Fr. Hugh John Sutton: Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Fr. Hugh John Sutton

Ordained, 1956

Notes: Fr. Hugh Sutton was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Pueblo. On March 14, 2014, the Bishop of Fort Worth released a statement announcing that Fr. Sutton had recently been accused of sexual abuse of a minor at Notre Dame Catholic School in Wichita Falls, Texas, in the early 1990’s. In 2015, Fr. Sutton was accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a minor student from approximately 1990 to 1992 at Notre Dame Middle and High School in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Assignments within the Archdiocese/Diocese(s) in Colorado: Pueblo

Assignments:

1957 Sacred Heart, Alamosa, CO (PBL)

1958 Sacred Heart Home, Pueblo, CO (PBL)

1959-1960 St. Joseph’s Hospital, Del Norte, CO (PBL)

1961-1967 Chaplain, U.S. Navy (PBL)

1968-1969 St. Vincent de Paul, San Diego, CA (SD)

1970-1971 Chaminade Preparatory, Canoga Park, CA (LA)

1972-1973 On Duty Outside the Diocese (PBL)

1974- 1975 On Duty Outside the Diocese (PBL); Father Dueñas Memorial School and Seminary, Agaña, Guam (AGN)

1976 On Duty Outside the Diocese (PBL); St. Michael’s, Biloxi, MS (JKS)

1977-1982 On Duty Outside the Diocese (PBL); Chaminade Preparatory, Canoga Park, CA (LA)

1983 On Duty Outside the Diocese (PBL); St. Francis of Assisi, Forrest City, AR (LR)

1984-1992 On Duty Outside the Diocese (PBL); Notre Dame Middle-High School, Wichita Falls, TX (FWT)

1992-2004 Retired (PBL)

1993-1994 St. Vincent de Paul, Leeds, ND (FAR)

1995-1998 Sacred Heart, Cando, ND (FAR)

2001-2004 Commons of Providence, Sandusky, OH (TOL)

2004 Died