Murrough Wallace

Status: Retired 2003. Temporarily out of retirement, 2009-2010.
Diocesan Response: Faculties withdrawn in 2018.
Year and Place of Birth: 1936, Ireland
Seminary Attended: All Hallows College, Ireland
Date Ordained / Connection to Diocese: Ordained 1960 as priest of the Diocese of Sacramento

Assignments in Diocese of Sacramento

  • 1960: Immaculate Conception, Sacramento
  • 1960-1966: St. Charles Borromeo, Sacramento
  • 1966-1970: Our Lady of Lourdes, Colusa
  • 1970: Immaculate Conception, Corning
  • 1970-1990: Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacramento
  • 1970-1990: Diocesan Director of CYO (Camp Pendola)
  • 1981-1990: Bishop Manogue High School
  • 1990-1993: St. John Vianney, Rancho Cordova
  • 1993-2003: St. Theresa, South Lake Tahoe
  • 2009-2010: Our Lady of the Assumption, Carmichael

Reporting Victims

Date range of alleged abuse: 1971-1995

  1. Male, between the ages of 18-25
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 1995
  2. Male, between the ages of 18-25
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching, masturbation, attempted oral copulation
    • Year reported to diocese: 1995
  3. Male, under the age of 18
    • Nature of accusation(s): Investigation is currently pending
    • Year reported to diocese: 2018