List of clergy from Greensburg Diocese with sex abuse allegations

Editor’s note: Summaries are from allegations reported to the grand jury.

* denotes that person was identified by the diocese, not the grand jury.

* BIENA, MICHAEL (deceased) — Alleged to have sexually abused a minor in the early 1980s. Allegation was made post-death.

* CLARK, JAMES (removed from ministry) — Alleged to have sexually abused a minor in the early 1970s when employed as a janitor at the former St. James Apollo School and prior to entering the seminary.

Service history

1984-89: Parochial vicar, Immaculate Conception Parish, Irwin

1989-90: Parochial vicar, St. Pius X Parish, Mt. Pleasant

1990-96: Parochial vicar, St. Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Kittanning; also served as a chaplain at the IUP Kittanning campus

1996-97: Parochial vicar, The Epiphany of Our Lord Parish, Monessen

1997-99: Part-time parochial vicar, St. Joseph Parish, and part-time chaplain, Citizens General Hospital, both in New Kensington

1999-2002: Chaplain, Ivrea Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception, Frick Hospital, both in Mt. Pleasant, and Highlands Hospital, Connellsville (Fayette County)

2002-18: Chaplain, Uniontown Hospital and Lafayette Manor, both in Uniontown (Fayette County)

2012-18: Part-time chaplain, Frick Community Health Center and Harmon House, both in Mt. Pleasant, and Highlands Hospital & Health Center, Connellsville (Fayette County), while continuing chaplaincies in Uniontown (Fayette County)

2018: Parochial vicar, St. John the Evangelist, St. Joseph, St. Mary (Nativity) and St. Therese, Little Flower of Jesus Parish, all in Uniontown (Fayette County, while remaining chaplain to Uniontown Hospital

6/29/2018: Removed from ministries and appointments

DELLAMALVA, DENNIS (deceased; 1949-94) — Alleged to have sexually abused multiple minors in the late 1970s to early 1980s. Removed from ministry.

Summary: Diocese paid at least $425,000 in settlements to the families of five alleged victims, including two brothers Father “Denny” was accused of molesting in their home as well as at Seven Springs Mountain Resort and Rehoboth Beach, Del., and others at Mother of Sorrows in Murrysville.

Service history

5/3/1975: Ordained

6/3/1975: Mount St. Peter, New Kensington

8/17/1977: Mother of Sorrows, Murrysville

5/25/1982: Holy Family, Latrobe

10/1/1983: Leave of absence

1986: Resigned from priesthood

FLOHR, GREGORY (deceased; 1937-2004) — Alleged to have sexually abused a minor in the late 1960s. Allegation was made post-death.

Summary: Accused of molesting an altar boy at Immaculate Conception in Irwin from 1967-69, when the victim reported that Flohr used a rope to tie him up in a “praying position” inside a confessional and sodomized the teen with a crucifix. The diocese later reimbursed the victim $51,163 for 107 therapy sessions, eight hospitalizations and four medication bills.

Service history

August 1963: Ordained

6/4/1964-6/24/1968: All Saints, Masontown (Fayette County)

6/25/1968-6/10/1971: Immaculate Conception, Irwin

6/11/1971-6/2/1975: Seton Hill College, Greensburg

6/3/1975-8/20/1975: Holy Cross, Iselin (Indiana County)

8/21/1975-1/28/1981: St. Anthony, Clymer (Indiana County)

1/30/1981-1/14/1985: St. Mary, Yatesboro (Armstrong County) and its mission, St. Gabriel, Nu Mine (Armstrong County)

1/15/1985-1/2/1992: St. Cecilia, Grindstone (Fayette County)

1/3/1992-1/29/1996: Holy Rosary, Republic (Fayette County)

1/30/199-1/2002: St. Matthew, Saltsburg (Indiana County)

GUTH, CHARLES (deceased; 1896-1986) — Monsignor Guth is alleged to have sexually abused a minor in the 1950s. Allegation was made post-death.

Summary: Victim, as an adult, reported in 2005 that Guth molested him around age 7 when the priest was assigned to Holy Family in West Newton and the boy went to him concerned for his mother’s soul after a Sunday school teacher said people who miss Mass go to hell. Guth molested the boy, gave him a nickel and told him that both he and his mother would go to hell and burn if he told anyone what had happened.

