Diocese: Archdiocese of Newark
Religious Order: Society of Missionaries in Africa
Summary of Assignments:
- 1971-1976: Bawku Catholic Mission; Bawku, Ghana, West Africa
- 1976-1978: Assignment unknown; Chicago, IL
- 1978-1979: St. Mary’s; Plainfield, NJ
- 1979-1989: Africa – Assignment unknown
- 1990-1991: Missionaries of Africa; Chicago, IL
- 1989-1992: Missionaries of Africa – Superior; Los Angeles, CA
Notes:
Attorney Garabedian announced settlement on behalf of one person in 9/13. Although Phelan spent most of his career in African countries of Burkina Faso and Ghana as a member of the “White Missionaries,”, he was assigned for at least one year (1977) in Plainfield in the Newark Archdiocese. Not indexed in Official Catholic Directory after 1992.
Sources:
The Republic (AP) 09.04.13; SNAP Statement 09.06.13; SNAP Statement 11.20.13; BA.org Assignment Record; http://bishop-accountability.org/