Fr. Rudolph Kos

Ordained: 1981
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Dallas TX

Removed from ministry in 1992. Sued in 1993-1994 by eleven victims. Kos sexually abused children prior to ordination, during his priesthood, and while he was on leave from treatment at the Servants of the Paracletes facility in Jemez Springs, NM. In 7/1997 a civil jury awarded a $119M civil jury verdict for plaintiffs; it was  reduced to $30.9M in 1998 after a negotiations. Kos was convicted in 1998 of criminal abuse of four of the plaintiffs. He received three life and other sentences.  In 7/1998 his laicization was announced. There were several later lawsuits and claims also filed and settled. Included on the Dallas diocese’s 1/31/2019 list of credibly accused .

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