Service history

7/1924-4/1925: St. Peter, North Side (Pittsburgh)

4/1925-3/1926: St. Andrew, North Side (Pittsburgh)

3/1926-8/1928: St. Joseph, Braddock (Allegheny County)

8/1928-1/1929: St. Bernard, Dormont (Allegheny County)

1/1929-1/1932: St. Ambrose, North Side (Pittsburgh)

1/1932-7/1932: St. Wendelin, Carrick (Allegheny County)

7/1932-5/1935: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Midland (Beaver County)

5/1935-6/1935: St. Mary, McKees Rocks (Allegheny County)

6/1935-10/1942: St. James, West End (Pittsburgh)

10/1942-8/1944: St. Mary, Parkers Landing (Armstrong County) and its mission, St. James, Petrolia (Butler County)

8/1944-11/1962: Holy Family, West Newton

11/1962-5/1973: St. Mary, Kittanning (Armstrong County)

5/1973: Retired, lived at St. Mary, Kittanning (Armstrong County)

8/1982: Moved to St. Anne’s Home for the elderly, Greensburg

LESNIAK, FRANCIS (deceased; 1916-91) — Alleged to have sexually abused multiple minors in the 1960s and 70s. Allegations were made post-death.

Summary: Four victims accused Lesniak of molesting and/or raping them from 1962 through the late 1980s at parishes in Mt. Pleasant to Ford City. Incidents reportedly occurred during overnights for altar boys and at a picnic for a first Holy Communion. The diocese paid victims $5,000 for 90 counseling sessions each.

Service history

6/6/1943: Ordained

8/12/1943-2/27/1946: St. Monica, Wampum (Lawrence County) and St. Theresa, Hoytdale (Beaver County)

2/28/1946-2/10/1953: St. Mary, New Kensington

2/11/1953-5/14/1953: St. Bernard, Indiana

5/15/1953-8/3/1954: Transfiguration Church, Mt. Pleasant

8/4/1954-4/3/1956: St. Mary, New Kensington

4/4/1956-9/7/1960: St. Michael, Glen Campbell (Indiana County) and SS Peter & Paul, Arcadia (Indiana County)

9/8/1960-8/31/1965: St. Stanislaus, Calumet (Mt. Pleasant Township)

9/1/1965-6/26/1969: St. Anne, Fellsburg (Rostraver), and Holy Cross, Webster (Rostraver)

6/27/1969-5/24/1976: Seven Dolors, Yukon (South Huntingdon)

5/25/1976-8/1987: St. Francis de Paul, Ford City (Armstrong County)

1987: Retired

LUKAC, RAYMOND (left ministry) — Alleged to have sexually abused multiple minors in the 1950s. No longer served in the Greensburg diocese after the late 1950s.

Summary: Reportedly had sex with teenage girls, including a church organist. Said to have impregnated a 17-year-old girl at Holy Trinity, forged the senior pastor’s signature on a “marriage” certificate and “divorced” the girl months later.

Service history

1954: Ordained within the Greensburg diocese

6/21/1954: Saints Cyril & Methodius, Fairchance (Fayette County)

6/29/1955: Holy Trinity, Ford City (Armstrong County)

1957: Servants of the Paraclete, New Mexico

8/1/1961: Diocese of Gary, Indiana

7/3/1963: St. Stanislaus, Posen, Ill.

1/16/1964: Immaculate Conception, Clarksburg, W.Va.

Various: Veterans Administration Service

MARCINEK, HENRY (deceased; 1930-87) — Alleged to have sexually abused a minor in the 1970s and 1980s. Allegation was made post-death.

Summary: Victim reported that Marcinek sexually abused him, beginning around age 10, at a Fayette County school and on trips to Sea World, Ohio and Niagara Falls. The diocese paid the victim $10,000 for 90 counseling sessions.

Service history

5/26/1956: Ordained

7/1956-7/1957: Holy Name, Monessen

7/1957-8/1958: SS Cyril & Methodius, Fairchance (Fayette County)

8/1958-6/1960: Holy Trinity, Ford City (Armstrong County)

6/1960-8/1965: Holy Rosary Church, Republic (Fayette County)

8/1965-6/1967: St. Mary Church, Uniontown (Fayette County)

6/1967-6/1970: Elizabeth Church, Starford (Indiana County), and Sacred Heart, Dixonville (Indiana County)

6/1970-5/1973: Holy Rosary Church, Republic (Fayette County)

5/1973-1/1982: Holy Cross, Youngwood, and St. Gilbert Church, Hunker

1/1982-1/1985: St. Pius X, Mt. Pleasant

MOSLENER, ROBERT (removed from ministry) — Alleged to have sexually abused multiple minors in the 1970s and 1980s.

