YOUNGSTOWN (OH)
Vindicator
Published: Thu, June 21, 2012
By John W. Goodwin Jr.
jgoodwin@vindy.com
YOUNGSTOWN
A 55-year-old South Carolina man will spend 13 years in prison for raping his underage stepdaughter while living in Mahoning County.
The victim, who is now 34 years old, told authorities she reported the ongoing sexual assaults to a local priest when she was 15, but the priest failed to report the abuse to police.
She said she recently came to authorities with the rape allegations to save other children from harm. …
Frenchko said Parent sexually abused and manipulated the young girl for years before she went to the Rev. Michael Seifert for help. Father Seifert, who has since been transferred out of the Youngstown area, did not report the matter to police.
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