8 Accused in This Diocese
- Associated Press 03.13.02
- Associated Press 03.19.02
- Associated Press 04.12.02
- Associated Press 04.19.02
- Las Vegas Review-Journal 04.23.02
- Associated Press 04.25.02
- Associated Press 07.16.02
- Associated Press 07.16.02
- Las Vegas Review-Journal 01.03.03
- Las Vegas Review-Journal 04.30.03
- KLAS 05.01.03
- Las Vegas Review-Journal 05.31.03
- Associated Press 07.31.03
- Las Vegas Review-Journal 07.31.03
- Las Vegas Review-Journal 08.08.03
- Las Vegas Review-Journal 08.28.03
- Las Vegas Review-Journal 08.27.04
- Associated Press 09.10.04
- Las Vegas Review-Journal 12.29.04
- Pahrump Valley Times 05.19.06
- Diocese of Las Vegas List 04.12.19
Fr. Raul Bosco
Named publicly as accused by the Las Vegas diocese on its list 4/12/2019, which notes he was ordained for "another diocese." Died in 2006. Added to the Stockton diocese's list in 11/2020, where was assigned 1991-1992.
Fr. Lawrence O. Bourrie
Named publicly as accused by the Las Vegas diocese on its list 4/12/2019. Noted to have been ordained for "another diocese." Died in 1996.
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Br. John Dodd
Named publicly as accused on the Diocese of Las Vegas list 4/11/2019. Retired in 2014. Removed from ministry in 2019. The list notes complaints were to the Viatorians in IL (diocese not specified). No record of allegations against Dodd in NV. Reportedly the subject of one substantiated allegation of abuse, occurring around 1985. Included on the Order's list of credibly accused 10/31/2020, which shows him to be retired and living in a structured environment on a safety plan.
Br. Philip Napolitano
Named publicly as accused by the Las Vegas diocese on its list 4/12/2019. It notes a canonical trial was to be held by the Diocese to determine Napolitano's guilt. Napolitano's LinkedIn page shows that he joined his Order in 2/1961, and that he taught at Bishop Manogue Catholic High School in Reno 8/1973-6/2010.
Fr. Joseph Paradiso
Named publicly as accused by the Las Vegas diocese on its list 4/12/2019. Died in 2017.
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Fr. Robert P. Petekiewicz
Transitional deacon in Brooklyn, transferred to the Diocese of Las Vegas in 1987. Ordained for the priesthood in 1991. Accused in a 2009 NY civil suit of abusing a boy for four years, beginning in 1985 when the boy was age 9. Suit dismissed due to the statute of limitations 6/23/2009. On administrative leave from the Las Vegas diocese per its website accessed 2/9/2013. Included on the Brooklyn diocese's list in 2/2019, which notes permanent removal from ministry 9/10/2015. On the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019, noting that complaints were from the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Diocese of Las Vegas. Removed from ministry in 2008.
Fr. Mark Thomas Roberts
First known incident of abuse occurred in 1996. Removed from ministry in 2002. Accused in a 2002 civil suit of abuse of at least nine teenage boys. Criminally charged with the abuse of five boys. Convicted in 2003. Sentenced to three years probation. Removed from formal probation by court in 8/2004. Ordered to treatment at RECON, a church-run center in MO, despite the fact that one of his victims lived within a 20 minute drive of the site. Included on the Las Vegas diocese's list 4/12/2019.
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Fr. Clark A. Tea
Named publicly as accused by the Las Vegas diocese on its list 4/12/2019. Navy chaplain, parish priest. Died 9/19/2014 in Cathedral City, CA.