Fr. Robert A. Bowling

Ordained: 1954
Status: Settled

Died: 06/14/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of Louisville KY

Ordained for the Archdiocese of Louisville. Transferred to Reno NV in 1969, where he was incardinated in 1972. In 2002 at least nine women claimed that he abused them between the mid-1950s and in 1963 when they were minors in KY. He is also accused of molesting adult women in Reno. Louisville settled with eleven victims in 6/2003 as part of a $25.7M settlement. Bowling died in 6/2003. Included on the Louisville archdiocese’s list of accused in 2019. On the Las Vegas diocese’s list 4/12/2019.


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