Kevin C. Rhoades

In 2021, Rhoades led the United States Conference of Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine, which, critics argued, targeted US President Joe Biden for his stance on abortion rights for women.

Rhoades applied to the Diocese of Harrisburg for placement in the program of priestly formation, and in 1977 entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

[2] Rhoades was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Harrisburg by Bishop William Keeler at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Lebanon on July 9, 1983.

In 1995, he became a professor at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, teaching in systematic theology, canon law, and Hispanic ministry.

He received his episcopal consecration on December 9, 2004, from Cardinal Justin Rigali, with Keeler and Bishop Thomas Olmsted serving as co-consecrators.

Presley had faced allegations of sexual abuse in the 1970's when he was assigned to the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

[4] The grand jury also revealed that in 2007 Rhoades told the Vatican that he had ordered a second priest accused of sexual abuse to spend the rest of his life in penance.

At a special Vespers service at the Cathedral on Sunday, January 3, 2010, the Diocese of Harrisburg made a formal farewell to Rhoades.

[7][8][4] On September 18, 2018, Rhoades released the names of 18 priests and deacons in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend who had credible accusations of sexually abusing minors.

For the Feast of Corpus Christi in 2022, he arranged a eucharistic procession in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend which drew nearly 5,000 participants and garnered national attention.