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  Priest Accused of Exposing Himself in Restaurant Is Fined

By Cecil Angel
Detroit Free Press
June 4, 2009

http://www.freep.com/article/20090604/NEWS02/90604052/Priest+accused+of+exposing+himself+is+fined

A Catholic priest accused of exposing himself to a waitress while he sat at a table in a Mexican restaurant was sentenced today in 33rd District Court in Woodhaven to nine months probation and fines and costs of $595.00.

The Rev. Roger Knapp also was ordered to stay away from the Amigo’s Mexican Restaurant in Woodhaven and to have no contact with the waitress.

He must attend a sex offender program for 10 weeks and under go a psychiatric examination. Knapp, 57, of Gibraltar, pleaded guilty to being an disorderly person, a misdemeanor. An indecent exposure charge was dropped.

According to Woodhaven Police Chief Michael Martin, Knapp, pastor of the St. Victor Catholic Church in Gibraltar, exposed his genitals to a waitress a the Amigo’s restaurant in Woodhaven on March 26.

“He said he was cleaning a stain off his pants,” Martin said today.

Contact CECIL ANGEL: 313-223-4531 or angel@freepress.com

 
 

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