COLORADO
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By Julie Brown Patton
A former priest of the St. Alban Roe Catholic Church in Wildwood was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of sexual assault of a 15-year-old Colorado Springs, CO, male, according to a Tuesday article published in the Colorado Springs Gazette. Father Charles “Robert” Manning served at St. Alban Roe from 1997 to 2001, prior to moving to Colorado Springs.
KSDK-TV St. Louis broadcasters reported on Tuesday’s 10 p.m. newscast that Manning turned himself in after an arrest warrant was issued. Authorities indicated the incident happened Oct. 17, 2011. On Jan. 4, 2012, St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in Colorado asked him to step down after they were notified of the investigation, according to KSDK reports.
Manning, 77 years old, was booked into the El Paso County jail; he posted a bond of $10,000 Tuesday night.
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