Fr. William J. Fedders
Ordained for the Diocese of Covington. Incardinated into the Diocese of Lexington when it was established in 1988. A man reported to Lexington Bishop J. Kendrick WIlliams in 1993 that Fedders sexually abused him three times in 1983 when he was a 14-year-old 8th grader and altar boy at Christ the King in Lexington. The alleged victim suggested a settlement of $200K in 1994, but the Diocese offered only to pay for counseling. The man rejected the counseling offer. He filed a civil suit in 6/2002. Fedders was suspended. Lawsuit was dismissed due to the statute of limitations. Fedders was permanently removed in 9/2004 and given a ‘life of prayer and penance’. Not reported to police until 2004. Included on the Covington diocese’s 7/31/2020 list of those with substantiated allegation(s). On Lexington’s list in 8/2020. It notes that Fedders admitted to “a single incident of inappropriate sexual behavior with a minor.”
- Lexington Herald-Leader 06.04.02
- Cincinnati Enquirer 06.07.02
- Courier Journal 06.07.02
- Cincinnati Enquirer 06.12.02
- Lexington Herald Leader 06.29.02
- Associated Press 09.13.03
- Lexington Herald-Leader 01.17.04
- Lexington Herald Leader 06.03.05
- Lexington Herald-Leader 06.11.05
- Lexington Herald-Leader 03.23.06
- Diocese of Covington List 07.31.20
- Lexington Herald Leader 08.15.20
- Diocese of Lexington List 08.17.20
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