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Homewood priest on leave amid allegations of relationship with woman starting when she was a minor
Priest Robert Sullivan is on leave amid allegations of a sexual relationship starting when the woman was 17, with the Diocese of Birmingham and Vatican investigating the case.
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August 14, 2025 – Alabama – Agencies. A priest of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama, who also serves as vicar general and pastor at the Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Homewood — Father Robert Sullivan, 61 — is currently under investigation, after being accused by a woman of having initiated an intimate relationship with her when she was only 17 years old, in 2009. The indictment was filed in July, and upon public disclosure, Sullivan an…
Alabama priest put on leave following allegations of affair with 17-year-old girl
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WIAT) -- An Alabama priest has been put on on leave after a woman alleged that he began a sexual relationship with her starting when she was 17 years old in 2009. On Wednesday, Bishop Steven Raica sent a letter to Diocese of Birmingham on why Father Bob Sullivan of Our Lady of Sorrow in Homewood took a leave from his role at the church on Aug. 4. In the letter, which CBS 42 recently obtained, Sullivan announced the personal leave…
A priest is under investigation in Alabama for a sexual relationship with a stripper who has now denounced him. The priest is Robert Sullivan and today he is 61 years old. Since last August 4 he is no longer the pastor of the church of Our Lady Sorrowful in Homewood. The first meeting between the two dates back to 2009. Heather Jones, in those years, was 17 years old and was a stripper. The pastor asked her to carry out a relationship (including…
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Homewood priest on leave amid allegations of relationship with woman starting when she was a minor
A Catholic priest in Homewood has been granted a leave of absence pending an investigation into an alleged relationship with a woman that began when she was under the age of 18.
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