Summary: Six victims testified to being abused by Moslener, beginning in 1979, until he was removed from ministry in 2002. Some of the reported incidents involved children in North Huntingdon and New Kensington.

Service history

1976-78: St. John the Baptist, Scottsdale

1978-79: St. Agnes, North Huntingdon

1979-1985: St. Joseph, New Kensington

1985-86: St. Pius X, Mt. Pleasant

1986: St. Cajetan, Monessen

1986-87: Saints Simon and Jude, Blairsville (Indiana County)

10/1987: St. Luke Institute, Suitland, Md.

1987-88: Holy Cross, Iselin (Indiana County)

1988-1992: Assumption Hall, Sisters of Charity Retirement Home, Greensburg

1992-96: St. Patrick, Brady’s Bend (Armstrong County)

1996-2002: St. Mary Church and Sacred Heart Church, Yatesboro (Armstrong County)

6/2002: The Anodos Center, Downingtown (Chester County)

ORIS, FABIAN (deceased; 1915-2007) — Alleged to have sexually abused multiple minors in the 1960s and 1970s. Removed from ministry.

Summary: A woman whose parents were friends with Oris alleged in 2002 that he had sexually abused her when she was about age 4-12. The victim said Oris fondled and performed oral sex on her while they shared a bed in the rectory at St. Hedwig in Smock. He also was accused of fondling the victim’s older sister. The diocese told Oris he was no longer permitted to publicly present himself as a priest. In 2014, another victim alleged Oris kissed her on the mouth in the late 1970s, when she was 10 or 11, on five occasions when she was sent to the rectory at St. Mary in Uniontown for disciplinary action.

Service history

6/14/1942: Ordained

8/27/1942-5/14/1953: St. Mary, Brownsville (Fayette County)

5/15/1953-1/31/1955: St. Bernard, Indiana

2/1/1955-3/21/1962: St. Hedwig, Smock (Fayette County)

3/22/1962-6/10/1971: St. Florian, United (Mt. Pleasant Township)

6/11/1971-5/2/1973: Holy Rosary, Republic (Fayette County)

5/2/1973-2/10/1990: St. Mary, Uniontown (Fayette County)

PARRAKOW, EDMOND (removed from ministry) — Alleged to have sexually abused multiple minors in the 1970s and early 1980s while serving in the Archdiocese of New York and in the late 1980s while serving in the Greensburg diocese.

Summary: He allegedly admitted to church officials that he sexually abused about 35 male children as a priest in New York — including engaging in mutual masturbation, fellatio and anal intercourse. He allegedly abused more minors while serving in the Greensburg diocese in the late 1980s and was eventually removed from ministry as a result of the allegations, the diocese said. He also admitted to a state grand jury that he had molested children as a priest, many of whom were altar boys.

Service history

1968-69: Assumption Catholic Church, Tuckahoe, N.Y.

1969-73: St. Peter, Yonkers, N.Y.

1973-84: St. Martin of Tours, Bronx, N.Y. (St. Thomas Aquinas High School, faculty)

1985: Servants of the Paraclete, Jemez Springs, N.M.

December 1985: Accepted into Greensburg diocese

1985-86: Holy Family Catholic Church, Latrobe

1986-89: St. Pius X, Mt. Pleasant

Leave: Return to Archdiocese of New York

2004: Request for laicization

PIERCE, GEORGE (deceased; 1933-2009) — Alleged to have sexually abused multiple minors in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Diocese petitioned to laicize him as a result of the allegations.

Summary: Victim claimed she was sexually assaulted by Pierce beginning in 1968, when she was 12, and continuing until she was about 20. It began when she cleaned the St. Gertrude rectory and after he moved to Seward. She reported becoming jealous of another woman he had a sexual relationship with in Jeannette. Diocese settled case with victim for $30,000.

Another victim reported that Pierce forced him to have sex over three years beginning when he was about 10 in order to be saved and go to heaven after reporting to the priest that he had been “gang raped” at age 7.

Service history

5/23/1959: Ordained

6/23/1959-12/8/1960: St. Mary, Freeport (Armstrong County)

12/9/1960-2/13/1963: All Saints, Masontown (Fayette County)

2/14/1963-6/12/1966: Immaculate Conception, Connellsville (Fayette County)

6/13/1966-6/19/1967: St. Mary and Holy Trinity, Ford City (Armstrong County)

6/20/1967-6/24/1968: Immaculate Conception, Irwin

6/25/1968-6/7/1972: St. Gertrude, McIntyre (Indiana County), and its mission St. Anthony, Aultman (Indiana County)

6/7/1972-6/4/1985: Holy Family, Seward, and its missions St. Mary, Bolivar, and St. Mary, Florence

6/4/1985-6/20/1995: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Leckrone (Fayette County)

6/20/1995-5/14/1997: St. James, Maxwell (Fayette County)

5/14/1997: Leave of absence

8/1998: Retired

PREMOSHIS, GREGORY (removed from ministry; 1938-) — Alleged to have sexually abused a minor in the early 1980s while a teacher at Geibel Catholic High School in Connellsville.

