LIST OF CLERGY WHO WERE CREDIBLY ACCUSED
WHILE SERVING IN DWC – 1950 TO PRESENT
NAME

1. Rev. Carl E. Bauer,
Jr.

ASSIGNMENTS
IN DIOCESE

Parkersburg – St.
Margaret Mary
06/1963 – 06/1966;

YEAR(S)
OF
INCIDENT(S)

DATE
REPORTED TO
DIOCESE/
AUTHORITIES

1969 or 1970.

Victim reported to
DWC in 2004.

INCIDENT
DESCRIPTION

STATUS
OF PRIEST

Inappropriate
touching of a minor.

Retired from
active ministry in
2002.

Parkersburg Catholic
High School –
Principal 06/1966 –
06/1969;

Died in 2015.

Wheeling – Seminary
House of Studies
06/1969 – 07/1974;
Wheeling – Our Lady
of Peace
07/1974 –09/1985;
Star City – St. Mary
09/1985 – 06/2002;
Pursglove – St. Ursula
09/1985 – 02/1994.
2. Rev. Eugene R.
Bowski, MSsA

3. Rev. Lawrence
(Larry) D. Brown

Franklin, WV – St.
Elizabeth Ann Seton
06/1980 –03/25/1982

(1) 1982;

03/25/82;

Abuse of a minor.

(2) Unknown.

2014.

Abuse of minors in
Diocese of Gallup,
New Mexico.

Weirton – St. Paul
05/1970 – 12/1971;

(1) 1972;

2002 or 2003;

Abuse of a minor.

(2) 1982 or
1983.

10/26/2018.

Abuse of a minor.

Wheeling – St.
Joseph Cathedral
12/1971 – 06/1977;

Faculties
revoked 06/1985.
Died 12/03/1993.

Wheeling – WV
Northern Community
College – Chaplain
08/1972 – 06/1977;
Salem – Sacred Heart
06/1977 – 06/1982;
West Union – St.
Patrick
06/1977 –0 6/1982;

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Faculties
withdrawn in
Diocese of
Gallup in 2014.

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 Salem – Salem
College – Chaplain
06/1977 – 06/1982;
St. Albans – St.
Francis of Assisi
06/1982 – 05/1984;
Leave of absence
05/1984 – 01/1985;
Parkersburg – St.
Margaret Mary
01/1985 – 04/1985.
4. Rev. William Carr

Princeton – Sacred
Heart
03/1941 – 12/1948;

Between 19501956.

2002.

Abuse of a minor.

Retired
08/17/1971.
Died 12/19/1984.

Clarksburg – St. John
the Baptist
03/1950 (2 weeks);
Parkersburg – St.
Francis
1950 (3 weeks);
St. Clara – St. Clare
04/1950 – 04/1953;
St. Clara – St. Clare
04/1953 – 05/1963;
Bluefield – Sacred
Heart
05/1963 – 08/1971.
5. Rev. James Joseph
Chetock

Parkersburg – St.
Margaret Mary
11/1993 – 01/1995;
Weirton – St. Joseph
the Worker
01/1995 –0 6/1997;

(1) 1978-1979;

2018;

Abuse of a minor
before ordination as
a priest.

(2) 2005.

2005 (Non-Credible
Complaint).

Behavior related.

Charles Town – St.
James
06/1997 – 01/1998;
Fort Ashby –
Annunciation of Our
Lord
01/1998 – 06/2002;
Ridgeley – St.
Anthony
01/1998 – 06/2002;

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Faculties
suspended and
voluntarily left
ministry in July,
2005.

 Vienna – St. Michael
06/2002 – 06/2005;
Leave of absence
06/2005 – 08/2005.
6. Rev. Patrick
Anthony Condron

Moundsville – St.
Francis Xavier
07/1976 – 10/1977;

1983-1987.

07/05/1995.

Parkersburg – St.
Francis Xavier
10/1977 – 08/1980;

Abuse of a minor.

