1 Accused in This Religious Order
- KOTA TV 10.02.18
- Rapid City Journal 10.03.18
- KFGO TV 11.07.18
- KOTA TV 11.09.18
- Associated Press 11.12.18
- Rapid City Journal 11.16.18
- Rapid City Journal 12.20.18
- Associated Press 12.21.18
- Rapid City Journal 01.22.19
- NBC News 02.05.19
- Diocese of Rapid City List 03.21.19
- New Indian Express 03.30.19
- Rapid City Journal 11.12.20
Fr. John Praveen
From India. Full name John Praveen Kumar Itukulapat. Member of Order of the Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti (ALCP/OSS). Arrived in SD 11/17, assigned to Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Transferred to Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Rapid City summer 2018. Arrested in 10/18 on charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl 9/3 and 9/28/18. Pled not guilty in 11/18. Released on bond 12/20/18. Pled guilty 2/5/19 to one count in plea deal. Sentenced to six years in prison, less 178 days of time served. Eligible for parole after three years. On Rapid City diocese's list in 3/19. Laicized 3/26/20.