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The diocese evicted Faucher from his house while he was in jail, and performed an exorcism on the property before putting it up for sale. [23] [24] In 2020, Faucher died in prison. [25] [26] The diocese in October 2019 released a list of 15 priests and one deacon with credible accusations of sexual abuse of children. [27]
On November 4, 2014, Pope Francis named Christensen as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Boise. He was installed on December 17, 2014, in the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Boise, Idaho. [4] On February 2, 2017, police arrested Reverend Thomas Faucher, a retired priest, for possessing and distributing child pornography. Surprised by ...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise Regions are deaneries for geographic areas of the state of Idaho. The areas are further defined by parishes , stations, and chapels . The Diocese of Boise is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland .
Driscoll was later named Bishop of Boise, Idaho, on January 18, 1999. Replacing Bishop Tod Brown , he was formally installed on the following March 17. [ 2 ] After 15 years with the Diocese of Boise, Bishop Driscoll retired on August 8, 2014, and Bishop Peter Christensen was named his successor.
In December 1993, Brown and the diocese of Boise were named in a lawsuit by two brothers who alleged sexual abuse by Luke Meunier, a priest serving in the diocese. The acts occurred in the 1970's when the boys were minors. Meunier had been previously caught in the act by diocese officials with other boys and been receiving counseling for ...
Sep. 17—Boys from Joplin and Carthage and a boy and a girl from Neosho are among 11 alleged victims of past sexual abuse by Catholic Church officials cited in a lawsuit filed last week against ...
Edward Kelly died of a heart attack while celebrating mass in Boise on April 21, 1956; he was age 66. [6] He was succeeded by Bishop James Byrne . [ 1 ] Bishop Kelly High School in west Boise, opened in 1964, is named in his honor.
On February 6, 1918, Gorman was appointed the second bishop of the Diocese of Boise by Pope Benedict XV. [2] He received his episcopal consecration on May 1, 1918, from Archbishop Giovanni Bonzano, with Bishops Mathias Lenihan and Joseph Glass, C.M., serving as co-consecrators. [2]