Robert Sippel is a fictional character played by David Lansbury in the HBO drama Oz

Oz (TV series)

Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...

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Character Overview

Prisoner 88S510. Convicted March 10, 1988, for sexual abuse

Sexual abuse

Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. When that force is immediate, of short duration, or infrequent, it is called sexual assault. The offender is referred to as a sexual abuser or molester...

 in 2nd degree. Sentence: 15 years, up for parole in 10.

Sippel is a former Catholic priest, convicted after confessing that he molested a 14-year-old boy.

Season 2

After 10 years at Unit B, Robert Sippel is deemed eligible for parole

Parole

Parole may have different meanings depending on the field and judiciary system. All of the meanings originated from the French parole . Following its use in late-resurrected Anglo-French chivalric practice, the term became associated with the release of prisoners based on prisoners giving their...

. Governor James Devlin

Governor James Devlin

Governor James Devlin is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz, played by Željko Ivanek.-Character overview:Devlin, the governor of the state, is hated by most of the inmates and some of the staff members at the Oswald State Correctional facilities as he proposes several anti-prisoner acts of...

 accepts a law that says that sex offender

Sex offender

A sex offender is a person who has committed a sex crime. What constitutes a sex crime differs by culture and by legal jurisdiction. Most jurisdictions compile their laws into sections such as traffic, assault, sexual, etc. The majority of convicted sex offenders have convictions for crimes of a...

s must report to the police before moving into a house. Father Ray Mukada

Father Ray Mukada

Father Ray Mukada is a character on the HBO television series Oz, played by B. D. Wong.right|thumb|B.D. Wong as Father Ray Mukada.-Character history:...

 says he's disgusted by Sippel. He is released, but has nowhere to go and comes back to talk to Sister Peter Marie

Sister Peter Marie

Sister Peter Marie Reimondo aka Sister Pete is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz played by Rita Moreno.right|thumb|Rita Moreno as Sister Peter Marie.-Creation:...

, asking if he can sleep in his old cell. Mukada regrets being rude with Sippel, and hires him as his assistant.

While Sippel is in his cell, Vernon Schillinger

Vernon Schillinger

Vernon Schillinger is a fictional character, played by American actor J. K. Simmons, on the HBO series Oz.-Character overview:Prisoner #92S110. Convicted October 21, 1992 – Aggravated assault in the first degree. Sentence: Eight years, eligible for parole in five...

 says he is disgusted by what Sippel did. The two start a fight. After meeting with his victim, now an adult, Sippel is taken to the gym by Officer Karl Metzger

Karl Metzger

Karl Metzger was a fictional guard on the HBO dramatic series Oz, played by Bill Fagerbakke.-Character overview:Karl Metzger is a correctional officer assigned as supervisor of the Emerald City unit of Oswald Prison; A neo-Nazi, Metzger uses his power to intimidate prisoners and assist the Aryan...

, where Schillinger and the Aryans

Aryan race

The Aryan race is a concept historically influential in Western culture in the period of the late 19th century and early 20th century. It derives from the idea that the original speakers of the Indo-European languages and their descendants up to the present day constitute a distinctive race or...

 are waiting. They leave Sippel crucified

Crucifixion

Crucifixion is an ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead...

across the floor. Sippel is moved to a hospital and is never seen again. It is assumed that he never implicates Schillinger or the Aryans.