Rudolph Edward Kos (born April 29, 1945) is a former Roman Catholic priest who was found guilty of sex crimes in the Diocese of Dallas in the U.S. state of Texas.
[1] In April, 1992, a therapist had told officials of the diocese that Kos was a "classic textbook pedophile".
[2] However, Bishop Charles Victor Grahmann acknowledged he did not read this record,[3] and allowed Kos to have access to children for almost one full year more.
In 1997 a jury awarded $120 million to victims in a sex abuse case against the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Texas in a lawsuit implicating Kos.
[4] On July 10, 1998, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas settled their appeal of that verdict and agreed to pay $23.4 million to eight former altar boys and the relatives of a ninth who had claimed they were sexually abused by Kos.