Deacon Robert L. Nouwen
Diocese: Archdiocese of Mobile AL
Nouwen pleaded guilty 12/2012 to possession of child pornography (boys). He was deacon at St. Vincent de Paul Church. Removed from ministry. Per a 5/2013 press release, he also admitted to federal authorities that he had raped two children. Sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and lifetime supervision after release. Archdiocese was to ask that he be laicized. On the archdiocese’s list of credibly accused 12/6/2018.
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