Mark N. Matson: Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Mark N. Matson

1976: Ordained

  • 1977-1983: St. Andrew Seminary, Denver, CO
  • 1984: St. Patrick Church, Holyoke, CO
  • 1985-1991: Provincial House at St. Andrew Seminary, Denver, CO
  • 1989: Santa Rosa, CA
  • 1990-1991: Unknown
  • 1992-1996: Unknown
  • 1997: Provincial House at St. Andrew Seminary, Denver, CO
  • 1998: Chaplain at an Army Medical Center, HI
  • 1999: Unknown
  • 2000: Sentenced to 20 years in prison
  • 2001-2013: Presumed incarcerated
  • 2013-2018: Unknown

Fr. Mark N. Matson is alleged to have abused multiple children in Colorado and California. He has been accused of sexual abuse while he worked at St. Andrew Seminary in Denver in 1976. He has been accused of abusing two boys in Colorado in 1987 and another boy in California in 1989. In 1998 Fr. Matson sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy and was criminally charged. In 2000, Fr. Matson was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Five years later, another Colorado victim came forward and alleged he was abused by Fr. Matson in 1982. Fr. Matson was granted parole in July 2013 and is currently registered as a sex offender in Hawaii.