Joseph Vincent Sullivan
Joseph Vincent Sullivan (born August 15, 1919 in Kansas City , Missouri , † September 4, 1982 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana ) was an American Roman Catholic clergyman. Sullivan was bishop of the Baton Rouge diocese .
Life
Joseph Sullivan, son of John and Anastasia Sullivan, graduated from compulsory Catholic schools and began his theological training in Missouri. As a young man he went to Washington, DC where he studied at the Catholic University for the Priesthood. On June 1, 1946, Sullivan received the sacrament of ordination in the American capital . In 1949 he received a doctorate in theology from the Catholic University .
Sullivan was initially a chaplain in the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph , where he was superintendent from 1951 to 1957 for the Catholic schools of the diocese. He then rose to the position of chancellor of the diocese, an office which he held for ten years until 1967.
On March 4, 1967, Sullivan was appointed by Pope Paul VI. named Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph and Titular Bishop of Thagamuta . He received his episcopal ordination on April 3, 1967 Bishop Charles Herman Helmsing and his co- consecrators , Cardinal John Cody and Bishop Joseph Mary Marling . In addition to his activities as auxiliary bishop, Sullivan also served as vicar general .
After Robert Emmet Tracy resigned from his office as Bishop of Baton Rouge in March 1974, Sullivan took over the now vacant diocese on August 8, 1974. Sullivan was one of an arch-conservative bishop who campaigned for the right to life movement , against abortion and euthanasia . He also banned Charles Curran , a moral theologian of his time who campaigned for the rights of gays and lesbians, from appearing on the campus of Louisiana State University in February 1979 .
Sullivan was a bishop for only eight years. He died in September 1982, at the age of only 63.
accusations
Sullivan was repeatedly confronted with allegations of sexual abuse of boys after his death. In 2004, an already adult could credibly affirm that, when he was 17 at the time, he had been molested by Bishop Sullivan in 1975. As a consequence, a high school that was named after Sullivan was given a new name.
The next, more serious incident occurred in 2007. The Texans Glenn Hymel accused Sullivan, taught him from 1978 to 1982 as a former student of a school in Baton Rouge, at which Bishop Sullivan to have repeatedly sexually abused. The indictment, brought in Nueces County , accused the dioceses of Baton Rouge and Corpus Christi of doing nothing to protect the boy. The trial, which spanned two years, ended in 2009. The Baton Rouge diocese paid the victim a sum of $ 225,000.
Individual evidence
- ^ Church Settles Suit
- ^ Judge: Dioceses Must Turn over Records in Abuse Lawsuit
- ^ Dioceses Settle Case of Abuse by Br Bishop
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Emmet Tracy |
Bishop of Baton Rouge 1974–1982 |
Stanley Joseph Ott |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sullivan, Joseph Vincent |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sullivan, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, Bishop of Baton Rouge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th September 1982 |
| Place of death | Baton Rouge , Louisiana |