PA Attorney General Reveals List of Catholic Priests Involved in Sexual Abuse Investigation; Including Some That Served in Schuylkill County

The list of Catholic Priests who were involved in a sexual abuse investigation statewide revealed those who served in Schuylkill County.

Surrounded by survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests, on Tuesday Attorney General Josh Shapiro revealed the comprehensive findings of a statewide investigative grand jury that spent two years uncovering abuse of children by priests, and a systematic cover up spanning decades by senior church leaders in Pennsylvania and the Vatican.

The grand jury recommended reforming the criminal and civil statutes of limitations on sexual abuse in Pennsylvania, among other recommendations, and Attorney General Shapiro called on every Catholic bishop to support the reforms.

“Today, the most comprehensive report on child sexual abuse within the church ever produced in our country was released,” Attorney General Shapiro said. “Pennsylvanians can finally learn the extent of sexual abuse in these dioceses. For the first time, we can all begin to understand the systematic cover up by church leaders that followed. The abuse scarred every diocese. The cover up was sophisticated. The church protected the institution at all costs.”

The investigation captured widespread sexual abuse and institutional cover up across the entire state. Building on investigations of the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese and the Philadelphia Archdiocese by previous grand juries, the 40th Statewide Grand Jury’s investigation covered the other Dioceses of Allentown, Erie, Harrisburg, Greensburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton, giving a complete picture of pervasive abuse in dioceses across Pennsylvania.

The grand jury found:

• 301 Catholic priests identified as predator priests who sexually abused children while serving in active ministry in the church.
• Detailed accounts of over 1,000 children victimized sexually by predator priests, with the grand jury noting it believed the real number of victims was in the “thousands.”
• Senior church officials, including bishops, monsignors and others, knew about the abuse committed by priests, but routinely covered it up to avoid scandal, criminal charges against priests, and monetary damages to the dioceses.
• Priests committed acts of sexual abuse upon children, and were routinely shuttled to other parishes – while parishioners were left unaware of sexual predators in their midst. 

The 884-page grand jury report documents scores of sexual assaults and rapes of children by priests, and the institutional cover ups that followed by senior church officials, including:

• In the Diocese of Erie, (41 predator priests named), one priest, Father Chester Gawronski, fondled boys and told them he was giving them a “cancer check.” Gawronski provided the Diocese with a list of 41 “possible” victims. He confessed to multiple instances of sexual abuse. Yet from 1987 until 2002 – 15 years – Gawronski remained in active ministry, repeatedly reassigned to new parishes.
• In the Diocese of Allentown (37 predator priests named), one priest, Father Michael Lawrence rubbed a 12-year-old boy’s genitals so roughly the boy felt pain. “Please help me, I sexually molested a boy,” Lawrence admitted to a church official, who noted the confession in a confidential memo. Even after that admission, the Diocese ruled: “the experience will not necessarily be a horrendous trauma” for the victim. Lawrence was left in ministry for years by three different Bishops.
• In the Diocese of Greensburg (20 predator priests named), one priest, Father Raymond Lukac, impregnated a 17-year-old, forged another pastor’s signature on a marriage certificate, then divorced the girl shortly after she gave birth. Despite that, Lukac remained in ministry while the Diocese sought a “benevolent bishop” in another state to take the predator, hiding him from justice.
• In the Diocese of Harrisburg (45 predator priests named), one priest, Father Joe Pease, sexually assaulted a boy repeatedly when the victim was between 13 and 15. Pease admitted to diocese officials to once finding the victim naked upstairs in the rectory – but called it “horse play”. In a secret memo, the Diocese noted: “At this point we are at an impasse—allegations and no admission” before cycling Pease through church-run treatment and allowing him back in active ministry for seven more years.
• In the Diocese of Pittsburgh (99 predator priests named), a group of at least four predator priests groomed and abused young boys. They used whips, violence and sadism in sexually assaulting their young victims. One boy, not yet 18, was forced to stand on a bed in a rectory, strip naked, and pose as Christ on the Cross for the priests. They took photos of their victim, adding them to a collection of child pornography which they produced and shared on church grounds.
• In the Diocese of Scranton (59 predator priests named), one priest, Thomas Skotek, raped a young girl, got her pregnant, and arranged an abortion. The Bishop, James Timlin, expressed his feelings in a letter: “This is a very difficult time in your life, and I realize how upset you are. I too share your grief.” The bishop’s letter was not sent to the girl. It was addressed to the rapist.

