Suspected Abusers Named in the Attorney General’s Report - Part 4

Father David G. Smith

Date of Birth: January 3, 1947
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 19, 1973
Date of Death: N/A
Known Assignments:

1972 – 1973Deacon, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Towson, MD
1973 – 1980Associate Pastor, St. Mark, Catonsville, MD
1980 – 1991Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Middle River, MD
1984 – 1990Vice-Principal, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel High School, Middle River, MD
1992 – 2000Pastor, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Baltimore, MD
1994 – 2000Teacher, Bishop John Neumann High School, Baltimore, MD
2000Leave of Absence
2008Disability Retirement
Monsignor Richard E. Smith

Date of Birth: January 17, 1940
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 14, 1966
Date of Death: October 25, 2008
Known Assignments:

1966 – 1967Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Woodlawn, MD
1967Assistant Pastor, St. Bernard, Baltimore, MD
November 1967 – September 1968Leave of Absence
1968 – 1973Associate Pastor, St. Mary, Cumberland, MD
1973 – 1978Associate Pastor, St. Mark, Fallston, MD
1978 – 1983Associate Pastor, St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Pasadena, MD
1983 – 1987Pastor, St. Clare, Essex, MD
1987 – 1996Our Lady of Sorrows, West River, MD
1996Pastor, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Crofton, MD
1996 – 2007Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ellicott City, MD
Father Thomas Smith

Date of Birth: October 1, 1924
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 27, 1950
Date of Death: August 20, 1993
Known Assignments:

1950 – 1952Assistant Pastor, St. Jane Frances De Chantal, Pasadena, MD
1952 – 1970Assistant Pastor, St. Michael-Overlea, Baltimore, MD
1970 – 1973Pastor, Most Precious Blood, Baltimore, MD
1973 – 1993Pastor, St. Stephen Bradshaw, Kingsville, MD
Father Michael Spillane

Date of Birth: January 8, 1943
Seminary: St. Charles
Date of Ordination: December 20, 1968
Date of Death: N/A
Known Assignments:

1969 – 1973Associate Pastor, St. Thomas More, Baltimore, MD
1973 – 1974Associate Pastor, St. Paul, Ellicott City, MD
1974 – 1975Associate Pastor, Church of the Resurrection, Ellicott City, MD
1975 – 1976Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Fields, Millersville, MD
1975 – 1976Administrator, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Crofton, MD
1976 – 1986Pastor, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Crofton, MD
1984 – 1985Pastor, St. Mary, Cumberland, MD
January – June 1986Sabbatical
1986 – 2002Executive Director, Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commission, Washington, D.C.
1992 – 1993Leave of Absence; Faculties Removed
2002Retired
Father Albert “Pete” Stallings

Date of Birth: July 8, 1908
Seminary: Sulpician Seminary (Later Theological College of Catholic University)
Date of Ordination: June 9, 1936
Date of Death: November 18, 1990
Known Assignments:

1936 – 1938St. Edward’s Seminary High School, Seattle, WA
1938 – 1945St. Charles College, Baltimore, MD
1945 – 1950St. Luke, Baltimore, MD
1956 – 1983St. Clare, Essex, MD (retired)
1983 – 1990St. Anthony’s (residence)
Father Edmund Stroup

Date of Birth: July 25, 1925
Seminary: Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: June 5, 1949
Date of Death: March 12, 2001
Known Assignments:

1949 – 1955St. Charles, Pikesville, MD
1955 – 1961St. John, Westminster, MD
1961 – 1973St. Vincent de Paul, Baltimore, MD
1973 – 1975St. Rita, Dundalk, MD
1976St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, Rosedale, MD
1977Our Lady of Sorrows, West River, MD
1977 – 1979Holy Rosary, Baltimore, MD
1980 – 1981Holy Family Mission, Davidsonville, MD
1982 – 1990Chaplain, Greater Baltimore Medical Center
In Residence, St. Ursula, Parkville, MD & Immaculate Conception, Towson, MD
Father Cuthbert Sullivan (Passionist)

