Michel Joseph Mulloy (born May 20, 1954) is an American

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of the

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. He was bishop-elect of the Diocese of Duluth from June 2020 to September 2020 when he resigned his posts and ceased exercising his ministry following an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor. He previously served in the dioceses of

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and

Rapid City Rapid City ( lkt, link=no, Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; "Swift Water City") is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed, it is in western So ...

. He was

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of the latter from 2017 to 2020.

Early life

Mulloy was born in

Mobridge, South Dakota Mobridge also Kȟowákataŋ Otȟúŋwahe ( Lakota: ''Kȟowákataŋ Otȟúŋwahe''; lit. "Over-the-River Town") is a city in Walworth County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,261 according to the 2020 census. History Located i ...

, on May 20, 1954. He completed his primary education there and studied at Mobridge High School, before moving to

and attending O'Gorman Catholic High School. He went on to study at Saint Mary's University in

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, obtaining a

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in classical humanities from that institution. He subsequently attended

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at the

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. On June 8, 1979, Mulloy was ordained to the Catholic priesthood for the Diocese of Sioux Falls.

Presbyteral ministry

Mulloy's first pastoral assignment was as a ''fidei donum'' priest (i.e. sent to a mission territory) to the

Diocese of Rapid City The Diocese of Rapid City ( la, Dioecesis Rapidopolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in western South Dakota, United States. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis (reli ...

, where he was assistant parish priest at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. He was then transferred to Christ the King Parish (Sioux Falls) as an assistant two years later, before becoming the administrator of St. Joseph's Parish (

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) in 1983. He was consequently

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in Rapid City on a permanent basis and served in that diocese for over three decades beginning in 1986. In May 2017, he became vicar general of Rapid City. As such, he was deputy to the diocesan

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, Robert D. Gruss, and became

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when Gruss was installed as Bishop of Saginaw in July 2019. He served as administrator until the ordination of

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as bishop of Rapid City in July 2020.

Episcopal ministry

Mulloy was appointed Bishop of Duluth on June 19, 2020. His consecration and

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as bishop was scheduled for October 1, 2020. But before he could be ordained

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accepted his resignation on September 7, 2020. On August 7, the Rapid City Diocese had received an allegation that Mulloy sexually abused a minor in the 1980s. The Diocese informed law enforcement officials and ordered Mulloy to "refrain from engaging in ministry". Mulloy is no longer listed as the Diocese of Rapid City's vicar general.

References

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City Official Site
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