Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina

Michael Joseph Kelleher

Status: Retired (1999), Removed (2010), Deceased (2014)

Appeared under the heading: “Listed are clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor in the Diocese of Charlotte since it was established in 1972.”

Birth Year: Not reported

Ordination year: 1953

Reported assignment history:

  • Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, Chaplain (2 terms) (Kernersville, N.C.)
  • Holy Cross Catholic Church, Occasional Mass celebrant after retirement (Kernersville, N.C.)
  • Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Hendersonville, N.C.)(Location of allegation)
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church (High Point, N.C.)
  • Our Lady of the Annunciation Catholic Church (Albemarle, N.C.)(Location of allegation)
  • Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church (Charlotte, N.C.)(Location of allegation)
  • Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church (Lexington, N.C.)
  • St. Dorothy Catholic Church (Lincolnton, N.C.)
  • St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church (Waynesville, N.C.)
  • St. Joseph Catholic Church (Asheboro, N.C.)
  • St. Lawrence Catholic Church (now Basilica) (Asheville, N.C.)
  • St. Patrick Church (now Cathedral) (Charlotte, N.C.)