Fr. Thomas Dente Kofi Manu
Extern priest from Ghana. Worked during summers 1980-2007 at Prudence Island and St. Mary Parish in Bristol. Named publicly as accused in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General’s Report. In 2005 the Diocese received a report that Manu groped and kissed a 13-year-old girl in 1980, further sexually abused her several times in 1982, then raped her in 1984. She told her parents in 2004, who told the Diocese. The Diocese deemed the allegations credible and informed law enforcement; the woman did not want to continue with a criminal investigation. Manu was allowed to continue his summer ministry in the diocese. It ended when the alleged victim’s father complained in 10/2007. Per the A.G.’s Report, Manu is believed to have died in 2023.
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