COLORADO
The Gazette
LANCE BENZEL
THE GAZETTE
A retired Catholic priest who was suspended from a Colorado Springs church in January amid a police investigation was charged in court Thursday with several counts alleging he sexually assaulted a child.
Charles Robert Manning, 77, attended a hearing in Colorado Springs with a walker and an oxygen tank – his first public appearance here since Colorado Springs police announced his May 22 arrest.
Details of his alleged crimes weren’t released, however, and an arrest affidavit describing the case has been sealed by court order.
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