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 San Diego, California

Barry Vinyard

Status: Removed

Appeared under the heading: “Credible Allegations - Priests Of The Diocese Of San Diego/San Bernardino (Rev 1-21-2019)”

Birth Year: Not reported

Ordination year: Not reported

Reported assignment history:

St. Joseph, Barstow (Jun-74 - Jan-75, Deacon)
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Baja California (Jun-75 - Feb-77, Associate Pastor)
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Calexico (Feb-77 - Jul-81, Associate Pastor)
St. John, Encinitas (Jul-81 - Aug-83, Associate Pastor)
St. Patrick, Carlsbad (Aug-83 - Oct-85, Associate Pastor)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, San Diego (Oct-85 - Jun-86, Associate Pastor)
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Calexico (Jun-86 - Jul-91, Pastor)
University of San Diego, San Diego (Jul-91 - Jul-97, Campus Ministry)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Lakeside (Jul-97 - Jan-01, Senior Associate)
El Centro Juvenile Hall, El Centro/Imperial Valley (Jan-01 - Jan-02, Chaplain)
Calipatria Jail, Calipatria (Jan-02 - Dec-03, Chaplain/assisting)
Retired, (Dec-03)
Faculties revoked, (Dec-03)

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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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