Assignment Record – Rev. Roger Vaughn, o.s.c.

Summary of Case: A priest of the Crosier order, Vaughn was accused in a 2006 lawsuit of the sexual abuse of a Minnesota boy in the 1970s. The Directories show that Vaughn was subsequently moved to the Chicago Crosier community, and then to New Rochelle, NY. He is last known to have been a chaplain at a Staten Island hospital in 2000.

Ordained: 1977

1977

St. Cloud bishop was George Henry Speltz (1968- 1987)

Onamia

• Vaughn was accused in a 2006 lawsuit of having sexually abused a boy in the 1970s; the boy was a student at the Crosier minor seminary. His accuser said there were multiple Crosier perpetrators and that the seminary was "a house of horrors".

1987

Chicago archbishop was Joseph Louis Bernadin (1982-1996)

1988

New York archbishop was John Joseph O'Connor (1984-2000), followed by Edward Michael Egan (2000-2009)

The 2000 and 2001 Directories index a Roger Vaughn (NY) as at St. Vincent's Medical Center of Richmond on Staten Island.

Vaughn is not indexed beyond the 2003 Directory.

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1978-2003)

• Two Alleged Sexual Abuse Victims Sue Catholic Order, Instead of Seeking Damages, the Men Are Asking the Crosiers to Identify Members Accused of Abusing Children, By Margaret Zack, Star Tribune [Minnesota], May 4, 2006
• Clergy Sex Abuse Advocate Says Victims Still in 'Shadows,' Hope Is for Others to Come Forward, By Cliff Buchan, Forest Lake Times, February 5, 2009
• Nine Men to Share $1.7 Million from Catholic Order That Admits Sex Abuse, By Emily Gurnon, Pioneer Press, February 5, 2009
• Breaking News: Priest Who Worked at St. Odilia in 1970s Found Libel in Sexual Abuse Settlement, By Michelle Miron, Shoreview Press, February 6, 2009
• The Parish Community of St. John, New York City, saintjohnofkronstadt.faithweb.com, March 2010
• St. Paul & Minneapolis List of Credibly Accused Priests, released Dec. 5, 2013

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This assignment record was last updated on Dec. 10, 2013