• Delayed Statute of Limitations for Suits Involving Minor Victim : Age 18 + 8 years, or 3 years from discovery. clarity. “There currently exists a 2-year window for actions for which the statute of limitations had previously lapsed. However, gross negligence is needed in claims against employers”. Hawaii Public Act 68. Signed into law by Gov. Apr. 24, 2012. (To amend Ch. 657 (1), not yet updated as codified on LEXIS).

• 6 Year Statute of Limitations for Serious (Class A) Sexual Felonies, 3 Years for Others : Haw. Rev. Stat. § 701-108(2)(b), (d).
  • Sexual offenses that are Class A felonies include first-degree sexual assault (most victims under age 16 and sexual act committed by strong compulsion), § 707-730, continuous sexual assault of a minor under 14 (offender resides in the same house as the minor or has recurring access, and engaged in three or more sexual acts while the minor is under 14), § 707-733, and first-degree promotion of child abuse (including production or participation in the preparation of child pornography), § 707-750.
  • Most other sexual offenses are non-Class-A felonies, e.g., incest, § 707-741, second and third-degree sexual assault, §§ 707-731, -732, second and third-degree promotion of child abuse, §§ 707-751, -752, first and second-degree electronic enticement of a child, §§ 707-756, -757.
    
  
  
  • Delayed Statute of Limitations for Felony Offenses Against Victims Under Age 18 : The statute of limitations is tolled until the minor victim reaches the age of 18. § 701-108(6)(c).
    
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Press Release:

March 21, 2013

In shocking video testimony, accused predator priest admits to molesting dozens.

Unabated by his church superiors Father Gerald Funcheon was moved around the country

Children in 14 different schools, camps and military installations in 8 states and Germany and Spain were blatantly put at risk.

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View PDF of Funcheon statement View PDF of Rossi Letter as PDF

Sworn Testimony:

Map of Assignments:

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Assignment History:

Fall 1958 Seminary – Brighton, MA

#1: 1959-1960 Crosier Novitiate – Hastings, NE

He spent six summers at CYO camp in Ft. Wayne, IN and worked at Hastings High School and St. Cecelia High School.

5/22/1965 Diocese of Ft. Wayne

5/1965 Camp Wawasee in Indiana

#2: 8/26/1965 Immaculate Conception Monastery in Hastings, NE

#3: 1966 Priest Director of CYO Camp at Our Lady of the Lake Seminary in Syracuse, IN

1967 Boy Scout Chaplain for the Warsaw, IN troop

1968 Wawasee Prep, Syracuse, IN

#4: 1970 St. Odilia’s in St. Paul, MN; also works at YMCA while at St. Odilia’s

#5: 1975-1976 St. Thomas Aquinas School in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; also assistant to the pastor at Our Lady of Martyrs, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

#6: 1976 Enlists as Military Chaplain in the U.S.A.F. and is assigned to Lackland AFB in Texas. Hospital Chaplain at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, TX and coached 12-15 y/o basketball

#7: 1977 Chaplain at Ramstein AFB in Germany

#8: 1979 Crosier Community in Onamia, MN; Prefect of sophomores/freshman, P.E. teacher, driver’s education, religion, and swimming instructor

#9: 1980-1982 Chaplain for Cathedral High School and John XXIII Middle School in St. Cloud, MN; Unit Chaplain at Minn-St. Paul IAP, Air National Guard

#10: 7/14/1982 Appointed to Damien Memorial School by Bp. Ferrario

1982 -1984 Damien Memorial School in Honolulu, HI as full time teacher and

Chaplain with the Irish Christian Brothers and Air National Guard

#11: 1984-1985 Palma High School in Salinas, CA

#12: 7/1/1985 Crosier Community at Saint Stephen’s in Anoka, MN

8/10/1985 Granted faculties in the Archdiocese of Minneapolis-St. Paul

#13: 4/21/1986 Assignment terminated at Saint Stephen’s; Funcheon moves to St. Ann Church in Lafayette, IN

5/23/1987 Terminated from the Crosier Order

7/31/1987 Incardinated into the Diocese of Lafayette, IN

1990s Receives treatment at St. Michael’s and Dittmer House in MO

Sept. 2004 Moves to Florida; no faculties granted in the Diocese of St. Petersburg

Sept. 2012 Living in Dittmer, MO at St. John Vianney Renewal Center funded by the Diocese of Lafayette, IN

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