Fr. Louis M. Diogo
Diogo retired and moved out of state in 1993 after his cousin told the Diocese that he had sexually abused her and her sister as children in the 1950s and 1960s, beginning when she was age 5 and through her teens. The Diocese found the woman to be credible. Diogo was not charged criminally. In 2005 the the woman reported that Diogo had returned to Rhode Island and was saying mass; the Diocese immediately told him that he could not say mass or function as a priest. He died 4/4/2015. Included 7/1/2019 on the Diocese’s list of credibly accused.
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