Thomas Gardner: Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Thomas Gardner

Ordained in 1979, Father Thomas Gardner’s name was publicly released on February 11, 2015, as one of seventeen names of priests who have been accused of sexual abuse or misconduct with a minor in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Fr. Gardner was named in a notice of claim that was submitted to the Archdiocese and its insurance carriers.

Father Thomas Gardner worked in the following parishes:

  • Guardian Angels Friary Church, Chaska, MN, 1980-1982
  • Our Lady of Angels Franciscan Seminary, Quincy, IL, 1983
  • Secular Franciscan Province of the Sacred Heart of the Secular Franciscan Order, Oak Brook, IL, 1985
  • St. Augustine Friary, Chicago, IL 1986-1988
  • Secular Franciscan Province of the Sacred Heart of the Secular Franciscan Order Province Center, Lombard, IL 1986-1988
  • Franciscan Friary of St. Anthony of Padua, St. Louis, MO 1989-2002
  • Franciscan Foreign Missions, 1990-2002
  • Custody of St. Mary of Angels, Byzantine-Slavonic, 2003