Date of Birth: September 29, 1920
Seminary: St. Michael’s, Union City, NJ
Date of Ordination: May 4, 1949
Date of Death: May 15, 1999
Known Assignments:

1950sSt. Joseph’s Monastery, Baltimore, MD
Father Francis “Frank” Sweeney (Paulist)

Date of Birth: July 30, 1934
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: May 1, 1961
Date of Death: August 8, 2013
Known Assignments:

1961 – 1962Park Street Paulist Center, Boston, MA
1962 – 1964St. Lawrence Church, Minneapolis, MN
1964 – 1967St. Paul the Apostle Church, Los Angeles, CA
1967 – 1971Trinity Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1971 – 1972Newman Center, Columbus, OH
1972 – 1976University of Maryland Base Community of Relay, Relay, MD; lived in Paulist residence at Johns Hopkins University
1976 – 1978St. Mark’s University Parish, Isla Vista, CA
1978 – 1982St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C.
1982 – 1993University of Maryland Base Community of Relay, Relay, MD
1982 – 1993Chaplain, Charlestown Retirement Community, Catonsville, MD
1985 – 1987Faculty, St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, MD
1992 – 1993Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, Baltimore, MD
1996 – 2003Paulist Fathers Residence, Boston, MA
2003 – 2008Paulist Fathers Generalate, Jamaica Estates, NY
2006 – 2013Paulist Fathers Motherhouse, New York, NY
Father William Alcuin Tasch (Benedictine)

Date of Birth: July 28, 1892
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: December 21, 1918
Date of Death: April 17, 1982
Known Assignments:

1920sDean, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
1955 – 1964Pastor, Church of the Fourteen Holy Martyrs, Baltimore, MD
Brother Cuthbert, Joseph A. Thibault

Date of Birth: Unknown
Seminary: Unknown
Joined Xavierian Brothers: 1933
Date of Death: October 8, 1971
Known Assignments:

1937 – 1945St. John’s Preparatory, Danvers, CT
1946 – 1948St. Michael’s, Brooklyn, NY
1949 – 1954Holy Cross, Brooklyn, NY
1955 – 1957Mission High School, Roxbury, CT
1958 – 1962Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore, MD
1963 – 1964Notre Dame, Utica, NY
1965 – 1968Xavier High School, Middletown, CT
1969 – 1971Xavier Brothers High School, Westwood, MA
Brother Thomas Tomasunas (Capuchin Franciscan)

Date of Birth: June 25, 1926
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: February 28, 1955
Date of Death: June 15, 2001
Known Assignments:

1959 – 1965Capuchin Brothers Training Program, Cumberland, MD
1959 – 1965Ss. Peter and Paul, Cumberland, MD
1965 – 1968St. Mary, Herman, PA
1968 – 1977St. Conrad, Annapolis, MD
1980 – 2001St. Augustine, Pittsburgh, PA
Father Jerome “Jeff” Toohey

Date of Birth: April 25, 1946
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 21, 1977
Date of Death: N/A
Known Assignments:

1977 – 1984Associate Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Baltimore, MD
1980 – 1990Board Member, John Carroll High School, Baltimore, MD
Board President, John Carroll High School, Baltimore, MD
1987 – 1990Chaplain, Baltimore County Police Department
1982 – 1993Chaplain, Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore, MD
1984 – 1993Chaplain to the Deaf Community
1984 – 1993Weekend Associate, St. John, Hydes, MD
1993On Leave Without Faculties
2005Convicted of abusing a minor; sentenced to 5 years in prison (18 months in prison & balance suspended)
2008Laicized
Father James Toulas (Redemptorist)

Date of Birth: March 10, 1928
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: June 20, 1954
Date of Death: 2000
Known Assignments:

