Fr. David C. Otto

Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused

Died: 08/27/2019
Diocese: Diocese of Kalamazoo MI

Named publicly as accused in the 5/22/2024 MI Attorney General’s Kalamazoo report. Retired in 2014. In 2018 a woman told the Diocese that she, her sister, and other girls were molested as children in the 1980s by Otto. The abuse allegedly included inappropriate hugs, fondling and mouth kisses. Otto denied abusing the girls but acknowledged he was a “hugger.” He died 8/27/2019.


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