John Modler Jr.

Fraud Alert!

AKA John Modler, Brother John Modler, John Modler Catholic, John Modler Philadelphia, John Modler Chicago

In November 2017, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Chancery Office published a fraudulent alert. An individual presenting himself as John Modler had been impersonating a Catholic brother of a religious order.  Here is the link to the Archdiocese's fraudulent alert - Click here.

July 12, 2021, Treyton Oak Towers, Louisville, Kentucky, a senior living facility encountered John Modler on the property for nearly 24 hours. He was hoping to accumulate days, if not weeks of free meals and housing under false pretenses. Once recognized, he was asked to leave quickly and quietly before the police arrived. He departed immediately. Since that time, he has retaliated for being found out by sending the General Manager hateful, aggressive and vicious emails.

July 14, 2021, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, a community of vowed Catholic women religious in Indiana had been groomed by John Modler over a time of about four years. He was calling, inquiring, scheduling retreats, cancelling and calling, etc.  Recently, after a failed visit in Louisville, KY, he was planning to come to their facility in Indiana. However, the Midwest Retreat Association had sent out an alert to all centers in the region. His retreat was cancelled. His email response, "No problem. I will go to Jim Bakker's facility. The Protestant's are nicer and they give free beer and food."

 November 21, 2019, police in Lancaster, PA are looking for John Modler, accused of staying at Willow Valley Communities for several days under false pretenses.

Modler left the property without paying for the accommodations and services he received, police said.

According to police, an investigation revealed Modler has a history of fraud and likes to frequent religious establishments.

Modler's last known address was in the Chicago area, police said, but he also has ties to Philadelphia, Maryland and central and south New Jersey. His primary method of travel is Amtrak train, police said.

There are warrants for John Modler's arrest in Pennsylvania and Louisiana. Anyone who knows Modler's whereabouts is asked to contact West Lampeter Township police at 717-464-2421.  To see the WGLA 8 NBC video report, click here.

On April 1, 2017, a nondenominational ministry called Miracle Valley in Hereford, AZ, published an adviso regarding John Modler.  After his visit there, the leaders described him as disgruntled and mentally challenged and was the cause of undo suffering and pain to the people of the ministry.  Here is the link to the Miracle Valley, John Modler alert - Click here.

The Eastern Orthodox Church of America has also had many concerns regarding a visit from John Modler in Houston, TX. The Bishop states, "A person using the name John Modler has again surfaced and is causing trouble in the jurisdiction. This was the same person who escalated issues back in October."  To read the alert from Most Rev. George M. Jachimczyk, Click here.

On September 4, 2019, John Modler departed the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Servants of the Father of Mercy that serve 80,000 + homeless in the region.  Over his previous ten-day visit, he had difficulty completing normal every-day tasks, exhibited high talkative and grandiose verbal skills and had little to no ability to take action. He spent most of the time in his bedroom. He urinated atop 4 x 4 foot area of a brand new guest room pillowtop mattress before departing. Stating at the train station before dropoff, "I cleaned my room already."

(Lastly, the State of Illinois has a 2008 record of criminal mischief in which John Modler pleaded guilty to a $50 offense and was served probation.)

John Modler Jr.

Fraud Alert!

September 4, 2019

John Modler, during his ten-day visit, spent most of the hours on his computer and telephone. He consumed a pot of coffee per morning and paced frequently.

Fraudulently, he promised for many weeks thousands of dollars in homeless children's aid coming from himself, his uncle, Monsignor Steffen and his brother.

 Lastly, before departing, he urinated over the top and side of his queen bed mattress.  Then he asked for no one to clean his room because he "did it already".  That comment delayed the normal urgency for housekeeping.

Two-days later on a regular cleaning schedule, it was discovered he did not clean his room, but left beer cans throughout and had viciously urinated on a brand-new bed after receiving 10 days of free meals and accommodations.

John Modler has left our ministry years of threatening voicemail messages against Christians, the Catholic Church and the LBGQT communities all of which he grooms and terrorizes. Los Angeles County Sheriff law enforcement since September 5, 2020 have considered the messages terroristic threats, opened a file and forwarded the messages and his file to the FBI for investigation as national hate crimes. 

As recent as October 23, 2021, July 12/14, 2021 and May 3, 2021 church ministries have called in from Chicago, IL reporting that John Modler continues to this very day using email, voicemail and phone calls for his dangerous, manipulative, grooming behavior against them and their church communities.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Do not offer John Modler accommodations.  Instead, immediately contact your local police department.  Give them the link to this page. 

John Modler Jr. states from time-to-time he lives in Philadelphia, PA, Baltimore, Maryland and Chicago, Illinois.  Apparently, he my have family in Kentucky as well. He has a San Francisco, California phone number and travels up and down the West Coast and crisscrossing the United States via Amtrak.

You can contact us to update this page if you have had interaction with John Modler. Call (310) 595-4175