Rev. Roberto L. Bravo, O.P. Summary of Case: A priest of the Dominican order, Bravo was investigated in 1999 due to complaints that he had inappropriately touched six teenage girls. He was moved to Salt Lake City, where he continued to have "problems" with teenage girls. Bravo was ultimately sent to live with six other admitted Dominican sex offenders at a seminary in Oakland, CA. He left there in 2005, and left the order. He is last known to have been living in Long Beach, CA. Ordained: 1998? |
Start | Stop | Parish/Assignment | Town/Accusations | State | Position | Notes |
1998 Oakland bishop was John Stephen Cummins (1977-2003) |
1999 | Holy Rosary | Antioch • Police investigated claims that Bravo "inappropriately touched" six teenage girls. The case was dropped because the girls refused to testify. |
CA | 2/3 | Parish had a school with 502 students and a religious education program with 850 students. The 1999 Directory is the only one in which Bravo is indexed. |
1999 Salt Lake bishop was George Hugh Niederauer (1994-2005) |
2000 | Newman Center | Salt Lake City • Per the head of the Dominican's Western Province, Bravo had problems with teenage girls in Utah "similar to" those he had in CA. |
UT | Worked with University of Utah students. | This assignment is per news reports. |
2000 San Francisco archbishop was William Joseph Levada (1995-2005) |
2002 | St. Dominic's | San Francisco | CA | This assignment is per news reports. | |
2002 Cummins was succeeded by Allen Henry Vigneron (2003-2009) |
2005 | St. Albert's Priory | Oakland | CA | This assignment is per news reports. Bravo was sent to live at this Dominican House of Formation where he and six other admitted Dominican sex offenders were living. The men were free to come and go, unrestricted. Neighbors were alarmed to find out that the men were living in their midst. In Feb. 2005 Bravo left St. Albert's after the the Dominicans placed restrictions on him. The Dominicans contacted police. Bravo left the order and is last known to have been living in Long Beach, CA. |
Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1999) • Admitted Sex Offender Priests Named, ABC7, April 6, 2005
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