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

Thomas P. Adamson

Status: Deceased

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

Birth Year: 1933

Ordination year: 1958

Reported assignment history:

June 13, 1958 - Saint Casimir, Winona, MN
June 13, 1958 - Cotter High School, Winona, MN
June 16, 1961 - Saint Adrian, Adrian, MN
June 16, 1961 - Saint Adrian High School, Adrian, MN
August 16, 1962 - Lourdes High School, Rochester, MN
August 20, 1963 - Saint John's, Caledonia, MN
November 30, 1964 - Lourdes High School, Rochester, MN
June 8, 1966 - Saint Clement, Hammond, MN
June 15, 1967 - Saint Theodore, Albert Lea, MN
August 14, 1968 - Saint Lawrence, Fountain, MN and Saint Kilian, Wykoff, MN
June 24, 1971 - Saint Francis of Assisi, Rochester, MN
June 17, 1976 - Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Paul Park, MN
1979 - Immaculate Conception Church, Columbia Heights, 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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