Retired Priest Bound over for Trial on Flashing Charge

Fox 11
May 9, 2016

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Richard Thomas (Brown County Jail)

A retired priest was ordered Monday to stand trial on allegations he exposed himself to a minor.

Fr. Richard Thomas will enter a plea May 23 to four counts of exposing genital area to a child. He waived a preliminary hearing Monday in Brown County Circuit Court.

After the report of misconduct, the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay restricted Fr. Thomas from performing any public ministry.

Thomas was living in Grellinger Hall, a home for retired priests in Allouez. He allegedly exposed himself four times in March to a 16-year-old boy when the boy was walking to school.

According to the criminal complaint, Thomas told investigators at the time of his arrest that "he is already seeking treatment."