Rev. Anthony J. Muzic
Summary of Case: Muzic was accused in a 1993 lawsuit of having sexually abused an altar boy in 1965 and 1966, after giving the boy alcohol. The diocese considered the claim not to be credible. The claimant dropped the lawsuit due to the statute of limitations. He and his lawyer continued to insist that the accusation was true. Muzic denied the allegations. He died in March 2010.
Ordained: 1963
Died: March 29, 2010
Start | Stop | Assignment | Town/Accusations | State | Position | Notes |
1963 Cleveland bishop was Edward Francis Hoban (1945-1966) |
1965 | St. Vitus' | Cleveland
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OH | 4/4 ,3/4
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St. Vitus' had a school with 770-775 students. |
1965 Clarence George Issenmann replaced Hoban (1966-1974) |
Sept. 1971 | St. Brendan | North Olmsted • Muzic was accused in a 1993 lawsuit of having sexually abused a St. Brendan's altar boy in 1965 and 1966. According to the claimant, Muzic plied him with alcohol, and made him serve mass without clothes under his cassocks, among other things. (Plain Dealer [Cleveland Ohio] |
OH | 2/2, 3/3 | St. Brendan's had a school with 502-685 students. |
Sept. 1969 | Cleveland Central Catholic High School | Cleveland | OH | full-time faculty member | ||
Sept. 1971 | 1974 | Immaculate Conception | Akron | OH | 4/4, 3/4, 3/3 | Immaculate Conception had a school with 192-149 students. |
June 1974 | Diocesan Dept. of Religious Education | |||||
1974 Following Issenmann as bishop was James Aloysius Hickey (1974-1980) |
1982 | Borromeo College of Ohio | Wickliffe | OH | faculty member; associate spiritual director; spiritual director | |
June 1982 Anthony Michael Pilla succeeded Hickey (1980-2006) |
1988 | St. Monica | Garfield Heights | OH | 2/5, 1/4, 1/5
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St. Monica's had a school with 536-481 students. |
1990 | 1991 | Dean of a Deanery | ||||
2005 | 2006 | St. Ladislaus | Lorain | OH | 3/3, 2/2 In residence. |
St. Ladislaus had a catechesis program with 19 students. |
March 1988 Replacing Pilla was Richard Gerard Lennon (2006- ) |
2009 | St. Mark | Cleveland | OH | 2/3, 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 1/2, 2/2 | St. Mark's had a school with 403-517 students. A 1993 lawsuit in which Muzic was accused of having sexually abused a boy in 1965 and 1966 was deemed by the diocese to be without merit; Muzic was allowed to continue in ministry. The suit was dropped due to the statute of limitations. (Cleveland Plain Dealer Muzic died March 29, 2010 (Office of the Secretariat, Diocese of Cleveland, March 30, 2010) |
Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1964-2009)
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