Fr. Basil Chukwuma Onyia
From Nigeria. Worked in diocese beginning in 1999. A parish priest wrote to diocesan officials in 2000 about Onyia’s behavior with women, and asked that he be removed. Onyia received a warning. Police learned in 2/01 that Onyia had sexually assaulted a mentally challenged teenage girl. He fled to Nigeria during the investigation. The girl sued in 2001, settled in 2003. Two other girls also filed suit in 2002. Laicized 2016. On the Brownsville diocese’s list 1/31/19.
- Brownsville Herald 04.07.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- The Monitor 06.15.02
- Brownsville Herald 06.30.02
- The Monitor 07.11.02
- Brownsville Herald 08.09.02
- Brownsville Herald 09.06.02
- The Monitor 12.07.02
- The Monitor 01.28.03
- The Monitor/Valley Morning Star 11.13.03
- Dallas Morning News 12.06.04
- Dallas Morning News 12.06.04
- Brownsville Herald (AP) 12.09.04
- The Monitor 12.29.04
- Chicago Tribune 03.11.12
- The Monitor 10.04.12
- Diocese of Brownsville List 01.31.19
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