Fr. Robert A. Bowling

Ordained: 1954
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Louisville KY

Ordained for the Archdiocese of Louisville. Transferred to Reno NV in 1969, where he was incardinated in 1972. In 2002 at least 9 women claimed that he abused them between the mid-1950s and 1963 when they were minors in KY. He is also accused of molesting adult women in Reno. Louisville settled with 11 victims 6/03 as part of a $25.7M settlement. Bowling died in 6/03. On the Louisville archdiocese’s list of accused in 2019. On Las Vegas diocese’s list 4/12/19.


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