Faculties
restricted on
03/22/2005;
faculties
suspended on
01/19/2006.
Laicized in 2012.

Vienna – St. Joseph
Prep Seminary
08/1980 – 06/1987;
Bethany College –
Chaplain
06/1987 – 06/1992;
West Liberty State
College – Chaplain
06/1988 – 06/1992;
Morgantown – St.
Theresa
06/1992 – 06/1994;
Wheeling – St.
Alphonsus
06/1994 – 01/1995;
Wheeling – St. Mary
06/1994 – 01/1995;
Leave of absence
01/1995 – 08/1995;
Graduate Studies –
Catholic University
08/1995 – 06/1997;
Wheeling – St.
Alphonsus
06/1997 – 03/2005;
Wheeling – Diocesan
Tribunal
09/1997 – 02/1998;
Wheeling – Catholic
Elementary School –
Pastor
09/1998 – 11/2001;

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 In residence Paul VI
Pastoral Center
03/2005 – 03/2006.
7. Rev. Victor
Frobas

St. Albans – St.
Francis of Assisi
07/1965 – 06/1966;
Wheeling – Corpus
Christi
06/1966 – 05/1967;
Huntington – Our
Lady of Fatima
05/1967 – 10/1967;

(1) 1959;

Reported to DWC
02/03/1996 (NonDWC ComplaintPhiladelphia, PA).

(2) 1962;

03/21/1964
(Non-DWC
ComplaintPhiladelphia, PA).

(3) 1970s;

09/2011 to 02/2018
(DWC Complaint)
(Non-Credible).

(4) Between
1972-1976;

05/15/2002
(DWC Complaint)
(Non-Credible).

(5) 1974;

07/30/2010
(DWC Complaint).

(6) 1975;

02/27/2004
(DWC Complaint).
(Non-Credible)

(7) 1975 or
1976;

05/03/2016
(DWC Complaint).
(Undetermined)

(8) 1976-1977;

09/1993 (DWC
Complaint).

Fairmont – St. Peter
10/1967 – 06/1968;
Wheeling – St.
Joseph Cathedral
06/1968 – 11/1970;
Wheeling – Catholic
Committee on
Scouting – Chaplain
1969;
Wellsburg – St. John
the Evangelist
11/1970 – 02/1972;
Wheeling – Diocesan
Director of Scouting
1971;
Huttonsville – St.
John Bosco
02/1972 – 01/1976;

(9) 1977;

Approx. 01/07/1993
(Non-DWC
ComplaintMassachusetts).

(10) Approx.
1977;

01/1995
(DWC Complaint).

(11) 1979;

Wheeling – Mount
St. Joseph - Chaplain
10/1976 – 10/1977;

Approx. 10/07/1992
and again approx.
2004
(DWC Complaint).

(12) 1980;

Wheeling Central
Catholic High School
– Chaplain
08/1977 – 10/1977;

07/24/1980
(Non-DWC
ComplaintMassachusetts).

(13) 1980s;

2014
(Non-DWC
Complaint-Missouri).

Huttonsville – Camp
Tygart – Director
02/1972 – 01/1976;
Leave of absence
01/1976 – 10/1976;

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Multiple claims of
abuse of a minor.

The Diocese of
WheelingCharleston
suspended Fr.
Frobas and his
faculties at DWC
were revoked on
01/27/1987.
A 12/22/1987,
St. Louis Post
Dispatch article
indicated that Fr.
Frobas, at the
age of 49, was
indicted for
inappropriate
contact with
minors (2). He
eventually pled
guilty and
entered a plea
agreement for
five years in
prison which
translated to
approximately
18 months and
probation.
Died on
07/11/1993.

 Moundsville – St.
Francis Xavier
10/1977 – 02/1978;

(14) 1981;

07/27/1983
(Anonymous Claim –
Location of
Complaint Unknown)
(Non-Credible).

