Fr. Richard Galdon

Diocese: Archdiocese of Newark

Notes:

Took leave in 1986. Suspended 1987. Abused boys in 1960s-1970s as priest and boy scout troop chaplain. Convicted 1987 of sexual abuse of three. Sentenced to 25 years. Charges of abuse of seven others dropped. Died in 2000. Per obituary he had been “serving at the Service of the Paraclete, a home for retired priests in Jemez Springs, New Mexico.” It was actually a treatment facility for pedophile priests. On Newark archdiocese’s list 2/13/19.

Sources:

UPI 03.04.87UPI 10.28.87; Bergen Record 10.29.87; San Jose Mercury News 12.30.87Star Ledger 07.01.00Star Ledger 07.01.00Star Ledger 05.04.07MyCentralJersey 01.03.12Archdiocese of Newark List 02.13.19Archdiocese of Newark Tobin Letter 02.13.19; http://bishop-accountability.org