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