Fr. John H. Duggan, S.J.: Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Fr. John H. Duggan, S.J.

Ordained: 1957
Assignments:
  • 1958 Weston College/Regis College, Weston, MA (BO)
  • 1959 Our Lady of Martyrs, Auriesville, NY (ALB)
  • 1960-1970 Diocese of Scranton Pastoral Center, Scranton, PA (SCR)
  • 1971-1972 Loyola High School, Baltimore, MD (BAL)
  • 1973-1979 St. Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (PH)
  • 1980 Old St. Joseph’s, Philadelphia, PA (PH)
  • 1981 Faber House, Chicago, IL (CHI)
  • 1982-1983 Jesuit Fathers and Brothers Maryland Provincial Curia, Baltimore, MD (BAL)
  • 1984 Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden, NJ (CAM)
  • 1985-1988 Scranton Preparatory School, Scranton, PA (SCR)
  • 1989-1993 St. Paul’s, Scranton, PA (SCR)
  • 1994 Unknown
  • 1995 Jesuit Fathers and Brothers Maryland Provincial Curia, Baltimore, MD (BAL)
  • 1996-2004 University of Scranton, Scranton, PA (SCR)
  • 2003 Jesuit Fathers and Brothers Maryland Provincial Curia, Baltimore, MD (BAL)
  • 2004-2005 Campion Hall, Oxford, England
  • 2006-2019 Unknown

Fr. John H. Duggan, S.J., was ordained a Jesuit priest and worked for approximately one year in the Diocese of
Albany. During a psychological evaluation in 1993, Fr. Duggan admitted to sexually abusing young children early in his
priesthood. Fr. Duggan was then reinstated, but was restricted to supervised ministry. In 1996, a survivor reported that
he was sexually abused by Fr. Duggan as a teenager in 1970s while Fr. Duggan worked in the Diocese of Scranton.
Fr. Duggan is named on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s “List of Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sexual Abuse,”
as well as the Diocese of Scranton’s 2018 “List of Individuals for Whom Allegations of Sexual Abuse of a Minor Have Been
Admitted, Established, or Determined to Be Credible.” It is believed that Fr. Duggan died in 2004.