33 San Jose Priests Accused Of Sexual Misconduct Listed

SAN JOSE, CA -- A law firm has released a report listing the names of 212 Catholic priests who are accused of sexual misconduct. Among them are 33 priests from the Diocese of San Jose.

Jeff Anderson & Associates says, "This report is intended to raise awareness about the important issue of clerical sexual abuse, provide the public with vital information including assignment histories, and provide awareness to survivors. Assignment histories are approximations and were compiled from The Official Catholic Directory, bishopaccountability.org and media reports."

The law firm emphasizes that "the allegations should be considered just allegations and should not be considered proved or substantiated in a court of law."

Beyond the 33 members of the clergy from the South Bay city are:

• 135 are from the Archdiocese of San Francisco
• 95 from the Diocese of Oakland

Here are the accused clergy who served in San Jose:

• Thomas Bettencourt
• Edward F. Beutner
• Edward Thomas Burke
• Charles Leonard Connor
• Raymond A. Devlin
• Joseph Dondero
• Milton Eggerling
• Hal Ellis
• William C. Farrington
• Don D. Flickinger
• John J. Gallen
• Robert A. Gray
• Arthur Harrison
• James F. Kuntz
• Alexander C. Larkin
• Laurent Largente
• Jerold W. Lindner
• Angel Crisostomo Mariano
• Phillip E. McCrillis
• Joseph Mikulich
• James T. Monaghan
• John Rodrigues Moniz
• George Moss
• Stephen J. Muth
• Leonel C. Noia
• Joseph T. Pritchard
• William J. Scanlan
• Noel Senevirante
• Stephen Emmett Specialle (Speciale)
• Phil Sunser
• Hernan Toro
• Raul R. Valdez
• Carlton Whitten

The full report is listed here https://www.andersonadvocates.

--Image via Shutterstock, Bea Karnes of Patch contributed to this article