Deacon Rosendo F. Dacal

Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Pittsburgh PA

Ordained a permanent deacon in 2011. Arrested 4/10/2018 on charges related to sending and soliciting obscene images from an undercover police officer he thought was a 14-year-old boy. Suspended from assignments at All Saints parish in Etna and Allegheny County Jail. Taught in OH in the 1960s and 1970s at Steubenville Catholic Central High. Pleaded guilty in 10/2018. Sentenced in 1/2019 to two years’ probation and 100 hours of community service. Ordered to register as a sex offender for 25 years. Included on the diocese’s list of accused.


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