Diocese of Richmond adds 4 to list of clergy sexual abuse allegations

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RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) The Catholic Diocese of Richmond has added four more names to a list of clergy with credible and substantiated allegations of child sexual abuse.

The dioceses announced the additions last week, noting that the allegations date back decades. Three of the accused priests died and the allegations were made after their deaths. They are Robert D. Beattie, Leo Creamer, Patrick F. Quinn. The fourth, Joseph Slowik. has not exercised an active priestly ministry since 2006.

The allegations have been reviewed by the Environmental Security Bureau and the Diocesan Review Board and civil authorities have been made aware of the allegations, the diocese said in a statement.

Beattie served in Norfolk at St. Joseph and in Richmond at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and at St. Augustine. He died in 1971.

Quinn, who died in 1995, served at Christ the King and Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Norfolk, St. Joseph in Petersburg, and St. Charles in Cape Charles. Creamer, who died in 1991, served in Richmond at St. Mary’s and St. Paul’s.

Slowik served at St. Mary Star of the Sea in Fort Monroe, St. Paul in Portsmouth, St. Therese Church in Gloucester, St. Paul in Richmond, and St. John in Dinwiddie.

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