Rhode Island Trans Shooter’s Son Jailed for Setting Fire to Black Church in 2024

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

First, in case you missed it, here’s the full scoop on Robert Dorgan (a.k.a. “Roberta Esposito”) — a man pretending to be a woman who shot his own family members at a high school boys’ hockey game earlier this week:

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Now, as it turns out, the son of this lunatic "transgender father" is just as crazy.

Robert Dorgan had six children in total with three different mothers.

One of Robert Dorgan's sons is named Kevin Colantonio, and he's currently serving a nearly 7-year sentence for setting multiple fires at a predominantly black church.

Take a look:

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— New York Post (@nypost) February 19, 2026

Son of Transgender Rhode Island shooter revealed to be an arsonist who attempted to burn down black church.

The son of trans shooter Robert Dorgan was jailed for starting fires at a predominantly black church.

Kevin Colantonio is serving a nearly 7 year sentence for sparking… pic.twitter.com/Xsvr06C1ou

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) February 19, 2026

Son of Transgender Rhode Island shooter revealed to be an arsonist who attempted to burn down black church.

The son of trans shooter Robert Dorgan was jailed for starting fires at a predominantly black church.

Kevin Colantonio is serving a nearly 7 year sentence for sparking 5 fires outside Shiloh Gospel Temple Ministries in North Providence.

In case you're wondering, yes, Dorgan is sporting a giant, vile Nazi tattoo on his arm while dressed as a woman and bottle-feeding a baby in that photo.

Here's a closer look:

What a bizarre, evil sicko.

Just all-around nasty and deranged.

But, Robert's Nazi tattoo ties into the story of his son's crimes, too.

Family members say that Robert Dorgan had a lot of influence on his son, particularly his violent and racist ideology.

The New York Post reported:

Locals close to the family told the outlet that Dorgan — who murdered his ex-wife and 23-year-old son, and critically wounded three others when he opened fire during a high school hockey game at a Pawtucket ice rink Monday afternoon — influenced Colantonio’s twisted obsession with race.The gunman, who went by Roberta after undergoing gender reassignment surgery in 2020, had vile neo-Nazi tattoos on his bicep and a history of spewing antisemitic and racist filth on social media.

The day before his rampage at the hockey rink, Dorgan posted an anti-Asian slur as he replied to a video praising Adolf Hitler, saying, “Really nice but a c—k made that song.”

In other posts, he made repeated references to “white power” and “white pride world wide.”

Colantonio was the half-brother of Aidan Dorgan, who was shot dead during their father’s killing spree.

While investigating the arson attack on the church, police discovered that Colantonio wrote some very sick, racist statements in his notebooks.

Robert Dorgan, who opened fire at a R.I. hockey game last week, it turns out is the father of Kevin Colantonio -- a man who set fire to a Black church in 2024

They both subscribed to racist, right wing ideologies

Colantonio's writings included “gun everyone down that isn’t… pic.twitter.com/3BuOQCdxYi

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) February 19, 2026

Robert Dorgan, who opened fire at a R.I. hockey game last week, it turns out is the father of Kevin Colantonio -- a man who set fire to a Black church in 2024

They both subscribed to racist, right wing ideologies

Colantonio's writings included “gun everyone down that isn’t white, if one is white spread the gospel"

Colantonio also has a long history of mental illness, like his father.

The Daily Mail has more details on the arson attack and his disturbing writings:

One disturbing message read: 'Hunt them down gun everyone down that isn't white, if one is white spread the gospel. Always gibe our bloodline a chance.'

'Eliminate Rich Snob global Elite Pastors, burn churches down to the ground, when congregants move to [the] next church, do the same,' read another of Colantonio's messages.

Authorities said Colantonio bought a Bic lighter and $10 worth of gas from a local gas station before walking over to the Shiloh Gospel Temple Ministries, a Pentecostal church with about 100, mostly black, members.

Once at the church, Colantonio poured gasoline around its base and ignited five different fires, all of which were quickly extinguished - but not before causing significant damage to the church.

'Due to the damage, church congregants were prevented from enjoying their free exercise of religious beliefs as church services were canceled until the church could be reopened,' federal prosecutors said.

Just one day after the blaze, court documents showed Colantonio privately messaged an unidentified family member and said no one in the community cared about the arson.

In those messages, he called the church 'Atheist God mockers,' adding: 'They're busy dancing around collecting money.'

Colantonio ultimately pleaded guilty last year to one count each of malicious damage by means of fire and obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs, the Providence Journal reports.

His attorney, Kara Hoopis Manosh, argued at sentencing that her client had a history of mental illness starting at the age of four.

Prosecutors also acknowledged Colantonio had mental health issues, but argued it does not excuse him from setting fire to the church 'nor does it adequately explain his actions targeting a group of people because of their race and religion.'

Colantonio was then ultimately sentenced last June to more than six years in federal prison for the arson at the church and for throwing feces and urine at correctional officers.

He is now serving his sentence at a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas.

Notably, Colantonio started living with his father as a teenager around the same time he started dressing like a woman.

Per the Daily Mail:

But records obtained by the Globe show Dorgan - who has said on social media he is a father of six - lived with Colantonio in North Providence around 2004, when Colantonio was a teenager.

It was at around that same time that Dorgan began cross dressing, Ruggiero said.

He later transitioned, which court documents show caused strain within his family, as Rhonda cited his 'gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic and personality disorder traits' as grounds for divorce in 2020.

What a disastrous family.

Just horrible.

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