6 Broomall, Newtown Square Priests On 'Credibly Accused' List

BROOMALL-NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA — Six priests with connections to Broomall and Newtown Square are part of a comprehensive list of Catholic clergy who have been "credibly accused" of sexual abuse.

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.

The list, put together by Patch partner ProPublica, includes dozens of other priests who served in neighboring municipalities.

Here's the list of clergy who have worked in Broomall and Newtown Sqaure and have been credibly accused of sexually abusing minors. Most have either passed away or been defrocked.

Richard D. Dolan

Ordained in 1962, Dolan worked in Newtown Square at St. Anastasia from June 1976 to June 1981

He served as the assistant pastor.

He was laicized (removed from priesthood) in 1981.

John Mulholland

Ordained in 1965, Mulholland served as an assistant pastor at St. Anastasia in Newtown Square from June 1968 to June 1973.

He was laicized in 1980.

Carmen F. Taraborelli

Taraborelli, ordained was also an assistant pastor at St. Anastasia in Newtown Square. He served from March 1986 to June 1989.

He has since had his priestly faculties restricted, but has not been laicized, and is listed under "life of prayer and penance."

Thomas J. Wisniewski

Ordained in 1974, Wisniewski was the Parochial Vicar at St. Pius X in Broomall from June 1991 to July 1992.

He is listed under "life of prayer and penance."

Mark J. Haynes

Haynes was ordained in 1985. He was the Parochial Vicar at St. Pius X in Broomall from January 2001 to June 2005.

Hi faculties were withdrawn from October 2014 to September 2016, after which he was laicized.

Robert L. Brennan

Brennan served as the Assistant Pastor at St. Pius X in Broomall from June 1964 to June 1970.

Ordained in 1964, he had his faculties restricted in 2005 and was laicized in 2017.

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The Pennsylvania grand jury investigation, which prompted ProPublica's project, was described by the Associated Press as the "biggest and most exhaustive ever" into priest sex abuse by an individual state. The investigation revealed many priests admitted to their actions and were allowed to continue in the ministry for years despite having confessed to molesting children.

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In one case, after a priest confessed to anal and oral rape of at least 15 boys, a bishop who later met with him commended him as "a person of candor and sincerity."

Another priest who was "grooming his middle school students for oral sex," was accused by several victims before he was removed 15 years later, the grand jury found.

The Pennsylvania grand jury report was pivotal in spurring dioceses around the country to release lists of abusers associated with their churches, ProPublica said.