Rev. Mark Thomas Roberts-Assignment

Rev. Mark Thomas Roberts

Summary of case: First known incident of abuse occurred in 1996. Removed from ministry in 2002. Accused in a 2002 civil suit of abuse of at least nine teenage boys. Criminally charged with the abuse of five boys. Convicted in 2003. Sentenced to three years probation. Removed from formal probation by court in August 2004. Ordered to treatment at RECON, a church-run center in MO, despite the fact that one of his victims lived within a 20 minute drive of the site. On Las Vegas diocese's list April 12, 2019.

Ordained:1983

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1983	1991			New Guinea	pastor	Roberts is not indexed in the 1983-1991 Directories. He said in a 2004 deposition that he had been a pastor in New Guinea for nearly 22 years.
1991 Reno-Las Vegas bishop was Daniel Francis Walsh (1987-1995)	1992	St. Joseph, Husband of Mary	Las Vegas	NV	3/3
1992	1994	St. Francis De Sales	Las Vegas	NV	4/4, 3/3	Parish had a school with 299-294 students.
1995 The Ren-Las Vegas diocese split in 1995, so that Reno and Las Vegas became separate dioceses. Walsh continued as bishop up the Las Vegas diocese, until 2000, when he was replaced by Joseph Anthony Pepe (2002-)	1997	Diocesan Youth Activities
1996	1998	Promoter of Justice
1998	2002	Diocesan Judge
2001	2002	Presbyteral Council
1994	2002	St. Peter the Apostle	Henderson • Accused in a 2002 law suit of having sexually abused six teen age boys, each of whom had gone to him for spiritual guidance, over the four previous years. (Associated Press State & Local Wire March 13, 2002) • In a 2004 deposition, Roberts admitted that he had been investigated in 1996 by church authorities due to accusations that he inappropriately touched a young homeless man who had come to him for help. He was placed on administrative leave at the time, and sent to treatment. (Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada) December 29, 2004)	NV	1/2, 1/1	Parish had a catechesis program with 643-958 students. Roberts is not indexed or listed in the 1996 Directory, nor is the parish, St. Peter the Apostle. The 2002 Directory is the last in which Roberts' name appears. Roberts was was removed from active ministry in Jan. 2002, and later arrested and charged with fondling, hitting, and taking pornographic photos of the young males. (Associated Press State & Local Wire April 25, 2002) Roberts pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three years probation. (Las Vegas Review-Journal [Las Vegas NV] Downloaded May 31, 2003) Roberts was taken off probation in Aug. 2004 and sent to a Missouri treatment facility for clergy sex offenders, RECON. The facility was near the home of one of Roberts' victims. (Las Vegas Review-Journal August 27, 2004)

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1992-2002).

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