Fr. Richard J. Poster

Ordained: 1992
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Davenport IA

Poster pleaded guilty in 2003 to possession of child pornography after images of boys and adolescent males engaged in sex acts were found on his church computer. Sentenced in 2004 to one year in prison. Matter sent to the Vatican. Arrested 9/20/2006 on allegations that he violated his parole by being near children. Sentenced to two months in jail. Laicization announced in 9/2007. Name NOT on the diocese’s 7/2008 list of credibly accused priests. Added in 12/2019 after the Associated Press asked why the name was missing from the list. Living in 2019 in Silver Spring, MD. On the MD sex offender registry since 2005. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report, which notes at least one “reported survivor, ” of abuse in 2002. (Spent 2001-2002 a the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.)


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