To view the full grand jury report
https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/A-Report-of-the-Fortieth-Statewide-Investigating-Grand-Jury_Cleland-Redactions-8-12-08_Redacted.pdf

The following priests that were listed in the Grand Jury Report served in Schuylkill County (Listed in order as they were presented in the Grand Jury Report)

Reverend Thomas J. Bender

Born 1933, Ordained in 1967

• 5/1961 – 6/1962 St. Joseph, Ashland, PA
• 6/1962 – 6/1965 St. Joseph, Girardville, PA
• 6/1965 – 6/1966 Holy Family, New Philadelphia, PA
• 6/1965 – 6/1966 Marian High School, Tamaqua, PA
• 6/1966 – 6/1971 Nativity High School, Pottsville, PA
• 6/1966 – 1/1970 St. Kiern, Heckscherville, PA
• 1/1970 – 6/1970 St. Mary, St. Clair, PA
• 6/1970 – 6/1971 St. John the Baptist, Pottsville, PA
• 6/1971 – 10/1971 Bethlehem Catholic HS, Bethlehem, PA
• 10/1971 – 12/1972 St. Francis Orphanage, Orwigsburg, PA
• 12/1972 – 2/1982 Our Lady of Good Counsel, Gordon, PA
• 6/1973 – 2/1982 Diocesan Tribunal, Allentown, PA
• 2/1982 – 6/1986 Most Blessed Sacrament, Bally
• 6/1983 – 6/1987 Liturgical Commission, Diocese of Allentown
• 6/1986 – 6/1987 St. Francis of Assisi, Allentown, PA
• 6/1987 – 7/1987 St. Anthony of Padua, Easton, PA
• Northampton Deanery, Ministry to Aging
• 7/1987 Regional Director, Council of Catholic Nurses
• 7/24/1987 Leave of Absence
• 3/01/2002 Retired
• 5/06/2005 Dismissed form Priesthood

Reverend James Gaffney

Born 1957, Ordained in 1985

• 5/1985 – 6/1987 St. Ursula, Fountain Hill, PA
• 6/1987 – 6/1991 Reading Central Catholic High School
• 6/1987 – 1/1992 St. Catherine of Siena, Mt. Penn, PA
• 1/1992 – 6/1992 Sick Leave (The Servants of the Paraclete, New Mexico)
• 6/1992 – 1/1995 St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton, PA
• 4/1994 – 1/1995 Sick Leave (The Servants of the Paraclete)
• 1/1995 – 2/1995 Notre Dame of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA
• 2/1995 – 6/1995 St. Mary of the Assumption, Coaldale, PA
• 6/1995 – 6/1999 Assisted with six parishes in Shenandoah
• 6/1999 – 4/2002 St. Patrick, Pottsville
• 4/2002 Abandoned ministry
• 6/26/2015 Dismissed from Priesthood

Reverend Joseph Galko

Born 1944, Ordained in 1980

• 5/1980 – 6/1982 St. Paul, Reading, PA
• 6/1982 – 1/1983 St. Anne, Bethlehem, PA
• 1/1983 – 6/1986 St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA
• 6/1986 – 7/1987 St. Bernard, Easton, PA
• 2/12/1988 Placed on Administrative leave
• 6/2010 Dismissed from the Priesthood

Reverend Edward George Ganster

Born 1943, Died 2014, Ordained in 1971

• 4/13/1971 – 8/19/1975 Assistant Pastor, Notre Dame, Bethlehem, PA
• 4/13/1971 – 2/4/1972 Associate Professor, Bethlehem Catholic HIGH SCHOOL, PA
• 7/9/1973 – 10/10/1978 Regional Director, C.Y. O., Bethlehem District
• 8/19/1975 – 9/9/1976 Assistant, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bethlehem, PA
• 9/9/1976 – 10/10/1978 St. Joseph, Easton, PA
• 10/10/1978 – 6/15/1981 Assistant, St. Ignatius Loyola, Sinking Spring, PA
• 10/10/1978 – 6/15/1981 American Catholic Overseas Aid Fund
• 6/15/1981 – 5/4/1982 Pastor, St. Joseph, Frackville, PA
• 9/18/1981 – 4/2919/1986 Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court St. James
• 10/08/1981 – 2/1/1982 Sick Leave
• 2/1/1982 – 5/4/1982 Returned as Pastor, St. Joseph, Frackville, PA
• 5/4/1982 – 9/7/1982 Sick Leave
• 9/7/1982 – 1/18/1983 Assistant, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA
• 10/01/1982 – 7/25/1983 Catholic Student Advisor, Penn State University Campus
  Ministry
• 1/18/1983 – 4/29/1986 Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, Tower City, PA
• 1/13/1984 Member, Diocesan Building Committee
• 2/10/1984 – 4/29/1986 Member, Budget Board, Cardinal Brennan HIGH SCHOOL
• 4/29/1986 – 3/3/1988 Holy Ghost, Bethlehem, PA
• 7/10/1986 – 6/13/1988 Regional Director, Pro-Life, Northampton Deanery, PA
• 12/27/1987 Sick Leave
• 8/8/1990 Laicized
• 7/3/2014 Deceased

