redeemer Church near Flint.
DeLorenzo is also accused of abusing a five-year-old boy after a family funeral in Genesee County in 1987. In May, the Diocese of Lansing requested DeLorezno be defrocked.
Timothy Crowley
Crowley is facing several felony counts of criminal sexual conduct.
Crowley served as a priest in Jackson's St. Mary, Star of the Sea, St. Anthony's in Hillsdale and St. Thomas in Ann Arbor.
The AG's office says Crowley molested a boy at Saint Mary Parish in Jackson and Saint Anthony in Hillsdale. The Lansing Diocese says an allegation made against him in 1993 led to his removal from the ministry. He was defrocked in 2015.
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