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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)- A Catholic priest in Colorado Springs will appear in court next week on charges of sexually assaulting a child.
Father Robert Charles Manning is on administrative leave from his post as pastor of St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church.
He’s been arrested on charges of sexual assault on a minor by a person in a position of trust and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Manning is free on bond. He will appear before a judge on May 30. …
“My heart goes out to that child,” said SNAP member John Murphy.
SNAP stands for the Survivor’s Network of those Abused by Priests.
Murphy said he was abused by a priest at the age of 10. He says if the allegations are true, he has little sympathy for Rev. Manning.
“I don’t have the words of the loathing I feel about anyone who would take the most precious thing that a child has, it is trust, and shatter it,” said Murphy.
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