Father Rudolph T. Vorisek
Ordained: 1956
Died: 2011
Assigned as follows:
- 1957-1968: St. Peter's College (Baltimore, MD)
- 1969-1976: St. Mark's University Parish (Isla Vista, CA)
- 1972-1976: University of California at Santa Barbara (Isla Vista, CA)
- 1977-1984: Christ of the King Chapel (Grand Rapids, MI)
- 1985-2005: St. Paul the Apostle (New York, NY)
- 1992-1994: St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center (New York, NY)
- 1999-2011: Paulist Fathers Generalate (Queens, NY)
- 2007-2011: Paulist Fathers' Motherhouse (New York, NY)
Summary of Abuse Allegations against Father Rudolph T Vorisek:
Fr. Rudolph T Vorisek was ordained a Paulist priest in 1956. According to media reports, in December 2018, his name was included on the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' updated list of clergy credibly accused of child sexual abuse. It noted a report was received in 2013 that he sexually abused a minor from 1966 to 1970.
Vorisek is also named on the Paulist's list of clergy credibly accused of child sexual abuse. It noted a report was made in 2013 alleging that Vorisek sexually abused a minor in 1970 at St. Mark's University Parish in Goleta, California.
In April 2019, his name appeared on the Archdiocese of Baltimore's list of clergy credibly accused of child sexual abuse.
Vorisek died in May 2011.
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