(15) 1984-1985;

01/1987
(Non-DWC
Complaint-Missouri).

Wheeling – Chancery
07/1982 – 10/1982;

(16) Approx.
1986-1987;

02/04/1987 (NonDWC ComplaintMissouri).

Farmington – St.
Peter
10/1982 – 12/1982;

(17) Unknown.

Approximately
01/12/1993
(DWC Complaint)
(Non-Credible).

2012.

08/23/2012
(Chicago Province of
the Society of the
Divine Word).

Solicitation of a
minor.

Matter was
reported to
DHHR in
McDowell
County on
08/24/2012. He
withdrew from
the Society in
10/2012. Matter
was referred to
the Prosecutor’s
Office and in
2014, he was
convicted and
sentenced to 210 years in jail in
McDowell
County, WV.

(1) 1960s; exact
date unknown;

03/2010;

Abuse of a minor.

Died 06/16/1967.

(2) 1961.

03/14/2006.

Leave of absence
02/1978 – 1980;
Weirton – St. Paul
1980 – 07/1982;

Fairmont –
Immaculate
Conception
12/1982 – 06/1983;
Leave of absence
06/1983 – 07/1993.
8. Bro. Rogers
Hannan, S.V.D.

Welch – St. Peters
2001 – 2012;
War – Christ the
King Parish
2004 – 2012.

9. Rev. Patrick J.
MacSweeney

Follansbee – St.
Anthony
03/08/1955 –
03/26/1955;
Charleston – St. Agnes
03/1955 – 10/1962;
Weston – St. Patrick
10/1962 – 06/1963;
Shinnston – St. Anne
06/1963.

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 10. Rev. Charles E.
McCallister

Fairmont –
Immaculate
Conception
05/1971 – 08/1971;

Between 20022006.

03/02/2007.

Abuse of a minor.

Reported to the
civil authorities.
Faculties
suspended by the
Diocese.

Clarksburg –
Immaculate
Conception
08/1971 – 05/1972;

Died on
10/13/2007,
during the
investigation.

Wheeling – Chancery
05/1972 – 09/1972;
Washington, D.C. –
Catholic University –
student
09/1972 – 05/1973;
Wheeling – Chancery
1973 – 1994;
Leave of absence
08/1994 – 06/1995;
Wheeling – Paul XI
Pastoral Center
08/1994 – 12/1998;
Clarksburg –
Immaculate
Conception
10/2003.
11. Rev. Felix
Owino

Wheeling Jesuit
University
2008 – 2010;

(1) 2010;

07/05/2010;

Inappropriate
touching of an adult.

(2) 2010.

07/2010.

Abuse of a minor in
Virginia.

Weirton – St. Paul
Parish
06/2009 – 07/2010.

12. Rev. David A.
Pichette

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Center Point –
Nazareth Farm
06/1979 – 09/1988.

Removed from
ministry on
07/12/2010, by
DWC.
He pled guilty to
the charge in
Fairfax County
Circuit Court and
was deported
back to Africa.

1981.

06/10/2003 Victim
report to Syracuse
and Syracuse
reported to DWC.

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Abuse of a minor.

Departed DWC
09/1988 and
Syracuse in
1994.

 13. Rev. Robert J.
Rooney

Wheeling – St.
Joseph Cathedral
06/1954 – 09/1954;
White Sulphur
Springs – St. Charles
Borromeo
09/1954 – 12/1954;

(1) 1962;

06/13/1962;

Abuse of a minor.

(2) 1964-1967
(while on leave
from DWC).

04/27/2010.

Abuse of a minor
claim in New Jersey.

Ronceverte – St.
Catherine
09/1954 – 12/1954;

Investigated by
Diocese of New
Jersey and
Prosecutor’s
Office in New
Jersey.
Died 07/16/1994.

