Fr. Roberto Antonio Cadavid Arroyave
From the Diocese of Medellin in Colombia. Arrived in Brooklyn in 12/2012; worked in Brooklyn and Queens parishes until 6/2017, returned to Colombia. Reportedly in 10/2018, the Diocese quietly removed Cadavid in 6/2017 after learning that, prior to his arrival in Brooklyn, he was accused of molesting at least four boys. Allegations in Colombia began in 2005, when Cadavid was director of a school. He was moved among churches, transferred when new allegations emerged. One accuser said Cadavid paid him 88 million pesos (about $46k) in 2009 to silence him. There are at least six known accusers. Medellin Bishop Tobon gave permission in 11/2012 for Cadavid’s transfer to Brooklyn. In 3/2018 Tobon denied knowing that Cadavid was in the U.S. The Brooklyn diocese didn’t inform parishioners for 10 months about Cadavid’s history of alleged abuse.
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