Fr. Charles C. Brown: Substantiated Claims of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Fr. Charles C. Brown

Ordained, 1958

Notes: Fr. Charles Brown was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Denver. Fr. Brown was accused of sexually abusing a boy for a period of 5 years in the 1960s beginning when the boy was a minor teenager. The first incident of abuse occurred when Fr. Brown took the boy on a ski trip. The abuse was reported to the Archdiocese who allegedly did not notify law enforcement for another 7 years. Fr. Brown was publicly named in Colorado Attorney General’s Special Master’s Report on “Roman Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse of Children in Colorado from 1950 to 2019.” Fr. Brown is reported to presently reside in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Fr. Brown’s status as a priest and his access to children are unknown.

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

Assignments:

1959-1960 St. Joseph’s, Fort Collins, CO (DEN)

1961-1967 Newman Club Chaplain, Colorado A and M, Colorado Springs, CO (DEN)

1961-1970 St. Joseph’s, Fort Collins, CO (DEN)

1971-1977 Unknown

1978 On Duty Outside the Diocese (DEN)

1979-1987 Sangre de Cristo, Albuquerque, NM (SFE)

1988-2002 Immaculate Heart of Mary, Los Alamos, NM (SFE)

2003-2019 Retired (SFE)