KENTUCKY
WKYT
A former priest at St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church in Whitesville and other Daviess County churches has been arrested in Owensboro on charges of first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse.
The Messenger-Inquirer reported that a Daviess County grand jury on Tuesday charged the Rev. Louis Francis Piskula, 72, charges of first-degree sodomy, victim under 12, and first-degree sexual abuse. Police arrested Piskula on Friday.
Diocese of Owensboro Chief Administrative Officer Kevin Kauffeld said in a statement that diocese officials received a report from a man that he had been sexually abused by Piskula in incidents dating to 1978.
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