Summary: Victim said Premoshis began molesting him in 1980 while he was a student in Connellsville, staying at the rectory and later on out-of-town trips. Diocese paid the victim $5,000 and provided 90 counseling sessions.

Service history

5/18/1968: Ordained

6/25/1968: St. Paul, Greensburg

6/27/1969: Religion teacher, Greensburg Catholic High School; lived at St. Paul

6/9/1980: Religion teacher, Geibel High School, Connellsville (Fayette County); lived at Immaculate Conception, Connellsville

7/15/1986: Religion teacher, Geibel High School, Connellsville (Fayette County); lived at St. Rita, Connellsville

1 0/12/1987: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mt. Pleasant

7/7/1998: St. Stanislaus, Calumet (Mt. Pleasant Township)

3/19/2002: Administrative leave

8/2002: Retired

ROGERS, THOMAS (deceased; 1923-2005) — Alleged to have sexually abused a high school-aged boy in New York in the early 1960s while serving in the Greensburg diocese. New York authorities declined to pursue criminal charges.

Summary: Teen reported to police in 1962 that Rogers attempted to sexually assault him while he hiked near Saranac Lake, N.Y. The victim’s father and police agreed not to pursue the case if Rogers left town.

Service history

1/26/1952: Ordained

1953: St. Edward, Herminie (Sewickley Township)

1953-54: St. Mary, Freeport (Armstrong County)

1954-55: Immaculate Conception, Connellsville (Fayette County)

6/29/1955-7/4/1956: Immaculate Conception, Irwin

7/5/1956-7/7/1958: SS Simon and Jude, Blairsville (Indiana County)

7/8/1958-1960: St. John the Baptist, Scottdale

1/6/1961: Incardinated in the Diocese of Greensburg

6/3/1965-6/24/1968: St. Anthony, Clymer (Indiana County)

6/25/1968-8/7/1972: St. Charles Borromeo, Sutersville

8/8/1972-2/18/1981: St. Mary, Ford City (Armstrong County)

2/19/1981-1/21/1991: Seven Dolors, Yukon (South Huntingdon Township)

1/22/1992-11/4/1998: St. Anne, Rostraver

11/4/1998: Retired

SANESI, LEONARD (deceased; 1923-92) — Alleged to have sexually abused multiple minors in the early 1960s while assigned to the St. Joseph Diocesan Minor Seminary, which was open from 1964-70 and located at the Bishop Connare Center, east of Greensburg. Allegations were made post-death.

Summary: Victim reported to diocese that Sanesi molested him in the 1960s while he was at the minor seminary, a school for boys who had completed high school and were considering entering seminary.

Service history

1953: Ordained

6/16/1953-6/21/1955: St. Rita, Connellsville (Fayette County)

6/22/1955-7/7/1958: St. Cajetan, Monessen

7/8/1958-1/15/1962: Immaculate Conception, Irwin

1/16/1962-6/12/1966: St. Joseph Minor Seminary, Greensburg

6/13/1966-5/28/1974: Holy Family, West Newton

5/29/1974-8/22/1983: Immaculate Conception, Irwin

8/23/1983-6/17/1990: Mount St. Peter, New Kensington

6/18/1990-1/10/1992: All Saints, Arnold

SINCLAIR, ROGER (removed from ministry; 1947-) — Alleged to have sexually abused multiple minors in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Summary: Two mothers wrote the diocese in 1981 to report Sinclair had attempted to molest their sons, who were about 14 years old.

Service history

5/4/1974: Ordained

1974-77: Immaculate Conception, Connellsville (Fayette County)

1977-79: Holy Family, Latrobe

1979-80: St. Therese, Uniontown (Fayette County)

1980-83: St. Mary, Kittanning (Armstrong County)

1983-84: Sick leave

1984-2002: Released to the Archdiocese of Military Services

3/7/2002: Facilities revoked

4/12/2002: Removed from the Archdiocese of Military Services

SREDZINSKI, JOSEPH (deceased; 1944-2015) — Alleged to have sexually abused a minor in the early 1990s.

