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Summary of Case: Robert A. Stricker was ordained for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in 1948. After two years of study in Rome he returned to Cincinnati, where he assisted at St. William’s in Price Hill and taught at Elder High School. In the mid-1950s he was a student of library science for a year at Catholic University in Washington DC. He went on to work for many years as a librarian for the Cincinnati archdiocese. In 1974 Stricker was assigned to parish work, as an assistant in White Oak and, from 1997 until his retirement in 1993, he was pastor of St. Boniface in Northside. He regularly celebrated mass during retirement at St. Theresa’s in Mount Airy.
In 1993 a man told archdiocesan officials that Stricker had sexually abused him as a boy in the 1950s at St. William’s. The allegations were deemed unsubstatiated and Stricker was kept in ministry. His accuser came forward again in May 2008, with additional information. Bishop Pilarczyk stated that the allegations had “some semblance of truth.” Stricker was placed on leave. An internal investigation found again that the allegations could not be substantiated and Stricker was returned to ministry in July 2008.
Ordained: 1948
Retired: 1993
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