Reverend Grancis T. Gillespie

Born 1931, Ordained in 1959

• 5/1959 – 5/1963 St. Joseph’s, Girardville, PA
• 5/1963 – 10/1965 Nativity HS, Pottsville, PA
• 6/1963 – 9/1963 St. Patrick’s, Pottsville, PA (Asst. Pro Tem)
• 6/1965 – 3/1969 Notre Dame of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA
• 3/1966 – 5/1972 St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton, PA / Moravian College
  (student advisor)
• 5/1972 – 11/1974 Our lady of Mount Carmel, Minersville, PA
• 11/1974 – 9/1994 St. Joseph’s, Girardville, PA
• 9/1994 – 11/1996 St. Margaret, Reading, PA
• 11/1996 – 12/2002 Annunciation of B.V.M., Catasauqua, PA
• 12/13/2002 Retired

Richard J. Guiliani

Born 1942, Ordained in 1968

• 3/1968 – 5/6198 Assistant, St. Peter, Reading, PA.
• 5/1968 – 6/1969 Regional Director, Thanksgiving Clothing Drive, Berks Co
• 6/1969 – 9/1969 Assistant, St. Canicus, Mahanoy City, PA
• 9/1969 – 6/1970 Assistant, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bethlehem, PA
• 6/1970 – 6/1970 Professor, Notre Dame High School, Easton, PA
• 6/1970 – 6/1973 Resident, Sacred Heart, Miller Heights, PA
• 6/1973 – 6/1974 Vice Principal, Notre Dame High School, Easton, PA
• 6/1974 – 6/1974 Principal, Cardinal Brennan High School, Fountain Springs
• 6/1974 – 6/1974 Resident, St. Vincent de Paul, Girardville, PA.
• 1977 Absent without leave from the Allentown Diocese
• 2011 Last known address: St. Augustine, Florida

Reverend Joseph D. Hulko

Born 1940, Ordained in 1967

• 6/1/1967 – 8/24/1970 Priest Professor, Reading Central Catholic High School
• 6/1/1967 – 8/17/1970 Resident, SS Cyril and Methodius, Reading, PA
• 7/9/1969 Advocate, Diocesan Tribunal
• 7/6/1970 – 8/17/1970 Newman Center, Bethlehem, PA
• 8/17/1970 – 8/24/1970 Resident, St. Catharine of Siena, Reading, PA
• 8/24/1970 – 6/20/1977 Principal, Nativity High School, Pottsville, PA
• 8/24/1970 – 6/18/1971 Resident, Mary Queen of Peace, Pottsville, PA
• 6/18/1971 – 10/18/1971 Chaplain, St. Francis Orphanage, Orwigsburg, PA
• 10/18/1971 – 6/20/1977 Resident, St. John the Baptist, Pottsville, PA
• 6/20/1977 – 1/6/1978 Assistant, St. John the Baptist, Pottsville, PA
• 1/6/1978 – 8/16/1982 Pastor, St. Michael, Lansford, PA
• 6/20/1978 – 10/1/1982 Regional Director, Family Life Center, Berks, Carbon and East
  Schuylkill Counties, PA
• 9/4/1981 – 2/15/1982 Sick Leave
• 8/16/1982 – 6/20/1985 Sick Leave
• 6/20/1985 – 6/16/1987 Assistant Pastor, St. Margaret, Reading, PA
• 11/1/1986 – 11/1/1989 Assistant Pastor Representative, Council of Priests
• 6/16/1987 – 9/27/1988 Assistant Pastor, St. John Baptist de LaSalle, Shillington, PA
• 9/27/1988 – 6/14/1990 Assistant Pastor, St. Bernard, Easton, PA
• 11/1/1989 – 10/31/1992 Pastor Representative, Council of Priests
• 6/14/1990 – 9/2/1994 Assistant Professor, St. Joseph, Limeport, PA
• 8/3/1992 Assistant Pastor Representative, Advisory Committee, Priestly
  Life and Ministry
• 11/1/1992 – 10/31/1995 Assistant Pastor Representative, Council of Priests
• 9/2/1994 – 1/01/1995 Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Bethlehem, PA
• 1/1/1995 – 6/15/1995 Resident, Holy Family Villa,
• 6/15/1995 – 6/13/2000 Assistant Pastor, St. Anthony of Padua, Easton, PA
• 6/13/2000 – 8/31/2003 Assistant Pastor, Notre Dame of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA
• 9/1/2003 Retired

