Fr. Ronald Lane Fontenot
Accused of abusing in LA in the mid-1970s. Civil suit filed in LA in 1983. Placed on leave and sent for counseling. Transferred to Spokane as drug/alcohol counselor. Abused at least three there. Convicted in 1986. Sentenced to one year in jail and two years treatment at the Servants of the Paraclete in Jemez Springs, NM, on probation. Six civil suits filed in Spokane in 1986 and settled in 1989. Another civil suit filed there in 2003. Went by “Jean-Paul Fontenot.” Died in 2014. On diocese’s list in 4/19.
- The Times of Acadiana 01.30.86
- United Press International 02.09.86
- United Press International 02.22.86
- United Press International 03.04.86
- United Press International 06.09.86
- United Press International 07.18.86
- United Press International 07.29.86
- Associated Press 02.15.87
- San Jose Mercury News 12.31.87
- National Law Journal 04.04.88
- Spokesman Review 03.13.03
- The Advertiser 07.30.14
- KATC 07.31.14
- IND 08.04.14
- The Advertiser 08.04.14
- KATC 08.11.14
- Advertiser 08.23.14
- Advocate 09.07.14
- Daily Advertiser 08.09.17
- KATC News 10.17.18
- Archdiocese of New Orleans list 11.02.18
- KATC 01.13.19
- Diocese of Lafayette List 04.12.19
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