1956 – 1960Missionary, Bela Vista, Brazil
1960 – 1964Missionary, Aquidauana, Brazil
1964 – 1967Missionary, Campo Grande I, Brazil
1967 – 1969Missionary, Campo Grande II, Brazil
1969 – 1977Missionary, Campo Grande I, Brazil
1977 – 1979Missionary, Ponta Grossa I, Brazil
1979 – 1981St. Christopher, Kent Island, MD
1981 – 1993Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Fatima, Baltimore, MD
Father Gerald Tragesser

Date of Birth: September 27, 1929
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: 1956
Date of Death: 2013
Known Assignments:

1956 – 1957Immaculate Heart of Mary, Towson, MD
1958St. Clare, Essex, MD
Father Jorge Antonio Velez-Lopez (Tertiary Capuchin)

Date of Birth: January 17, 1956
Seminary: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana – Medellin, Colombia, 1989 Capuchin Tertiary Order
Date of Ordination: July 8, 1989
Date of Death: N/A
Known Assignments:

1987 – 1989Chaplain, Escuela de Trabajo, San Jose, Colombia
1990Chaplain, Colegio Espritu Santu, Bogota, Colombia
1991Coordinator, Centro de Orientacion Juvenil, Cajica, Colombia
1992Coordinator, Colegio San Antonio, Bogota, Colombia
1993 – 1998Coordinator, Institutio Fray Luis Amigo, Lamira, Colombia
1996 – 1998Chaplain, Fundacion Universitaria, Palmira, Colombia
1999 – 2001Director, Centro de Orientacion Juvenil, Cajica, Colombia
2001Velez enters US to work for Archdiocese, Office of Hispanic Ministry
2001 – 2010St. John, Columbia, MD
2020Convicted of sex abuse of a minor; sentenced to 25 years with all but 9 years suspended
Father Francis Wagner

Date of Birth: March 11, 1914
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 14, 1940
Date of Death: January 17, 1984
Known Assignments:

1940 – 1943Assistant Pastor, St. Augustine, Washington, D.C.
1943 – 1946Chaplain, US Army
1946 – 1959Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Middle River, MD
1959 – 1963Pastor, St. Joseph, Taneytown, MD
1963 – 1983Pastor, St. Joan of Arc, Aberdeen, MD
1983Pastor Emeritus, St. Joan of Arc, Aberdeen, MD
Father William Walsh (Jesuit)

Date of Birth: 1923
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: 1954
Date of Death: 2018
Known Assignments:

1949 – 1951St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, Philadelphia, PA
1956 – 1961Maryland Province Office of the Society of Jesus, Baltimore, MD
1961 – 1965Bishop’s Latin School, Pittsburgh, PA
1966 – 1967Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1967 – 1978Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues, Wernersville, PA
1978 – 1985Maryland Province Office of the Society of Jesus, Baltimore, MD
1986 – 1991St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
1991 – 1996Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
1996 – 1998Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Father William Wehrle (Jesuit)

Date of Birth: January 1, 1921
Seminary: Woodstock College
Date of Ordination: June 18, 1950
Date of Death: August 25, 1995
Known Assignments:

1950 – 1951Sacred Heart, Woodstock, MD
1951 – 1952Our Lady of Martyrs, Auriesville, NY
1952 – 1960Immaculate Conception, Mechanicsville, MD
1960 – 1966St. Ignatius, Hilltop, MD
1960 – 1966Sacred Heart, LaPlata, MD; St. Catherine of Alexandria, McConchie, MD
1966 – 1971Holy Trinity, Washington, D.C.
1971 – 1972Jesuit Residence, Pittsburgh, PA
1972 – 1973Chaplain, Pittsburgh Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
1973 – 1974St. Joseph Hospital, Omada, NE
1974 – 1976St. Louis, Denver, CO
1976 – 1980St. Therese, Denver, CO
1980 – 1981St. James, Denver, CO
1981 – 1985St. Alphonsus Rodriquez, Woodstock, MD; Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD
1986 – 1993Ss. Peter and Paul, Pittsburgh, PA
1993 – 1995St. Charles Lwanga, Pittsburgh, PA
Monsignor Thomas A. Whelan

