Carroll Priest Indicted On Abuse Charges
A suspended Carroll County priest, arrested last month in the alleged abuse of a youth from the Westminster parish where he was assigned two decades ago, was indicted yesterday in the alleged abuse of a second boy about the same time. The Rev. Brian M. Cox, 63, was indicted by a Carroll County grand jury on five counts of felony … [Read more...] about Carroll Priest Indicted On Abuse Charges
Ex-Priest Faces 8 Abuse Charges
Abusing children while working as Catholic priests Jason Sigler, one of four men accused in Wayne County of abusing children while working as Catholic priests, was arraigned Wednesday in River Rouge. Sigler, 64, flew to Detroit from his home in New Mexico to face eight felony counts of criminal sexual conduct. Because he appeared … [Read more...] about Ex-Priest Faces 8 Abuse Charges
Jesuit Priest Faces Abuse Charges
A Jesuit priest and coach plied three of his young soccer players with beer before challenging them to "aggression drills" — wrestling matches that were pretexts for rape in the 1970s, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Rev. James Talbot, who coached at a Boston preparatory school, was indicted Tuesday on charges of rape, assault … [Read more...] about Jesuit Priest Faces Abuse Charges
Priest Gets 30 Days In Jail On Sex Charges
Admitted molesting at least a dozen boys Robert Burkholder, a Roman Catholic priest who has admitted molesting at least a dozen boys going as far back as the 1940s, pleaded no contest Friday to a pair of sex charges and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. The 83-year-old resident of Leeward Oahu, Hawaii, pleaded no contest to two … [Read more...] about Priest Gets 30 Days In Jail On Sex Charges
Lawsuit Witness Says Daily Intervened In Priest Case
Bishop Daily Intervened In Priest Case. Brooklyn Bishop Thomas V. Daily, formerly a top-ranking official in the Archdiocese of Boston, intervened with Nahant police in 1977 after two patrolmen spotted a priest apparently engaged in a sex act with a teenage boy in a parked car, according to a published report. Daily … [Read more...] about Lawsuit Witness Says Daily Intervened In Priest Case
Priest Nabbed In Canada On Sex Charges
Accused of sexually assaulting 19 altar boys Canadian police yesterday nabbed the retired Assumption Parish priest accused of sexually assaulting 19 altar boys between 1978 and 1984, according to a statement from Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte. The Rev. Paul M. Desilets, 78, was arrested in Joliet, Quebec, following an … [Read more...] about Priest Nabbed In Canada On Sex Charges
Church Faces More Charges of Abuse
Roman Catholic Diocese Charges of Abuse. Attorneys sued the Roman Catholic diocese of Oakland and the archdiocese of San Francisco on Thursday, charging two priests with sexually molesting their clients, one in Pinole and Union City and two in San Jose, when the victims were boys nearly three decades ago. The cases were filed … [Read more...] about Church Faces More Charges of Abuse
Nevada Priest Pleads Guilty To Lewdness, Abuse Charges
A Priest Pleads Guilty Over Abuse Charges. A Catholic priest pleaded guilty Thursday to fondling and abusing teenage boys at his Henderson parish. Mark Thomas Roberts, 51, will be stripped of his priesthood and will likely get three years probation under a plea bargain that avoids trial, a prosecutor and Roberts'lawyer … [Read more...] about Nevada Priest Pleads Guilty To Lewdness, Abuse Charges
Former St. William’s Priest Defrocked After Sex Abuse Claim
St. William Catholic Church Priest Sex Abuse Claim. A close associate of Southwest Florida's bishop and longtime pastor of St. William Catholic Church in Naples has been ousted from the priesthood following charges of sexual misconduct, the third ex-priest with local ties to face such sanctions. Neil Flemming, 72, led the Seagate … [Read more...] about Former St. William’s Priest Defrocked After Sex Abuse Claim
