Results tagged “molestation”

• Former priest Donald McGuire was sentenced to 25 years for having sex with a minor.
• Aquan Lewis, the 10-year-old boy who was found hanging from a hook in a school bathroom and later died, was laid to rest today.
• The 3rd District Appellate Court has upheld a ruling that Drew Peterson is not the suitable person to gain control of the estate of his murdered third wife, Kathleen Savio.

A Bridgeport church was vandalized and had two fires set nearby overnight and officials are calling at least one of the fires an arson. The incident happened at All Saints St. Anthony's Church very early this morning. One of the fires damaged a stained-glass window. In addition to the fires, the phrases "GOD IS A LIE," "RAPE," and "IT HAPPENED HERE" were displayed across the doors of the church in red duct tape. The church's pastor, Rev. John Parker, said earlier today, "We didn't receive any warnings or threats or anything of that nature...I'm trying to figure out what the message means and what it means to the person who did it."

Two men are claiming they were were molested as teens by the former priest Rev. Donald McGuire, who convinced them they were “addicted” to masturbation and needed to be “educated” on how to stop. The two men are testifying in a federal jury trial.