Fr. Joseph S. Slowik
Ordained for the Diocese of Lafayette, IN. Incardinated into the Diocese of Richmond in 1979. Named publicly as accused by the Richmond diocese in 6/20. Alleged to have sexually abused a child in the early 1990s while assigned to St. Paul’s in Portsmouth. Removed from public ministry in 2006. Status in 6/20 was “retired without priestly faculties.” Added in 7/21 to the Richmond diocese’s list of those against whom there is a credible and substantiated allegation.
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