Here Are The Yardley Priests On The 'Credibly Accused' List

YARDLEY, PA — The journalism site ProPublica, a Patch Partner, recently released the most comprehensive list so far of Catholic clergy "credibly accused" of sexual abuse. The list includes seven accused abusers with ties to the Yardley area.

All seven have either passed away or have been permanently restricted from the priesthood due to the allegations.

The searchable database — which includes hundreds of priests accused from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, as well as dioceses in Scranton, Allentown, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and more — comes on the heels of a grand jury report that revealed hundreds of "predator" priests across the state.

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Here are the priests on the ProPublica list with Yardley ties:

James E. McGuire
McGuire was parochial vicar at St. Ignatius, in Yardley, from 1993-95. He was suspended from ministry in 2002 and defrocked in 2006.

Robert L. Brennan
Brennan was pastor at St. Ignatius, in Yardley, from 1988-89. Brennan was accused of sexually abusing a boy from the time he was 11 years old. His accuser died of an overdose before he was able to testify in court, but the archdiocese settled in what was believed to be its largest settlement in 2018.

James J. Brzyski
Brzyski is deceased. He was assistant pastor of St. John the Evangelist, in Morrisville, from 1977-81. Accused of sexually abusing as many as 100 boys in the late 70s and early 80s, Brzyski left active ministry in 1985 and was found dead in a Texas motel in 2017.

Charles J. Schaeflein
Schaeflein is deceased. He was assistant pastor at Holy Trinity, in Morrisville, from 1949-50 and in residence at St. Joseph the Worker in Fallsington from 1965-77. He was retired to "a life of prayer and penance" in 2006.

Michael W. Swierzy
Swierzy is deceased. He was parochial vicar at St. John the Evangelist, in Morrisville, from 1992-97. He was accused in 1997 of sexually abusing an altar boy at St. John. He would plead guilty to corruption charges in that case, then a second accuser came forward in 2002. He was removed from the priesthood in 2005 and died months later.

Leonard W. Broughan
Broughan is deceased. He was assistant pastor at St. John the Evangelist, in Morrisville, from 1967-68. He died in 1998.

James T. Henry
Henry is deceased. He was assistant pastor at St. John the Evangelist, in Morrisville, in 1969. A priest from 1964 until 2004, his faculties were restricted and he was retired to a "life of prayer and penance" until his death in 2018.