Archdiocese of Seattle ACCUSED PRIESTS


Status:Â Settled

Status:Â Settled
Died: 09/27/1989

Status:Â Convicted
Died: 02/12/1995

Status:Â Accused
Died: 12/1/1987




Status:Â Settled

Status:Â Settled

Status:Â Convicted
In 5/88 Conn was charged with five felony counts of indecent liberties with minors. In 7/88 he pleaded guilty to molesting six boys ages 11-13. Admitted to abuse of others police did not know about. Sentenced to four years in prison. Former supervising priest of another abuser, James McGreal. Civil suit settled with archdiocese in 1996. Laicized. Included on archdiocese’s 1/15/16 list. Another settled suit announced 11/18. On Santa Barbara Province Franciscans list. It notes that Conn was a per-novitiate candidate at St. Anthony Seminary, and left in 1980 to become a diocesan priest. Settlement 11/19/20 in the 1988 case. Another settlement announced in 4/28.

Status:Â Accused

Status:Â Settled



Died: 07/22/2007
Crosby entered the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNJM) in 1952. She was an elementary school principal for 30 years, working in Spokane, Edmonds, Tacoma, Seattle and Everett. In 1999 she surrendered her teaching credentials after an allegation surfaced against her of sexual abuse in the 1980s. She died in 7/07. Her name was included on the archdiocese’s list 1/15/16 of clergy and religious with established, admitted or credible accusations against them of sexual abuse of a minor. In 7/21 the archdiocese announced that it had settled two cases with claims of sexual abuse by Crosby in the 1980s, while she was principal of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School in Seattle.Â

Priest of the Archdiocese of Manila. Named as accused by the Seattle archdiocese on its list in 2/21. Worked in the archdiocese at St. Mary’s in Aberdeen 1971-1972 and at St. Anthony’s in Renton 1972-1973. Per the Official Catholic Directory, Cruz later worked in the Diocese of Boise until at least 1985. Deceased.



Status:Â Accused
Died: 07/24/1993


Status:Â Accused
Died: 01/21/1987


Status:Â Sued
Died: 01/25/1980

Status:Â Accused

Status:Â Accused

Status:Â Settled
Died: 11/26/2012

Status:Â Reinstated

Status:Â Accused

Status:Â Accused
Laicized. Hays’ name was included on the archdiocese’s 1/15/16 list of clergy and religious with admitted, established or credible allegations against them of sexual abuse of a minor. Worked in archdiocese 1976-89, in Bremerton, Olympia, Sedro Woolley, Burlington, Seattle and Des Moines.


Status:Â Settled
Died: 07/22/2014


Died: 10/22/1996

Status:Â Accused

Status:Â Accused
Died: 01/6/2005

Status:Â Settled

Died: 02/5/1992

Status:Â Accused
Died: 07/11/2018

Status:Â Accused

Status:Â Sued

Status:Â Accused
Died: 12/12/2012

Also known as Sr. Mary Jerome Lyness. St. Patrick’s in Tacoma teacher 1976-1994, co-principal 1991-1994. Deceased. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Seattle archdiocese on its list in 3/2023. Settlement in 12/2022 of claims of ‘inappropriate touching’ by Lyness in about 1982 at St. Patrick’s.

Status:Â Settled

Status:Â Settled

Status:Â Settled

Status:Â Settled

Status:Â Accused
Died: 06/21/1986

Status:Â Sued

Status:Â Settled

Status:Â Accused
Died: 01/18/1992

Status:Â Sued
Died: 12/14/1994

Status:Â Settled

Status:Â Settled
Died: 01/5/1970

Status:Â Sued
Died: 08/22/2011


Status:Â Accused

Status:Â Accused

Status:Â Settled
Died: 06/12/2012
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Seattle archdiocese on its list 3/31/2023. Pastor 1973-1983 of St. Ann’s in Tacoma. Died in 2012. Claims against Phelan of child sexual abuse at St. Ann’s in about 1978 were settled in 12/2022.

Status:Â Settled
Died: 05/8/1978

Status:Â Accused
Died: 06/18/1986

Status:Â Settled
Died: 11/11/2015

Status:Â Accused

Status:Â Accused

Status:Â Sued


Status:Â Accused
Died: 09/25/1995

Died: 07/5/1957

Status:Â Accused
Died: 03/9/2013

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