2 More Men Accuse Retired Priest
Additional criminal charges against a retired Catholic priest Ventura County prosecutors filed additional criminal charges Tuesday against a retired Catholic priest after two more men came forward with allegations that they were molested as boys three decades ago. Father Carl Sutphin, 70, now faces 14 counts of child molestation … [Read more...]
Lawsuit: Dioceses Hid Priest Abuse
A priest convicted of sexual misconduct in Milwaukee in 1973 was transferred to California, where he molested an 8-year-old boy, a lawsuit claims. The suit says the Milwaukee archdiocese and the Orange County diocese covered up molestations and continued to regard the Rev. Sigfried Widera "as a Catholic priest who could be trusted … [Read more...]
Priest Is Focus of Pima Inquiry
A local priest grabbed his crotch A teen-age boy who called it an accident when a local priest grabbed his crotch in a pool has changed his story, prompting a county attorney's investigation. The priest, the Rev. Steven G. Stencil, has been barred from practicing his ministry in the Catholic Diocese of Tucson since February 2001 … [Read more...]
Strong Suspicions, Years of Silence
A convincing story about being molested by a priest. The Baltimore sex-crimes detective had listened as a 17-year-old boy told a convincing story about being molested by a priest. And he'd heard from others that the priest regularly took adolescents into the rectory, locking the door and drawing the blinds. When the detective -- … [Read more...]
Nebraska Archdiocese Admits Negligence
The Omaha Archdiocese has admitted that negligent supervision of a Roman Catholic priest in the 1990s contributed to his sexual abuse of a 14-year-old altar boy, a judge said Thursday. As a result, two civil lawsuits against the archdiocese scheduled for trial next week will decide only damages, not whether the church was … [Read more...]
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...]
Bishops’ Policy May Be Tested By Priest’s Case
A new national policy against sex abuse Sometime soon, with a new national policy against sex abuse in hand, Detroit Cardinal Adam Maida must decide what to do about the Rev. Dennis Laesch. Laesch, 47, was accused five years ago of getting a 17-year-old boy drunk and sexually assaulting him in a cottage near Port Huron. The … [Read more...]
Pastor Jailed In 2nd Abuse Case
The pastor of a Brooklyn church, who was convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in 1987, was in jail yesterday after being accused of trying to fondle a teenager in South Carolina. The Rev. Robert Reaves was arrested Saturday in Bennettsville, S.C., after he allegedly put his hands in a 17-year-old boy's pants, … [Read more...]
Priest Faces More Abuse Accusations
A priest charged with abusing a boy in the 1970s appears to be a serial offender, a prosecutor told a judge during a bail hearing Monday. Montgomery County investigators have interviewed one man and are planning to interview two others they believe were molested by the Rev. Wayland Y. Brown in the 1970s, prosecutor Peter Feeney … [Read more...]
Man Sues Former LA Bishop, Alleging He Was Victim of 19 Years of Sex Abuse
A former Bishop who was forced to resign in a 1999 sex scandal is being sued by a man who claims the bishop abused him for nearly two decades. The lawsuit filed Friday alleges the unidentified plaintiff was first molested when he was a sixth grade altar boy at St. Matthias Church in Huntington Park, an eastern suburb of Los … [Read more...]
Warrant Issued For Former South Florida Priest
A longtime South Florida priest who resigned this spring was charged Tuesday with sexually abusing a boy at two parishes in the Detroit area, a prosecutor said. A Michigan arrest warrant charges the Rev. Edward Olszewski, 69, former pastor at St. Justin the Martyr Catholic Church in Key Largo, with eight counts of first-degree … [Read more...]
Suit Alleges Priest Molested a Boy
A Priest Molested A Boy At Miami Nursing Home. A 10-year-old boy was in such anguish during the late 1990s he told his mother he wanted to cut his hands off. It wasn't until years later that she discovered his turmoil was caused by a priest, who allegedly forced the boy to fondle him, the mother said Thursday. At a … [Read more...]
Suspended City Priest Resigns His Position
Suspended City Priest Resigned. A priest who was suspended from his duties in July after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy has resigned, the Archdiocese Of Baltimore announced yesterday. The Rev. Alfred Dean, 42, voluntarily stepped down as pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church in East Baltimore last week … [Read more...]
Priest To Plead Guilty
A former seminary student who sexually molested a Gaithersburg boy in the mid-1970s has agreed to plead guilty to one count of child abuse on Nov. 19 in Montgomery County Circuit Court. The Rev. Wayland Yoder Brown of Savannah, Ga., who served as a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Savannah, also will plead guilty to one count of … [Read more...]
New Evidence Against Detroit Priest
A Florida firefighter has kept a terrible childhood secret for 27 years, but now he's coming forward and a former Detroit priest may have a harder time beating the rap. The firefighter is now 40 years old and authorities say he never told a soul he was molested repeatedly by a priest when he was just a boy. He came forward after … [Read more...]
Ex-Bruin Says Cleric And Teen Had Longtime Sexual Relationship
Cleric And Teen Sexual Relationship. The highest-ranking cleric in the Archdiocese of Boston to be accused of child abuse engaged in a sexual relationship with a teenage boy in the 1980s that continued until three years ago, according to a deposition released Monday. As reported in the Boston Sunday Herald, former Boston … [Read more...]
Ex-Altar Boy Sues Catholic Diocese
An E-Altar Boy Is Suing The Catholic Diocese. A former altar boy at St. Patrick Church in Owego is suing the church, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester and the Vatican. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the Northern District of U.S. District Court, seeks $40 million in damages for the man who claims he was sexually molested by a … [Read more...]
