Diocese: Archdiocese of Newark
Religious Order: Sons of the Sacred Heart
Summary of Assignments:
- 1959-1964: Combine College; Ethiopia
- 1964-1965: St. Joseph’s Church; Georgia
- 1965-1968: Sacred Heart Seminary; Ohio
- 1968-19790: Verona Feathers; New Jersey
- 1970-1971: Military Fort; Gordan, GA
- 1971-1972: Long Bingh; Vietnam
- 1972-1975: Fort Meade; Maryland
- 1975-1977: Fort Buchanan; Puerto Rico
- 1977-1979: St. Mary’s Church; Altoona, PA
- 1979-1980: St. John Evangelist Church; Bellefonte, PA
- 1980-1987: Chaplain at SCI Rockview
- 1987-2002: St. Kateri Tekak.; Penns Valley
Notes:
Worked in Ethiopia, GA, OH, NJ, Vietnam, MD, Puerto Rico and PA. Per the PA Attorney General’s 3/1/16 report, Crouse sodomized a 14-yr-old boy in the late 1960s while assigned to his order’s monastery (Sons of the Sacred Heart, or “Verona Fathers”) in Montclair, NJ. Victim told Altoona’s Bishop Adamec in 2002. (Crouse was assigned to Altoona-Johnstown diocese at the time.) Alleged a “Fr Ben” also molested him, and both gave him alcohol. Crouse admitted “inappropriate relationship.” Medical retirement 2002. Died 07/11/09.
Sources:
PA AG Statement 03.01.16; PA GJ FBI Timeline 03.01.16; PA Office of the Attorney General 03.01.16; Tribune-Democrat 03.01.16; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Timeline 03.06.16; PA Office of the Attorney General 03.01.16; http://bishop-accountability.org