Fr. Richard J. Host
In a civil lawsuit filed in 11/1988 a woman accused Host and her ex-husband of molesting her boys, ages 4 and 6, over a two-year period. The suit also included claims against the USCC and NCCB (Catholic conferences). Host was kept in ministry. The case is included in the MI Attorney General’s 12/25/2025 Diocese of Grand Rapids Report, which notes that the suit was dismissed in 1990 after the woman refused to comply with a court order. She had taken the children out of state and refused the court’s orders to return to MI with them. The Diocese’s investigation “found nothing to lead us to believe the allegations are true.”
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