| Name | Robert Erpenbeck | Jesuit |
| Date of Birth | 12/22/1911 | |
| Date of Ordination | 1944 | |
| Association with LUC | 1969-1971 | |
| Position at LUC | Theology faculty | |
| Date of incident, Location of Incident | 1961 | Milford Novitiate, OH |
| 1964 | Milford Retreat Center, OH | |
| Number of victims/accusations | At least 2 victims | |
| Case status | Accused | |
| Status of Individual | Deceased | 12/6/1986 |
Fr. Robert Erpenbeck was a Jesuit priest who had been ordained in 1944. Erpenbeck was later in his life accused of having abused several children in Milford, Ohio, where the Jesuits operated both a retreat center and a novitiate. The abuse allegedly took place in 1961 and 1964, years before the priest joined the ranks of Loyola University Chicago’s faculty at the Bellarmine School of Theology in 1969.[1] Nothing in Erpenbeck’s career indicates that the Jesuit order was aware of his abuse. He continued a steady career working at educational institutions until his death in 1986.[2]
[1] “Erpenbeck – BishopAccountability.Org,” accessed March 3, 2022, https://www.bishop-accountability.org/?s=erpenbeck.
[2] Jeff Anderson & Associates PA, “The Anderson Report – Child Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese and Dioceses in Illinois,” 72.
