Fr. Luke T. Rutter
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/2019 of sexually abusing a male student at St. Francis High School in the 1980s. Rutter was a teacher at the school beginning in 1972. He died in 7/18/2000 at age 51, apparently having left the priesthood. He is not listed in the Official Catholic Directory after 1985 (which reflects 1984-1985). Per his obituary, Rutter was a former principal at St. Francis High School and a retired Cleveland Hill High School teacher.
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