Catholic Priest

Francis John Ford

Ordained: 1971

In 2002, a man brought a civil suit alleging that he was sexually abused by Father Francis Ford over the course of two years when he was an altar server at Ascension Parish in Portland, OR, in the 1960s.

Father Ford's Assignments

PlacementCity/StateDate(s)
Ordained1951
St. Elizabeth ParishOakland, CAca. 1951
St. Anthony ParishSan Francisco, CAca. 1951
Ascension ParishPortland, OR1961..1964
St. Paul of the ShipwreckSan Francisco, CA1964..1967
Assignment UnclearAstoria, OR1967
St. ApollinarisNapa, CA1969
Incardinated in the Diocese of Santa Rosa1971
On leave1979
DiedSanta Barbara, CA1985