Philip Mark Wolfe

Ordained: 1980

Philip Mark Wolfe was a boys choir leader and teacher at St. Anthony’s Seminary.  He was convicted in 1989 of sexual abuse of a boy.  He was sentenced to one year in jail and five years probation.  He committed suicide in 1994. According to the Los Angeles Archdiocesan report, Wolfe has three accusers and incidents from 1975-1989.  Wolfe was the subject of civil lawsuits filed in 1991, 2001, and two suits in 2009.

Father Wolfe's Assignments

Articles about Father Wolfe

• New York Times - 11 Friars Molested Seminary Students, Church Inquiry Says (01/12/1993)
• Associated Press, Los Angeles Times - Former Priest in Seminary Molestation Case Commits Suicide (11/11/1994)