Jerome Henson, OP

Status: Permanently removed from ministry, assigned to life of prayer and penance. Removed from diocese by Dominicans in 1981.
Diocesan Response: Religious Order priest left the diocese years before allegation came to light.
Year and Place of Birth: 1947, USA
Seminary Attended: University of St. Thomas Angelicum, Rome, Italy; Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley, CA
Date Ordained / Connection to Diocese: Ordained 1977 as priest of the Dominican religious order

Assignments in Diocese of Sacramento

  • 1977-1981: St. Dominic, Benicia; Chaplain of the Nat’l Guard in Benicia
  • 1980-1981: Diocesan Moderator of Teens Encounter Christ (TEC)

Reporting Victims

Date range of alleged abuse: 1978-1981

  1. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation, oral copulation
    • Year reported to diocese: 2003
  2. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation, oral copulation, sodomy/penetration
    • Year reported to diocese: 2003