Monsignor William E. Jones, V.F.

Born 1934, Died 2004, Ordained in 1960

• 5/27/1960 – 3/12/1963 Annunciation B.V.M., Shenandoah, PA
• 3/12/1963 – 3/26/1968 St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA
• 3/26/1968 – 12/119/69 St. Francis of Assisi, Allentown, PA
• 12/1/1969 – 8/24/1970 St. Jane Frances, Easton, PA
• 8/24/1970 – 4/4/1972 Notre Dame High School, Easton, PA
• 4/4/1972 – 6/20/1972 St. Jane Frances, Easton, PA
• Notre Dame High School, Easton, PA
• 6/20/1972 – 6/11/1973 St. Jane Frances, Easton, PA
• 6/11/1973 – 6/14/1974 St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton, PA
• 6/14/1974 – 6/17/1975 St. Mary, St. Clair, PA
• Nativity B.V.M. High School, Pottsville, PA
• 6/17/1975 – 7/1/1978 St. Joseph, Summit Hill, PA
• 7/1/1978 – 11/7/1978 St. Joseph, Summit Hill, PA
• 11/7/1978 – 3/10/1981 St. Vincent de Paul, Minersville, PA
• 3/1019/81 – 11/7/1983 Representative, Diocesan Board of Education, West Schuylkill
  County, PA
• 11/7/1983 – 5/24/1984 St. Patrick’s, Pottsville, PA
• 5/24/1984 – 11/1/1984 South Schuylkill Deanery, Council of Priests, PA
• 11/1/1984 – 3/13/1985 South Schuylkill Deanery, PA
• 3/13/1985 – 8/20/1991 Budget Board Nativity B.V.M. High Sch.
• 8/20/1991 – 11/1/1993 Honorary Prelate of His Holiness, John Paul II
• 11/1/1993 – 11/26/1996 South Schuylkill Deanery
• 11/26/1996 – 5/3/1996 Dean of South Schuylkill Deanery (post was held until 11/26/99
  in conjunction with the following duties/dates)
• 503/1996 – 10/29/1997 Diocesan Negotiating Team
• 10/29/1997 – 4/04/1998 Board of Seton Manor, Inc.
• 4/4/1998 – 3/25/1999 Nativity B.V.M. High School Budget/Audit Board. (held until
  09/2001)
• 3/25/1999 – 10/1/1999 South Schuylkill Deanery, Diocesan Negotiating Team
• 10/1/1999 – 2/1/2000 President of the Catholic Housing Corporation, Queen of Peace
  Apartments, Pottsville, PA
• 2/1/2000 – 9/20/2000 Vicar Forane of South Schuylkill Deanery (held until 1/31/03)
• 9/20/2000 – 4/11/2002 Pastor designated to consult on removal/transfer
• 4/11/2002 Resigned as pastor of St. Patrick’s, Pottsville, PA

Reverend Joseph H. Kean

Born 1937, Ordained in 1964

• 3/1964 – 8/1964 St. Joseph, Ashland, PA
• 8/1964 – 6/1965 St. Mary, St. Clair, PA
• 6/1965 – 11/1967 St. Paul, Allentown, PA
• 1/1967 – 8/1970 St. Paul, Reading, PA
• 8/1970 – 2/1971 Annunciation, Shenandoah, PA
• 2/1971 – 12/1973 Marian HS, Tamaqua, PA
• 2/1971 – 12/1973 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Nesquehoning, PA
• 6/1973 – 6/1975 St.s Simon and Jude, Bethlehem, PA
• 6/1975 – 1/1977 St. Jane, Easton, PA
• 1/1977 – 1/1983 SS Peter and Paul, Tower City, PA
• 1/1983 – 9/1987 SS Peter and Paul, Lehighton, PA
• 9/1987 – 3/1993 St. Joseph, Ashland, PA
• 2/1/2002 Retired
• 6/26/2007 Dismissed from Priesthood

