Fr. Basil Chukwuma Onyia

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Ordained: 1966
Status: Charged

Diocese: Diocese of Brownsville TX

From Nigeria. Worked in diocese beginning in 1999. A parish priest wrote to diocesan officials in 2000 about Onyia’s behavior with women, and asked that he be removed. Onyia received a warning. Police learned in 2/01 that Onyia had sexually assaulted a mentally challenged teenage girl. He fled to Nigeria during the investigation. The girl sued in 2001, settled in 2003. Two other girls also filed suit in 2002. Laicized 2016. On the Brownsville diocese’s list 1/31/19.


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