Rev. William G. Allison- Assignment Record

Assignment Record– Rev. William G. Allison

Summary of Case: Allison is said to have sexually abused many children, from at least as early as 1963. He spent time in treatment at the Servants of the Paraclete and, while there, was allowed by the Gallup diocese to work in a parish. In a letter in his personnel file his supervisor at a Flagstaff, AZ parish stated that "at least three young men" in the parish had told him of "incidents" with Allison.

Ordained: 1948?
Died: Dec. 6, 1987

Start	Stop	Parish	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1948	1949	Absent on Sick Leave
1949 Alexandria bishop was Charles Pasquale Greco (1946-1973).	1952	Mater Dolorosa	Plauchville	LA	2/2	Parish had a school with 201-212 students. It also had a high school.
1952	1955	St. Francis de Sales	Echo	LA	1/1	Parish had a school with 106-96 students.
1955	1957					Allison is not indexed in the 1956 or 1957 Directories.
1957 San Diego bishop was Charles Francis Buddy (1936-1966).	1958	St. Joseph Cathedral	San Diego	CA	5/6	Parish had a grade school with 177 students, and a high school with 330 students.
1958	1963	Absent on Leave
		Servants of the Paraclete	Jemez Springs	NM	patient	This was a treatment center for "troubled"priests.
1960 Gallup bishop was Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. (1940-1969).	1961	Our Lady of Guadalupe	Flagstaff • In a 1963 letter Allison's former surpervisor, Rev. James Lindenmeyer, wrote “Three young men in the parish have told me of incidents involving him." In 2005 Gallup diocesan officials stated there had been one credible accusation against Allison.	AZ		Allison was allowed by the Gallup bishop to work at this parish while a patient at Servants of the Paraclete.
		Arizona State University			Newman Club Director
1963 Los Angeles archbishop was James Francis Aloysius McIntyre (1948-1970).	1964	Immaculate Conception	Los Angeles • Accused in a July 2011 lawsuit of having sexually abused "many children" between 1963 and 1966.	CA	4/6	Parish had a school with 325 students.
1964 Monterey-Fresno bishop was Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R. (1953-1967).	1966	St. Joseph's	Capitola	CA	2/2, 2/3	Parish had a school with 93 boys and 101 girls.
1964	1966	Sacred Heart	Villa Maria del Mar	CA		This was a mission of St. Joseph's in Capitola.
1964	1966	Resurrection	Aptos	CA		This was a mission of St. Joseph's in Capitola.
1966 The diocese split in Oct. 1967, to become the diocese of Fresno. Its bishop was Timothy Mannign (1967-1969).	1969	Sacred Heart	Fresno	CA	2/3	Parish had a school with 177-146 boys and 204-151 girls. Allison is indexed but not listd in the Fresno diocesan pages as at this parish in the 1968 and 1969 Directories.
1969 Pueblo bishop was Charles Albert Buswell (1959-1979).	1973?	Sacred Heart	Avondale	CO	2/2	Allison is indexed (as William G.) but not listed as at this parish in the 1971, 1972, and 1973 Directories.
1969	1973?	St. Joseph's	Huerfano	CO		This was a mission of Sacred Heart in Avondale.
1969	1973?	St. William's	Boone	CO		This was a mission of Sacred Heart in Avondale.
1971? Monterey bishop was Harry Anselm Clinch (1967-1982).	1975?	Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo	Monterey • Allison was accused in a July 2011 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy over an 18 month period at this parish, beginning in 1966 when the boy was 9 years-old.	CA		The Cathedral had a school with 108 boys and 131 girls. Allison is indexed in the 1972-1975 Directories (as S. William) at P. O. Box 1511, Monterey CA, which is the address for the Cathedral, but he is not listed as there in the Monterey diocesan pages.
1971?	1975?	Annunciation	Stephen Place	CA		This was a mission of the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo in Monterey.
1971?	1975?	Monterey Peninsula College Newman	Monterey	CA		This was a mission of the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo in Monterey.
1973 Alexandria bishop was Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves (1973-1982).	1975	Our Lady of Fatima	Monroe	LA	2/2, 2/3	Parish had a school with 289 students. Allison is indexed and listed (as William G.) in the Alexandria diocesan pages of the 1974-1975 Directories.
1975 The diocese's name changed in Oct. 1976 to Alexandria-Shreveport. William Benedict Friend replaced Graves as bishop (1982-1986).	1983	Christ the King	Bossier City	LA	2/3	Parish had a school with 280-242 students.
1975	1983	Mary, Queen of Peace	Caplis	LA		This was a mission of Christ the King in Bossier City.
1975	1983	Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary	Doyline	LA		This was a mission of Christ the King in Bossier City.
1975	1977	Barksdale Air Force Base	Bossier City	LA		This was a mission of Christ the King in Bossier City.
1983 The diocese split in June 1986, and it was again called Alexandria. Friend was succeeded by John Clement Favalora (1986-1989).	1987	St. Francis Xavier Cathedral	Alexandria	LA	2/4, 2/3, 2/2	Allison died Dec. 6, 1987.

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1949-1988)

• Camp Ped, By Ron Russell, Los Angeles New Times, August 15, 2002
• At Least 16 Abusers in Gallup Diocese, By Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola, Independent correspondent, Gallup Independent (Gallup, NM), May 27, 2011
• John Doe 75 Complaint, July 11, 2011.
• Deceased Priest Accused of Sexual Assault, By Susanne Brunner, KION, August 2, 2011
• Man Alleges Molestation by Priest in 1960s, Monterey County Herald, August 2, 2011
• Monterey Diocese Sued over Sex Abuse Allegations, Sacramento Bee, August 3, 2011
• Diocese of Monterey Talks about Sexual Abuse Allegations, By Susanne Brunner, KION, August 4, 2011

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This assignment record was last updated on February 22, 2015.