Reverend Thomas J. Kerestus

Born 1937, Died 2014, Ordained in 1969

• 6/11/1969 – 10/27/1969 Assistant, Annunciation B.V.M., Shenandoah, PA
• 10/27/1969 – 1/6/1970 Regional Director, C.Y.O., Mid-Schuylkill County
• 1/6/1970 – 8/24/1970 Area Chaplain, Appalachian Trail Scouting Council Regional Director, Bishop’s Overseas Aid, East Schuylkill County, PA
• 8/24/1970 – 6/18/1970 Assistant, St. Peter, Reading, PA
• 6/18/1970 – 7/8/1971 Assistant, Our Lady of Hungary, Northampton, PA
• 7/8/1971 – 11/4/1974 Regional Director, C.Y.O., Northampton County, PA
• 11/4/1974 – 9/9/1976 Assistant, Sacred Heart, W. Reading, PA
• 9/9/1976 – 12/15/1977 Assistant, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA
• Regional Director, C.Y.O. West Schuylkill County, PA
• 12/15/1977 – 2/25/1982 Pastor, St. Stephen of Hungary, Allentown, PA
• 2/25/1982 – 5/29/1986 Pastor, St. John Capistrano, Bethlehem, PA
• 5/29/1986 – 6/19/1986 Leave of Absence
• 6/19/1986 – 6/14/1990 Assistant Pastor, Sacred Heart, Allentown, PA
• 6/14/1990 – 7/27/1993 Chaplain, Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA
• 7/27/1993 – 3/1/2002 Resident, Holy Family Villa
• 3/1/2002 – 9/17/2014 Retire

Reverend Francis Joseph McNelis

Born 1938, Died 2005, Ordained in 1965

• 6/1/1965 – 6/1/1966 Annunciation B.V.M., Shenandoah, PA
• 6/1/1966 – 11/1/1966 St. Joseph, Girardville, PA
• 11/1/1966 – 8/4/1967 Regional Director, C.Y.O., East Schuylkill County, PA
• 8/4/1967 – 6/11/1969 Regional Director, Thanksgiving Clothing Drive, East Schuylkill
  County, PA
• 6/11/1969 – 6/3/1970 St. Jerome, Tamaqua, PA
• 6/3/1970 – 6/9/1970 St. Theresa, Hellertown, PA
• 6/9/1970 – 9/25/1970 Regional Director, C.Y.O., Northampton County, PA
• 9/25/1970 – 4/4/1972 St. John the Baptist, Shillington, PA
• 4/4/1972 – 9/19/1972 St. Francis, Easton, PA
• 9/19/1972 – 8/30/1974 Regional Director, Thanksgiving Clothing Drive, Northampton
  County, PA
• 8/30/1974 – 6/17/1975 St. Ann, Emmaus, PA
• 6/17/1975 – 6/16/1980 St. Mary, and St. Boniface, St. Clair, Schuylkill County, PA
• 6/16/1980 – 6/20/1985 St. Mary, St. Clair, Schuylkill County, PA
• 6/20/1985 – 6/4/1993 St. Mary, Hamburg, PA
• 6/4/1993 – 1/14/1994 Sick Leave (Jemez Springs, New Mexico)
• 1/14/1994 – 3/1/2002 St. Ignatius, Loyola, Sinking Spring, PA
• 3/1/2002 Retired

Reverend Paul G. Puza

Born 1949, Ordained in 1975

• 6/1975 – 6/1976 St. Bernard, Easton, PA
• 6/1975 – 6/1976 Lafayette college, Easton, PA
• 6/1976 – 6/1977 Northampton County Regional Director of Vocations
• 6/1976 – 6/1977 St. Anne, Bethlehem, PA
• 6/1977 – 6/1978 Central Catholic High School, Reading, PA
• 6/1977 – 6/1978 St. Joseph, Reading, PA
• 6/1978 – 6/1981 St. Casimir, Shenandoah, PA
• 6/1978 – 6/1981 Catholic Scouting, Schuylkill County, PA
• 6/1981 – 11/1981 St. Anthony, Easton, PA
• 11/1985 – 8/1983 St. Stanislaus Kostka, Minersville, PA
• 8/1983 – 6/1989 St. Anthony of Padua, Cumbola
• 8/1983 – 6/1989 Nativity B.V.M. High School, Pottsville, PA
• 6/1989 – 2/2002 St. Richard, Barnesville, PA
• 6/1989 – 3/2002 Marian High School, Tamaqua, PA
• 2002 Resignedand ordered to refrain from public ministry
• 6/2010 Dismissed from Priesthood

