A Pennsylvania priest was arrested Monday for allegedly raping an underage girl years earlier in an illicit encounter he is said to have recorded. The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News reported that Reverend Armand Garcia, 49, was charged with rape a year after police began their investigation, which involved a search of his rectory. With …
A retired Idaho priest who admitted to possessing and distributing child porn was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole. The Idaho Statesman reported that the Reverend W. Thomas Faucher, 73, received the de facto life sentence following a rambling 17-minute statement where he attempted to explain how he became entangled …
An American Catholic priest was recently charged in U.S. federal court for allegedly sexually abusing numerous young boys in the Philippines, where he’s lived since the 1960s. According to CNN, authorities said Reverend Kenneth Bernard Pius Hendricks, 77, originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, was arrested in the Philippine city of Naval after several boys came forward …
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Nearly 50 years after a nun’s murder, Baltimore County police announced they have exhumed the body of a disgraced priest who died in 2001 amid their investigation. The Baltimore Sun reported that police spokeswoman Elise Armacost announced Thursday that Father A. Joseph Maskell’s body was exhumed on February 28 from the Holy Family Cemetery in Randallstown. Authorities said …