Bethlehem Victim Testifies Against Priest
Bethlehem Victim Of Molestation Testified. The Rev. John M. Banko violated the trust of his parishioners by allegedly molesting a boy at his Milford church, Hunterdon County Assistant Prosecutor Dawn Solari said Wednesday. Banko, 56, is accused of having sexual contact with an altar boy at St. Edward the Confessor Roman … [Read more...]
Former Key Largo Priest Found Guilty of Abusing Boy
Former Key Largo Priest Was Found Guilty. A priest who headed St. Justin Martyr Catholic Church here for 14 years was found guilty Wednesday in Detroit of four counts of indecent liberties with an 11-year-old boy more than 30 years ago. The Rev. Edward Olszewski, 69, faces up to 10 years in prison on each count. Sentencing is … [Read more...]
Priest Scandal Has A Dover Connection
A Dominican brother who allegedly molested a boy A Dominican brother who allegedly molested a boy at a Dover priory and his Cambridge apartment from 1965 to 1968 went on to become an elementary teacher in the Boston Public Schools for 31 years, newly released church files reveal. And, the records show, Archdiocese of Boston … [Read more...]
Prosecutors Push To Keep Sex Abuse Case Against Former Catholic Priest On Track
The alleged sexual abuse of a boy A former Catholic priest should be tried for the alleged sexual abuse of a boy even though more than a decade passed before he was charged, a prosecutor said Tuesday. "Many cases of sexual abuse don't come to light for years," prosecutor Michael Arthur told the judge hearing ex-priest Michael … [Read more...]
Former Cohoes Priest Removed
Former Cohoes Priest Removed From The Active Ministry. Bishop Howard Hubbard removed an Albany diocesan priest from the active ministry on Monday after learning the priest was accused in a federal lawsuit last week of molesting a boy in the 1970s, church officials said. The Rev. James F. Kelly, who was until last week a … [Read more...]
Priest Accused of Abuse In 2 Cities
An Albany priest accused of sexually abusing a boy in the 1970s was quietly transferred to the Archdiocese of Boston as part of a deal between then-Bishop Edwin Broderick and the Albany County district attorney that helped avoid a criminal prosecution. The Rev. Dozia Wilson, who is no longer a priest, left Albany's Sacred Heart … [Read more...]
Former Priest Pleads Guilty To Decades-Old Sexual Abuse
A Former Priest Pleads Guilty To Sex Abuse. A defrocked priest who either lives or maintains a home in Williams Township has pleaded guilty in Maryland to an allegation that he sexually abused a boy 30 years ago. The former pastor, a repeat offender, agreed to a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison, a term that the … [Read more...]
Archdiocese Faces New Suit
A Archdiocese deceased priest was accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in the mid-1960s. The lawsuit filed Friday in Jefferson County Circuit Court against the Archdiocese of Louisville accuses the late Rev. Arthur Wood of sexually abusing David Bartley. It is the 234th to be filed against the archdiocese since last … [Read more...]
Settlement Reached In Abuse Case
A Manchester man has reached a settlement in his lawsuit against a Roman Catholic priest, claiming he was sexually assaulted over an eight-year period. Cody Goodwin, 24, had sued the Rev. Francis Talbot, who was sentenced last month to at least 10 years in prison. Talbot, a former chaplain at the Youth Development Center and at … [Read more...]
Ex-Altar Boy Sues Former Bishop
Former Bishop Is Being Sued. A former archbishop of Miami "coerced" an altar boy to keep quiet about repeated sexual abuse by a priest at a group home for troubled boys nearly 30 years ago, a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim claims. The victim, now 41, said he was abused from the ages of 12 to 14 by the Rev. Joseph Huck on a … [Read more...]
Priest Sentenced To 18 Years For Molesting Altar Boy
The former pastor has been sentenced to 18 years in prisonThe former pastor of a Roman Catholic church has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for molesting an 11-year-old altar boy in the sacristy of the church's community center. Superior Court Judge Anne R. Bartlett called the sexual assaults by the Rev. John M. Banko … [Read more...]
Ex-Valley Priest Indicted In Cases of Molestation
Priest Indicted In Cases of Molestation. A Roman Catholic priest who spent four years at St. Mark's Parish in east Phoenix has been indicted on charges of sexually abusing at least three boys nearly a quarter century ago, molestations that reportedly took place in a swimming pool and the church rectory. The Rev. Joseph John Henn, … [Read more...]
Wis. Priest Charged With Sexual Assault
A Norbertine priest has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in the hot tub and shower of the abbey where he lived in northeastern Wisconsin. The Rev. James Stein, 43, was charged this week in Brown County Circuit Court with three counts of felony second-degree sexual assault of a child for incidents that … [Read more...]
Priest Sex Abuse Case Settled
A sexual abuse claim against a former priest The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has paid $150,000 to settle a Priest Sex Abuse Case against a former priest. As part of the settlement of the case filed by Robert Douglas II, 38, of Burlington, the diocese admitted it knew the sexual history of the Rev. Alfred Willis and still … [Read more...]
Priest Guilty of Abuse Is Sued By 2nd Teen
Priest Guilty in Sexually abusing a boy in 1995 was accused in a civil suit A Catholic priest who was convicted in November of sexually abusing a boy in 1995 was accused in a civil suit Tuesday of abusing a second teenager four years ago. The Rev. Bryan Kuchar, 38, is serving three years in the St. Louis County Jail for sodomy … [Read more...]
Former Priest Faces Sex Abuse Charges From Winslow Incident
Sex Abuse Charges Against A Priest. A former priest in New Mexico's Diocese of Gallup has been accused of sexually abusing a Winslow boy two decades ago. James Matthew Burns, 70, of Wickenburg, Ariz., appeared this week before Judge John Lamb on three counts of molestation of a child and one of sexual contact with a minor. Lamb … [Read more...]