Reverend Joseph A. Rock

Born 1941, Ordained 1972

• 2/1972 – 9/1972 Sacred Heart of Jesus, Allentown, PA
• 5/1972 – 5/1975 Catholic Scouting, Allentown Area
• 6/1972 – 2/1975 Catholic Youth Organization, Lehigh County, PA
• 9/1972 – 2/1975 St. Catherine of Siena, Allentown, PA
• 2/1975 – 9/1976 St. Ignatius Loyola, Reading, PA
• 3/1975 – 9/1976 Scouts, Hawk Mountain, Berks County, PA
• 6/1975 – 9/1976 Catholic Youth Organization, Berks County, PA
• 9/1976 – 8/1977 St.s Simon and Jude, Bethlehem, PA
• 9/1976 – 4/1982 Scouts, Minsi Trails Council, Lehigh County, PA
• 9/1976 – 6/1982 Catholic Youth Organization, Bethlehem, PA
• 8/1977 – 3/1982 Our Lady Help of Christians, Allentown, PA
• 3/1982 – 2/1986 St. Francis de Sales, Mount Carbon, PA
• 6/1983 – 2/1986 Catholic Scouting, Diocese of Allentown
• 9/1983 – 9/1986 Social Action Bureau Advisory Board, West Schuylkill County
• 6/1985 – 2/1986 Youth Ministry
• 2/1986 – 9/1986 Sick Leave
• 9/1986 – 10/2001 Holy Family Manor
• 10/1999 – 10/2001 Retired
• 5/2005 Dismissed from Priesthood

Reverend Gerald Royer

Born 1917, Died 2003, Ordained in 1947

• 6/1947 – 1/1948 St. Bartholomew, Brockton
• 1/1948 – 6/1948 St.s Simon and Jude, Bethlehem
• 6/1948 – 12/1948 St. Bartholomew, Brockton
• 12/1948 – 6/1950 St. Catherine of Siena, Reading
• 6/1950 – 5/1952 St. Joseph, Girardville
• 5/1952 – 1/1953 Annunciation, Shenandoah
• 1/1953 – 3/1954 Chaplain, Convent of Divine Love
• 3/1954 – 11/1955 St. Mary of the Assumption, Philadelphia
• 11/1955 – 2/1956 Leave of Absence
• 2/1956 – 5/1956 St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton
• 5/1956 – 4/1960 St. Paul, Reading
• 4/1960 – 7/1961 Leave of Absence
• 7/1961 – 8/1964 Chaplain, St. Joseph’s Manor
• 8/1964 – 2/1965 Left active ministry (laicized)

Reverend J. Pascal Sabas

Born 1923, Died 1996, Ordained 1954

• 10/1955 – 10/1957 Vocation Director, New York
• 10/1957 – 10/1958 House Discretus and Purser, New York
• 10/1958 – 10/1960 Administrator, St. Vincent de Paul, Pittsburgh, PA
• 10/1960 – 10/1962 Assistant, Sacred Heart, Yarmouth, Maine
• 10/1962 – 5/21/1963 Assistant, St. Joseph, Portland, Maine
• 5/21/1963 – 5/20/1964 Assistant, St. Francis of Assisi, Minersville, PA
• 5/20/1964 – 9/1/1965 Assistant, St. Francis of Assisi, Allentown, PA
• 9/1/1965 – 11/1/1966 Assistant, St. Patrick, Pottsville, PA
• 11/1/1966 – 4/4/1967 Regional Director, Bishop’s Relief Agency, West Schuylkill, PA
• 4/4/1967 – 1/18/1971 Administrator, St. Vincent de Paul, Girardville, PA
• 1/18/1971 – 8/1/1977 Pastor, St. Vincent de Paul, Girardville, PA
• 8/1/1977 – 10/1/1977 Administrator, St. Ignatius Loyola, Sinking Spring, PA
• 10/1/1977 – 3/4/1980 Pastor, St. Ignatius Loyola, Sinking Spring, PA
• 3/4/1980 – 6/1/1983 Pro-Synodal Examiner
• 6/1/1983 – 8/16/1983 Priest Representative Diocesan Board of Education,
  Berks County, PA
• 8/16/1983 – 10/1/1985 Pastor, St. George, Shenandoah, PA
• 10/1/1985 – 12/16/1986 Returning to Religious Life
• 12/16/1986 – 3/19/1987 Assistant, St. Anthony, Easton, PA
• 3/19/1987 – 6/14/1988 Chaplain, Catholic Daughters of the Americas
• 6/14/1988 – 6/1989 Assistant Pastor, St. John the Baptist, Shillington, PA
• 6/1989 – 11/1/1991 Sick Leave
• 11/1/1991 – 1996 Retired

