Fr. Hugh John Sutton: Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Fr. Hugh John Sutton

Ordained: 1956

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

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.