(born October 21, 1946) is an African-American former Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mandeville in Jamaica from 2004 to 2006.

He was banned from active ministry in two dioceses of the Baltimore Province following an allegation of adult sexual harassment.

On June 14, 1975, Bennett was ordained to the priesthood at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Hollywood, California.

His first assignment after ordination was as Assistant Principal for Campus Ministry at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco, serving there until 1979.

In 1979, Bennett received his Masters in Education in Secondary School Administration at Loyola Marymount University.

[5] In 1989, Bennett became the Rector and Master of Novices at the Jesuit Novitiate in both Santa Barbara and Culver City, California.

[1][2][3] On March 12, 2019, The New York Times reported that a statement from the Society of Jesus said Bennett had stopped working in ministry in August 2018 and was undergoing treatment for cancer.