Fr. David A. Holley
Ordained, 1958
Notes: Fr. David Holley worked in various dioceses throughout the United States. After working in the Diocese of Worcester, Fr. Holley was reportedly sent to Servants of the Paraclete, an institution known for treating priests accused of child sexual abuse. In 1993, Fr. Holley was sentenced to 275 years in prison in Alamogordo, New Mexico, for sexually abusing at least eight minor boys between approximately 1973 and 1974. While incarcerated, Fr. Holley reportedly admitted that his desire to sexually abuse children began to manifest itself in 1962. Fr. Holley is included in the Diocese of Amarillo’s list of “Priests Accused of Abusing Minors” in the subsection “credible accusations occurred in the Diocese of Amarillo”; the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s “List of Priests, Deacons, Religious, and Seminarians Accused of Sexual Abuse of Children”; the Diocese of San Angelo’s “Credibly Accused Clergy in the Diocese of San Angelo”; and the Diocese of El Paso’s list of “Priests who served in El Paso with the permission of the bishop and with faculties, but who were incardinated to a bishop from another Diocese.” Fr. Holley reportedly died while in prison. His status as a priest from 1989 until his death in 2008 is unknown.
Assignments within the Archdiocese/Diocese(s) in Colorado: Denver
Assignments:
1959-1962 Unknown
1963-1964 St. Philip’s, Grafton, MA (WOR)
1965 St. Anthony’s, Washington, D.C. (WDC)
1966-1967 St. Mary of the Hills, Boylston, MA (WOR)
1968 Our Lady of Faitma, Worcester, MA (WOR)
1969-1970 St. John’s, Worcester, MA (WOR)
1971-1975 Absent on Sick Leave (WOR)
1976 On Duty Outside the Diocese (WOR)
1977-1981 Unknown
1982-1983 Unknown
1984 St. Joseph’s, Amarillo, TX (AMA)
1985-1986 Unknown
1987 St. Joseph West Mesa Hospital, Albuquerque, NM (SFE)
1988 St. Anthony Hospital Systems: Central and North Hospital, Denver, CO (DEN)
1989-2008 Unknown
2008 Died