Fr. Alphonsus Bouwmeister
Ordained in Belgium. Arrived in Hawaii in 1915. Accused in a 2002 civil suit of abuse of an 11-year-old boy in 1961. In 3/2005 the case was dismissed by a judge, who said plaintiff had presented no evidence to support his claim. Bouwmeister died in 1972 at age 84.
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