Priest Convicted Of Sex Abuse
With a no-contest plea from an 86-year-old retired priest, Wayne County prosecutors obtained their first conviction Friday in the sex-abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic church for months. The Rev. Robert Burkholder, who was branded by prosecutors as one of the state's worst pedophiles for allegedly victimizing at least a … [Read more...] about Priest Convicted Of Sex Abuse
Abusive Ex-Priest Gets Year In Prison
A former priest pleading no contest An eight-month investigation by Wayne County prosecutors into complaints of sexual misconduct by priests in the Archdiocese of Detroit ended Tuesday with a former priest pleading no contest to molesting a 14-year-old boy nearly two decades ago. Harry Benjamin, 61, who was defrocked in 1989 after … [Read more...] about Abusive Ex-Priest Gets Year In Prison
