Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa

Howard Fitzgerald

Status: Laicized

Appeared under the heading: “Diocese of Des Moines List of Substantiated Abuse”

Birth Year: Not reported

Ordination year: 1978

Reported assignment history:

  • St. Albert High School, Council Bluffs, 1978-83
  • St. Pius X Church, Des Moines, 1983-84
  • Pastoral Team, Panama, Portsmouth, and Westphalia, 1984-86
  • St. Peter Church, Council Bluffs, 1986-89
  • Holy Spirit Church, Creston
  • St. Edward Church, Maloy, 1990-95
  • St. Patrick Church, Dunlap and Sacred Heart Church, Woodbine,
  • 1995-98
  • St. Michael Church, Harlan, 1998-2001
  • Ss John and Paul Church, Altoona, 2001-08
  • Sabbatical, 2009
  • St. Joseph Church, Earling, 2010
  • St. Peter Church, Defiance, 2010
  • St. Patrick Church, Dunlap, 2010-11
  • Holy Family Church, Mondamin, 2010-11
  • Sacred Heart Church, Woodbine, 2010-11
  • Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church, Glenwood, 2011-13
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Indianola, and Immaculate Conception,
  • St. Marys, 2013-14
  • Campus Ministry, Simpson College, Indianola, 2013-14
  • Initial allegation reported to the diocese, 2014
  • Removed from ministry, 2014
  • Allegation substantiated, 2014
  • Laicized, 2015
  • Additional allegation reported to the diocese, 2015