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

William D. Curtis

Status: Ministerial privileges suspended

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

Birth Year: 1919

Ordination year: 1947

Reported assignment history:

September 1, 1947 - Saint Thomas Pro Cathedral, Winona, MN
September 1, 1947 - Newman Center, Winona, MN
September 1, 1950 - Saint John, Rochester, MN
August 5, 1952 - May 15, 1953 - Saint Lawrence O'Toole, Fountain, MN&amp
Saint Kilian, Wykoff, MN
April 2, 1956 - Saint Lawrence O'Toole, Fountain, MN and Saint Kilian, Wykoff, MN
October 30, 1958 - Saint Joseph, Jasper, MN
July 28, 1965 - Saint Peter, Hokah, MN
March 15, 1966 - Sacred Heart, Brewster, MN
March 15, 1966 - Worthington Junior College, Worthington, MN
August 21, 1968 - Saint Theodore, Albert Lea, MN
January 28, 1976 - Saint Teresa, Mapleton, MN
June 28, 1984 - Saint Joseph, Good Thunder, 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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