Priest Accused of Sexual Abuse: Patrick J. O’Shea (San Francisco)

-Fr. Patrick O’Shea

Ordination: 1958

Fr. Patrick O’Shea was criminally charged with child sexual abuse, but the charges were dropped due to the statute of limitation. In the mid-1990s, Fr. O’Shea was named in multiple civil child sexual abuse lawsuits, both of which settled. The Archdiocese of San Francisco permanently stripped him of his faculties in 1995 and applied for his laicization. As of 2003, the application for laicization remained pending. Fr. O’Shea was convicted of grand theft and tax fraud in 2004 and put on probation. His whereabouts and whether he had access to children from 1994 to 2018 are unknown.

1958-1969 Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco, CA
1969-1970 On duty outside the Archdiocese
1970-1978 Most Holy Redeemer, San Francisco, CA
1970-1994 Holy Childhood Pontifical Association, San Francisco, CA
1972-1982 Assistant Director for Vocations, San Francisco, CA
1971-1982 San Francisco Society for the Propagation of the Faith,
San Francisco, CA
1978-1990 Holy Name of Jesus, San Francisco, CA
1985-1994 San Francisco Society for the Propagation of the Faith,
San Francisco, CA
1989-1992 Serra Club of West San Francisco Area (Golden Gate)
1990-1994 St. Cecilia, San Francisco, CA
1994-1995 Unknown
1995-2003 Absent on leave
2003-2018 Unknown

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