Reverend William J. Shields

Born 1929, Died 2000, Ordained 1958

• 5/29/1958 – 5/27/1960 Assistant, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA
• 5/27/1960 – 2/23/1962 Assistant, St. John Baptist de la Salle, Shillington, PA
• 2/23/1962 – 9/4/1962 Assistant, St. Mary, Hamburg, PA
• 9/4/1962 – 10/30/1964 Assistant, Annunciation B.V.M., Shenandoah, PA
• 10/30/1964 – 12/9/1966 Regional Director, Bishop’s Relief, Upper Schuylkill County, PA
• 12/9/1966 – 11/29/1967 Bishop’s Relief Agency, East Schuylkill County, PA
• 11/29/1967 – 8/30/1968 Assistant, St. Paul, Allentown, PA
• 8/30/1968 – 3/27/1969 Assistant, St. Lawrence, Catasauqua, PA
• 3/27/1969 – 3/8/1972 Administrator, St. Ann, Lansford, PA
• 3/8/1972 – 1/11/1974 Assistant, St. Peter, Reading, PA
• 1/11/1974 – 6/15/1995 Pastor, St. Nicholas, Weatherly, PA
• 6/15/1995 – 8/28/2000 Pastor Emeritus, St. Nicholas, Weatherly, PA

Reverend Stephen F. Shigo

Born 1953, Died 1991, Ordained 1978

• 6/20/1978 – 6/15/1981 Holy Guardian Angels, Hyde Park, PA
• 6/15/1981 – 9/1/1981 St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA
• 9/1/1981 – 7/11/1983 Area Chaplain Catholic Scouting, West Schuylkill County, PA
• 7/11/1983 – 8/31/1984 Regional Director, CYO West Schuylkill County, PA
• 8/31/1984 – 12/4/1985 Regional Director, Youth Ministry, South Schuylkill County, PA
• 12/4/1985 – 11/2/1991 Regional Director, Family Life Bureau, South Schuylkill
  County, PA

Reverend David A. Soderlund

Born 1938, Ordained 1965

• 6/1965 – 12/1966 St. Peter, Coplay, PA
• 12/1966 – 4/1971 Sacred Heart, West Reading, PA
• 4/1971 – 6/1973 St. Catharine of Siena, Reading, PA
• 4/1971 – 6/1974 Holy Name High School, Reading, PA
• 6/1971 – 11/1971 St. Catharine of Siena, Reading, PA
• 10/1971 – 11/1978 Adult Religious Education, Berks County, PA
• 6/1973 – 1/1974 St. John the Baptist, Shillington, PA
• 1/1974 – 11/1978 St. Benedict, Reading, PA
• 6/1974 – 11/1978 Holy Name High School, Reading, PA
• 11/1978 – 7/1980 St. Joseph, Summit Hill, PA
• 7/1980 – 9/1980 Sick Leave (Villa St. John Vianney Hospital)
• 9/1980 – 6/1981 Our Lady of Hungary, Northampton, PA
• 6/1981 St. Catharine of Siena, Reading, PA
• 10/1986 – 1/1989 Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville, PA
• 2/1989 Administrative Leave (faculties withdrawn)
• 5/2005 Dismissed from Priesthood
• 2009 Arrested

