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Felix Charles Owino
Summary of Case: Owino was arrested in July 2010 and charged with aggravated sexual battery involving an 11 year old girl. He was held without bond in a Fairfax VA jail while awaiting a September 2010 trial.

Ordained: 1992

Start

Stop

Assignment

Town/Accusations

State/

Country

Position

Notes

1992

1997

Apostles of Jesus Minor Seminary

 

Uganda

Rector

Sometime prior to arriving in the U.S., Owino held this position. (catholicculture.org, July 13, 2010)

 

 

National Shrine of the Most Sacred Hear of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary

Nairobi

Kenya

Rector

Sometime prior to arriving in the U.S., Owino held this position. (catholicculture.org, July 13, 2010) He is not indexed in the Directories until 1998.

1997

Pittsburgh bishop was Donald William Wuerl (1988-2006)

2001

St. Bede's

Pittsburgh

PA

3/3

In residence.

Parish had a school with 292-308 students.

Owino earned an MA., PhD in philosophy from Dusquene University. He was likely pursuing this degree while in residence at St. Bede's.

2001

Allentown bishop was Edward Peter Cullen (1997-2009)

2002

St. Peter's

Reading

PA

5/5

In residence.

 

2002

2003

 

 

 

 

Owino is not indexed in the 2003 Directory, nor is he listed at his previous or next assignments.

2003

2005

St. Bede's

Pittsburgh

PA

2/3

In residence.

Parish had a school with 350 students, and a religious education program with 90 students.

2005

Manchester bishop was John Brendan McCormack (1998- )

2007

Magdalen College

Warner

NH

Chaplain

School had 71-70 students.

2007

2008

 

 

 

 

Owino is not indexed in the 2007 Directory, nor is he listed at his previous or next assignments.

2008

Wheeling-Charleston bishop was Michael Joseph Bransfield (2004- )

2010

Wheeling Jesuit

Wheeling

WV

faculty member

Owino is not indexed in the 2009 Directory. This assignment is per news reports. He joined the Wheeling Jesuit faculty in the Fall of 2008. (Wheeling News-Register
July 13, 2010)

 

2010

St. Paul's

Weirton

• Owino was accused in July 2010 of inappropriate touching an 11 year old girl in Fairfax, VA. He was said to have been a "longtime friend of the family". (WTOV July 13, 2010)

WV

associate pastor

Owino is not indexed in the 2009 Directory. This assignment is per news reports. (Wheeling News-Register
July 13, 2010)

Owino was arrested July 8, 2010 and held a the Adult Detention Center in Fairfax while awaiting a September trial.


Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1993-2009 )

Priests in a Parish: We use the following convention to show a priest's place among the clergy of a parish: 1/2 means that he is the first priest listed in the Official Catholic Directory (usually the pastor) and that there is a total of two priests at the parish. The shorthand 3/4 means that the priest is listed third on a four-priest roster. See our sample page from the Directory.

Note: The Official Catholic Directory aims to report the whereabouts of Catholic priests in the United States on January 1 of the Directory's publication year. Our working assumption is that a priest listed in the Directory for a given year was at the same assignment for part of the previous year as well. However, Kenedy and Sons will sometimes accept updates well into the year of publication. Diocesan clergy records are rarely available to correct this information. The Directory is also sometimes misleading or wrong. We have tried to create an accurate assignment record, given the source materials and their limitations. Assignment records are a work in progress and we are always improving the records that we post. Please email us with new information and corrections.

This assignment record collates Owino's career history as it is represented in the Official Catholic Directory with allegations as reported in the media. We make no representation regarding the truth of the allegation we report, and we remind our readers that the U.S. legal system presumes that a person accused of or charged with a crime is innocent until proven guilty. Similarly, individuals who may be defendants in civil actions are presumed not to be liable for such claims unless a plaintiff proves otherwise. Admissions of guilt or liability are not typically a part of civil or private settlements. For more information, see our posting policy.

This assignment record was last updated on Aug. 25, 2010

Sources:
WRIC.com (AP) 7.12.10;
WTRF 7.12.10;
Statement by Wheeling-Charleston Diocese;
Statement by Wheeling Jesuit University;
WTOV 7.12.10;
Wheeling News-Register 7.13.10;

State Journal 7.13.10;
WTOV 7.13.10;
SNAP Statement 7.13.10;
WTRF 7.15.10;
Herald-Star 7.16.10;
Fairfax Times 7.20.10

News Stories

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, "Priest faces sex abuse count in Virginia", September 3, 2010.


Steubenville, WTOV TV9, "Grand Jury To Hear Case Of Weirton Priest Charged With Sexual Battery", August 2, 2010.

Concord Monitor, "Former Magdalen chaplain arrested", August 31, 2010.

Manchester Union Leader, "Priest charged with sex assault in Va. served as chaplain in NH", August 31, 2010.

Steubenville, WTOV TV9, "Grand Jury To Hear Case Of Weirton Priest Charged With Sexual Battery", August 2, 2010.

Fairfax Times, "Priest charged with child molestation", July 21, 2010.

Weirton Daily Times, "SNAP supporters speak out against Owino and Diocese actions", July 16, 2010.

Wheeling, WTRF TV7, Video Report, "Priest Charged: Father Felix Owino", July 13, 2010.

Steubenville, WTOV TV9, Video Report, "Local Priest Facing Sex Charge: NEWS9 Travels To Virginia Where Alleged Incident Happened", July 13, 2010.

The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register, "Priest Facing Sex Counts", July 13, 2010.

Steubenville, WTOV TV9, Video Report, "What Led To Arrest Of Local Priest", July 13, 2010.

Steubenville, WTOV TV9, Video Report, "Former WJU Professor Charged With Sexually Battering Minor", July 12, 2010.

Steubenville, WTOV TV9, "Local Priest, Former WJU Professor Charged With Sexually Battering 11-Year-Old Girl", July 12, 2010.

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