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Ronald William Gainer (born August 24, 1947) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania from 2014 to 2023. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Lexington in Kentucky from 2002 to 2014.
Harrisburg Bishop Ronald Gainer apologized on behalf of the diocese, and set up a website which contains information on how to report sex abuse, contact information for the Victim Assistance Office, and how the diocese says it confronted the issue of sex abuse. [63]
In 2014, Bishop Ronald William Gainer of the Diocese of Lexington was installed as the 11th bishop of Harrisburg. In 2014, Gainer introduced a new policy prohibiting girls at Catholic schools from participating in any wrestling, football, and rugby matches. [24]
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On August 1, 2018, Bishop Ronald Gainer, McFadden's successor as bishop of Harrisburg, announced that the names of every bishop of Harrisburg from 1947 onward—including McFadden's -- will be removed from any building or room in the diocese named in their honor, due to their failure to protect victims from abuse. [17]
Ronald William Gainer, appointed Bishop of Lexington in 2002 and later Bishop of Harrisburg; Joseph Edward Kurtz, appointed Bishop of Knoxville in 1999 and later Archbishop of Louisville; David B. Thompson, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Charleston in 1989 and later Bishop of Charleston
On August 1, 2018, Bishop Ronald Gainer, Dattilo's successor as bishop of Harrisburg, announced that the names of every bishop of Harrisburg from 1947 onward—including Dattilo's -- would be removed from any building or room in the diocese named in their honor, due to their failure to protect victims from abuse. [4]
On August 1, 2018, Bishop Ronald Gainer, the bishop of Harrisburg, announced that he was removing the names of every bishop of Harrisburg from 1947 onward—including Rhoades'—from any building or room in the diocese named in their honor. Gainer took this action due to the bishops' failures to protect parishioners from sexual abuse by clerics ...