Click on the links for information about specific cases and clergy from each diocese.

Salina Diocese

The Salina Diocese provided detailed information about two priests accused of abuse, one of which was found to be “unsubstantiated.”

The diocese declined to provide information about any other cases or provide the total number of allegations the diocese has received. Representatives declined a request for an interview.

Total number of cases identified:

• One case verified by the diocese.

• One case “unsubstantiated” by review board.

• One case of an order priest who served in Salina verified by Capuchin order officials.

• One Capuchin order priest convicted for sexual abuse that occurred while serving in the diocese.

Dodge City Diocese

Representatives from the Dodge City Diocese provided information about one priest, but did not provide additional information or specifics about the case when asked.

The diocese declined to answer questions about any other cases of abuse. Father Bob Schremmer, diocese vicar general, said “That’s the only case we have information to release to the public.”

The diocese declined a request for an interview and did not respond to a certified letter sent in November requesting more information.

Total number of cases identified:

• One case reported by the diocese.

Wichita Diocese

A representative from the Wichita Diocese did not return several phone calls requesting information.

The diocese responded to a certified letter sent in November, confirming that the diocese had received 22 “allegations of sexual abuse of minors” since the implementation of the charter in 2002. However, the diocese would not provide the names of any of the clergy who had substantiated cases made against them.

Diocese representatives declined an interview request.

Total number of cases identified:

• One priest from the diocese was convicted of sexual abuse.

• One priest was named in an unsuccessful lawsuit alleging abuse at an orphanage run by the diocese. The plaintiffs also accused another priest and a nun of sexual abuse. The lawsuit was dismissed because of the statute of limitations.

• An order priest was accused of sexual assault in an unsuccessful 2006 lawsuit.

• Diocese reported 22 allegations of abuse since 2002.

Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas

Representatives from the archdiocese provided information about several clergy accused of abuse, but did not provide detailed information about investigations into such allegations. In response to questions about additional allegations, a church representative said, “From my understanding there have been no additional accusations or clergy removed from our archdiocese other than those stated.”

Church officials declined an interview request.

Total number of cases identified:

• Two priests from the diocese were convicted and spent time in prison for sexual abuse.

• One priest was stripped of priestly powers after allegations of sexual abuse.

• One priest was removed from the church following allegations, but the church said it could not determine whether the accusations occurred when the victim was a minor.

• A victim who was interviewed accused a priest of sexual abuse in a 2006 lawsuit. That priest was removed from the church, according to officials, but they would not clarify whether it was because of sexual abuse, though they said they had received accusations of abuse regarding the priest.

The archdiocese also had several allegations against clergy who served in the diocese but were from St. Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison or from another Catholic order.

Cases at St. Benedict’s Abbey:

• Two monks were “removed from public ministry” following allegations of abuse. Both continue to reside at the abbey.

• A monk was accused of sexual abuse of a minor, but officials at the abbey said they were not made aware of the case until after the monk left the abbey.

• St. Benedict’s was involved in a $2.6 million legal settlement, along with the Seattle Archdiocese, for sexual abuse allegedly committed by a monk from the abbey.

Abbey officials declined an interview request.

Order priests

• An order priest who served in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has a pending lawsuit filed against him for alleged abuse that occurred in another country. Rebecca Randles, the attorney for the plaintiff, said the case will likely be dismissed soon, as they are close to reaching a settlement with the church on the case. The priest is retired.

• Officials from the Capuchin order sexual abuse review board confirmed cases against two priests who served in the Kansas City diocese. Church officials said the investigation found the accusations were “more likely to be true.”