Start |
Stop |
Assignment |
Town/Accusations |
State |
Position |
Notes |
1960s
Omaha Bishop was Gerald Thomas Bergen (1948-1969) |
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St. John Seminary |
• Church documents obtained in 2001 show reportsto the Archdiocese from St. John's stating Herek sought contacts with younger boys and was "a definite risk." (Omaha World Herald [Nebraska]
July 15, 2001) |
NE |
seminarian |
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1971
Bishop was Daniel Eugene Sheehan (1969-1993) |
1973 |
Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary |
Omaha
• After Herek's 1998 arrest an Omaha police investigator stated, "We've talked to victims from 1972 on." (Omaha World Herald [Nebraska]
August 30, 1998) |
NE |
2/2
Pastor was Rev. Robert J. Gass |
Parish had a school with 264-236 students. |
1973 |
1975 |
Christ the King |
Omaha |
NE |
2/3
Pastor was Rev. Robert J. Gass. Third priest 1973-1974 was William Hettinger, replaced in 1974-1975 by Robert P. Duffy. |
Parish had a school with 474 to 450 students. |
1975 |
1979 |
St. Joan of Arc |
Omaha
• Herek's former sister in law stopped by his mobile home in a trailer park in 1977 or 1978 and found there were "a half a dozen or so boys about 9-12 years old running around the trailer in their underwear." She reported this to Archbishop Sheehan. He did not respond. (Omaha World Herald [Nebraska]
August 30, 1998) |
NE |
2/2
Pastor was Rev. Andre H. Meister. |
Parish had a school with 343-312 students. |
1979 |
1980 |
Mary Our Queen |
Omaha
• Church documents obtained in 2001 indicate Chancellor in 1980, Rev. James Kane, "discouraged someone from pursuing criminal charges against" Herek. (Omaha World Herald [Nebraska]
July 15, 2001) |
NE |
2/2
Pastor was Rev. Francis P. Kenny. |
Parish had a school with 487 students. |
1980 |
1981 |
St. Peter's |
Omaha
• Parishioners sent letters to the Archdiocese about improper behavior toward boys by Herek, including "getting them drink, feeling them up and taking their pictures." (Omaha World Herald [Nebraska]
August 30, 1998) |
NE |
2/3
Pastor was Rev. Richard S. Ciurej. Third priest was Savious Mallia. |
Parish had a school with 133 students. |
1981 |
1982 |
St Bernard |
Omaha |
NE |
4/4
Herek listed last after Msgr. Edward P. McCaslin, Revs. Steven J. Stillmunks, and David G. Reeson. |
Parish had a school with 405 students. |
1982 |
1985 |
St. Michael's |
Coleridge |
NE |
1/1 |
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1982 |
1985 |
St. Mary's |
Belden |
NE |
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St. Mary's was a mission of St. Michael's. |
1985 |
1989 |
Holy Cross |
Beemer |
NE |
1/1 |
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1989 |
1992 |
St. Ann's |
Omaha |
NE |
1/2
In residence was Rev. Nguyen Loi. |
Parish had a C.C.D. program with 52 students. |
1992
Sheehan was replaced as Bishop by Elden Francis Curtiss (1993- ) |
1997 |
St. Richard's . |
Omaha
• Placed on leave after child pornography found in the rectory. (Omaha World Herald [Nebraska]
July 26, 1997) Sent to St. Luke Institute in Silver Springs MD for treatment. There May 1997-Feb. 1988. |
NE |
1/1, 1/2
Working under Herek 1994-1997 was Rev. Theodore L. Richling.
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Parish had a school with 221-185 students. |
1997 |
2002 |
Absent on Leave |
• Arrested Feb. 1998 for sexual assault on a child. Abuse said to have taken place June 1992-May1997. Victim was a St. Richard's parishioner, under the age of 14. (Omaha World Herald [Nebraska] Convicted and sentenced in 1999 to 20 months to 5 years in prison. (Omaha World Herald [Nebraska] January 19, 1999) He was released after 2 and 1/2 years. In 2005 he was arrested for masturbating in a mall parking lot and sentenced to 120 days in jail. He was free while appealing his case, so he wasn't jailed until July 2008. In Sept. 2008 Herek was sentenced to another four months in jail because the parking lot incident was a violation of his probation. (WORLD-HERALD September 5, 2008) |
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Herek no longer appears in the Directories after 2002. Laicized in 2006. (Catholic Voice, December 3, 2018) |