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Lawsuit Filed against Former St. Mary's Priest

By Sydney Smith
Central Michigan Life
February 8, 2016

http://www.cm-life.com/article/2016/02/father-heames-lawsuit

Former St. Mary's priest Denis Heames meets former Pope Benedict XVI. This photo was posted on Heames' Facebook page in February 2012.

For nearly two years, St. Mary's University Parish Priest Denis Heames asked a Central Michigan University student to keep his sexual relationship with her a secret, according to a lawsuit filed in Isabella County's 21st Circuit Court.

Senior Megan Winans is asking the court to consider whether she was abused by Heames, who was removed from St. Mary's in June, during her work as a "media intern" at the church from 2012 to 2014. A civil lawsuit was filed Jan. 14 claiming battery, defamation, breach of fidiciary duty, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent supervision and retention.

Winans is suing for economic losses equivalent to $25,000 for each count and any other costs she may be entitled to.

 

 

 

 

 




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