Fr. James F. Rapp
Worked in PA, UT, NY, IL, MI and OK. Teacher, wrestling coach. Accused of abuse of at least two MI boys in 1987. Removed, sent to treatment. Accepted in 1987 into the Joliet diocese by Bishop Imesch, who knew of Rapp’s sexual abuse of boys. Also worked in OK; abused boys there. Convicted in 1999 in OK; received a 40-year sentence. Settlement of $5M in an OK civil suit. Accused in a 2003 Utah lawsuit by two brothers; dismissed due to the statute of limitations. Laicized 9/21/2009. Charged in 5/2015 with abuse in the 1980s of boys at Lumen Christi High in Jackson MI. Six more counts added 6/26/2015. Pleaded no contest in 2/2016. Sentenced to up to 40 years 4/29/2016. Included on the Salt Lake City diocese’s list 12/4/2018, where he was accused in 11/2000-2002 of abusing four minors 1969-1975. On the Lansing list 9/27/2019. On the OK City diocese’s list 10/3/2019, and on the Joliet diocese’s list (ordination date wrong). New lawsuit in 10/2020 in UT. A new suit in 11/2020 v the Salt Lake City diocese alleges a nun walked in on Rapp abusing a boy, did nothing, and threatened the boy. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report. Died 9/6/2024 in prison.
- Diocese of Joliet Updated List 12.13.19
- Archdiocese of Oklahoma City List Updated 01.21.20
- IL Attorney General’s Report Assignment Record
- MI Attorney General Diocese of Lansing Report 12.16.24
- Daily Oklahoman 05.12.99
- Associated Press 10.26.99
- Daily Oklahoman 05.10.02
- Washington Post 05.21.02
- Daily Oklahoman 05.22.02
- Daily Oklahoman 06.04.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- Daily Oklahoman 07.20.02
- Toledo Blade (Major Account) 12.01.02
- Toledo Blade 12.01.02
- Salt Lake Tribune 02.19.03
- Salt Lake Tribune 08.20.03
- Salt Lake Tribune 08.23.03
- Daily Oklahoman 02.28.04
- KLS TV 01.30.06
- Deseret Morning News 02.02.06
- Salt Lake Tribune 03.13.07
- Salt Lake Tribune 04.02.07
- Salt Lake Tribune 07.23.07
- Cincinnati Ins Co V Oblates of St Francis De Sales, Inc in The Legal 09.20.10
- Patrick Wall 09.10.13
- The Legal Examiner 06.01.15
- MLive 06.26.15
- MLive 06.26.15
- WLNS 04.29.16
- KRON 04.29.16
- MLive 04.29.16
- SNAP 04.29.16
- WILX 04.29.16
- MLive 04.29.16
- Naperville Sun 04.30.16
- NDTV 04.30.16
- New York Daily News 04.30.16
- Crux 05.03.16
- MLive 05.04.16
- Click on Detroit 09.27.16
- Associated Press 11.15.17
- MLive 11.26.17
- Buffalo News 06.20.18
- Diocese of Salt Lake City List 12.04.18
- Diocese of Lansing List 09.27.19
- Archdiocese of Oklahoma City List 10.03.19
- Diocese of Joliet Updated List 12.13.19
- Salt Lake Tribune 10.09.20
- KSL 11.29.20
- IL Attorney General’s Report 05.23.23
- MLive 09.11.24
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