Fr. Walter E. MacPherson
Ordained: 1955
- 1956-1962: St. Martin of Tours, Washington Park, IL (BEL)
- 1963: St. Joseph, Prairie du Rocher, IL (BEL)
- 1964-1968: St. Mary’s Hospital, East St. Louis, IL (BEL)
- 1969: Academy of Notre Dame, Belleville, IL (BEL)
- 1970-1973: St. Michael Church, Paderborn, IL (BEL)
- 1974-1994: St. Michael of Tours, Washington Park, IL
- 1974-1994: St. Michael of Tours, Washington Park, IL
- 1996-2011: Retired (BEL)
- 2011: Died
Fr. Walter E. MacPherson was accused by at least one person of childhood sexual abuse. Fr. MacPherson was permanently removed from active ministry after allegations surfaced that Fr. MacPherson sexually abused a boy who was in his early teens in the mid-1970s. In 2018, Fr. MacPherson was included on the Diocese of Belleville’s list of “Clergy who are Currently Removed from Ministry after Credibly Substantiated Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors, or Serious Sexual Misconduct with Adults.” Fr. MacPherson’s whereabouts and whether he had access to children from 1995 until his death are unknown.