Rev. David M. MacPherson
Summary of Case: MacPherson was accused in 2003 of having sexually abusing two girls, who were sisters, in the late 1960s. MacPherson was defrocked in the 1970s.
Ordained: 1967?
| Start | Stop | Assignment | Town/Accusations | State | Position | Notes |
1967 Covington bishop was Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. (1960-1978) |
1970 | St. Patrick's | Maysville • Two women, who were sisters, accused MacPherson in 2003 of having sexually abused them when they were children at St. Patrick's. (Cincinnati Enquirer |
KY | 3/3 | St. Patrick's had a grade school with 133-102 boys and 99-80 girls, and a high school with 54-63 boys and 61-53 girls. MacPherson is not indexed in the 1967 or 1968 Directories, but he is listed as at St. Patrick's in the Directories'Covington diocesan pages. |
| 1970 | 1971 | Mother of God | Covington | KY | 2/2 In residence. |
MacPherson is not indexed in the 1971 Directory, but he is listed as at Mother of God's in the Directory's diocesan pages. |
| 1971 | 1973 | MacPherson is not indexed in the 1972 or 1973 Directories. | ||||
| 1973 | 1978 | Madonna Manor | Villa Hills | KY | Chaplain | Madonna Manor was a nursing home on the property of the Benedictine sisters' St. Walburg Monastery. Also on the property were a Montessori preschool and Villa Madonna Academy, which was an all girls' grade school and high school. Macpherson was defrocked in the 1970s, per the diocese's spokesperson in 2003. (Cincinnati Enquirer |
Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1968-1978)
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This assignment record was last updated on Dec. 23, 2010