Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City
The Diocese of Rapid City () 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 metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The cathedra is found within the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the episcopal see of Rapid City. Peter Michael Muhich was installed as bishop of this see on July 9, 2020. History. On August 6, 1902 Saint Pius X established the diocese as the Diocese of Lead. Its territory was taken  from the Diocese of Sioux Falls. The name of the diocese was changed by Pope Pius XI on August 1, 1930 when the see city was transferred to Rapid City. Reports of sex abuse. On March 15, 2019, the Diocese of Rapid City published a list of 21 Catholic clergy who were credibly accused of committing acts of sex abuse while serving in schools, churches, hospitals and on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations from 1951 to 2018. The list was accompanied by a letter written by then-Rapid City Bishop Robert D. Gruss, which stated that "It is important  to acknowledge the horrid truth of past abuse in the church so that we can repent of these actions and to recommit ourselves to ensuring that no one is hurt moving forward." On August 7, 2020, the Rapid City Diocese had received an allegation that recent vicar Michel Mulloy sexually abused a minor in the 1980s. This led to Mulloy's resignation before he was consecrated from his recent appointment as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota. Mulloy was reported to be no longer active in the Diocese of Rapid City. John Praveen, a priest and native  of Hyderabad, India, had joined the Diocese of Rapid City for a 10-year assignment in December 2017. The Diocese of Rapid City sponsored Praveen's visa. Upon arriving, Praveen first worked in Eagle Butte on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe reservation. He was transferred to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in June 2018. He worked at the cathedral until he was arrested and charged on October 2, 2018 on sex abuse charges. Following the arrest of Praveen, Bishop Robert Gruss stripped Praveen of both his clerical attire and priestly duties; he ordered him to live a  life of prayer and penance under the supervision of the Rapid City Bishop. On November 12, 2020, Pope Francis laicized Praveen. On November 25, 2020 the Church reported that federal sex abuse and child pornography charges were pending against Fr. Marcin Garbacz. He was already serving a 7.75 year prison sentence for stealing from the Diocese of Rapid City. Bishops. Ordinaries. The bishops of the diocese and their terms of service: