Rev. Michael McDonald Summary of Case: McDonald was accused in a 2003 lawsuit of having sexually abused a Salinas boy repeatedly from 1964-1967, beginning when the boy was 10 years old. McDonald died in 1971. Ordained: 1958 Died: Nov. 3, 1971 |
Start | Stop | Parish | Town/Accusations | State | Position | Notes |
1958 Monterey-Fresno bishop was Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R. (1953-1967) |
1963 | St. Anthony's | Atwater | CA | 2/2 | Parish had a school with 152-189 boys and 146-172 girls. |
1958 | 1963 | Immaculate Conception | Buhach | CA | This was a mission of St. Anthony's in Atwater. | |
1958 | 1961 | U.S. Air Base | Castle Field | CA | This was a mission of St. Anthony's in Atwater. | |
1963 | 1964 | St. Peter's | LeMoore | CA | 2/2 | Parish had a school with 156 boys and 135 girls. |
1963 | 1964 | St. Joseph's | Stratford | CA | ||
1963 | 1964 | St. Rose's | Tache Indian Reservation | CA | ||
1964 | 1965 | St. Patrick's | Watsonville | CA | 2/3 | |
1965 Willinger was succeeded by Harry Anselm Clinch (1967-1982) as Monterey bishop. The Monterey-Fresno diocese split in Oct. 1967. |
1968 | St. Mary of the Nativity | Salinas • McDonald was accused in a 2003 lawsuit of having sexually abused a boy repeatedly between 1964 and 1967, beginning when the boy was 10 years old. |
CA | 2/2 | Parish had a school with 111-136 boys and 128-111 girls. |
1965
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1968 | Camp McCollum | CA | This was a station of St. Mary of the Nativity in Salinas. | ||
1968 | 1969 | St. Joseph's | Capitola | CA | 3/3 | Parish had a school with 128-149 girls. |
1969 | 1971 | St. Augustine's | Scotts Valley | CA | 1/1 | McDonald died Nov. 3, 1971 |
Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1959-1972) • Diocese Discusses Abuse Cases, By Dan Laidman, Monterey County Herald, January 28, 2004
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