Name: Blackwell, William Leroy
Born: 12/08/ 1929
Place Born: Indianapolis Indiana
Ordained: 05/03/ 1957
Place Ordained: St. Meinrad Archabbey
Died: 02/02/ 1990
Place Died: French Lick Indiana
Burial Info: Indianapolis-Calvary Cemetery, Priest’s Circle – Feb 6, 1990
Notes: From the “Bishop’s Accountability” website — Died in 1990. Accused in a 2/04 civil suit of sexually abusing a boy at St. Mary School in the late 1950s. Suit alleges abuse occurred at the school and on trips to home of Blackwell’s parents in Indianapolis. A second civil suit filed in 8/05 alleged that Blackwell abused another youth between 1956 and 1961 at places including St. Mary’s in sacristy and the rectory. On archdiocese’s 10/12/18 list. Noted to have eight victims, in 1958 and 1964-68.