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Priest is convicted of abusing teenager
St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^
| August 29, 2003
| WILLIAM C. LHOTKA
Posted on 08/30/2003 6:53:44 AM PDT by Desdemona
Edited on 05/11/2004 5:34:45 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A jury convicted the Rev. Bryan Kuchar late Friday night of sexually abusing a troubled teenager in 1995 when Kuchar was a parish priest at Assumption Catholic Church in south St. Louis County.
The jury in St. Louis County Circuit Court found Kuchar guilty of three out of six counts of statutory sodomy. Jurors were to return to the courtroom of Judge John Ross for the penalty phase at 9 a.m. today.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: parishpriest
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08/30/2003 6:53:44 AM PDT
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Desdemona
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From the article....
In asking for a conviction and pointing to Kuchar wearing his clerical garb, [prosecuting attorney] Livergood countered:
"This case is about these two people. It is not about the Catholic Church. It is not about these clothes. It's about this man."
At least the prosecutor got it right.
Ping
Another one out. We're better off without them. May the Lord's power touch the victims.
Now he just needs to be laicized.
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08/30/2003 6:58:27 AM PDT
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Desdemona
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