Ordination: 1966
Notes: Fr. Bernard Dabbene was suspended in 2000 after being arrested for sexually abusing a minor. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of molesting a minor and was sentenced to three years’ probation and community service. He was ordered to register as a sex offender. Fr. Dabbene was named in at least one civil lawsuit. Fr. Dabbene’s whereabouts and access to children from 2000 until his death in 2010 are unknown.
Assignments:
Late 1950s Salesian Seminary, Richmond, CA
1966-1968 St. Francis High School, Watsonville, CA
1968-1972 Don Bosco Technical High School, S. San Gabriel/Rosemead, CA
1972-1979 Salesian High School, Richmond, CA (OAK)
1979-1982 Don Bosco Technical Institute, Rosemead, CA
1982-1983 Unknown
1983-1984 Salesian Provincial Residence, San Francisco, CA
1984-1985 Salesian Community, Berkeley, CA
1985-1989 St. John Bosco High School, Bellflower, CA
1989-1993 Salesian Provincial Residence, San Francisco, CA
1993-1999 Corpus Christi, San Francisco, CA
1998-2000 Archdiocesan Vicar for Parishes and Archdiocese Board of Education, San Francisco, CA
1999-2000 Cathedral of St. Mary (Assumption), San Francisco, CA
2000-2010 Salesian Provincial Residence, San Francisco, CA
9/9/2010 Died