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On May 21, the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma (“Diocese”) was made aware of criminal charges filed in Evanston, Illinois, against Kenneth Lewis, who was arrested on May 9, 2018 and is currently free on bond. The charges stem from an allegation of sexual misconduct that took place in 2001 in Evanston, while Lewis was a priest of the Diocese of Tulsa.

In early March, Robert Cardinal Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship in Rome, approved a request by Bishop David Konderla to add a memorial for Blessed Father Stanley Rother to the Liturgical Calendar in the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma. As is the case already in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Little Rock, Father Rother’s optional memorial will be celebrated on July 28, the anniversary date of his martyrdom.