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.

If you find an error in the data or would like to suggest changes, contact us.

Diocese of Evansville, Indiana

Robert Woerdeman

Status: Deceased

Appeared under the heading: “List Of Credible Allegations Against Clergy - These religious order priests that performed ministry in the Diocese of Evansville have allegations determined to be credible of at least one act of sexual abuse of a minor that occurred when the priests were serving in the Diocese of Evansville”

Birth Year: 1928

Ordination year: 1954

Reported assignment history:

St. Benedict Church, Evansville, August 1960
St. Meinrad Archabbey has informed the diocese that this priest was dispensed from his vows and laicized in 1975 and died in 2005
Date posted as part of this list: February 22, 2019
Associate Pastor, Holy Trinity Church, Evansville, April 28, 1999
Residence at Villa Maria on Lincoln Avenue next to Memorial High School, September 2004
Sacramental Minister, St. Joseph Church, Evansville, September 5, 2007
Retired September 2, 2011
Not in public ministry, February 19, 2019

If you find an error in the data or would like to suggest changes, contact us.

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

You can download this complete dataset at the ProPublica Data Store.