Credibly Accused

Search lists of U.S. Catholic clergy that have been deemed credibly accused of sexual abuse or misconduct.

Published Jan. 28, 2020

This database was last updated in January 2020 and should only be used as a historical snapshot of the lists published by dioceses and religious orders. There may be changes to those records that are not reflected here.

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Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska

Aloysius Piorkowski

Status: Left the Diocese of Lincoln in 1959; died in 1978

Appeared under the heading: “Diocese of Lincoln priests against whom substantiated allegations of childhood sexual abuse have been reported A.) Deceased priests against whom substantiated allegations of childhood sexual abuse have been reported.”

Birth Year: Not reported

Ordination year: 1935

Reported assignment history:

St. Mary (Gdynia, Poland)
Military Batory Vessel of the Gdynia - America Lines
Hospital (Park Ridge, Illinois)
St. Pancratius (Chicago, Illinois)
St. Wenceslaus (Wilber)
St. James (Cortland)
Lincoln Air Force Base
Boys Town (Omaha)
Diocese of Rockford

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Sources: U.S Catholic dioceses and religious orders, ProPublica reporting, Pontifical Yearbook (2019)

Data entry by: Tatyana Bellamy-Walker, Grace Haley, Samantha Maldonado, Spencer Norris, Anna Pouza, Lilia Saul

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