Fr. Armand Ventre
Assigned to our Lady of Good Help Parish 1980-1985. Indicted 8/1985 for sexually molesting two altar boys and one mentally handicapped youth 1981-1984. In 1986 the judge dismissed the charges concerning the two altar boys; the following day the judge found Ventre not guilty of abuse of the third boy in a non-jury trial. Ventre returned to active ministry as chaplain at a VA Hospital, and then another hospital. Retired in 1/1999. Died 12/27/1999. Included 7/1/2019 on the diocese’s list of credibly accused, which notes only that he was removed from ministry 7/5/2985.
- United Press International 07.06.85
- United Press International 07.31.85
- Galveston Daily News 08.21.85
- United Press International 01.16.86
- United Press International 01.25.86
- Associated Press 02.12.86
- United Press International 08.13.86
- United Press International 08.15.86
- Providence Journal Bulletin 12.29.99
- Diocese of Providence List 07.01.19
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