Huntington – St.
Joseph
12/1954 – 12/1959;
Chester – Sacred
Heart
12/1959 – 08/1960;
Beckley – St. Francis
de Sales
08/1960 – 12/1960;
Military Ordinariate –
02/1961 – 09/1961;
Coalton – St. Patrick
1961 – 1963;
Leave of Absence –
1963 – 1975;
War – Christ the
King
1975 – 1976;
Camden – St.
Boniface
1976 - 1977;
Leave of absence
starting 09/16/1977.
14. Rev. Francis
Roscetti, OFM
Cap.

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Ridgeley – St.
Anthony
1967 – 1972 –
(Diocese of
Richmond during that
timeframe).

1967-1972.

05/07/2015.

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Abuse of a minor.

Died in 1991.

 15. Rev Richard
Schaefer

Huntington – St.
Joseph
09/1962 – 06/1963;

(1) 1967-1969;

09/15/1995;

(2) 1970-1971;

03/09/2001;

His faculties
were suspended
04/10/1986.

Fairmont – St. Peter
06/1963 – 06/1966;

(3) 1970-1971;

04/20/2001;

Died 04/10/1998.

(4) 1972-1974;

05/18/2002;

(5) 1976-1977;

03/13/1986;

(6) Mid to late
1970s as asserted
by his counsel;

01/22/2008;

(7) Mid to late
1970s as asserted
by his counsel.

01/22/2008.

Weston – St. Patrick
05/1943 – 09/50;

(1) 1951;

1951
(DWC Complaint);

Abuse of a minor.

Ronceverte – St.
Catherine
1950;

(2) 1960;

1960
(Non-DWC
ComplaintNebraska);

Arrested for
inappropriate
touching of a minor
in Nebraska.

Fairmont – Newman
Club – Chaplain
06/1965 – 06/1966;
Point Pleasant –
Sacred Heart
06/1966 – 08/1966;
Wheeling Hospital –
Chaplain
08/1966 – 05/1967;

Multiple claims of
abuse of a minor.

Rowlesburg – St.
Philomena
05/1967 – 08/1971;
Dunbar – Christ the
King
08/1971 – 08/1976;
Sistersville – Holy
Rosary
08/1976 – 07/1981;
Paden City – Mater
Dolorosa
07/1981 – 04/1986;
Middlebourne – St.
Lawrence
07/1981 – 04/1986;
Sistersville – Holy
Rosary
09/1984 – 04/1986.
16. Rev. Paul J.
Schwarten

White Sulphur
Springs – St. Charles
Borromeo
09/1950 – 05/1951;

(3) 1975 or
1976.

Abuse of a minor.
1981
(DWC Complaint).

Leave of absence
05/01/1951 –
09/1964;
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Served 18
months in prison.
Died 12/05/1995.

 Fairmont – St. Peter
09/1964 – 12/1965;
Leave of absence
12/1965 – 02/1967;
Moundsville – St.
Francis Xavier
02/1967 – 04/1969;
Sistersville – Holy
Rosary
04/1969 – 07/1981;
St. Marys – St. John
1972 – 06/1981;
Logan – Our Lady of
Mount Carmel
07/1981 – 06/1987;
Retired 06/24/1987.
17. Rev. Charles
Tague, S.T.

Wheeling – St. Joan
of Arc
07/1964 – 09/1985.

Occurred
between 1979
and 1985.

02/12/1986.

Abuse of a minor.

Incident was
reported to
WVDHHR. He
departed DWC
on 09/20/1985.
Died 06/03/2003.

18. Rev. Stanley
Tuchalski

Weirton – St. Paul
06/1990 – 06/1993;

1998.

01/2000.

Westover – St.
Elizabeth Ann Seton
06/1993 – 01/1998;
Pursglove – St.
Ursula
02/1994 – 01/1998;
Fairmont – St. Peter
01/1998 – 01/2000;
Leave of absence
01/2000 – 08/2000;
Catholic University
08/2000 – 07/2002.

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Inappropriate
touching of a minor.

Faculties
suspended
07/2002.