Simon Twomey

Status: Retired 2009. Faculties withdrawn in 2018.
Diocesan Response: Restricted from ministry
Year and Place of Birth: 1944, Ireland
Seminary Attended: All Hallows College, Ireland
Date Ordained / Connection to Diocese: Ordained 1970 as priest of the Diocese of Sacramento

Assignments in Diocese of Sacramento

  • 1970: St. John Vianney, Rancho Cordova; Sacred Heart, Sacramento
  • 1970-1975: St. John the Baptist, Chico
  • 1975-1978: Our Lady of the Assumption, Carmichael
  • 1978-1981: Leave of absence
  • 1981-1984: St. John Vianney, Rancho Cordova
  • 1984-1990: St. Thomas More, Paradise
  • 1990-1993: Holy Family, Citrus Heights
  • 1993-1999: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sacramento
  • 1999-2003: St. Patrick, Grass Valley
  • 2003-2009: Our Divine Savior, Chico

Reporting Victims

Date range of alleged abuse: 1975-1976

  1. Female, under the age of 18
    • Nature of accusation(s): Investigation is currently pending
    • Year reported to diocese: 2018