Fr. Thomas A. Zotter
Ordained in Pittsburgh PA in 1976 for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Parish priest. Pastor of St. Bernadette in Albuquerque 1992-2010. Died in 2018. Per his obituary, Zotter retired early due to ill health and moved to Las Vegas NV, where he worked as a visiting priest. Per a 5/2019 proof of claim in the Santa Fe archdiocese’s bankruptcy, Zotter sexually abused a boy, ages 16-17, many times from 1981-1982. The claimant also alleged abuse by Fr. Ronald Bruckner and Fr. Robert Malloy, beginning in 1982. The abuse allegedly occurred during camping trips, on Kirtland Airforce Base, at Assumption Parish (where Bruckner and Malloy were assigned), and other places. Zotter was introduced to the boy by Bruckner, through Assumption Parish’s youth groups.
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