Reverend Bruno M. Tucci

Born 1942, Ordained 1971

• 4/1971 – 4/1972 St. Margaret, Reading, PA
• 10/1971 – 4/1972 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Berks County, PA
• 4/1972 – 6/1972 Cardinal Brennan High School, Fountain Spring, PA
• 4/1972 – 6/1972 Annunciation, Shenandoah, PA
• 6/1972 – 9/1972 St. Canicus, Mahanoy City, PA
• 6/1972 – 6/1977 Marian High School, Tamaqua, PA
• 9/1972 – 6/1974 St. Canicus, Mahanoy City, PA
• 6/1974 – 2/1975 St.s Peter and Paul, Lehighton, PA
• 2/1975 – 6/1977 Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Nesquehoning, PA
• 6/1975 – 8/1975 Marian High School, Tamaqua, PA
• 6/1977 – 6/1979 Holy Name High School, Reading, PA
• 6/1977 – 9/1977 St, Columbkill, Boyertown, PA
• 9/1977 – 6/1978 Most Blessed Sacrament, Bally, PA
• 6/1978 – 4/1981 St. Peter, Reading, PA
• 6/1979 – 4/1981 Central Catholic High School, Reading, PA
• 4/1981 – 6/1986 Immaculate Conception, Kelayres, PA
• 6/1986 – 3/2002 Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Immaculate Conception,
  Nesquehoning, PA
• 3/1/2002 Retired
• 2/9/2007 Dismissed from priesthood

Reverend Andrew Aloysius Ulincy

Born 1936, Ordained 1966

• 6/1/1966 – 9/2/1967 Professor, Marian High School, Hometown, PA
• 6/1/1966 – 3/27/1969 Resident, St. Joseph, Jim Thorpe, PA
• 11/1/1966 – 3/27/1969 Regional Director of Vocations, Carbon County, PA
• 12/9/1966 – 11/1/1970 Secretary, Committee on Ecumenism
• 3/27/1969 – 10/30/1979 Pastor, St. Mary, Mahanoy City, PA
• 11/1/1970 Member, Committee on Ecumenism
• 12/1/1974 – 10/30/1979 Regional Director, Family Life Bureau, E. Schuylkill, PA
• 10/30/1979 – 12/1/1981 Pastor, St. Simon and Jude, Bethlehem, PA
• 3/4/1980 – 12/1/1981 Parish Priest Consultor
• 12/1/1981 – 2/15/1982 Sick leave
• 2/15/1982 – 5/4/1982 Assistant Pastor, St. Michael, Lansford, PA
• 5/4/1982 – 1/3/1995 Pastor, St. Joseph, Frackville, PA
• 12/21/1992 – 12/21/1995 Advisory Board Member, Cardinal Brennan High School
• 1/3/1995 – 8/21/1996 Assistant Pastor, Holy Rosary, Reading, PA
• 8/21/1996 – 6/5/1997 Administrator Pro Tempore, Immaculate Conception,
  Birdsboro, PA
• 6/5/1997 – 9/11/1997 Administrator, St. Paul, Reading, PA
• 9/11/1997 – 9/21/2010 Pastor Pro Tempore, St. Paul, Reading, PA
• 8/28/2001 – 9/21/2010 Spiritual Director, Holy Name Society for Berks Deanery,
• 12/1/2009 – 9/21/2010 Pastors of Berks Deanery, Council of Priests, Representative
• 3/1/2011 Retired

Reverend Ronald Yarrosh

Born 1947, Ordained in 1974

• 11/1974 – 12/1975 Assistant Promotion Director P.I.M.E. (Pontifical Institute for
  Foreign Missions), Detroit, MI,
• 2/1976 – 6/1976 Language Student, P.I.M.E., Rome, Italy
• 8/1976 – 11/1976 Missionary, P.I.M.E., Hong Kong
• 2/1977 – 11/1981 Mission Appeal, P.I.M.E., Detroit, MI
• 2/1982 – 6/1982 Assistant Pastor, St. Anthony, Easton, PA
• 6/1982 – 10/1985 Assistant Pastor, Holy Rosary, Reading, PA
• 6/1986 – 6/1988 Assistant Pastor, St. Patrick, Pottsville, PA
• 6/1988 – 11/1991 Assistant Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Allentown, PA
• 5/1990 Incardination into the Diocese of Allentown
• 11/1991 – 6/1996 Assistant Pastor, St. Anne, Bethlehem, PA
• 6/1996 – 6/1998 Assistant Pastor, St. Margaret, Reading, PA
• 6/1996 – 6/1997 Campus Minister, Albright College, Reading, PA
• 6/1997 – 7/1997 Assistant Pastor Pro Tempore, St. Peter, Reading, PA
• 6/1998 – 6/1999 Assistant Pastor, St. Jane Frances de Chantel, Easton, PA
• 6/1999 – 6/2001 Pastor, Holy Family, Sacred Heart Churches, New Philadelphia, PA
• 6/1999 – 6/2001 Pastor, St. Anthony, Cumbola,
• 6/2001 – 6/2003 Assistant Pastor, St. Bernard, Easton, PA
• 6/2003 – 4/2004 Assistant Pastor, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, PA