| Rev. Charles F. Engelhardt, o.s.f.s. Summary of Case: Engelhardt was charged in February 2011 with orally sodomizing and molesting a 10 year old altar boy in 1998. The charges were the result of a Philadelphia District Attorney's investigation, which also resulted in the arrests of two other priests and a parochial school teacher on similar charges. Arrested, too, for knowingly putting children in harm's way, was a Monsignor who had been Secretary of Clergy for the archdiocese under Cardinal Bevilacqua. Ordained: 1977 |
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| Start | Stop | Parish | Town/Accusations | State | Position | Notes |
1977 Philadelphia archbishop was John Joseph Krol (1961-1988) |
1983 | Salesianum School | Wilmington | DE | Listed as assistant principal in the 1983 Directory. | This was a high school with 1,100-1,220 students, all male. |
1983 Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua succeeded Krol (1987-2003) |
1992 | Northeast Catholic High School Faculty House | Philadelphia | PA | Northeast Catholic had 1680-940 students, all male. | |
| 1992 | 2000 | Fr. Judge High School for Boys | Philadelphia | PA | Fr. Judge HIgh had 1,431-1400 students. | |
| 1998 | 2000 | St. Jerome's | Philadelphia • As the result of a Philadelphia District Attorney's investigation, Engelhardt was arrested in Feb. 2011 on charges that he orally sodomized and molested a 10 year old altar boy in St. Jerome's sacristy in 1998. (City of Philadelphia |
PA | 4/5 | St. Jerome's had a school with 831-823 students. Charged in Feb. 2011 along with Engelhardt for the same offenses against the same boy was Edward Avery, an archdiocesan priest who had been defrocked in 2006. The boy's sixth grade teacher, Bernard Shero, was arrested in Feb. 2011 for orally and anally sodomizing the same boy at age 11. Rev. James Brennan, another archdiocesan priest, was arrested in Feb. 2011 on charges that he had sodomized a 14 year old in 1996, while on leave. Brennan was assigned to St. Jerome's in 1997. Msgr. William J. Lynn, who had been Secretary of Clergy for the archdiocese, was arrested in Feb. 2011 for knowingly putting children in harm's way, "going out of his way to put known abusers into contact with adolescents", which lead to the abuse of at least two more boys. The Grand Jury Report details the D.A.'s findings. (Philadelphia Grand Jury Final Report 2-10-11) |
2000 Justin Francis Rigali replaced Bevilacqua (2003- ) |
2005 | Mater Dolorosa | Philadelphia | PA | 1/1, 1/2 | Mater Dolorosa had a school until 2003 with 196-125 students, and a religious education program with 25 students. |
| 2005 | 2007 | St. Anthony of Padua | Wilmington | DE | 3/5 | St. Anthony's had a grade school with 364 students and a high school with 595 students. It also had a religious education program with 45-58 students. |
| 2009 | 2010 | Villa De Sales Oblate Residence | Wyndmoor | PA | ||
| 2007 | 2011 | Resurrection of Our Lord | Philadelphia | PA | 2/2, 2/3 Parochial Vicar |
Parish had a school with 609-510 students and a religious education program with 113-62 students. |
| Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1978-2010) Priests in a Parish: We use the following convention to show a priest's place among the clergy of a parish: 1/2 means that he is the first priest listed in the Official Catholic Directory (usually the pastor) and that there is a total of two priests at the parish. The shorthand 3/4 means that the priest is listed third on a four-priest roster. See our sample page from the Directory. Note: The Official Catholic Directory aims to report the whereabouts of Catholic priests in the United States on January 1 of the Directory's publication year. Our working assumption is that a priest listed in the Directory for a given year was at the same assignment for part of the previous year as well. However, Kenedy and Sons will sometimes accept updates well into the year of publication. Diocesan clergy records are rarely available to correct this information. The Directory is also sometimes misleading or wrong. We have tried to create an accurate assignment record, given the source materials and their limitations. Assignment records are a work in progress and we are always improving the records that we post. Please email us with new information and corrections. This assignment record collates Engelhardt's career history as it is represented in the Official Catholic Directory with ... as it is reported in the media. We make no representation regarding the truth of the allegation we report, and we remind our readers that the U.S. legal system presumes that a person accused of or charged with a crime is innocent until proven guilty. Similarly, individuals who may be defendants in civil actions are presumed not to be liable for such claims unless a plaintiff proves otherwise. Admissions of guilt or liability are not typically a part of civil or private settlements. For more information, see our posting policy. This assignment record was last updated on Feb. 17, 2011 |