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Retired Iowa Priest Charged with Five Counts of Invasion of Privacy

By John Schreier
Omaha World-News
August 27, 2016

http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/retired-iowa-priest-charged-with-five-counts-of-invasion-of/article_d66988e0-6bfd-11e6-a78d-6f30d0b01db4.html



A retired western Iowa priest who serves as a chaplain at St. Albert has been suspended following his arrest on invasion of privacy charges Thursday.

The Rev. Paul Monahan, 83, has been charged with five counts of invasion of privacy, a serious misdemeanor, according to online court records. Bishop Richard Pates has suspended Monahan from all public ministry while the investigation and court proceedings are ongoing, according to the Diocese of Des Moines.

The charges stem from an incident at a high school track meet in April, according to the diocese. An arrest affidavit or other court documents to provide more detail on the charges were not available Friday night.

Monahan was released on his own recognizance Friday evening, according to the Pottawattamie County Jail.

David Schweitzer, president of St. Albert, declined to comment when reached Friday night, telling the Daily Nonpareil that the matter was being handled at the diocesan level.

Monahan, who was ordained in 1960 and retired in 2004, taught at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines and St. Albert before becoming the school’s principal in 1975. Four years later, he left the school to serve as a priest in Catholic parishes in Weston, Avoca, Walnut Council Bluffs and Glenwood.

In retirement, he returned to St. Albert, where was the chaplain at the time of his suspension. The native of Portsmouth was honored with the Freddie Falcon Award, given to an individual who shows outstanding support for St. Albert, in 2015.

 

 

 

 

 




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