Summary: Mayor of Everson, Fayette County, met with diocese in 1991 to report incident of a police officer finding Sredzinski parked in a cemetery with a young boy at night and reports of other inappropriate relationships the priest had with young boys.

Service history

5/9/1970: Ordained

1970-72: St. Margaret Mary, Lower Burrell

1972-74: Holy Rosary, Republic (Fayette County)

1974-79: St. Mary Czestochowa, New Kensington

1979-1984: St. Peter, Brownsville (Fayette County)

6/5/1984-6/5/1989: St. Stanislaus, Calumet (Mt. Pleasant Township)

9/1989-12/1989: Theological Studies, North American College, Rome

6/5/1989-1999: St. Joseph, Everson (Fayette County)

6/18/1999-7/5/2007: St. Hubert, Point Marion (Fayette County)

7/5/2007-4/1/2009: St. Emma’s Monastery, Greensburg

7/5/2007-4/24/2009: SCI Greensburg, Greensburg

7/5/2007-8/18/2010: Chaplain, Westmoreland Manor Nursing Home, Greensburg

8/18/2010-/2014: Sacred Heart Church, Jeannette

SWEENEY, JOHN (removed from ministry; 1942-) — Accused of molesting a Lower Burrell Catholic school student 25 years ago.

Summary: A 35-year-old man told investigators he was sent to see Sweeney because of misbehavior while in the fourth grade at St. Margaret Mary School in Lower Burrell. The man said he performed oral sex on Sweeney, who told him he would not be punished if he did so. Arrested on a charge of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, Sweeney pleaded guilty July 31 to a reduced misdemeanor charge of indecent assault. Free on bail while awaiting trial in Westmoreland County, he faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

Service history

5/9/1970: Ordained

1970-1975: Holy Family, Latrobe

1975-1980: Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg

1980-1982: St. Hedwig, Smock

1982-1985: St. Mary, Freeport

1985-1998: St. Margaret Mary, Lower Burrell

1998-2008: St. James, Apollo

2008-16: Holy Family, West Newton

12/31/2016: Retired

TAMILOWSKI, JOSEPH (deceased; 1928-1994) — Accused of sexually abusing a minor in the 1960s.

Summary: A victim reported to diocesan officials in 2002 and earlier that Tamilowski on a few occasions had grabbed him in the crotch area while he served as an altar boy at Assumption in Leechburg and the Mission of St. Mary Church in Schenley.

Service history

5/29/1954: Ordained

6/1954-7/1956: Transfiguration, Mt. Pleasant

7/1956-2/1959: St. Mary, New Kensington

2/1959-12/1960: St. Hyacinth, Monessen

12/1960-6/1967: Assumption in Leechburg and the Mission of St. Mary Church, Schenley

6/1967-11/1971: Holy Spirit, Fayette City

12/1971-unknown: St. Barbara, Harrison City

8/1977-5/1984: St. Hyacinth, Monessen

5/1984-4/1994: St. Joseph, Uniontown

4/1991: Retired

TROTT, ROGER (removed from ministry; 1944-2017) — Accused of sexually abusing multiple minors in the 1980s.

Summary: Trott confessed after families of 12 altar boys alleged in 1987 that he had committed sexual acts on the boys while he was pastor at St. John the Baptist de la Salle in Delmont. According to court records associated with later criminal charges, Trott fondled and masturbated at least four of the victims and massaged and performed oral sex on eight others. One of the victims, described as a 21-year-old with Down syndrome, reportedly underwent surgery for a bowel blockage doctors attributed to the incidents with Trott. Trott served five years’ probation and was treated at St. Luke’s Institute in Suitland, Md., after pleading guilty to one count of corruption of minors. A man alleged in 2002 that Trott fondled him and performed oral sex on him in 1973, when he was 10. The man was awarded $130,000 in a lawsuit against the diocese.

Service history

5/9/1970: Ordained

1970-75: Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg

1975-82: Holy Trinity, Ligonier

1982-85: St. Matthew, Saltsburg

1985-87: St. John the Baptist de la Salle, Delmont

1987: Leave of absence

WEBER, CHARLES (deceased; 1919-2000) — Accused of sexually abusing a minor in the early 1980s.

Summary: A man alleged in 2015 that Weber had fondled the victim’s genitals when he was between 11 and 13 years old, after Weber lectured children on the meaning of impure thoughts and actions at St. Gertrude Church in Vandergrift.

Service history

11/4/1945: Ordained

Full service history not available