Credibly Accused

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

Published Jan. 28, 2020

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Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Charles J. Schaeflein

Status: Deceased

Appeared under the heading: “Deceased Archdiocesan Clergy with credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor”

Birth Year: 1919

Ordination year: 1949

Reported assignment history:

Assistant Pastor, Holy Trinity, Morrisville 06/1949 - 08/1950
Assistant Pastor, St. Ann, Phoenixville 08/1950 - 03/1952
Faculty, Roman Catholic High School, Phila 03/1952 - 06/1963
Residence: Mater Dolorosa, Phila 03/1952 - 06/1954
Residence: St. Alphonsus, Phila (Closed 1972) 06/1954 - 12/1954
Residence: Ascension, Phila 12/1954 - 09/1956
Residence: St. Richard, Phila 09/1956 - 11/1963
Faculty, Cardinal O'Hara High School, Springfield 06/1963 - 06/1965
Residence: St. Bernadette, Drexel Hill 11/1963 - 06/1965
Principal, Bishop Conwell High School 06/1965 - 06/1977
Residence: St. Joseph the Worker, Fallsington 06/1965 - 06/1977
Pastor, St. Andrew, Newtown 06/1977 - 11/1989
Chaplain, Mount Nazareth 11/1989 - 11/2005
Residence: Mount Nazareth 11/1989 - 11/2005
Retired, Archdiocese of Philadelphia 11/1989 - 08/2013
Life of Prayer and Penance, Villa St. Joseph 03/2006 - 08/2013

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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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