Rev. Gerald A. Morin, S.J.

Assignment History– Rev. Gerald/Gerard A. Morin, S.J.

Summary of Case: Morin was ordained in 1942 for the CA Province of the Society of Jesus. He is referred to variously as Gerald or Gerard. He spent his career in parishes and schools in the dioceses/archdioceses of Seattle, Portland in OR, Spokane and, for a few years, in the Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska. For more than thirty years Morin was assigned to St. Leo the Great parish in Tacoma WA. He died in 1992. Morin's name was included on the Seattle archdiocese's list released January 15, 2016 of clergy and religious with admitted, established or credible allegations against them of sexual abuse of a minor.

Ordained: 1942
Died: January 18, 1992

Start	Stop	Assignments	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1942 Archdiocese of San Francisco Archbishop was John Joseph Mitty (1935-1961).	1943	Alma College	Alma	CA	4th year theologian	Theologate of the CA Province, Society of Jesus.
1943 Diocese of Seattle Bishop was Gerald Shaughnessy, S.M. (1933-1950).	1944	Bellarmine High School	Tacoma	WA		Bellarmine High had 280 students, all boys.
1944 Shaughnessy was succeeded as Seattle bishop by Thomas Arthur Connolly (1950-1975). Seattle was established as an archdiocese June 23, 1951).	1955	Manresa Hall	Port Townsend	WA	tertian father	Jesuit Tertianship.
1945 Archdiocese of Portland in OR Archbishop was Edward Daniel Howard (1926-1966).	1947	St. Ignatius'	Portland	OR	2/2	St. Ignatius' had a school with 179 students.
1947 Diocese of Spokane Bishop was Charles Daniel White (1926-1955).	1948	St. Patrick's	Spokane	WA	2/2	St. Patrick's had a school with 311 students.
1948 Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska Bishop was Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J (1948-1968).	1951	Holy Name	Ketchikan	AK	1/1	Holy Name had a school with 103-67 students.
1951 Archdiocese of Seattle Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen followed Connolly as Seattle archbishop (1975-1991).	1983	St. Leo the Great	Tacoma	WA	2/3, 2/2, 2/4, 3/4, 3/3, 3/5	St. Leo's had a grade school until 1976 with 532-153 students, and a high school for girls until 1973 with 298-139 students.
1983	1991	Bellarmine High School	Tacoma	WA		Bellarmine High had 530-921 students, boys and girls.
1991	1992	Seattle University	Seattle	WA		Morin died January 18, 1992.

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.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (Kenedy & Sons, 1943-1993).

• List of Credibly, Admitted or Established Accused, Archdiocese of Seattle, January 15, 2016
• Here Are All the Seattle Catholic Priests Who Have Been Accused of Sexually Assaulting Children, By Sydney Brownstone, The Stranger, January 15, 2016

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This assignment record was last updated on May 6, 2016.