Fr. Robert Sullivan
Vicar general, administrator of Our Lady of Sorrows in Homewood, former president of John Carroll High School. Went on ‘personal leave’ 8/4/2025 pending the investigation of an allegation that he was sexually involved with a young woman for years, beginning when she was age 17 in 2009. His alleged victim said that she met Sullivan when she was a dancer at a strip club that he frequented. She said she was raised in foster care, worked at the club to make ends meet, and that Sullivan told her he was a doctor and offered her financial support in exchange for the ‘relationship.’ He allegedly also offered her money to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The case was referred to the Vatican and to the Alabama Department of Human Resources.
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