Free Consultation Hablamos Español Serving El Paso, New Mexico and Surrounding Areas

Affrica, Louis (Fr.)

Fr. Louis Affrica was ordained by the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 1975 after serving eleven years as a Brother of the Holy Cross and a teacher at Bishop McNamara School. There are at least two credible accusations of sexual abuse against him. In 2005, a survivor accused him of sexual abuse between 1973 and 1976, when Affrica organized retreats with teenage boys from the Baltimore parish and Washington, D.C, that involved the consumption of alcohol and marijuana. In 2007, a survivor reported that Fr. Affrica sexually abused her after introducing her to whiskey when he was assigned to St. Ann’s Parish in Hagerstown in the 1970s. He took a leave of absence in 1981 and did not return to the ministry. He died on June 5, 2016.

Assignment History:

Date Position Church/Organization Location
1966-1970 Teacher Monsignor Coyle High School Taunton, MA
1970-1973 Teacher Bishop McNamara High School Forestville, MD
1973-1974 Deacon St. Michael-Overlea Baltimore, MD
1975-1976 Associate Pastor Our Lady of Victory Baltimore, MD
Summer 1976 Temporary Associate Pastor Holy Trinity Glen Burnie, MD
1977 Associate Pastor St. Michael-Overlea Baltimore, MD
1977-1980 Associate Pastor St. Ann Hagerstown, MD