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 Winona-Rochester, Minnesota

Sylvester F. Brown

Status: Deceased

Appeared under the heading: “Disclosures Regarding Clergy Sexual Abuse of Minors - Thirteen John Jay Study Priests”

Birth Year: 1930

Ordination year: 1956

Reported assignment history:

August 16, 1956 - Saint Mary School, Owatonna, MN
August 22, 1961 - State School, Owatonna, MN
June 17, 1963 - Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, Winona, MN
June 17, 1963 - Saint Mary College, Winona, MN
June 8, 1966 - Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, Winona, MN
August 14, 1969 - Saint Mary College, Winona, MN
July 1, 1971 - Saint Martin in Woodstock, Saint Mary, Lake Wilson, MN
July 11, 1974 - Saints Peter and Paul, Blue Earth, MN and Our Lady of Mercy, Guckeen, MN
July 7, 1981 - Pax Christi, Rochester, MN
June 30, 1989 - Immaculate Conception, Saint Clair, MN
November 1, 1989 - Saint Ann, Janesville, MN
November 18, 1992 - Saint Ann, Janesville, MN and Saint Clair, MN
June 28, 1995 - Saint Ann, Janesville, MN
July 1, 2000 - Saint Ann, Janesville , MN
December 31, 2007 - Saint Ann, Janesville, MN and Saint Joseph, Waldorf, MN

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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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