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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Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota

Gerald Foley

Status: Laicized

Appeared under the heading: “Priests Who Have Been Credibly Accused Of Abuse Of A Minor - Diocesan Priests”

Birth Year: 1932

Ordination year: 1961

Reported assignment history:

Director: Catholic Social Services Association, Red Lake Falls 1963-77
Administrator: St. Dorothy, Dorothy 1963-75
Substitute Ordinary Confessor: Benedictine Convent, Red Lake Falls 1963
Pastor: St. Anne's, Crookston 1975-77
Pastor: St. Joseph, Ada 1977
Pastor: St. Francis de Sales, Moorhead 1979-83
Pastor: St. Cecilia, Sabin 1979-83

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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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