Fr. Gordon Patrick Wagoner: Credibly Accused of Sexual Abuse of Minors

Fr. Gordon Patrick Wagoner

Ordained: 1965

  • 1966: St. Mary Cathedral, Lafayette, IN (LFT)
  • 1967-1969: On Duty Outside the Diocese (LFT) – 7131 S. Clyde Ave., Chicago, IL 60649
  • 1970: On Duty Outside the Diocese (LFT) – St. John’s College of Cleveland, Dept. of Theology, Cleveland, OH 44114
  • 1971-1975: Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN (LFT)
  • 1976: On Duty Outside the Diocese (LFT) – St. Maur’s Seminary, 4545 Northwestern Ave., 46208
  • 1977: On Duty Outside the Diocese (LFT)
  • 1978-1979: On Duty Outside the Diocese (LFT) – University of Albuquerque, St. Joseph’s Pl. N.W., Albuquerque, NM 87140
  • 1980: On Duty Outside the Diocese (LFT)
  • 1981-1983: On Leave of Absence (LFT)
  • 1984-1985: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Carmel, IN (LFT)
  • 1986: Chaplain, St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Kokomo, IN (LFT)
  • 1987-1993: Chaplain, St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center of Kokomo, Inc., Kokomo, IN (LFT)
  • 1987-1994: Administrator, St. Elizabeth, Lucerne, IN (LFT)
  • 1995-1996: In residence, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Carmel, IN (LFT)
  • 1996-2004: Veterans’ Administration Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (IND)
  • 2004-2005: Our Lady of Grace, Noblesville, IN (IND)
  • 2006-2008: Unknown
  • 2008: Died

Fr. Gordon Patrick Wagoner was ordained for the Diocese of Lafayette in 1965. Fr. Wagoner is known to have worked in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and New Mexico. According to the Official Catholic Directory, Fr. Wagoner was on duty at an address near the Church of St. Philip Neri in the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1967 to 1969. Fr. Wagoner is known to have held positions as a hospital chaplain and as a professor and Director of Campus Ministry at several universities. In 1983 Fr. Wagoner was reported to have moved back to the Lafayette diocese “for reasons of health.” In 2017 Fr. Wagoner was first named publicly as accused on the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s list of “Priests, Deacons, & Religious Accused of Sexual Abuse of Children.” Fr. Wagoner’s whereabouts and whether he had access to children from 2006 until his death in 2008 are unknown.