Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania

Austin Flanagan

Status: Permanently removed from ministry

Appeared under the heading: “List Of Individuals For Whom Allegations Of Sexual Abuse Of A Minor Have Been Admitted, Established Or Determined To Be Credible - Diocesan Clergy”

Birth Year: 1941

Ordination year: 1966

Reported assignment history:

  • Queen of Peace, Hawley, 6/10/1966
  • Nativity, Tunkhannock, 9/14/1966
  • Saint Mary, Avoca, 9/3/1969
  • Pittston Region Regional Coordinator of Religious Education, 9/3/1969
  • Saint Ignatius, Kingston, 9/7/1971
  • Saint Mary, Avoca, 9/4/1973
  • Bishop O'Reilly High School, Kingston (Catechist), 1974 Bishop O'Reilly High School, Kingston (Part-time professor), 1975 Little Flower Manor, Wilkes-Barre (Chaplain), 9/2/1975
  • Saint Thomas, Elkland, 9/4/1979
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, Milford, 9/25/1980
  • Saint Mark, Inkerman, 6/22/1982
  • Seton Catholic High School, Pittston (Director of Religious Formation), 6/22/1982
  • Saint Agnes, Forest City, 9/4/1985
  • Blessed Sacrament and Saint John the Baptist, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 9/4/1986
  • Geisinger Hospital, Wyoming Valley (Chaplain), 9/4/1986
  • Sick leave, 4/5/1990
  • Saint Thomas Aquinas, Archbald (in residence), 7/9/1990
  • Saint Lucy, Scranton (in residence), 7/7/1993
  • Most Precious Blood, Hazleton (in residence), 7/6/1994
  • Saint Joseph Medical Center, Hazleton (Chaplain), 7/6/1994
  • Transfiguration, West Hazleton (in residence), 7/1/1998
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, West Hazleton, 9/20/1999