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The Diocese of Yakima in January 2008 agreed to pay $25,000 each to four women who claimed to have been sexually abused by Reverend Michael Simpson. The alleged crimes took place at Saint Aloysius Parish in Toppenish when the plaintiffs were children. [12] In 2005, a woman from Zillah also sued the diocese, claiming sexual abuse by Simpson. [13]
Pope Pius XII created the Diocese of Yakima on July 18, 1951, from the Diocese of Seattle, and St. Paul's was named the diocesan cathedral. The Rev. Joseph Dougherty of Seattle was named first bishop of the diocese. The cathedral was expanded from 1954 to 1955. A terrazzo floor and new oak pews were installed. The seating capacity of the ...
Joseph Jude Tyson (born October 16, 1957) is an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Yakima since 2011. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle from 2005 to 2011.
Francis Eugene George OMI (January 16, 1937 – April 17, 2015) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church.He was the eighth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois (1997–2014) and previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Yakima in Washington State and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.
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 ...
On April 1, 2008, Sevilla accepted blame for hiring Reverend Juan Gonzalez, a priest from Oregon, in 2003 to work as a retreat director for the diocese. Gonzalez was being investigated at that time by police in Marion County, Oregon, for viewing child pornography. [3] Sevilla knew about the investigation, but hired Gonzalez anyway.
In 1951, Pope Pius XII erected the Diocese of Yakima, taking territory from the Diocese of Spokane. [12] In early 1955, Pius XII named Reverend Bernard Joseph Topel of the Diocese of Helena as coadjutor bishop to assist White. When White died later that year, Topel automatically succeeded him as bishop of Spokane. [18]
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