Fr. Ronald L. Bruckner

At least six men alleged sexual abuse by Bruckner in the 1970s and 1980s when they were  middle school students in Albuquerque. Several reported abuse to Archbishop Sheehan in 1995. Bruckner was investigated in 1995 and 2004 by the archdiocese’s Review Board, but not removed. He underwent a third evaluation in 3/2005 after a sixth man claimed he was abused by the priest the 1970s. Bruckner was placed on leave and ‘retired’ in 3/2005, and lost all privileges in 9/2005. In 1/2008 he was still representing himself as a priest of the Santa Fe archdiocese. Included on the Santa Fe archdiocese’s list of accused 9/12/2017. A 12/2018 lawsuit v the Boy Scouts names Bruckner and Rev. Robert Malloy. Per a 5/2019 proof of claim in the Santa Fe archdiocese’s bankruptcy, Bruckner, Fr. Malloy and Fr. Perrault sexually abused a boy, ages 9-16, from 1984-1991. Bruckner and Malloy were his Boy Scout leaders. The alleged victim said the priests plied him with drugs and alcohol and he became addicted. He said they also had him participate in child porn production and secret “child sex shows,” including making him have sex with other children. He said he told the school principal, Fr. Menner, about the abuse, who the slammed him into a wall and punched him in the gut. Another 5/2019 proof a claim alleges that Bruckner, along with Fr. Malloy and Fr. Thomas Zotter, sexually abused an altar boy, beginning when he was age 16, from 1981-1987. He said that Bruckner and Malloy used him as a “sex slave” and that the two would sometimes drug him and tie him up before abusing him. They also are said to have plied him with alcohol. Further, the priests told him their sexual behavior with him would prepare him for the priesthood, and they forced compliance with threats. The two priests also allegedly abused this man’s younger brother. Bruckner died 4/3/2020.