Summary of Diocesan Statistics

Released February 26, 2004

• Over the five decades of the study, 2,349 priests and deacons served in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
• This total includes 1,284 Pittsburgh diocesan priests, 442 priests from other dioceses studying or serving in Pittsburgh, 94 religious order priests serving directly in diocesan pastoral ministry, 460 religious order priests studying or serving in the Diocese, and 69 deacons.
• Diocesan records show that 95 victims accused 51 clergy over five decades.
• Of those 51, six clergy were formally determined to have been falsely accused.
• An additional six of the 51 clerics were deceased at the time the accusations were reported to diocesan authorities, but are included in the overall report.
• The 45 clergy with accusations against them represent 1.9 percent of the priests and deacons who have served in the Diocese of Pittsburgh over the past five decades.
• Ninety percent of the clergy accused were accused of incidents prior to 1990; six clergy were accused of incidents in the 1990s.
• According to diocesan records, the last incident for which the diocese has a record took place in 1997.
• Those 45 clergy have either died, been removed from active priestly ministry, or withdrew from priestly ministry.
• The Diocese has provided assistance to victims in the amount of $841,000 from the diocesan insurance program over the five decades of the study. This averages about $16,000 per year of the study.
• $1.2 million was provided directly by diocesan insurance coverage for such assistance over five decades.