Fr. William C. Wehrle, S.J.: Accused of Child Sexual Abuse

Fr. William C. Wehrle, S.J.

Ordained: 1950
Assignments:
  • 1950-1951 Sacred Heart, Woodstock, MD (BAL)
  • 1951-1952 Our Lady of Martyrs, Auriesville, NY (ALB)
  • 1952-1957 Immaculate Conception, Mechanicsville, MD (WDC); Our Lady of the Wayside, Chaptico, MD (WDC); Holy Angels, Avenue, MD (WDC); Sacred Heart, Bushwood, MD (WDC)
  • 1957-1960 Immaculate Conception, Mechanicsville, MD (WDC); Our Lady of the Wayside, Chaptico, MD (WDC)
  • 1960-1966 St. Ignatius, Hilltop, MD (WDC); Sacred Heart, La Pata, MD (BAL); St. Catherine of Alexandria, McConchie, MD (WDC)
  • 1966-1971 Holy Trinity, Washington D.C., (WDC)
  • 1971-1972 Jesuit Residence, Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)
  • 1972-1973 Pittsburgh Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)
  • 1973-1974 Creighton University, Omaha, NE (OM)
  • 1974-1976 St. Louis, Denver, CO (DEN)
  • 1976-1980 St. Therese, Aurora, CO (DEN)
  • 1980-1981 St. James, Denver, CO (DEN)
  • 1981-1982 Unknown
  • 1982-1985 St. Alphonsus Rodriguez, Woodstock, MD (BAL)
  • 1985-1986 Unknown
  • 1986-1993 SS. Peter and Paul, Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)
  • 1993-1995 St. Charles Lwanga, Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)
  • 1995 Died

 

Fr. William C. Wehrle, S.J. was ordained a Jesuit priest and finished his Jesuit Tertianship in 1952 in the Diocese of Albany. Church files reveal Fr. Wehrle was accused of child sexual abuse sometime in the mid-1980s. Following the allegation, Fr. Wehrle was removed from his parish. Fr. Wehrle is listed on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s list of “Priests and Brothers Accused of Child Sex Abuse.”