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Published Jan. 28, 2020

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St. John's Abbey

Thomas Gillespie

Status: On restriction under Saint John’sAbbey Safety Plan

Appeared under the heading: “Names of Current and Former Monks Likely to Have Offended Against Minors”

Birth Year: 1937

Ordination year: 1964

Reported assignment history:

1964-66 Assistant pastor at Church of St. Bernard, St. Paul, MN
1966-68 Assistant director of vocations at St. John's Abbey
1968-1975 Colegio San Antonio Abad in Puerto Rico -various capacities from prefect to asst. principal
1975-1976 Assistant pastor at St. Boniface Church, Cold Spring, MN
1976-1978 Assistant pastor at Church of St. Bernard, St. Paul, MN
1978-1986 Pastor at Church of St. Mary, Stillwater, MN
1986-1996 Pastor at Church of St. Joseph, St. Joseph, MN 1990-1996 Vicar of parishes and chaplaincies at St John's Abbey

Other results for “Thomas Gillespie” in released lists

Thomas Gillespie - Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota

Thomas Gillespie - Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota

Thomas M. Gillespie - Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

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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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