Jeffrey M. Monforton

Jeffrey Marc Monforton (born May 5, 1963) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Detroit since 2023.

[2] After deciding to enter the priesthood, Monforton enrolled at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit.

[4][5] After his 1994 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Monforton as the associate pastor at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Parish in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Later that year, Monforton left Little Flower and his position as priest secretary to become pastor of St. Therese of Lisieux Parish in Shelby Township, Michigan.

[6] Monforton joined the board of trustees of Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan, in 2006 and served as an apostolic visitator of the Congregation for Catholic Education during the 2005 to 2006 academic year.

[10][11] In 2019, Monforton became a member of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on National Collections.

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"[12] Monforton was elected in 2020 as a member of the Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and Evangelization and Catechesis committees for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.

[3] In January 2021, Monforton and the diocese were sued for $1 million by a Glouster, Ohio, woman regarding sexual abuse by Reverend Henry Foxhoven.

The suit also stated that an affidavit for a 2018 arrest warrant stated that Foxhaven told Monforton that he had been “sexually involved with a juvenile member of his congregation and that she was now pregnant.”[13] On April 14, 2021, the judged dismissed the diocese from the lawsuit, leaving Monforton as the defendant.

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