Priest of the Diocese of Yakima exonerated Dec 18, 2020 contributor Father Seamus Kerr, a 91-year old priest at Holy Apostles Catholic Church in East Wenatchee, Wash., is pictured in his 2009 photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Yakima) A senior priest of the Diocese of Yakima, Father Seamus Kerr, was exonerated as part of a settlement of a lawsuit filed against the diocese in 2019 alleging a man from Ellensburg, Washington, was sexually abused by priests at St. Andrew Catholic Church there when he was a minor. YAKIMA, Washington — A senior priest of the Diocese of Yakima, Father Seamus Kerr, was exonerated as part of a settlement of a lawsuit filed against the diocese in 2019 alleging a man from Ellensburg, Washington, was sexually abused by priests at St. Andrew Catholic Church there when he was a minor.