Fr. Patrick J. L. Nicholson
Air Force Academy chaplain. Accused of pressing a female freshman at the Academy in 1984 into an improper sexual ‘relationship’ after she had gone to him for counseling. The ‘relationship’ resumed briefly in 1999. The woman told military investigators of the situation in 1999 and he was discharged from the Air Force in 2000. Another woman came forward in 2003 to allege abuse by Nicholson when she was age 15 in the 1970s. Previously part of Mobile AL archdiocese. Included on the archdiocese’s list of credibly accused 12/6/2018.
- Denver Post 04.20.00
- Rocky Mountain News 04.21.00
- Denver Post 04.21.00
- Denver Post 05.02.00
- Tucson Citizen 05.08.00
- Denver Post 06.14.00
- Denver Post 08.12.00
- Denver Post 10.28.00
- Mobile Register 02.15.03
- Associated Press 07.15.03
- Mobile Register 08.11.03
- Montgomery Advertiser 08.12.03
- Associated Press 10.08.03
- Mobile Register 02.17.04
- Archdiocese of Mobile List 12.06.18
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