Fr. Solomon Bandiho
Priest of the Bukoba diocese in Tanzania. Administrator of Holy Cross parish in Mesa AZ 7/2014-12/2014. Caught in a sting seeking to pay for sex with a 16-year-old girl. Arrested 12/12/2014 on suspicion of child prostitution. Also assisted at St. Helen in Glendale. Removed from ministry. Was a doctoral student at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley CA; AZ assignment was part of work-study. Included 12/23/2019 on the Phoenix diocese’s list of accused.
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