Rev. Ronald Bohl, ofm.conv.
Summary of Case: Accused of a single incident in 1986 in the Toledo OH diocese of making a sexual advance to a minor. The 1993 settlement contained a confidentiality agreement. In treatment 1986-87, then reassigned to parish work. Removed from a Louisville KY parish in June 2002. Also worked in the Dubuque and Indianapolis archdioceses. Died January 19, 2020 in KY.
Ordained: 1980|
Died: January 20, 3012
Start | Stop | Assignment | Town/Accusations | State | Position | Notes |
1980 St. Paul bishop was John Robert Roach (1975-1995) |
1982 | St. Bonaventure | Bloomington | MN |
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1982 | 1984 | Bohl is not indexed in the 1983 or 1984 Directories. | ||||
1984 Toledo bishop was James Robert Hoffman (1980-2003) |
1986 | Our Lady of Consolation, Basilica-National Shrine | Carey • Bohl was accused of sexual abuse of a minor at this parish in 1986. (News-Messenger (Fremont, OH) |
OH | 5/6 | Parish had a school with 220 students. |
1984 | 1986 | St. Joseph | Salem Township | OH | This was a sister parish to Our Lady of Consolation in Carey. | |
1986
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1987 |
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Bohl is not indexed in the 1987 Directory. Sent to therapy from Aug. 1986 to March 1987. (Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) |
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1987 Louisville archbishop was Thomas Cajetan Kelly (1981-2007) |
1988 | St. Anthony's | Louisville | KY | 2/2 | |
1988 Indianapolis archbishop was Edward Thomas O'Meara (1979-1992) |
1991 | St. Anthony's | Clarksville | IN | 4/5, 3/4 | Parish had 382-364 students. |
1991 | 1992 | St. Benedict | Tere Haute | IN | 1/2 | |
1992 Daniel Mark Buechlein succeeded O'Meara (1992- ) |
2000 | Mount Saint Francis Friary and Retreat Center | Mount Saint Francis | IN | retreat staff | |
2000
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2002 | Incarnation | Louisville | KY | ||
2000 | 2002 | St. Francis Friary | Louisville | KY | The 2002 Directory is the last in which Bohl is indexed. Bohl was removed from ministry in 2002 due to a 1986 allegation of sexual abuse of a minor. Bohl died Jan. 20, 2012 |
Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1981-2002)
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This assignment record was last updated on January 22, 2012.