Date of Birth: February 8, 1906
Seminary: Unknown
Date of Ordination: June 13, 1941
Date of Death: April 21, 1987
Known Assignments:

1941 – 1942Assistant, St. Mary of the Assumption, Baltimore, MD
1942 – 1945Chaplain, US Armed Forces in the India-Burma Theater
1946 – 1957Assistant, St. Thomas Aquinas, Baltimore, MD
1957Assistant, St. Bernard, Baltimore, MD
1957 – 1959Assistant, St. Mary of the Assumption, Baltimore, MD
1959 – 1964First/Senior Assistant, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD
1964 – 1965Administrator/Rector, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD
1965 – 1971Pastor, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD
1971 – 1987Retired/Pastor Emeritus, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD
Father John Wielebski

Date of Birth: October 23, 1947
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: July 15, 1978
Date of Death: N/A
Known Assignments:

1974 – 1978Intern, Sacred Heart, Glyndon, MD
1978 – 1981U.S. Penitentiary, Marion, III
1981 – 1983Superior, Holy Trinity Monastery & Spiritual Center, Pikesville, MD
1983 – 1984Redeemer House Shelter, Baltimore, MD
1984 – 1985Temporary Administrator, St. Bernard, Baltimore, MD
1985 – 1988Associate Pastor, St. Dominic, Baltimore, MD
1988Incardinated into the Archdiocese of Baltimore
1988 – 1991Director, Monsignor Clare J. O’Dwyer Retreat House, Sparks, MD
1991 – 1996Pastor, St. Patrick, Cumberland, MD
1996 – 1999In residence, Sacred Heart, Glyndon, MD
1999 – 2009Pastor, Resurrection of Our Lord, Laurel, MD
Monsignor Roger K. Wooden

Date of Birth: January 4, 1899
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: June 16, 1927
Date of Death: November 18, 1976
Known Assignments:

1927 – 1943Assistant Pastor, St. Mary Star of the Sea, Baltimore, MD
1943Administrator, St. Mary Star of the Sea, Baltimore, MD
1943 – 1949Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Thurmont, MD
1949 – 1958Pastor, St. Jerome, Baltimore, MD
1958 – 1971Pastor, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Baltimore, MD
1959Elevated to Monsignor
1971Retired/Pastor Emeritus, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Baltimore, MD
Father Howard F. Yeakle

Date of Birth: June 25, 1926
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: 1951
Date of Death: February 15, 1988
Known Assignments:

1951 – 1953St. Augustine, Elkridge, MD
1953 – 1955St. Patrick, Baltimore, MD
1955 – 1957All Saints, Baltimore, MD
1957 – 1961St. Mildred, Gray Manor, MD;
St. Adrian, Inverness, MD
1961 – 1969St. Brigid, Baltimore, MD
1970 – 1971St. Augustine, Williamsport, MD
St. Michael, Clear Spring, MD
1971Sick Leave
November 22, 1972Laicized
Sister Francis Marie Yocum

Date of Birth: March 9, 1909
Seminary: N/A
Date of Ordination: N/A
Date of Death: March 25, 1994
Known Assignments:

1950sThe Catholic High School, Baltimore, MD
Monsignor Henry Francis Zerhusen

Date of Birth: January 10, 1925
Seminary: St. Mary’s Seminary
Date of Ordination: May 30, 1953
Date of Death: August 9, 2003
Known Assignments:

1953Temporary Assistant Pastor, St. Martin Church, Baltimore, MD
1953 – 1964Associate Pastor, St. Clement Mary Hofbauer Church, Rosedale, MD
1964 – 1968Associate Pastor, Our Lady Queen of Peace, Middle River, MD
1968 – 1987Associate Pastor, “Shared Ministry” St. Ambrose, Baltimore, MD
1987 – 1995Pastor, St. Anthony of Padua, Baltimore, MD
1990Elevated to Monsignor
1995 – 2000Senior Priest, St. Mark, Catonsville, MD
2000Retired Priest in Residence, St. Mark, Catonsville, MD