Jerome Plourde, osc: Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Jerome Plourde, osc

Father Jerome Plourde was a priest of the Crosier Fathers and Brothers and was ordained in 1952. He worked as a Crosier priest in parishes and at assignments in Minnesota, Nebraska and Indiana (and New York?) from 1959 to 1988, including an assignment at the Catholic Community of St. Odilia in Shoreview, Minn., (Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis) from 1960-69.

Father Plourde’s name was publicly released in February 2015 as a priest who has been accused of sexual abuse or misconduct with a minor in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Father Plourde was named in a notice of claim that was submitted to the Archdiocese and its insurance carriers.

Father Plourde worked at the following:

Father Plourde died in 1984.