The Catholic Diocese of Nashville released the names of its 13 former priests who are accused of sexually abusing a minor and two had ties locally.

James William Murphy Jr. was once assigned to Blessed Sacrament Church on Margrave Drive in Harriman. Murphy passed away in late 2016.

Edward Joseph McKeown served as administrator and pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church in Harriman, pastor of St. Ann Church on Ridge Road in Deer Lodge and pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Church on St. Thomas Way in Lenoir City. McKeown is currently incarcerated after being dismissed from the priesthood years ago. He plead guilty in 1999 to raping a teenage boy when he was no longer a priest.

The other 11 include:

Edward James Cleary was ordained May 18, 1940, and died Nov. 10, 1997. 

James Arthur Rudisill was ordained May 19, 1951, and retired Feb. 10, 1995. He died Feb. 8, 2008.

Edward Albert Walenga was ordained May 30, 1953, and died Nov. 27, 1983.

Roger R. Lott was ordained in 1954 and was a Benedictine priest serving in Nashville in the 1950s. He was removed from duty by his order in 1996 and placed in a restricted setting. He died May 22, 2011.   

William Floyd Davis was ordained May 26, 1956, and incardinated in the Memphis diocese in 1972. He died Oct. 26, 2011.

Joseph L. Reilly was ordained May 26, 1956, and dismissed in 1965 from the priesthood of the Nashville diocese. He died March 9, 1981.

Paul Frederick Haas was ordained May 23, 1959, and dismissed May 24, 1977, from the priesthood of the Nashville diocese. He died June 7, 1979.

Paul Wiley St. Charles was ordained May 21, 1966, and incardinated into the Memphis diocese in 1971. He was dismissed in 2004 from the priesthood of the Memphis diocese. He died Dec. 27, 2009.

William Claude Casey was ordained May 2, 1969, and incardinated into the Knoxville diocese Sept. 8, 1988. He was dismissed in 2010 from the priesthood of the Knoxville diocese. He is currently serving time in prison for abuse committed while he was a priest. 

Ronald W. Dickman was ordained June 5, 1971, and dismissed from the priesthood of the Nashville diocese in 1991.

Franklin T. Richards was ordained Jan. 26, 1973, and dismissed from the priesthood of the Nashville diocese March 1, 1989.

Tennessee law requires and the diocese for many years has urged anyone who reasonably suspects that abuse is taking place to report it to authorities.