John “Casper” Watts, CP

Status: Left diocese in 1973
Diocesan Response: Religious Order priest left the diocese years before allegation came to light.
Year and Place of Birth: Unknown
Seminary Attended: Unknown seminary
Date Ordained / Connection to Diocese: Unknown ordination date, Priest of the Passionist religious order

Assignments in Diocese of Sacramento

  • No parish assignments – assigned by Passionist Order to Christ the King Retreat Center in Citrus Heights
  • Believed to have periodically filled in at: Sacred Heart Parish, Maxwell Immaculate Conception Parish, Corning

Reporting Victims

Date range of alleged abuse: 1971-1972

  1. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 1994
  2. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 1994
  3. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 1994
  4. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 1994